On 24.07.23 15:34, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> num_processors is 0 by default and only gets incremented when local APICs
> are registered.
>
> Make init_apic_mappings(), which tries to enable the local APIC in the case
> that no SMP configuration was found set num_processors to 1.
>
> This allows to remove yet another check for the local APIC and yet another
> place which registers the boot CPUs local APIC ID.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c | 9 ++++++---
> arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c | 18 ------------------
> 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
>
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
> @@ -2130,9 +2130,12 @@ void __init init_apic_mappings(void)
> if (x2apic_mode)
> return;
>
> - if (!smp_found_config && !detect_init_APIC()) {
> - pr_info("APIC: disable apic facility\n");
> - apic_disable();
> + if (!smp_found_config) {
> + if (!detect_init_APIC()) {
> + pr_info("APIC: disable apic facility\n");
> + apic_disable();
> + }
> + num_processors = 1;
> }
> }
>
This is introducing a regression for Xen PV guests: those have no ACPI
tables, so smp_found_config will be 0. OTOH num_processors has been set
already using hypervisor data, so setting num_processors to 1 here will
overwrite the previous setting.
Below diff on top is fixing the problem:
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
index 564d584c8b99..59c12b20c635 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
@@ -2135,7 +2135,13 @@ void __init init_apic_mappings(void)
pr_info("APIC: disable apic facility\n");
apic_disable();
}
- num_processors = 1;
+
+ /*
+ * Unprivileged Xen PV guests have smp_found_config = 0, but
+ * they have set num_processors already from hypervisor data.
+ */
+ if (!num_processors)
+ num_processors = 1;
}
}
Juergen