Re: [Help Test] kdump, x86, acpi: Reproduce CPU0 SMI corruption issueafter unsetting BSP flag

[HATAYAMA Daisuke]

(2013/08/19 11:59), Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> > Sorry Eric, I'm not clear to what you mean by ``short one core''...
> > Which are you suggesting? Disabling BSP if crash happens on AP is
> > reasonable?
> > Or restricting cpus to a single one only just as the current kdump
> > configuration is reasonable?
>
> I am suggesting we start every cpu except the BSP from the AP we started on.
>
> N-1 cpus seems like a good tradeoff between performance and reliability for those who need it.
>
> Eric

Thanks. I'm now clear.

Well, I'll post a version 2 patch after upgrading it for current upstream kernel.
But it would be next week or later.

--
Thanks.
HATAYAMA, Daisuke

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