Re: [PATCH v3 10/41] x86/kvmclock: Setup kvmclock for secondary CPUs iff CONFIG_SMP=y
From: David Woodhouse
Date: Wed May 20 2026 - 17:47:02 EST
On Fri, 2026-05-15 at 12:19 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Gate kvmclock's secondary CPU code on CONFIG_SMP, not CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC.
> Originally, kvmclock piggybacked PV APIC ops to setup secondary CPUs.
> When that wart was fixed by commit df156f90a0f9 ("x86: Introduce
> x86_cpuinit.early_percpu_clock_init hook"), the dependency on a local APIC
> got carried forward unnecessarily.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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