[PATCH v2 2/4] x86/apic: Consolidate early APIC initialization into apic_early_init()

From: Grzegorz Jaszczyk

Date: Thu Sep 24 2026 - 07:24:38 EST


Early APIC initialization is currently scattered across setup_arch():
apic_setup_apic_calls() and acpi_mps_check() run early, check_x2apic()
is invoked much later during memory range setup, and
apic_finalize_early_init() runs near the end of setup_arch().

Consolidate the initial setup into apic_early_init() in
arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c so that acpi_mps_check(), check_x2apic(),
and static call initialization happen together in one place. Make
check_x2apic() static as it no longer has external callers.

Place apic_setup_apic_calls() at the end of apic_early_init() in
preparation for replacing it with apic_install_default_driver() in the
subsequent patch. This ordering change is safe because neither
acpi_mps_check() nor check_x2apic() uses APIC static calls
(check_x2apic() accesses x2APIC MSRs directly via native_apic_msr_read()).

Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Grzegorz Jaszczyk <jaszczyk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h | 3 ++-
arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
arch/x86/kernel/setup.c | 10 +---------
3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
index b4c112b6d3ab3..b1610b8bc6544 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ extern void sync_Arb_IDs(void);
extern void init_bsp_APIC(void);
extern void apic_intr_mode_select(void);
extern void apic_intr_mode_init(void);
+void apic_early_init(void);
void apic_finalize_early_init(void);
void register_lapic_address(unsigned long address);
extern void setup_boot_APIC_clock(void);
@@ -183,6 +184,7 @@ extern void topology_reset_possible_cpus_up(void);
#else /* !CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC */
static inline void lapic_shutdown(void) { }
#define local_apic_timer_c2_ok 1
+static inline void apic_early_init(void) { }
static inline void apic_finalize_early_init(void) { }
static inline void disable_local_APIC(void) { }
# define setup_boot_APIC_clock x86_init_noop
@@ -254,7 +256,6 @@ static inline u32 native_apic_msr_read(u32 reg) { BUG(); }
#define x2apic_mode (0)
#define x2apic_supported() (0)
#endif /* !CONFIG_X86_X2APIC */
-extern void __init check_x2apic(void);

struct irq_data;

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
index cb78e0d6c9317..721e194ceac2d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
@@ -1869,7 +1869,7 @@ static __init void try_to_enable_x2apic(int remap_mode)
x2apic_enable();
}

-void __init check_x2apic(void)
+static void __init check_x2apic(void)
{
if (x2apic_enabled()) {
pr_info("x2apic: enabled by BIOS, switching to x2apic ops\n");
@@ -1884,7 +1884,7 @@ void __init check_x2apic(void)
}
}
#else /* CONFIG_X86_X2APIC */
-void __init check_x2apic(void)
+static void __init check_x2apic(void)
{
if (!apic_is_x2apic_enabled())
return;
@@ -2064,6 +2064,18 @@ static bool __init detect_init_APIC(void)
}
#endif

+void __init apic_early_init(void)
+{
+ if (acpi_mps_check()) {
+ apic_is_disabled = true;
+ setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_APIC);
+ } else {
+ check_x2apic();
+ }
+
+ apic_setup_apic_calls();
+}
+
void __init apic_finalize_early_init(void)
{
if (apic_validate_deadline_timer())
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 06522a205dd93..2bab41e073d52 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -993,14 +993,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)

x86_report_nx();

- apic_setup_apic_calls();
-
- if (acpi_mps_check()) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
- apic_is_disabled = true;
-#endif
- setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_APIC);
- }
+ apic_early_init();

e820__finish_early_params();

@@ -1062,7 +1055,6 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
/* max_low_pfn get updated here */
find_low_pfn_range();
#else
- check_x2apic();

/* How many end-of-memory variables you have, grandma! */
/* need this before calling reserve_initrd */
--
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