[PATCH 01/15] x86, apic: Don't write io_apic ID if it is not changed

[Yinghai Lu]

For 32bit mptable path, setup_ids_from_mpc() always write io apic id
register, even there is no change needed.

So try to do that when they are different bewteen reading out and mptable

Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c |    8 +++++---
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
index ce3c6fb..0579b3b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
@@ -2006,7 +2006,6 @@ void __init setup_ioapic_ids_from_mpc(void)
 			physids_or(phys_id_present_map, phys_id_present_map, tmp);
 		}
 
-
 		/*
 		 * We need to adjust the IRQ routing table
 		 * if the ID changed.
@@ -2018,9 +2017,12 @@ void __init setup_ioapic_ids_from_mpc(void)
 						= mp_ioapics[apic_id].apicid;
 
 		/*
-		 * Read the right value from the MPC table and
-		 * write it into the ID register.
+		 * Update the ID register according to the right value from
+		 *  the MPC table if they are different.
 		 */
+		if (mp_ioapics[apic_id].apicid == reg_00.bits.ID)
+			continue;
+
 		apic_printk(APIC_VERBOSE, KERN_INFO
 			"...changing IO-APIC physical APIC ID to %d ...",
 			mp_ioapics[apic_id].apicid);
-- 
1.7.1

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