Re: [Patch -v3 4/4] Make reboot_cpuid a kernel parameter.

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue Apr 16 2013 - 05:01:20 EST



* Robin Holt <holt@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 10:47:49AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > We usually don't break working user setups as a matter if policy. Only if it can't be avoided.
> >
> > Robin Holt <holt@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > >On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 10:18:31AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > >> Um... doesn't this break anyone who currently depends on this?
> > >
> > >Yes. That is also why I kept this separate and not tagged for
> > >stable. They would need to start using the more general kernel
> > >parameter
> > >to get the same functionality. Should I have done it differently?
>
> How about:
> Author: Robin Holt <holt@xxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon Apr 15 11:39:33 2013 -0500
>
> Make reboot_cpuid a kernel parameter.
>
> Moving the reboot=s<##> parameter for x86 to a kernel parameter
> proper. I did not find any other arch that was specifying the
> reboot cpu.
>
> I left a compatibility mode in there. The new parameter always
> takes precedence. I also fixed up the current code to support
> up to cpuid's up to the current max of 4096.

Looks pretty nice and clean to me, as the old boot parameter still keeps working.

Mind sending an updated series that includes all the fixes and the Tested-by from
Shawn Guo?

Thanks,

Ingo
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