Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] x86, apic, kexec: Add disable_cpu_apic kernelparameter

[HATAYAMA Daisuke]

(2013/10/23 7:08), jerry.hoemann@xxxxxx wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 12:01:18AM +0900, HATAYAMA Daisuke wrote:
> > This patch set is to allow kdump 2nd kernel to wake up multiple CPUs
> > even if 1st kernel crashs on some AP, a continueing work from:
> >
> >    [PATCH v3 0/2] x86, apic, kdump: Disable BSP if boot cpu is AP
> >    https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/10/16/300.
> >
> > In this version, basic design has changed. Now users need to figure
> > out initial APIC ID of BSP in the 1st kernel and configures kernel
> > parameter for the 2nd kernel manually using disable_cpu_apic kernel
> > parameter to be newly introduced in this patch set. This design is
> > more flexible than the previous version in that we no longer have to
> > rely on ACPI/MP table to get initial APIC ID of BSP.
> >
> > Sorry, this patch set have not include in-source documentation
> > requested by Borislav Petkov yet, but I'll post it later separately,
> > which would be better to focus on documentation reviewing.
> >
> > ChangeLog
> >
> > v3 => v4)
> >
> > - Rebased on top of v3.12-rc6
> >
> > - Basic design has been changed. Now users need to figure out initial
> >    APIC ID of BSP in the 1st kernel and configures kernel parameter for
> >    the 2nd kernel manually using disable_cpu_apic kernel parameter to
> >    be newly introduced in this patch set. This design is more flexible
> >    than the previous version in that we no longer have to rely on
> >    ACPI/MP table to get initial APIC ID of BSP.
>
>
> Do you literally mean a human at each boot will have to configure
> the kdump configuration files for passing disable_cpu_apic?
> Or do you envision the setting of disable_cpu_apic being put into
> the kdump initialization scripts?
>
> thanks
>
> Jerry

Nearer to the former case, but this is not what a human should do. It's
a cumbersome task. I think, on fedora/RHEL system for example, kdump
service should check at each boot automatically.

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Thanks.
HATAYAMA, Daisuke

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