Re: [patch V3 26/60] x86/apic/32: Decrapify the def_bigsmp mechanism
From: Dave Hansen
Date: Mon Aug 07 2023 - 16:11:50 EST
On 8/1/23 03:47, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
...
> -void __init default_setup_apic_routing(void)
> +void __init x86_32_probe_bigsmp_early(void)
> {
> - int version = boot_cpu_apic_version;
> + if (nr_cpu_ids <= 8 || xen_pv_domain())
> + return;
...
> +void __init default_setup_apic_routing(void)
> +{
> + if (nr_cpu_ids >= 8 && !xen_pv_domain())
> + apic_bigsmp_force();
I thought bigsmp didn't come into play until 9 or more CPUs. Won't this
do apic_bigsmp_force() at nr_cpu_ids==8?
Should this be:
if (nr_cpu_ids > 8 && !xen_pv_domain())
apic_bigsmp_force();
?