Re: [patch V3 26/60] x86/apic/32: Decrapify the def_bigsmp mechanism

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Mon Aug 07 2023 - 17:18:52 EST


On Mon, Aug 07 2023 at 13:11, Dave Hansen wrote:

> 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();
>
> ?

Yes, obviously. Thanks for catching that