Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] Fixes for s3 with parallel bootup

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Fri Oct 27 2023 - 17:50:40 EST


On Fri, Oct 27 2023 at 14:29, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> On 10/27/2023 14:24, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 26 2023 at 12:03, Mario Limonciello wrote:
>>> Parallel bootup on systems that use x2apic broke suspend to ram.
>>> This series ensures x2apic is re-enabled at startup and fixes an exposed
>>> pre-emption issue.
>>
>> The PMU issue has absolutely nothing to do with parallel bootup.
>>
>> Can you please describe stuff coherently?
>
> They are both issues found with S3 testing.
> The PMU issue wasn't being observed with cpuhp.parallel=0.

It does not matter whether you cannot observe it under a certain
conditions. What matters is the proper analysis of the root cause and
that is clearly neither related to suspend nor cpuhp.parallel=0.

Stop this 'fix the symptom' approach before it becomes a habit.

Thanks,

tglx