Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] Support additional AMD EILVT registers

From: Bharata B Rao

Date: Wed May 13 2026 - 02:04:14 EST


On 12-May-26 7:49 PM, Naveen N Rao (AMD) wrote:
> This is v2 of the series posted at:
> http://lore.kernel.org/r/cover.1775019269.git.naveen@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> Changes since v1:
> - Drop the first two patches that were merged
> - Call init_eilvt() from apic_bsp_setup(), rather than
> setup_local_APIC() so as not to call an __init function from a
> non-init function. (Kernel 0-day bot)
> - Initialize eilvt count to APIC_EILVT_NR_AMD_10H and allocate
> eilvt_offsets array only on AMD processors.
>
> Manali,
> I am retaining your Tested-by: tag since the changes are minimal, but
> please reply here if you have concerns with the changes.
>
> --
> Future AMD processors will be increasing the number of APIC EILVT
> registers (*). This series adds support for the same along with some
> related cleanups.
>
> (*) https://docs.amd.com/v/u/en-US/69205_1.00_AMD64_IBS_PUB)

This patchset is required to support IBS Memory Profiler feature too. This
patchset got tested with pghot+IBS Memory profiler -
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20260504060924.344313-8-bharata@xxxxxxx/

Regards,
Bharata.