Re: [PATCH 00/10] x86, xsave: some code cleanups and reworks

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Wed Jul 21 2010 - 12:32:55 EST


On 07/20/2010 01:17 PM, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
>
> well, not true, this id is being set in setup_per_cpu_areas()
> note the snippet
>
> if (cpu == boot_cpu_id)
> switch_to_new_gdt(cpu);
>
> but cycle of assignment is done over all possible cpus so
> smp_processor_id will be = 0 for BP but definitely it's
> confusing and better to check for BP via explicit cpu == boot_cpu_id
> I think. Though I might be missing something.
>

I think the style (!smp_processor_id()) is already in use in other
places, but we should be consistent in style; if you want to introduce a
new style I certainly agree that (is_boot_cpu()) is pretty clear but it
should be introduced universally.

-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.

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