Re: [PATCH v4] vsmp: Fix number of CPUs when vsmp is disabled

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Wed May 09 2012 - 11:56:05 EST


On 05/09/2012 08:44 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * Ido Yariv <ido@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> +static void __init vsmp_cap_cpus(void)
>> +{
>> + void __iomem *address;
>> + unsigned int cfg, topology, node_shift, maxcpus;
>> +
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_VSMP
>> + /* VSMP is enabled, no need to cap cpus */
>> + return;
>> +#elif defined(CONFIG_SMP)
>> + /*
>> + * CONFIG_X86_VSMP is not configured, so limit the number CPUs to the
>
> I suspect this will throw compiler warnings in the
> CONFIG_X86_VSMP && !CONFIG_SMP case.
>

What on Earth is the point of allowing that combination? Why not make
X86_VSMP depend on SMP and reduce the testing matrix?

-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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