Re: [PATCH v4 14/22] x86/mce: Separate global and per-CPU quirks
From: Yazen Ghannam
Date: Mon Jun 30 2025 - 09:03:03 EST
On Fri, Jun 27, 2025 at 02:02:22PM +0300, Nikolay Borisov wrote:
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> On 6/24/25 17:16, Yazen Ghannam wrote:
> > Many quirks are global configuration settings and a handful apply to
> > each CPU.
> >
> > Move the per-CPU quirks to vendor init to execute them on each online
> > CPU. Set the global quirks during BSP-only init so they're only executed
> > once and early.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Qiuxu Zhuo <qiuxu.zhuo@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Tested-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@xxxxxxx>
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> After this patch the code ends up with 2 sets of quirk functions with very
> confusing names:
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> amd_apply_quirks/apply_quirks_amd
> intel_apply_quirks/apply_quirks_intel
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>
> Better naming convention would be something along the lines of:
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> amd_apply_global_quirks/amd_apply_cpu_quirks and the same for intel.
>
Yes, good point. I'll make this change.
Thanks,
Yazen