[PATCH v4 0/3] x86, apic, kexec: Add disable_cpu_apic kernel parameter

[HATAYAMA Daisuke]

(2013/10/23 7:08), jerry.hoemann at hp.com wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 12:01:18AM +0900, HATAYAMA Daisuke wrote:
>> This patch set is to allow kdump 2nd kernel to wake up multiple CPUs
>> even if 1st kernel crashs on some AP, a continueing work from:
>>
>>    [PATCH v3 0/2] x86, apic, kdump: Disable BSP if boot cpu is AP
>>    https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/10/16/300.
>>
>> In this version, basic design has changed. Now users need to figure
>> out initial APIC ID of BSP in the 1st kernel and configures kernel
>> parameter for the 2nd kernel manually using disable_cpu_apic kernel
>> parameter to be newly introduced in this patch set. This design is
>> more flexible than the previous version in that we no longer have to
>> rely on ACPI/MP table to get initial APIC ID of BSP.
>>
>> Sorry, this patch set have not include in-source documentation
>> requested by Borislav Petkov yet, but I'll post it later separately,
>> which would be better to focus on documentation reviewing.
>>
>> ChangeLog
>>
>> v3 => v4)
>>
>> - Rebased on top of v3.12-rc6
>>
>> - Basic design has been changed. Now users need to figure out initial
>>    APIC ID of BSP in the 1st kernel and configures kernel parameter for
>>    the 2nd kernel manually using disable_cpu_apic kernel parameter to
>>    be newly introduced in this patch set. This design is more flexible
>>    than the previous version in that we no longer have to rely on
>>    ACPI/MP table to get initial APIC ID of BSP.
>
>
> Do you literally mean a human at each boot will have to configure
> the kdump configuration files for passing disable_cpu_apic?
> Or do you envision the setting of disable_cpu_apic being put into
> the kdump initialization scripts?
>
> thanks
>
> Jerry

Nearer to the former case, but this is not what a human should do. It's
a cumbersome task. I think, on fedora/RHEL system for example, kdump
service should check at each boot automatically.

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Thanks.
HATAYAMA, Daisuke