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Commit 74b84233 authored by Linus Torvalds's avatar Linus Torvalds
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Merge branch 'x86-bsp-hotplug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull x86 BSP hotplug changes from Ingo Molnar:
 "This tree enables CPU#0 (the boot processor) to be onlined/offlined on
  x86, just like any other CPU.  Enabled on Intel CPUs for now.

  Allowing this required the identification and fixing of latent CPU#0
  assumptions (such as CPU#0 initializations, etc.) in the x86
  architecture code, plus the identification of barriers to
  BSP-offlining, such as active PIC interrupts which can only be
  serviced on the BSP.

  It's behind a default-off option, and there's a debug option that
  allows the automatic testing of this feature.

  The motivation of this feature is to allow and prepare for true
  CPU-hotplug hardware support: recent changes to MCE support enable us
  to detect a deteriorating but not yet hard-failing L1/L2 cache on a
  CPU that could be soft-unplugged - or a failing L3 cache on a
  multi-socket system.

  Note that true hardware hot-plug is not yet fully enabled by this,
  because that requires a special platform wakeup sequence to be sent to
  the freshly powered up CPU#0.  Future patches for this are planned,
  once such a platform exists.  Chicken and egg"

* 'x86-bsp-hotplug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86, topology: Debug CPU0 hotplug
  x86/i387.c: Initialize thread xstate only on CPU0 only once
  x86, hotplug: Handle retrigger irq by the first available CPU
  x86, hotplug: The first online processor saves the MTRR state
  x86, hotplug: During CPU0 online, enable x2apic, set_numa_node.
  x86, hotplug: Wake up CPU0 via NMI instead of INIT, SIPI, SIPI
  x86-32, hotplug: Add start_cpu0() entry point to head_32.S
  x86-64, hotplug: Add start_cpu0() entry point to head_64.S
  kernel/cpu.c: Add comment for priority in cpu_hotplug_pm_callback
  x86, hotplug, suspend: Online CPU0 for suspend or hibernate
  x86, hotplug: Support functions for CPU0 online/offline
  x86, topology: Don't offline CPU0 if any PIC irq can not be migrated out of it
  x86, Kconfig: Add config switch for CPU0 hotplug
  doc: Add x86 CPU0 online/offline feature
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