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    x86/apic: Work around boot failure on HP ProLiant DL980 G7 Server systems · cb214ede
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    When a HP ProLiant DL980 G7 Server boots a regular kernel,
    there will be intermittent lost interrupts which could
    result in a hang or (in extreme cases) data loss.
    
    The reason is that this system only supports x2apic physical
    mode, while the kernel boots with a logical-cluster default
    setting.
    
    This bug can be worked around by specifying the "x2apic_phys" or
    "nox2apic" boot option, but we want to handle this system
    without requiring manual workarounds.
    
    The BIOS sets ACPI_FADT_APIC_PHYSICAL in FADT table.
    As all apicids are smaller than 255, BIOS need to pass the
    control to the OS with xapic mode, according to x2apic-spec,
    chapter 2.9.
    
    Current code handle x2apic when BIOS pass with xapic mode
    enabled:
    
    When user specifies x2apic_phys, or FADT indicates PHYSICAL:
    
    1. During madt oem check, apic driver is set with xapic logical
       or xapic phys driver at first.
    
    2. enable_IR_x2apic() will enable x2apic_mode.
    
    3. if user specifies x2apic_phys on the boot line, x2apic_phys_probe()
       will install the correct x2apic phys driver and use x2apic phys mode.
       Otherwise it will skip the driver will let x2apic_cluster_probe to
       take over to install x2apic cluster driver (wrong one) even though FADT
       indicates PHYSICAL, because x2apic_phys_probe does not check
       FADT PHYSICAL.
    
    Add checking x2apic_fadt_phys in x2apic_phys_probe() to fix the
    problem.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarStoney Wang <song-bo.wang@hp.com>
    [ updated the changelog and simplified the code ]
    Signed-off-by: default avatarYinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
    Cc: stable@kernel.org
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1360263182-16226-1-git-send-email-yinghai@kernel.orgSigned-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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