From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To:     Usama Arif <usama.arif@bytedance.com>, dwmw2@infradead.org,
        kim.phillips@amd.com
Cc:     arjan@linux.intel.com, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de,
        dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, hpa@zytor.com, x86@kernel.org,
        pbonzini@redhat.com, paulmck@kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
        rcu@vger.kernel.org, mimoja@mimoja.de, hewenliang4@huawei.com,
        thomas.lendacky@amd.com, seanjc@google.com, pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de,
        fam.zheng@bytedance.com, punit.agrawal@bytedance.com,
        simon.evans@bytedance.com, liangma@liangbit.com,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>,
        Usama Arif <usama.arif@bytedance.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 8/9] x86/mtrr: Avoid repeated save of MTRRs on
 boot-time CPU bringup
In-Reply-To: <20230209154156.266385-9-usama.arif@bytedance.com>
References: <20230209154156.266385-1-usama.arif@bytedance.com>
 <20230209154156.266385-9-usama.arif@bytedance.com>
Date:   Thu, 09 Feb 2023 19:31:16 +0100
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On Thu, Feb 09 2023 at 15:41, Usama Arif wrote:
>  void mtrr_save_state(void)
>  {
> +	static bool mtrr_saved;
>  	int first_cpu;
>  
>  	if (!mtrr_enabled())
>  		return;
>  
> +	if (system_state < SYSTEM_RUNNING) {
> +		if (!mtrr_saved) {
> +			mtrr_save_fixed_ranges(NULL);
> +			mtrr_saved = true;
> +		}
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
>  	first_cpu = cpumask_first(cpu_online_mask);
>  	smp_call_function_single(first_cpu, mtrr_save_fixed_ranges, NULL, 1);

So why is this relevant after the initial bringup? The BP MTRRs have
been saved already above, no?

Thanks,

        tglx