[PATCH v7 1/4] cpu/SMT: Provide a default topology_is_primary_thread()

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Wed, Oct 30 2024 at 20:54, Yicong Yang wrote:
>  
> +#ifndef topology_is_primary_thread
> +#define topology_is_primary_thread topology_is_primary_thread

Please do not glue defines and functions together w/o a newline in between.

> +static inline bool topology_is_primary_thread(unsigned int cpu)
> +{
> +	/*
> +	 * On SMT hotplug the primary thread of the SMT won't be disabled.
> +	 * Architectures do have a special primary thread (e.g. x86) need
> +	 * to override this function. Otherwise just make the first thread
> +	 * in the SMT as the primary thread.
> +	 */
> +	return cpu == cpumask_first(topology_sibling_cpumask(cpu));

How is that supposed to work? Assume both siblings are offline, then the
sibling mask is empty and you can't boot the CPU anymore.

Thanks,

        tglx