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Re: [PATCH v3 14/22] x86/boot: choose AP stack based on APIC ID


  • To: Sergii Dmytruk <sergii.dmytruk@xxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:52:36 +0100
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  • Cc: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>, Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, trenchboot-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Delivery-date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:53:00 +0000
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xenproject.org>

On 30.05.2025 15:17, Sergii Dmytruk wrote:
> --- a/xen/arch/x86/boot/trampoline.S
> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/boot/trampoline.S
> @@ -71,6 +71,27 @@ trampoline_protmode_entry:
>          mov     $X86_CR4_PAE,%ecx
>          mov     %ecx,%cr4
>  
> +        /*
> +         * Get APIC ID while we're in non-paged mode. Start by checking if
> +         * x2APIC is enabled.
> +         */
> +        mov     $MSR_APIC_BASE, %ecx
> +        rdmsr
> +        test    $APIC_BASE_EXTD, %eax
> +        jnz     .Lx2apic
> +
> +        /* Not x2APIC, read from MMIO */
> +        and     $APIC_BASE_ADDR_MASK, %eax
> +        mov     APIC_ID(%eax), %esp
> +        shr     $24, %esp

I have to admit that I'm rather hesitant towards seeing %esp used like this.

> --- a/xen/arch/x86/boot/x86_64.S
> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/boot/x86_64.S
> @@ -15,7 +15,33 @@ ENTRY(__high_start)
>          mov     $XEN_MINIMAL_CR4,%rcx
>          mov     %rcx,%cr4
>  
> -        mov     stack_start(%rip),%rsp
> +        test    %ebx,%ebx
> +        cmovz   stack_start(%rip), %rsp
> +        jz      .L_stack_set
> +
> +        /* APs only: get stack base from APIC ID saved in %esp. */
> +        mov     $-1, %rax

Here and below 32-bit insn would do fine. However, ...

> +        lea     x86_cpu_to_apicid(%rip), %rcx
> +1:
> +        add     $1, %rax
> +        cmp     $NR_CPUS, %eax
> +        jb      2f
> +        hlt
> +2:
> +        cmp     %esp, (%rcx, %rax, 4)
> +        jne     1b

... can't all of this be a simple REPNE SCASL?

As to the upper bound of NR_CPUS, do we really need to look this far?

> +        /* %eax is now Xen CPU index. */
> +        lea     stack_base(%rip), %rcx
> +        mov     (%rcx, %rax, 8), %rsp
> +
> +        test    %rsp,%rsp

Nit: Blank after comma please.

Jan



 


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