From 2885432aaf15c1b7e65c787bfe7c5fec428296f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fenghua Yu Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 16:07:49 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] x86/apic, doc: Justification for disabling IO APIC before Local APIC Since erratum AVR31 in "Intel Atom Processor C2000 Product Family Specification Update" is now published, I added a justification comment for disabling IO APIC before Local APIC, as changed in commit: 522e66464467 x86/apic: Disable I/O APIC before shutdown of the local APIC Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1386202069-51515-1-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin --- arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c index da3c599..c752cb4 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c @@ -558,6 +558,17 @@ void native_machine_shutdown(void) { /* Stop the cpus and apics */ #ifdef CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC + /* + * Disabling IO APIC before local APIC is a workaround for + * erratum AVR31 in "Intel Atom Processor C2000 Product Family + * Specification Update". In this situation, interrupts that target + * a Logical Processor whose Local APIC is either in the process of + * being hardware disabled or software disabled are neither delivered + * nor discarded. When this erratum occurs, the processor may hang. + * + * Even without the erratum, it still makes sense to quiet IO APIC + * before disabling Local APIC. + */ disable_IO_APIC(); #endif -- 2.7.4