[0/1] x86/topology: Fix regression limiting Xen PV DomU CPUs to 1

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Petr Vaněk April 5, 2025, 6:16 p.m. UTC

Hi,

I have discovered a regression in recent kernels that causes Xen PV DomU
guests to be limited to a single vCPU, despite multiple vCPUs being
configured. This issue does no occur in version 6.6.

After bisecting, I identified the regression was introduce in kernel 6.9
in a commit that limits the number of possible CPUs to 1 when APIC is
disabled [1]. However, Xen PV guests always disable APIC, leading to
incorrect CPU limitation.

Following patch resolves this issue by skipping apic_is_disabled check
for Xen PV guests.

I believe it makes sense to backport this fix to stable versions, so I'm
Ccing [e-mail] (as per [2]). Note that there is a minor
conflict in both applicable versions (6.12 and 6.13). Please, let me
know if a different approach would be preferred.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/[e-mail]
[2] https://docs.kernel.org/process/stable-kernel-rules.html#option-1

Thanks,
Petr

Petr Vaněk (1):
  x86/cpu/topology: Don't limit CPUs to 1 for Xen PV guests due to
    disabled APIC

 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/topology.c | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)