On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 12:28:25PM +0100, Alexander Graf wrote:
> 
> 
> On 20.03.15 10:39, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> > +   /* On POWER8 for IPIs to threads in the same core, use msgsnd */
> > +   if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S) &&
> > +       (cpu & ~7) == (raw_smp_processor_id() & ~7)) {
> 
> Can we somehow encapsulate the secret knowledge that 8 threads mean one
> core?

Looks like I want:

        if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S) &&
            cpu_first_thread_sibling(cpu) ==
            cpu_first_thread_sibling(raw_smp_processor_id())) {

Paul.
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