On Saturday, January 25, 2014 02:53:24 PM Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Saturday, January 25, 2014 11:03:09 AM Jörg Otte wrote: > > Kernel 3.13.0-06058-g2d08cd0 displays following errors on the console: > > > > ACPI: \_PR_.CPU4: failed to get CPU APIC ID. > > ACPI: \_PR_.CPU5: failed to get CPU APIC ID. > > ACPI: \_PR_.CPU6: failed to get CPU APIC ID. > > ACPI: \_PR_.CPU7: failed to get CPU APIC ID. > > > > I don't have CPUs 4..7! Error messages regarding not existing > > CPUs should not be displayed. > > kernel 3.13.0-05617-g3aacd62 and before did'nt show this messages. > > > > This is a regression. I never saw this messages before. > > Does your system show any other suspicious symptoms or are you worried about > those messages only?
Gerry, this is your commit b981513f806d (ACPI / scan: bail out early if failed to parse APIC ID for CPU). Apparently, the BIOS has room for 4 CPUs more than there actually are in the system. Maybe we can reduce the log level of those messages to avoid ringing bells unnecessarily? Rafael -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
