Re: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 00/10] SMP Support for x86 UEFI Tests

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On Tue, Apr 12, 2022, Varad Gautam wrote:
> This series brings multi-vcpu support to UEFI tests on x86.
> 
> Most of the necessary AP bringup code already exists within kvm-unit-tests'
> cstart64.S, and has now been either rewritten in C or moved to a common location
> to be shared between EFI and non-EFI test builds.
> 
> A call gate is used to transition from 16-bit to 32-bit mode, since EFI may
> not load the 32-bit entrypoint low enough to be reachable from the SIPI vector.
> 
> Changes in v2:
> - rebase onto kvm-unit-tests@1a4529ce83 + seanjc's percpu apic_ops series [1].

Thanks for taking on the rebase pain, I appreciate it!

Lots of comments, but mostly minor things to (hopefully) improve readability.  I
belive the mixup with 32-bit targets is the only thing that might get painful.



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