x86/smp: Enforce CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU when SMP=y

KAGA-KOKO · KAGA-KOKO · commit bebd024e4815 · 2019-03-28T13:34:58.000+01:00
The SMT disable 'nosmt' command line argument is not working properly when CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU is disabled. The teardown of the sibling CPUs which are required to be brought up due to the MCE issues, cannot work. The CPUs are then kept in a half dead state. As the 'nosmt' functionality has become popular due to the speculative hardware vulnerabilities, the half torn down state is not a proper solution to the problem. Enforce CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU=y when SMP is enabled so the full operation is possible. Reported-by: Tianyu Lan <Tianyu.Lan@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Konrad Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Cc: Mukesh Ojha <mojha@codeaurora.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Cc: Micheal Kelley <michael.h.kelley@microsoft.com> Cc: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190326163811.598166056@linutronix.de
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -2217,14 +2217,8 @@ config RANDOMIZE_MEMORY_PHYSICAL_PADDING
 	   If unsure, leave at the default value.
 
 config HOTPLUG_CPU
-	bool "Support for hot-pluggable CPUs"
+	def_bool y
 	depends on SMP
-	---help---
-	  Say Y here to allow turning CPUs off and on. CPUs can be
-	  controlled through /sys/devices/system/cpu.
-	  ( Note: power management support will enable this option
-	    automatically on SMP systems. )
-	  Say N if you want to disable CPU hotplug.
 
 config BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0
 	bool "Set default setting of cpu0_hotpluggable"
