On 9/24/20 1:22 AM, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
- I don't remember if it's required that the APIC ID space be densely populated. For example, if we have a topology with 7 possible (= maximum) logical CPUs, I'm unsure if a spec forbids any of those CPUs from having APIC ID 7. That could cause a problem in MpInitLibSevEsAPReset(), I assume.
FWIW, there are many bare metal processors with non-contiguous APIC IDs. Intel puts the socket ID in the upper bits of the APIC ID. So if the socket doesn't have a power-of-two number of cores, there is always a gap. Plus, the BSP doesn't always have APIC ID 0 -- it depends on which physical cores passed the manufacturing tests for that particular part. That has broken various kernels, BIOSes, and other software at times. So it's best not to make assumptions.
I don't know if that applies to VMs, though. The standards may be different (if there are any standards at all in that area.)
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