Verified this on a fully-enabled POWER8 system; confirming that without the patch, multiple CPUs show incorrect node values (random garbage):
144,18,3,0,,18,18,18,18 145,18,3,0,,18,18,18,18 146,18,3,436483456,,18,18,18,18 147,18,3,256,,18,18,18,18 148,18,3,436482464,,18,18,18,18 149,18,3,256,,18,18,18,18 150,18,3,436482800,,18,18,18,18 151,18,3,256,,18,18,18,18 152,19,3,436482592,,19,19,19,19 153,19,3,256,,19,19,19,19 154,19,3,0,,19,19,19,19 155,19,3,0,,19,19,19,19 156,19,3,0,,19,19,19,19 157,19,3,0,,19,19,19,19 158,19,3,33,,19,19,19,19 159,19,3,0,,19,19,19,19
... And with the patch, things are the way they should:
144,18,3,17,,18,18,18,18 145,18,3,17,,18,18,18,18 146,18,3,17,,18,18,18,18 147,18,3,17,,18,18,18,18 148,18,3,17,,18,18,18,18 149,18,3,17,,18,18,18,18 150,18,3,17,,18,18,18,18 151,18,3,17,,18,18,18,18 152,19,3,17,,19,19,19,19 153,19,3,17,,19,19,19,19 154,19,3,17,,19,19,19,19 155,19,3,17,,19,19,19,19 156,19,3,17,,19,19,19,19 157,19,3,17,,19,19,19,19 158,19,3,17,,19,19,19,19 159,19,3,17,,19,19,19,19
Verified this on a fully-enabled POWER8 system; confirming that without the patch, multiple CPUs show incorrect node values (random garbage):
144,18, 3,0,,18, 18,18,18 3,0,,18, 18,18,18 3,436483456, ,18,18, 18,18 3,256,, 18,18,18, 18 3,436482464, ,18,18, 18,18 3,256,, 18,18,18, 18 3,436482800, ,18,18, 18,18 3,256,, 18,18,18, 18 3,436482592, ,19,19, 19,19 3,256,, 19,19,19, 19 3,0,,19, 19,19,19 3,0,,19, 19,19,19 3,0,,19, 19,19,19 3,0,,19, 19,19,19 3,33,,19, 19,19,19 3,0,,19, 19,19,19
145,18,
146,18,
147,18,
148,18,
149,18,
150,18,
151,18,
152,19,
153,19,
154,19,
155,19,
156,19,
157,19,
158,19,
159,19,
... And with the patch, things are the way they should:
144,18, 3,17,,18, 18,18,18 3,17,,18, 18,18,18 3,17,,18, 18,18,18 3,17,,18, 18,18,18 3,17,,18, 18,18,18 3,17,,18, 18,18,18 3,17,,18, 18,18,18 3,17,,18, 18,18,18 3,17,,19, 19,19,19 3,17,,19, 19,19,19 3,17,,19, 19,19,19 3,17,,19, 19,19,19 3,17,,19, 19,19,19 3,17,,19, 19,19,19 3,17,,19, 19,19,19 3,17,,19, 19,19,19
145,18,
146,18,
147,18,
148,18,
149,18,
150,18,
151,18,
152,19,
153,19,
154,19,
155,19,
156,19,
157,19,
158,19,
159,19,