linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86: UV BAU activation descriptor init

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Date:	Tue, 19 May 2009 17:54:08 -0500
From:	Cliff Wickman <cpw@....com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, hpa@...or.com
Subject: [PATCH] x86: UV BAU activation descriptor init

From: Cliff Wickman <cpw@....com>

The UV tlb shootdown code has a serious initialization error.

An array of structures [32*8] is initialized as if it were [32].
The array is indexed by (cpu number on the blade)*8, so the short
initialization works for up to 4 cpus on a blade.
But above that, we provide an invalid opcode to the hub's
broadcast assist unit.

This patch changes the allocation of the array to use its symbolic
dimensions for better clarity. And initializes all 32*8 entries.

Tested on the UV simulator.

Diffed against 2.6.30-rc6

Signed-off-by: Cliff Wickman <cpw@....com>

---
 arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c |   18 ++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux/arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c
+++ linux/arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c
@@ -715,7 +715,14 @@ uv_activation_descriptor_init(int node, 
 	struct bau_desc *adp;
 	struct bau_desc *ad2;
 
-	adp = (struct bau_desc *)kmalloc_node(16384, GFP_KERNEL, node);
+	/*
+	 * each bau_desc is 64 bytes; there are 8 (UV_ITEMS_PER_DESCRIPTOR)
+	 * per cpu; and up to 32 (UV_ACTIVATION_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE) cpu's
+	 * per blade
+	 */
+	adp = (struct bau_desc *)kmalloc_node(sizeof(struct bau_desc)*
+		UV_ACTIVATION_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE*UV_ITEMS_PER_DESCRIPTOR,
+		GFP_KERNEL, node);
 	BUG_ON(!adp);
 
 	pa = uv_gpa(adp); /* need the real nasid*/
@@ -729,7 +736,14 @@ uv_activation_descriptor_init(int node, 
 				      (n << UV_DESC_BASE_PNODE_SHIFT | m));
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0, ad2 = adp; i < UV_ACTIVATION_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE; i++, ad2++) {
+	/*
+	 * initializing all 8 (UV_ITEMS_PER_DESCRIPTOR) descriptors for each
+	 * cpu even though we only use the first one; one descriptor can
+	 * describe a broadcast to 256 nodes.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0, ad2 = adp;
+		i < (UV_ACTIVATION_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE*UV_ITEMS_PER_DESCRIPTOR);
+		i++, ad2++) {
 		memset(ad2, 0, sizeof(struct bau_desc));
 		ad2->header.sw_ack_flag = 1;
 		/*
--
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