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Date:	Tue, 2 Jul 2013 05:37:36 +0000
From:	Bhushan Bharat-R65777 <R65777@...escale.com>
To:	Tiejun Chen <tiejun.chen@...driver.com>,
	"benh@...nel.crashing.org" <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
CC:	"linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [v2][PATCH 4/7] book3e/kexec/kdump: introduce a kexec kernel
 flag



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linuxppc-dev [mailto:linuxppc-dev-
> bounces+bharat.bhushan=freescale.com@...ts.ozlabs.org] On Behalf Of Tiejun Chen
> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 1:23 PM
> To: benh@...nel.crashing.org
> Cc: linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: [v2][PATCH 4/7] book3e/kexec/kdump: introduce a kexec kernel flag
> 
> We need to introduce a flag to indicate we're already running
> a kexec kernel then we can go proper path. For example, We
> shouldn't access spin_table from the bootloader to up any secondary
> cpu for kexec kernel, and kexec kernel already know how to jump to
> generic_secondary_smp_init.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tiejun Chen <tiejun.chen@...driver.com>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h    |    3 +++
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S     |   12 ++++++++++++
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S     |    6 ++++++
>  arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/smp.c |   14 ++++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 35 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h
> index ffbaabe..fbc3d9b 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h
> @@ -200,6 +200,9 @@ extern void generic_secondary_thread_init(void);
>  extern unsigned long __secondary_hold_spinloop;
>  extern unsigned long __secondary_hold_acknowledge;
>  extern char __secondary_hold;
> +#if defined(CONFIG_KEXEC) || defined(CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP)
> +extern unsigned long __run_at_kexec;
> +#endif
> 
>  extern void __early_start(void);
>  #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
> index 3e19ba2..ffa4b18 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
> @@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ __secondary_hold_spinloop:
>  __secondary_hold_acknowledge:
>  	.llong	0x0
> 
> +#if defined(CONFIG_KEXEC) || defined(CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP)
> +	.globl	__run_at_kexec
> +__run_at_kexec:
> +	.llong	0x0	/* Flag for the secondary kernel from kexec. */
> +#endif
> +
>  #ifdef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
>  	/* This flag is set to 1 by a loader if the kernel should run
>  	 * at the loaded address instead of the linked address.  This
> @@ -417,6 +423,12 @@ _STATIC(__after_prom_start)
>  #if defined(CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3E)
>  	tovirt(r26,r26)			/* on booke, we already run at
> PAGE_OFFSET */
>  #endif
> +#if defined(CONFIG_KEXEC) || defined(CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP)
> +	/* If relocated we need to restore this flag on that relocated address. */
> +	ld	r7,__run_at_kexec-_stext(r26)
> +	std	r7,__run_at_kexec-_stext(r26)
> +#endif
> +
>  	lwz	r7,__run_at_load-_stext(r26)
>  #if defined(CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3E)
>  	tophys(r26,r26)			/* Restore for the remains. */
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S
> index 20cbb98..c89aead 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S
> @@ -619,6 +619,12 @@ _GLOBAL(kexec_sequence)
>  	bl	.copy_and_flush	/* (dest, src, copy limit, start offset) */
>  1:	/* assume normal blr return */
> 
> +	/* notify we're going into kexec kernel for SMP. */
> +	LOAD_REG_ADDR(r3,__run_at_kexec)
> +	li	r4,1
> +	std	r4,0(r3)
> +	sync
> +
>  	/* release other cpus to the new kernel secondary start at 0x60 */
>  	mflr	r5
>  	li	r6,1
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/smp.c
> b/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/smp.c
> index 6a17599..b308373 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/smp.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/smp.c
> @@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ static int __cpuinit smp_85xx_kick_cpu(int nr)
>  	int hw_cpu = get_hard_smp_processor_id(nr);
>  	int ioremappable;
>  	int ret = 0;
> +#if defined(CONFIG_KEXEC) || defined(CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP)
> +	unsigned long *ptr;
> +#endif

What about if we can remove the ifdef around *ptr ...

> 
>  	WARN_ON(nr < 0 || nr >= NR_CPUS);
>  	WARN_ON(hw_cpu < 0 || hw_cpu >= NR_CPUS);
> @@ -238,11 +241,22 @@ out:
>  #else
>  	smp_generic_kick_cpu(nr);
> 
> +#if defined(CONFIG_KEXEC) || defined(CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP)
> +	ptr  = (unsigned long *)((unsigned long)&__run_at_kexec);

... #endif here ...

> +	/* We shouldn't access spin_table from the bootloader to up any
> +	 * secondary cpu for kexec kernel, and kexec kernel already
> +	 * know how to jump to generic_secondary_smp_init.
> +	 */
> +	if (!*ptr) {
> +#endif

... remove #endif ...

>  	flush_spin_table(spin_table);
>  	out_be32(&spin_table->pir, hw_cpu);
>  	out_be64((u64 *)(&spin_table->addr_h),
>  	  __pa((u64)*((unsigned long long *)generic_secondary_smp_init)));
>  	flush_spin_table(spin_table);
> +#if defined(CONFIG_KEXEC) || defined(CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP)
> +	}
> +#endif

--- remove above 3 lines

-Bharat

>  #endif
> 
>  	local_irq_restore(flags);
> --
> 1.7.9.5
> 
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