linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc/powernv : Save/Restore SPRG3 on entry/exit from stop.

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Date:   Tue, 17 Jul 2018 17:17:22 +0530
From:   Gautham R Shenoy <ego@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     "Gautham R. Shenoy" <ego@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Michael Neuling <mikey@...ling.org>,
        Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <svaidy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/powernv : Save/Restore SPRG3 on entry/exit from
 stop.

On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 04:57:29PM +0530, Gautham R. Shenoy wrote:
> From: "Gautham R. Shenoy" <ego@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> On 64-bit Servers, SPRN_SPRG3 and its userspace read-only mirror
> SPRN_USPRG3 are used as userspace VDSO write and read registers
> respectively.



> 
> SPRN_SPRG3 is lost when we enter stop4 and above, and is currently not
> restored.  As a result, any read from SPRN_USPRG3 returns zero on an
> exit from stop4 and above.
> 
> Thus in this situation, any call from sched_getcpu() always returns

This happens only on POWER9.

> zero, as on powerpc, we call __kernel_getcpu() which relies upon
> SPRN_USPRG3 to report the CPU and NUMA node information.
> 
> Fix this by saving the SPRN_SPRG3 before entering a deep stop state,
> and restoring it back on wakeup from the stop state.
>

I forgot to add that this fixes commit e1c1cfed5432 ("powerpc/powernv:
Save/Restore additional SPRs for stop4 cpuidle").

@mpe, do you want me to send fresh patch with these updates ?


> Reported-by: Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>
> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
> Cc: Michael Neuling <mikey@...ling.org>
> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
> Cc: Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <svaidy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Gautham R. Shenoy <ego@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/cpuidle.h | 1 +
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c  | 1 +
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S  | 5 +++++
>  3 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cpuidle.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cpuidle.h
> index e210a83..03fa904 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cpuidle.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cpuidle.h
> @@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ struct stop_sprs {
>  	u64 mmcr1;
>  	u64 mmcr2;
>  	u64 mmcra;
> +	u64 sprg3;
>  };
> 
>  extern u32 pnv_fastsleep_workaround_at_entry[];
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
> index 89cf155..a35ebfc 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
> @@ -776,6 +776,7 @@ int main(void)
>  	STOP_SPR(STOP_MMCR1, mmcr1);
>  	STOP_SPR(STOP_MMCR2, mmcr2);
>  	STOP_SPR(STOP_MMCRA, mmcra);
> +	STOP_SPR(STOP_SPRG3, sprg3);
>  #endif
> 
>  	DEFINE(PPC_DBELL_SERVER, PPC_DBELL_SERVER);
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S
> index d85d551..5069d42 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S
> @@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ power9_save_additional_sprs:
>  	mfspr	r4, SPRN_MMCR2
>  	std	r3, STOP_MMCR1(r13)
>  	std	r4, STOP_MMCR2(r13)
> +
> +	mfspr	r3, SPRN_SPRG3
> +	std	r3, STOP_SPRG3(r13)
>  	blr
> 
>  power9_restore_additional_sprs:
> @@ -144,7 +147,9 @@ power9_restore_additional_sprs:
>  	mtspr	SPRN_MMCR1, r4
> 
>  	ld	r3, STOP_MMCR2(r13)
> +	ld	r4, STOP_SPRG3(r13)
>  	mtspr	SPRN_MMCR2, r3
> +	mtspr	SPRN_SPRG3, r4
>  	blr
> 
>  /*
> -- 
> 1.9.4
>