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Date:	Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:23:10 +0000
From:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
To:	travis@....com
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	mingo@...e.hu, Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>,
	Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] x86: Change size of APICIDs from u8 to u16

On (13/01/08 10:34), travis@....com didst pronounce:
> Change the size of APICIDs from u8 to u16.  This partially
> supports the new x2apic mode that will be present on future
> processor chips. (Chips actually support 32-bit APICIDs, but that
> change is more intrusive. Supporting 16-bit is sufficient for now).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>
> 
> I've included just the partial change from u8 to u16 apicids.  The
> remaining x2apic changes will be in a separate patch.
> 
> In addition, the fake_node_to_pxm_map[] and fake_apicid_to_node[]
> tables have been moved from local data to the __initdata section
> reducing stack pressure when MAX_NUMNODES and MAX_LOCAL_APIC are
> increased in size.
> 

Does this make a different to inter-node effects?

> Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@....com>
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/genapic_64.c |    4 ++--
>  arch/x86/kernel/mpparse_64.c |    4 ++--
>  arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_64.c |    2 +-
>  arch/x86/mm/numa_64.c        |    2 +-
>  arch/x86/mm/srat_64.c        |   22 +++++++++++++---------
>  include/asm-x86/processor.h  |   14 +++++++-------
>  include/asm-x86/smp_64.h     |    8 ++++----
>  7 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
> 
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/genapic_64.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/genapic_64.c
> @@ -32,10 +32,10 @@
>   * array during this time.  Is it zeroed when the per_cpu
>   * data area is removed.
>   */
> -u8 x86_cpu_to_apicid_init[NR_CPUS] __initdata
> +u16 x86_cpu_to_apicid_init[NR_CPUS] __initdata
>  					= { [0 ... NR_CPUS-1] = BAD_APICID };
>  void *x86_cpu_to_apicid_ptr;
> -DEFINE_PER_CPU(u8, x86_cpu_to_apicid) = BAD_APICID;
> +DEFINE_PER_CPU(u16, x86_cpu_to_apicid) = BAD_APICID;
>  EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(x86_cpu_to_apicid);
>  
>  struct genapic __read_mostly *genapic = &apic_flat;
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse_64.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse_64.c
> @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ unsigned disabled_cpus __cpuinitdata;
>  /* Bitmask of physically existing CPUs */
>  physid_mask_t phys_cpu_present_map = PHYSID_MASK_NONE;
>  
> -u8 bios_cpu_apicid[NR_CPUS] = { [0 ... NR_CPUS-1] = BAD_APICID };
> +u16 bios_cpu_apicid[NR_CPUS] = { [0 ... NR_CPUS-1] = BAD_APICID };
>  
>  
>  /*
> @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static void __cpuinit MP_processor_info(
>  	 * area is created.
>  	 */
>  	if (x86_cpu_to_apicid_ptr) {
> -		u8 *x86_cpu_to_apicid = (u8 *)x86_cpu_to_apicid_ptr;
> +		u16 *x86_cpu_to_apicid = (u16 *)x86_cpu_to_apicid_ptr;
>  		x86_cpu_to_apicid[cpu] = m->mpc_apicid;
>  	} else {
>  		per_cpu(x86_cpu_to_apicid, cpu) = m->mpc_apicid;
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_64.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_64.c
> @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ int smp_num_siblings = 1;
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(smp_num_siblings);
>  
>  /* Last level cache ID of each logical CPU */
> -DEFINE_PER_CPU(u8, cpu_llc_id) = BAD_APICID;
> +DEFINE_PER_CPU(u16, cpu_llc_id) = BAD_APICID;
>  
>  /* Bitmask of currently online CPUs */
>  cpumask_t cpu_online_map __read_mostly;
> --- a/arch/x86/mm/numa_64.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/numa_64.c
> @@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ void __init init_cpu_to_node(void)
>  	int i;
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < NR_CPUS; i++) {
> -		u8 apicid = x86_cpu_to_apicid_init[i];
> +		u16 apicid = x86_cpu_to_apicid_init[i];
>  
>  		if (apicid == BAD_APICID)
>  			continue;
> --- a/arch/x86/mm/srat_64.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/srat_64.c
> @@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ void __init
>  acpi_numa_processor_affinity_init(struct acpi_srat_cpu_affinity *pa)
>  {
>  	int pxm, node;
> +	int apic_id;
> +
> +	apic_id = pa->apic_id;
>  	if (srat_disabled())
>  		return;
>  	if (pa->header.length != sizeof(struct acpi_srat_cpu_affinity)) {
> @@ -145,10 +148,10 @@ acpi_numa_processor_affinity_init(struct
>  		bad_srat();
>  		return;
>  	}
> -	apicid_to_node[pa->apic_id] = node;
> +	apicid_to_node[apic_id] = node;
>  	acpi_numa = 1;
>  	printk(KERN_INFO "SRAT: PXM %u -> APIC %u -> Node %u\n",
> -	       pxm, pa->apic_id, node);
> +	       pxm, apic_id, node);
>  }
>  
>  int update_end_of_memory(unsigned long end) {return -1;}
> @@ -343,7 +346,8 @@ int __init acpi_scan_nodes(unsigned long
>  	/* First clean up the node list */
>  	for (i = 0; i < MAX_NUMNODES; i++) {
>  		cutoff_node(i, start, end);
> -		if ((nodes[i].end - nodes[i].start) < NODE_MIN_SIZE) {
> +		/* ZZZ why was this needed. At least add a comment */
> +		if (nodes[i].end && (nodes[i].end - nodes[i].start) < NODE_MIN_SIZE) {

Care to actually add a comment? This looks like a note to yourself that
got missed.

>  			unparse_node(i);
>  			node_set_offline(i);
>  		}
> @@ -384,6 +388,12 @@ int __init acpi_scan_nodes(unsigned long
>  }
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_EMU
> +static int fake_node_to_pxm_map[MAX_NUMNODES] __initdata = {
> +	[0 ... MAX_NUMNODES-1] = PXM_INVAL
> +};
> +static unsigned char fake_apicid_to_node[MAX_LOCAL_APIC] __initdata = {
> +	[0 ... MAX_LOCAL_APIC-1] = NUMA_NO_NODE
> +};
>  static int __init find_node_by_addr(unsigned long addr)
>  {
>  	int ret = NUMA_NO_NODE;
> @@ -414,12 +424,6 @@ static int __init find_node_by_addr(unsi
>  void __init acpi_fake_nodes(const struct bootnode *fake_nodes, int num_nodes)
>  {
>  	int i, j;
> -	int fake_node_to_pxm_map[MAX_NUMNODES] = {
> -		[0 ... MAX_NUMNODES-1] = PXM_INVAL
> -	};
> -	unsigned char fake_apicid_to_node[MAX_LOCAL_APIC] = {
> -		[0 ... MAX_LOCAL_APIC-1] = NUMA_NO_NODE
> -	};
>  
>  	printk(KERN_INFO "Faking PXM affinity for fake nodes on real "
>  			 "topology.\n");
> --- a/include/asm-x86/processor.h
> +++ b/include/asm-x86/processor.h
> @@ -86,14 +86,14 @@ struct cpuinfo_x86 {
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
>  	cpumask_t llc_shared_map;	/* cpus sharing the last level cache */
>  #endif
> -	unsigned char x86_max_cores;	/* cpuid returned max cores value */
> -	unsigned char apicid;
> -	unsigned short x86_clflush_size;
> +	u16 x86_max_cores;		/* cpuid returned max cores value */
> +	u16 apicid;
> +	u16 x86_clflush_size;
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> -	unsigned char booted_cores;	/* number of cores as seen by OS */
> -	__u8 phys_proc_id; 		/* Physical processor id. */
> -	__u8 cpu_core_id;  		/* Core id */
> -	__u8 cpu_index;			/* index into per_cpu list */
> +	u16 booted_cores;		/* number of cores as seen by OS */
> +	u16 phys_proc_id; 		/* Physical processor id. */
> +	u16 cpu_core_id;  		/* Core id */
> +	u16 cpu_index;			/* index into per_cpu list */
>  #endif
>  } __attribute__((__aligned__(SMP_CACHE_BYTES)));
>  
> --- a/include/asm-x86/smp_64.h
> +++ b/include/asm-x86/smp_64.h
> @@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ extern void unlock_ipi_call_lock(void);
>  extern int smp_call_function_mask(cpumask_t mask, void (*func)(void *),
>  				  void *info, int wait);
>  
> -extern u8 __initdata x86_cpu_to_apicid_init[];
> +extern u16 __initdata x86_cpu_to_apicid_init[];
>  extern void *x86_cpu_to_apicid_ptr;
> -extern u8 bios_cpu_apicid[];
> +extern u16 bios_cpu_apicid[];
>  
>  DECLARE_PER_CPU(cpumask_t, cpu_sibling_map);
>  DECLARE_PER_CPU(cpumask_t, cpu_core_map);
> -DECLARE_PER_CPU(u8, cpu_llc_id);
> -DECLARE_PER_CPU(u8, x86_cpu_to_apicid);
> +DECLARE_PER_CPU(u16, cpu_llc_id);
> +DECLARE_PER_CPU(u16, x86_cpu_to_apicid);
>  
>  static inline int cpu_present_to_apicid(int mps_cpu)
>  {
> 
> -- 
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Mel Gorman
Part-time Phd Student                          Linux Technology Center
University of Limerick                         IBM Dublin Software Lab
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