linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] x86: Add config variables for SMP

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Date:	Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:15:22 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	travis@....com
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] x86: Add config variables for SMP_MAX


* Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:

> > 	NR_CPUS:      max limit now 4096
> > 	NODES_SHIFT:  max limit now 9
> > 	THREAD_ORDER: max limit now 3
> > 	X86_SMP_MAX:  say Y to enable possible cpus == NR_CPUS
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@....com>
> 
> i've bisected a boot failure down to this patch (sans the THREAD_ORDER 
> bits): it causes an instant reboot of the 64-bit kernel upon bootup. 
> Failing config attached.

and then it crashes with:

 [    0.000000] Bootmem setup node 0 0000000000000000-000000003fff0000
 [    0.000000] KERN_NOTICE cpu_to_node(0): usage too early!
 PANIC: early exception 06 rip 10:ffffffff81f77f30 error 0 cr2 f06f53
 [    0.000000] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.24-rc8 #422
 [    0.000000]
 [    0.000000] Call Trace:
 [    0.000000]  [<ffffffff81f76b4a>] ? setup_node_bootmem+0x1a0/0x1b8
 [    0.000000]  [<ffffffff81f77f30>] ? acpi_scan_nodes+0x204/0x255
 [    0.000000]  [<ffffffff81f77f30>] ? acpi_scan_nodes+0x204/0x255
 [    0.000000]  [<ffffffff81f77103>] ? numa_initmem_init+0x343/0x471

moral: PLEASE do not use BUG() on in early init code, unless absolutely 
necessary.

	Ingo

---
 include/asm-x86/topology.h |    5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux/include/asm-x86/topology.h
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/include/asm-x86/topology.h
+++ linux/include/asm-x86/topology.h
@@ -70,10 +70,11 @@ static inline int cpu_to_node(int cpu)
 	if(x86_cpu_to_node_map_early_ptr) {
 		printk("KERN_NOTICE cpu_to_node(%d): usage too early!\n",
 			(int)cpu);
-		BUG();
+		dump_stack();
+		return 0;
 	}
 #endif
-	if(per_cpu_offset(cpu))
+	if (per_cpu_offset(cpu))
 		return per_cpu(x86_cpu_to_node_map, cpu);
 	else
 		return NUMA_NO_NODE;
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