linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/5] x86: fix system without memory on node0 -v2

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Date:	Thu, 14 May 2009 09:42:42 -0700
From:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] x86: fix system without memory on node0 -v2


Jack found that crash with doesn't have memory on node0.

it turns out with per_cpu changeset, node_number for BSP will be alway 0,
and it is not consistent to cpu_to_node() that is to near node already.
aka when numa_set_node() for node0 is called early before per_cpu area is
setup

two places touched that per_cpu(node_number,):
1. in cpu/common.c::cpu_init() and it is not for BP
| #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
|        if (cpu != 0 && percpu_read(node_number) == 0 &&
|            cpu_to_node(cpu) != NUMA_NO_NODE)
|                percpu_write(node_number, cpu_to_node(cpu));
| #endif
for BP: traps_init ==> cpu_init
for AP: start_secondary ==> cpu_init

2. cpu/intel.c or amd.c::srat_detect_node via numa_set_node()
for BP: check_bugs ==> identify_boot_cpu ==> identify_cpu()
	 that is rather later before numa_node_id() is used for BP...
for AP: start_secondary=>smp_callin=>smp_store_cpu_info()=>identify_secondary_cpu ==> identify_cpu()

so only try to set that for BP more early in setup_per_cpu_areas, and
don't bother set that for APs there (it will be updated later and used later)
(and don't mess the 0 before the copying BP per_cpu data to APs)

v2: updated changelog with detailed reason

[ Impact: fix crashing on memoryless node 0]

Reported-and-tested-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>
Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>

---
 arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c |    8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c
+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c
@@ -423,6 +423,14 @@ void __init setup_per_cpu_areas(void)
 	early_per_cpu_ptr(x86_cpu_to_node_map) = NULL;
 #endif
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_X86_64) && defined(CONFIG_NUMA)
+	/*
+	 * make sure boot cpu node_number is right, when boot cpu is on the
+	 * node that doesn't have mem installed
+	 */
+	per_cpu(node_number, boot_cpu_id) = cpu_to_node(boot_cpu_id);
+#endif
+
 	/* Setup node to cpumask map */
 	setup_node_to_cpumask_map();
 
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