linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/5] apic, amd: Make firmware bug messages more meaningful

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Date:	Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:03:39 +0200
From:	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] apic, amd: Make firmware bug messages more meaningful

This improves error messages in case the BIOS was setting up wrong LVT
offsets.

Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c      |   15 ++++++++-------
 arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_amd.c |    1 +
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
index 850657d..cb13048 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
@@ -433,17 +433,18 @@ int setup_APIC_eilvt(u8 offset, u8 vector, u8 msg_type, u8 mask)
 	reserved = reserve_eilvt_offset(offset, new);
 
 	if (reserved != new) {
-		pr_err(FW_BUG "cpu %d, try to setup vector 0x%x, but "
-		       "vector 0x%x was already reserved by another core, "
-		       "APIC%lX=0x%x\n",
-		       smp_processor_id(), new, reserved, reg, old);
+		pr_err(FW_BUG "cpu %d, try to use APIC%lX (LVT offset %d) for "
+		       "vector 0x%x, but the register is already in use for "
+		       "vector 0x%x on another cpu\n",
+		       smp_processor_id(), reg, offset, new, reserved);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	if (!eilvt_entry_is_changeable(old, new)) {
-		pr_err(FW_BUG "cpu %d, try to setup vector 0x%x but "
-		       "register already in use, APIC%lX=0x%x\n",
-		       smp_processor_id(), new, reg, old);
+		pr_err(FW_BUG "cpu %d, try to use APIC%lX (LVT offset %d) for "
+		       "vector 0x%x, but the register is already in use for "
+		       "vector 0x%x on this cpu\n",
+		       smp_processor_id(), reg, offset, new, old);
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_amd.c b/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_amd.c
index 42fb46f..08de254 100644
--- a/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_amd.c
@@ -566,6 +566,7 @@ static int force_ibs_eilvt_setup(void)
 		ret = setup_ibs_ctl(i);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
+		pr_err(FW_BUG "using offset %d for IBS interrupts\n", i);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-- 
1.7.3.1


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