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Date:	Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:37:15 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
To:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Chen Gong <gong.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
	"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>,
	Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/mce: Avoid reading every machine check bank register
 twice.

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 11:04:01AM -0700, Luck, Tony wrote:
> Reading machine check bank registers is slow. There is a trend of
> increasing the number of banks, and the number of cores. The main section
> of do_machine_check() is a serialized section where each cpu in turn
> checks every bank. Even on a little two socket SandyBridge-EP system
> that multiplies out as:
> 
> 	2 sockets * 8 cores * 2 hyperthreads * 20 banks = 640 MSRs
> 
> We already scan the banks in parallel in mce_no_way_out() to see if there
> is a fatal error anywhere in the system. If we build a cache of VALID
> bits during this scan, we can avoid uselessly re-reading banks that have
> no data. Note that this cache is only a hint. If the valid bit is set in a
> shared bank, all cpus that share that bank will see it during the parallel
> scan, but the first to find it in the sequential scan will (usually) clear
> the bank.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
> ---
> [I'll push via RAS tree later - after fixing the problems you'll no doubt find :-)]

Why, is Waldo hidden somewhere in this patch for us to find?

:-)

> 
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c |   15 ++++++++++++---
>  1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
> index d086a09..6f25a7c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
> @@ -641,14 +641,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(machine_check_poll);
>   * Do a quick check if any of the events requires a panic.
>   * This decides if we keep the events around or clear them.
>   */
> -static int mce_no_way_out(struct mce *m, char **msg)
> +static int mce_no_way_out(struct mce *m, char **msg, unsigned long *hintp)
>  {
>  	int i;
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < banks; i++) {
>  		m->status = mce_rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_MCx_STATUS(i));
> -		if (mce_severity(m, tolerant, msg) >= MCE_PANIC_SEVERITY)
> +		if (m->status & MCI_STATUS_VAL)
> +			__set_bit(i, hintp);
> +		if (mce_severity(m, tolerant, msg) >= MCE_PANIC_SEVERITY) {
> +			while (++i < banks)
> +				__set_bit(i, hintp);

I'm guessing this is there so that whenever we have a serious MCE
worth of panic, we want to look at the remaining banks no matter their
validity?

Why not continue through the banks, filling up the hint bitmap but make
a note to yourself here that we'll be returning 1 when finished?

>  			return 1;
> +		}
>  	}
>  	return 0;
>  }
> @@ -1011,6 +1016,7 @@ void do_machine_check(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
>  	 */
>  	int kill_it = 0;
>  	DECLARE_BITMAP(toclear, MAX_NR_BANKS);
> +	DECLARE_BITMAP(hint, MAX_NR_BANKS);

Maybe call it 'toread' like the toclear above so that we know what it
means? Or even better, valid_banks or something...?

>  	char *msg = "Unknown";
>  
>  	atomic_inc(&mce_entry);
> @@ -1025,7 +1031,8 @@ void do_machine_check(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
>  	final = &__get_cpu_var(mces_seen);
>  	*final = m;
>  
> -	no_way_out = mce_no_way_out(&m, &msg);
> +	memset(hint, 0, sizeof(hint));
> +	no_way_out = mce_no_way_out(&m, &msg, hint);
>  
>  	barrier();
>  
> @@ -1045,6 +1052,8 @@ void do_machine_check(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
>  	order = mce_start(&no_way_out);
>  	for (i = 0; i < banks; i++) {
>  		__clear_bit(i, toclear);
> +		if (!test_bit(i, hint))
> +			continue;
>  		if (!mce_banks[i].ctl)
>  			continue;
>  
> -- 
> 1.7.9.rc2.1.g69204
> 
> 

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