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Date:	Fri, 10 Aug 2012 08:35:07 +0800
From:	Yanmin Zhang <yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com>
To:	hpa@...or.com
Cc:	mingo@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de, linx.z.chen@...el.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [Fwd: [PATCH] x86/smp: Fix cpuN startup panic]

Peter,

What's your opinion about the patch? We hit it when enabling Medfield Android mobile.
This patch would put AP to a loop.

Another method to fix it is just to enlarge the wait time, for example, from 2HZ to 10HZ.

Yanmin

-------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: Chen, LinX Z <linx.z.chen@...el.com>
> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: mingo@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com,
> yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com
> Subject: [PATCH] x86/smp: Fix cpuN startup panic
> Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2012 18:50:40 +0900
> 
> From: Lin Chen <linx.z.chen@...el.com>
> 
> We hit a panic while doing cpu hotplug test.
> <0>[  627.982857] Kernel panic - not syncing: smp_callin: CPU1 started up but did not get a callout!
> <0>[  627.982864]
> <4>[  627.982876] Pid: 0, comm: kworker/0:1 Tainted: G ...
> <4>[  627.982883] Call Trace:
> <4>[  627.982903]  [<c18f2977>] panic+0x66/0x16c
> <4>[  627.982918]  [<c12234cc>] ? default_get_apic_id+0x1c/0x40
> <4>[  627.982931]  [<c18ef96d>] start_secondary+0xda/0x252
> 
> During BSP bootup AP, it is possible that BSP be preempted before
> finishing STARTUP sequence of AP(set cpu_callout_mask) which maybe cause
> AP busy wait for it. At present, AP will wait for 2 seconds then panic.
> 
> This patch let AP waits until BSP finish the startup sequence and gives
> WARNING when BSP is preempted more than 2 seconds.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yanmin Zhang <yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Lin Chen <linx.z.chen@...el.com>
> ---
>   arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c |   11 ++++++-----
>   1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
> index 7c5a8c3..a9e3379 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
> @@ -165,19 +165,20 @@ static void __cpuinit smp_callin(void)
>   	 * Waiting 2s total for startup (udelay is not yet working)
>   	 */
>   	timeout = jiffies + 2*HZ;
> -	while (time_before(jiffies, timeout)) {
> +	while (1) {
>   		/*
>   		 * Has the boot CPU finished it's STARTUP sequence?
>   		 */
>   		if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpuid, cpu_callout_mask))
>   			break;
>   		cpu_relax();
> +		if (!time_before(jiffies, timeout)) {
> +			WARN(1, "%s: CPU%d started up but did not get a callout!\n",
> +					__func__, cpuid);
> +			timeout = jiffies + 2*HZ;
> +		}
>   	}
> 
> -	if (!time_before(jiffies, timeout)) {
> -		panic("%s: CPU%d started up but did not get a callout!\n",
> -		      __func__, cpuid);
> -	}
> 
>   	/*
>   	 * the boot CPU has finished the init stage and is spinning
> -- 
> 1.7.1


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