linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Replace if statement with WARN_ON_ONCE() in cmci

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Message-ID: <5084AB10.7010807@cn.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Mon, 22 Oct 2012 10:10:24 +0800
From:	Tang Chen <tangchen@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
CC:	tony.luck@...el.com, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
	hpa@...or.com, miaox@...fujitsu.com, laijs@...fujitsu.com,
	wency@...fujitsu.com, x86@...nel.org, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Replace if statement with WARN_ON_ONCE() in cmci_rediscover().

On 10/20/2012 12:40 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 01:45:27PM +0800, Tang Chen wrote:
>> cmci_rediscover() is only called by the CPU_POST_DEAD event handler,
>> which means the corresponding cpu has already dead. As a result, it
>> won't be accessed in the for_each_online_cpu loop.
>> So, we could change the if(cpu == dying) statement into a WARN_ON_ONCE().
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tang Chen<tangchen@...fujitsu.com>
>> ---
>>   arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_intel.c |    4 ++--
>>   1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_intel.c
>> index 38e49bc..481d152 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_intel.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_intel.c
>> @@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ void cmci_rediscover(int dying)
>>   	cpumask_copy(old,&current->cpus_allowed);
>>
>>   	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
>> -		if (cpu == dying)
>> -			continue;
>> +		WARN_ON_ONCE(cpu == dying);
>
> Ok, I don't understand that:
>
> we want to warn that the rediscovering is happening on a dying cpu?? And
> before that, we simply jumped over it and didn't do the rediscovering
> there? Why should we warn at all?

Hi Borislav,

As far as I know, cmci_rediscover() is only called in
mce_cpu_callback() to handle CPU_POST_DEAD event.

2362         if (action == CPU_POST_DEAD) {
2363                 /* intentionally ignoring frozen here */
2364                 cmci_rediscover(cpu);
2365         }

I didn't find anywhere else using this function. So I think the cpu
should be dead already when this function is called.

I don't why before we just jumped over it. But I think if we have an
online cpu == dying here, it must be wrong. So I think we should warn
it, not just jump over it.

Thanks. :)


>
> Huh?
>

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