linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86, irq, fix logical AND/OR error in check_irq_vectors_for_cpu

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Message-ID: <52BDA70C.1080508@redhat.com>
Date:	Fri, 27 Dec 2013 11:13:00 -0500
From:	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>,
	Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@....com>,
	Yang Zhang <yang.z.zhang@...el.com>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	Janet Morgan <janet.morgan@...el.com>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Ruiv Wang <ruiv.wang@...il.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, irq, fix logical AND/OR error in check_irq_vectors_for_cpu_disable()



On 12/24/2013 09:40 PM, Chen, Gong wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 08:19:09AM -0500, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
>> On 12/23/2013 09:51 PM, Chen, Gong wrote:
>>> On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 09:39:12AM -0500, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
>>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c b/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c
>>>> index 7d40698..aed7acc 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c
>>>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c
>>>> @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ int check_irq_vectors_for_cpu_disable(void)
>>>>  			desc = irq_to_desc(irq);
>>>>  			data = irq_desc_get_irq_data(desc);
>>>>  			affinity = data->affinity;
>>>> -			if (irq_has_action(irq) || !irqd_is_per_cpu(data) ||
>>>> +			if (irq_has_action(irq) && !irqd_is_per_cpu(data) &&
>>>>  			    !cpumask_subset(affinity, cpu_online_mask))
>>>>  				this_count++;
>>> Hi, Prarit
>>>
>>> I noticed that you don't mention another question I asked in last mail.
>>>
>>> "It looks like cpu_online_mask will be updated until cpu_disable_common
>>> is called, but your check_vectors is called before that."
>>
>> Oh, I'm sorry ... Yes, check_irq_vectors_for_cpu_disable() is called before we
>> remove the CPU from the maps.  If there is an error then we have to do much less
>> clean up of the code.  I explicitly take into account the cpu that is being
>> downed into the check vectors code.
>>
> Here is my question: How to decide this_count can be incrased?
> 1) it is a valid irq(irq_has_action) 2) it is not percpu irq(!irqd_is_per_cpu)
> 3) it is not shared with left online cpus(!cpumask_subset)
> 
> For item 3, I have some concerns.
> Your current codes are called before cpu_disable_common, so affinity and
> cpu_online_mask are both not updated. BTW, it means your calculation
> for count is not correct because it concludes one to-be-off-lined cpu
> 
> +       for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
> +               if (cpu == smp_processor_id())
> +                       continue;
> +               for (vector = FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR; vector < NR_VECTORS;
> +                    vector++) {
> +                       if (per_cpu(vector_irq, cpu)[vector] < 0)
> +                               count++;
> +               }
> +       }
> 
> Back to my question, assume cpu1 will be off-lined and one irq affinity is
> set as (1, 2) -- this irq will be bypassed. Looks good. But if one irq
> affinity is set as only (1), -- this irq is bypassed, too. Not right!

Oh, yes, this is a bug.  ... and as you point out ...

> 
> Furthermore, you even can't use cpumask_subset as evaluation condition,
> whatever affinity/cpu_online_mask is updated or not. Let me paste the
> comment of cpumask_subset:
> /**
>  * cpumask_subset - (*src1p & ~*src2p) == 0
>  * @src1p: the first input
>  * @src2p: the second input
>  *
>  * Returns 1 if *@...1p is a subset of *@...2p, else returns 0
>  */
> Here we can see, even if src1p is an empty set, it still can be considered
> as the subset of src2p. For our this special case, I mean cpu1 will
> be off-lined and one irq affinity is set as (1). If this irq affinity
> is updated to (0), it means no cpu is bound to this irq, but the
> calculation of cpumask_subset will return true and this irq will be
> bypassed. For this case, cpumask_empty should be more suitable.

I definitely should have used cpumask_empty().  I'll retest ...

P.
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