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Date:	Mon, 13 Jan 2014 10:59:23 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	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>,
	Gong Chen <gong.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Add check for number of available vectors before
 CPU down [v7]


* Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> On 01/12/2014 04:56 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > 
> > * Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64791
> >>
> >> When a cpu is downed on a system, the irqs on the cpu are assigned to
> >> other cpus.  It is possible, however, that when a cpu is downed there
> >> aren't enough free vectors on the remaining cpus to account for the
> >> vectors from the cpu that is being downed.
> >>
> >> This results in an interesting "overflow" condition where irqs are
> >> "assigned" to a CPU but are not handled.
> >>
> >> For example, when downing cpus on a 1-64 logical processor system:
> >>
> >> <snip>
> >> [  232.021745] smpboot: CPU 61 is now offline
> >> [  238.480275] smpboot: CPU 62 is now offline
> >> [  245.991080] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> >> [  245.996270] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at net/sched/sch_generic.c:264 dev_watchdog+0x246/0x250()
> >> [  246.005688] NETDEV WATCHDOG: p786p1 (ixgbe): transmit queue 0 timed out
> >> [  246.013070] Modules linked in: lockd sunrpc iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support sb_edac ixgbe microcode e1000e pcspkr joydev edac_core lpc_ich ioatdma ptp mdio mfd_core i2c_i801 dca pps_core i2c_core wmi acpi_cpufreq isci libsas scsi_transport_sas
> >> [  246.037633] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.12.0+ #14
> >> [  246.044451] Hardware name: Intel Corporation S4600LH ........../SVRBD-ROW_T, BIOS SE5C600.86B.01.08.0003.022620131521 02/26/2013
> >> [  246.057371]  0000000000000009 ffff88081fa03d40 ffffffff8164fbf6 ffff88081fa0ee48
> >> [  246.065728]  ffff88081fa03d90 ffff88081fa03d80 ffffffff81054ecc ffff88081fa13040
> >> [  246.074073]  0000000000000000 ffff88200cce0000 0000000000000040 0000000000000000
> >> [  246.082430] Call Trace:
> >> [  246.085174]  <IRQ>  [<ffffffff8164fbf6>] dump_stack+0x46/0x58
> >> [  246.091633]  [<ffffffff81054ecc>] warn_slowpath_common+0x8c/0xc0
> >> [  246.098352]  [<ffffffff81054fb6>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x46/0x50
> >> [  246.104786]  [<ffffffff815710d6>] dev_watchdog+0x246/0x250
> >> [  246.110923]  [<ffffffff81570e90>] ? dev_deactivate_queue.constprop.31+0x80/0x80
> >> [  246.119097]  [<ffffffff8106092a>] call_timer_fn+0x3a/0x110
> >> [  246.125224]  [<ffffffff8106280f>] ? update_process_times+0x6f/0x80
> >> [  246.132137]  [<ffffffff81570e90>] ? dev_deactivate_queue.constprop.31+0x80/0x80
> >> [  246.140308]  [<ffffffff81061db0>] run_timer_softirq+0x1f0/0x2a0
> >> [  246.146933]  [<ffffffff81059a80>] __do_softirq+0xe0/0x220
> >> [  246.152976]  [<ffffffff8165fedc>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30
> >> [  246.158920]  [<ffffffff810045f5>] do_softirq+0x55/0x90
> >> [  246.164670]  [<ffffffff81059d35>] irq_exit+0xa5/0xb0
> >> [  246.170227]  [<ffffffff8166062a>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x4a/0x60
> >> [  246.177324]  [<ffffffff8165f40a>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x6a/0x70
> >> [  246.184041]  <EOI>  [<ffffffff81505a1b>] ? cpuidle_enter_state+0x5b/0xe0
> >> [  246.191559]  [<ffffffff81505a17>] ? cpuidle_enter_state+0x57/0xe0
> >> [  246.198374]  [<ffffffff81505b5d>] cpuidle_idle_call+0xbd/0x200
> >> [  246.204900]  [<ffffffff8100b7ae>] arch_cpu_idle+0xe/0x30
> >> [  246.210846]  [<ffffffff810a47b0>] cpu_startup_entry+0xd0/0x250
> >> [  246.217371]  [<ffffffff81646b47>] rest_init+0x77/0x80
> >> [  246.223028]  [<ffffffff81d09e8e>] start_kernel+0x3ee/0x3fb
> >> [  246.229165]  [<ffffffff81d0989f>] ? repair_env_string+0x5e/0x5e
> >> [  246.235787]  [<ffffffff81d095a5>] x86_64_start_reservations+0x2a/0x2c
> >> [  246.242990]  [<ffffffff81d0969f>] x86_64_start_kernel+0xf8/0xfc
> >> [  246.249610] ---[ end trace fb74fdef54d79039 ]---
> >> [  246.254807] ixgbe 0000:c2:00.0 p786p1: initiating reset due to tx timeout
> >> [  246.262489] ixgbe 0000:c2:00.0 p786p1: Reset adapter
> >> Last login: Mon Nov 11 08:35:14 from 10.18.17.119
> >> [root@(none) ~]# [  246.792676] ixgbe 0000:c2:00.0 p786p1: detected SFP+: 5
> >> [  249.231598] ixgbe 0000:c2:00.0 p786p1: NIC Link is Up 10 Gbps, Flow Control: RX/TX
> >> [  246.792676] ixgbe 0000:c2:00.0 p786p1: detected SFP+: 5
> >> [  249.231598] ixgbe 0000:c2:00.0 p786p1: NIC Link is Up 10 Gbps, Flow Control: RX/TX
> >>
> >> (last lines keep repeating.  ixgbe driver is dead until module reload.)
> >>
> >> If the downed cpu has more vectors than are free on the remaining cpus on the
> >> system, it is possible that some vectors are "orphaned" even though they are
> >> assigned to a cpu.  In this case, since the ixgbe driver had a watchdog, the
> >> watchdog fired and notified that something was wrong.
> >>
> >> This patch adds a function, check_vectors(), to compare the number of vectors
> >> on the CPU going down and compares it to the number of vectors available on
> >> the system.  If there aren't enough vectors for the CPU to go down, an
> >> error is returned and propogated back to userspace.
> >>
> >> v2: Do not need to look at percpu irqs
> >> v3: Need to check affinity to prevent counting of MSIs in IOAPIC Lowest
> >>     Priority Mode
> >> v4: Additional changes suggested by Gong Chen.
> >> v5/v6/v7: Updated comment text
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
> >> Reviewed-by: Gong Chen <gong.chen@...ux.intel.com>
> >> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
> >> Cc: Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>
> >> Cc: Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@....com>
> >> Cc: Yang Zhang <yang.z.zhang@...el.com>
> >> Cc: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
> >> Cc: Janet Morgan <janet.morgan@...el.com>
> >> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
> >> Cc: Ruiv Wang <ruiv.wang@...il.com>
> >> Cc: Gong Chen <gong.chen@...ux.intel.com>
> >> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
> >> Cc: Gong Chen <gong.chen@...ux.intel.com>
> >> Cc: x86@...nel.org
> >> ---
> >>  arch/x86/include/asm/irq.h |    1 +
> >>  arch/x86/kernel/irq.c      |   69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>  arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c  |    6 ++++
> >>  3 files changed, 76 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/irq.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/irq.h
> >> index 0ea10f27..cb6cfcd 100644
> >> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/irq.h
> >> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/irq.h
> >> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ extern void irq_ctx_init(int cpu);
> >>  
> >>  #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
> >>  #include <linux/cpumask.h>
> >> +extern int check_irq_vectors_for_cpu_disable(void);
> >>  extern void fixup_irqs(void);
> >>  extern void irq_force_complete_move(int);
> >>  #endif
> >> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c b/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c
> >> index 22d0687..579a49e 100644
> >> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c
> >> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c
> >> @@ -262,6 +262,75 @@ __visible void smp_trace_x86_platform_ipi(struct pt_regs *regs)
> >>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vector_used_by_percpu_irq);
> >>  
> >>  #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
> >> +/*
> >> + * This cpu is going to be removed and its vectors migrated to the remaining
> >> + * online cpus.  Check to see if there are enough vectors in the remaining cpus.
> >> + */
> >> +int check_irq_vectors_for_cpu_disable(void)
> >> +{
> >> +	int irq, cpu;
> >> +	unsigned int this_cpu, vector, this_count, count;
> >> +	struct irq_desc *desc;
> >> +	struct irq_data *data;
> >> +	struct cpumask affinity_new, online_new;
> >> +
> >> +	this_cpu = smp_processor_id();
> >> +	cpumask_copy(&online_new, cpu_online_mask);
> >> +	cpu_clear(this_cpu, online_new);
> >> +
> >> +	this_count = 0;
> >> +	for (vector = FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR; vector < NR_VECTORS; vector++) {
> >> +		irq = __this_cpu_read(vector_irq[vector]);
> >> +		if (irq >= 0) {
> >> +			desc = irq_to_desc(irq);
> >> +			data = irq_desc_get_irq_data(desc);
> >> +			cpumask_copy(&affinity_new, data->affinity);
> >> +			cpu_clear(this_cpu, affinity_new);
> >> +
> >> +			/* Do not count inactive or per-cpu irqs. */
> >> +			if (!irq_has_action(irq) || irqd_is_per_cpu(data))
> >> +				continue;
> >> +
> >> +			/*
> >> +			 * A single irq may be mapped to multiple
> >> +			 * cpu's vector_irq[] (for example IOAPIC cluster
> >> +			 * mode).  In this case we have two
> >> +			 * possibilities:
> >> +			 *
> >> +			 * 1) the resulting affinity mask is empty; that is
> >> +			 * this the down'd cpu is the last cpu in the irq's
> >> +			 * affinity mask, or
> >> +			 *
> >> +			 * 2) the resulting affinity mask is no longer
> >> +			 * a subset of the online cpus but the affinity
> >> +			 * mask is not zero; that is the down'd cpu is the
> >> +			 * last online cpu in a user set affinity mask.
> >> +			 */
> >> +			if (cpumask_empty(&affinity_new) ||
> >> +			    !cpumask_subset(&affinity_new, &online_new))
> >> +				this_count++;
> >> +		}
> >> +	}
> >> +
> >> +	count = 0;
> >> +	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
> >> +		if (cpu == this_cpu)
> >> +			continue;
> >> +		for (vector = FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR; vector < NR_VECTORS;
> >> +		     vector++) {
> >> +			if (per_cpu(vector_irq, cpu)[vector] < 0)
> >> +				count++;
> >> +		}
> >> +	}
> >> +
> >> +	if (count < this_count) {
> >> +		pr_warn("CPU %d disable failed: CPU has %u vectors assigned and there are only %u available.\n",
> >> +			this_cpu, this_count, count);
> >> +		return -ERANGE;
> >> +	}
> >> +	return 0;
> >> +}
> >> +
> >>  /* A cpu has been removed from cpu_online_mask.  Reset irq affinities. */
> >>  void fixup_irqs(void)
> >>  {
> >> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
> >> index 85dc05a..391ea52 100644
> >> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
> >> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
> >> @@ -1312,6 +1312,12 @@ void cpu_disable_common(void)
> >>  
> >>  int native_cpu_disable(void)
> >>  {
> >> +	int ret;
> >> +
> >> +	ret = check_irq_vectors_for_cpu_disable();
> >> +	if (ret)
> >> +		return ret;
> >> +
> >>  	clear_local_APIC();
> >>  
> >>  	cpu_disable_common();
> > 
> > Looks mostly OK, but how about locking: can an IRQ be allocated in 
> > parallel while all this is going on?
> 
> Ingo,
> 
> No -- the whole thing is called under stop_machine().

Okay, that should resolve the concern - please add this information as 
a comment to the function or so.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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