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Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 13:27:32 -0400
From: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>, Oren Twaig <oren@...lemp.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
Torsten Kaiser <just.for.lkml@...glemail.com>,
Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>,
Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>,
Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>,
Andrew Jones <drjones@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] x86, Clean up smp_num_siblings calculation
I have a system on which I have disabled threading in the BIOS, and I am booting
the kernel with the option "idle=poll".
The kernel displays
process: WARNING: polling idle and HT enabled, performance may degrade
which is incorrect -- I've already disabled HT.
This warning is issued here:
void select_idle_routine(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
{
if (boot_option_idle_override == IDLE_POLL && smp_num_siblings > 1)
pr_warn_once("WARNING: polling idle and HT enabled, performance may degrade\n");
>From my understanding of the other areas of kernel that use smp_num_siblings,
the value is supposed to be the actual number of threads per core, and
this value of smp_num_siblings is incorrect. In theory, it should be 1 but it
is reported as 2. When I looked into how smp_num_siblings is calculated I
found the following call sequence in the kernel:
start_kernel ->
check_bugs ->
identify_boot_cpu ->
identify_cpu ->
c_init = init_intel
init_intel ->
detect_extended_topology
(sets value)
OR
c_init = init_amd
init_amd -> amd_detect_cmp
-> amd_get_topology
(sets value)
-> detect_ht()
... (sets value)
detect_ht()
(also sets value)
ie) it is confusing to figure out where smp_num_siblings is set.
It should be noted that nothing in the identify_cpu() path or the cpu_up()
path requires smp_num_siblings to be set, prior to the final call to
detect_ht().
For x86 boxes without X86_FEATURE_XTOPOLOGY, smp_num_siblings is set to a
value read in a CPUID call in detect_ht(). This value is the *factory
defined* value in all cases; even if HT is disabled in BIOS the value
still returns 2 if the CPU supports HT. AMD also reports the factory
defined value in all cases.
For Intel x86 boxes with X86_FEATURE_XTOPOLOGY, smp_num_siblings is set to a
value read from the 0xb leaf of CPUID. This value is also the *factory
defined* value in all cases.
For new-ish AMD x86 boxes, smp_num_siblings is also set to the *factory*
defined value.
That is, even with threading disabled in BIOSes on these systems,
crash> p smp_num_siblings
smp_num_siblings = $1 = 0x2
smp_num_siblings should be calculated a single time on cpu 0 to determine
whether or not the system is multi-threaded or not. We can easily do
this by examining the boot cpu's cpu_sibling_mask after the mask has been
setup in the boot up code path.
After the patch, on a system with HT enabled,
crash> p smp_num_siblings
smp_num_siblings = $1 = 0x2
On a system with HT disabled,
crash> p smp_num_siblings
smp_num_siblings = $1 = 0x1
Other uses of smp_num_siblings involve oprofile (used after boot), and
the perf code which is done well after the initial cpus are brought online.
[v2]: After comment from Oren Twaig, rework to single patch.
Unfortunately there was no easy way to take into account the various
settings of smp_num_siblings and fix it in two patches.
Cc: Oren Twaig <oren@...lemp.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: x86@...nel.org
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Cc: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
Cc: Torsten Kaiser <just.for.lkml@...glemail.com>
Cc: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>
Cc: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
Cc: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>
Cc: Andrew Jones <drjones@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c | 1 -
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 23 +++++++++++------------
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/topology.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c | 10 +++++++---
4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
index ce8b8ff..6aca2b6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
@@ -304,7 +304,6 @@ static void amd_get_topology(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
node_id = ecx & 7;
/* get compute unit information */
- smp_num_siblings = ((ebx >> 8) & 3) + 1;
c->compute_unit_id = ebx & 0xff;
cores_per_cu += ((ebx >> 8) & 3);
} else if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_NODEID_MSR)) {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index ef1b93f..2d832861 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -509,42 +509,41 @@ void detect_ht(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
u32 eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
int index_msb, core_bits;
static bool printed;
+ int threads_per_core;
if (!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_HT))
return;
- if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_CMP_LEGACY))
+ if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_CMP_LEGACY)) {
+ threads_per_core = 1;
goto out;
+ }
if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_XTOPOLOGY))
return;
cpuid(1, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
- smp_num_siblings = (ebx & 0xff0000) >> 16;
+ threads_per_core = (ebx & 0xff0000) >> 16;
- if (smp_num_siblings == 1) {
- printk_once(KERN_INFO "CPU0: Hyper-Threading is disabled\n");
+ if (threads_per_core <= 1) {
+ pr_info_once("CPU: Hyper-Threading is unsupported on this processor.\n");
goto out;
}
- if (smp_num_siblings <= 1)
- goto out;
-
- index_msb = get_count_order(smp_num_siblings);
+ index_msb = get_count_order(threads_per_core);
c->phys_proc_id = apic->phys_pkg_id(c->initial_apicid, index_msb);
- smp_num_siblings = smp_num_siblings / c->x86_max_cores;
+ threads_per_core = threads_per_core / c->x86_max_cores;
- index_msb = get_count_order(smp_num_siblings);
+ index_msb = get_count_order(threads_per_core);
core_bits = get_count_order(c->x86_max_cores);
c->cpu_core_id = apic->phys_pkg_id(c->initial_apicid, index_msb) &
((1 << core_bits) - 1);
-
out:
- if (!printed && (c->x86_max_cores * smp_num_siblings) > 1) {
+ if (!printed && (c->x86_max_cores * threads_per_core) > 1) {
printk(KERN_INFO "CPU: Physical Processor ID: %d\n",
c->phys_proc_id);
printk(KERN_INFO "CPU: Processor Core ID: %d\n",
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/topology.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/topology.c
index 4c60eaf..a9b837e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/topology.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/topology.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ void detect_extended_topology(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
/*
* Populate HT related information from sub-leaf level 0.
*/
- core_level_siblings = smp_num_siblings = LEVEL_MAX_SIBLINGS(ebx);
+ core_level_siblings = LEVEL_MAX_SIBLINGS(ebx);
core_plus_mask_width = ht_mask_width = BITS_SHIFT_NEXT_LEVEL(eax);
sub_index = 1;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index 5492798..e5ab30b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -358,8 +358,7 @@ static bool match_mc(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c, struct cpuinfo_x86 *o)
void set_cpu_sibling_map(int cpu)
{
- bool has_smt = smp_num_siblings > 1;
- bool has_mp = has_smt || boot_cpu_data.x86_max_cores > 1;
+ bool has_mp = boot_cpu_data.x86_max_cores > 1;
struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(cpu);
struct cpuinfo_x86 *o;
int i;
@@ -371,13 +370,14 @@ void set_cpu_sibling_map(int cpu)
cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, cpu_llc_shared_mask(cpu));
cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, cpu_core_mask(cpu));
c->booted_cores = 1;
+ smp_num_siblings = 1;
return;
}
for_each_cpu(i, cpu_sibling_setup_mask) {
o = &cpu_data(i);
- if ((i == cpu) || (has_smt && match_smt(c, o)))
+ if ((i == cpu) || match_smt(c, o))
link_mask(sibling, cpu, i);
if ((i == cpu) || (has_mp && match_llc(c, o)))
@@ -415,6 +415,10 @@ void set_cpu_sibling_map(int cpu)
c->booted_cores = cpu_data(i).booted_cores;
}
}
+
+ /* Only need to check this on the boot cpu, o/w it is disabled */
+ if (cpu == 0)
+ smp_num_siblings = cpumask_weight(cpu_sibling_mask(cpu));
}
/* maps the cpu to the sched domain representing multi-core */
--
1.7.9.3
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