linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v2] Drivers: hv: vmbus: prevent cpu offlining on newer hypervisors

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Date:	Mon, 1 Dec 2014 11:12:53 +0000
From:	Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
To:	Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
CC:	"devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
	"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2] Drivers: hv: vmbus: prevent cpu offlining on newer
 hypervisors

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vitaly Kuznetsov [mailto:vkuznets@...hat.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 1, 2014 18:53 PM
> To: KY Srinivasan; Haiyang Zhang
> Cc: devel@...uxdriverproject.org; Greg Kroah-Hartman; linux-
> kernel@...r.kernel.org; Dexuan Cui
> Subject: [PATCH v2] Drivers: hv: vmbus: prevent cpu offlining on newer
> hypervisors
> 
> When an SMP Hyper-V guest is running on top of 2012R2 Server and
> secondary
> cpus are sent offline (with echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu$cpu/online)
> the system freeze is observed. This happens due to the fact that on newer
> hypervisors (Win8, WS2012R2, ...) vmbus channel handlers are distributed
> across all cpus (see init_vp_index() function in drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c)
> and on cpu offlining nobody reassigns them to CPU0. Prevent cpu offlining
> when vmbus is loaded until the issue is fixed host-side.
> 
> This patch also disables hibernation but it is OK as it is also broken (MCE
> error is hit on resume). Suspend still works.
> 
> Tested with WS2008R2 and WS2012R2.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
> 
> ---
> Changes since v1:
> - introduce hv_cpu_hotplug_quirk() function to not spread #ifdefs [Greg KH]
> - add pr_notice() message "hv_vmbus: CPU offlining is not supported by
> hypervisor"
> ---
>  drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
> index 4d6b269..2e6b38e 100644
> --- a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
> @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
>  #include <linux/completion.h>
>  #include <linux/hyperv.h>
>  #include <linux/kernel_stat.h>
> +#include <linux/cpu.h>
>  #include <asm/hyperv.h>
>  #include <asm/hypervisor.h>
>  #include <asm/mshyperv.h>
> @@ -671,6 +672,36 @@ static void vmbus_isr(void)
>  		tasklet_schedule(&msg_dpc);
>  }
> 
> +#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
> +static int hyperv_cpu_disable(void)
> +{
> +	return -1;
> +}
> +
> +static void hv_cpu_hotplug_quirk(bool vmbus_loaded)
> +{
> +	/*
> +	 * Offlining a CPU when running on newer hypervisors (WS2012R2,
> Win8,
> +	 * ...) is not supported at this moment as channel interrupts are
> +	 * distributed across all of them.
> +	 */
> +
> +	if ((vmbus_proto_version == VERSION_WS2008) ||
> +	    (vmbus_proto_version == VERSION_WIN7))
> +		return;
> +
> +	if (vmbus_loaded) {
> +		smp_ops.cpu_disable = hyperv_cpu_disable;
> +		pr_notice("CPU offlining is not supported by hypervisor");
> +	} else
> +		smp_ops.cpu_disable = native_cpu_disable;
> +}
> +#else
> +static void hv_cpu_hotplug_quirk(bool vmbus_loaded)
> +{
> +}
> +#endif
> +
>  /*
>   * vmbus_bus_init -Main vmbus driver initialization routine.
>   *
> @@ -711,6 +742,7 @@ static int vmbus_bus_init(int irq)
>  	if (ret)
>  		goto err_alloc;
> 
> +	hv_cpu_hotplug_quirk(true);
>  	vmbus_request_offers();
> 
>  	return 0;
> @@ -964,6 +996,7 @@ static void __exit vmbus_exit(void)
>  	bus_unregister(&hv_bus);
>  	hv_cleanup();
>  	acpi_bus_unregister_driver(&vmbus_acpi_driver);
> +	hv_cpu_hotplug_quirk(false);
>  }

Acked-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>

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