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Date:   Sat, 14 Jan 2017 01:57:25 -0800
From:   tip-bot for Mike Travis <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     athorlton@....com, mingo@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        travis@....com, rja@....com, sivanich@....com,
        peterz@...radead.org, hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: [tip:x86/platform] x86/platform/UV: Fix panic with missing UVsystab
 support

Commit-ID:  eee5715efd8c268724b14c956de6af5d4931f470
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/eee5715efd8c268724b14c956de6af5d4931f470
Author:     Mike Travis <travis@....com>
AuthorDate: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 09:21:11 -0600
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 09:26:35 +0100

x86/platform/UV: Fix panic with missing UVsystab support

Fix the panic where KEXEC'd kernel does not have access to EFI runtime
mappings.  This may cause the extended UVsystab to not be available.
The solution is to revert to non-UV mode and continue with limited
capabilities.

Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@....com>
Reviewed-by: Russ Anderson <rja@....com>
Reviewed-by: Alex Thorlton <athorlton@....com>
Acked-by: Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@....com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170113152111.118886202@asylum.americas.sgi.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_uv_x.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_uv_x.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_uv_x.c
index 35690a1..4393078 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_uv_x.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_uv_x.c
@@ -1172,19 +1172,25 @@ static void __init decode_gam_rng_tbl(unsigned long ptr)
 		index, _min_socket, _max_socket, _min_pnode, _max_pnode);
 }
 
-static void __init decode_uv_systab(void)
+static int __init decode_uv_systab(void)
 {
 	struct uv_systab *st;
 	int i;
 
+	if (uv_hub_info->hub_revision < UV4_HUB_REVISION_BASE)
+		return 0;	/* No extended UVsystab required */
+
 	st = uv_systab;
-	if ((!st || st->revision < UV_SYSTAB_VERSION_UV4) && !is_uv4_hub())
-		return;
-	if (st->revision != UV_SYSTAB_VERSION_UV4_LATEST) {
-		pr_crit(
+	if ((!st) || (st->revision < UV_SYSTAB_VERSION_UV4_LATEST)) {
+		int rev = st ? st->revision : 0;
+
+		pr_err(
 		"UV: BIOS UVsystab version(%x) mismatch, expecting(%x)\n",
-			st->revision, UV_SYSTAB_VERSION_UV4_LATEST);
-		BUG();
+			rev, UV_SYSTAB_VERSION_UV4_LATEST);
+		pr_err(
+		"UV: Cannot support UV operations, switching to generic PC\n");
+		uv_system_type = UV_NONE;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; st->entry[i].type != UV_SYSTAB_TYPE_UNUSED; i++) {
@@ -1205,6 +1211,7 @@ static void __init decode_uv_systab(void)
 			break;
 		}
 	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1373,7 +1380,8 @@ void __init uv_system_init(void)
 	map_low_mmrs();
 
 	uv_bios_init();			/* get uv_systab for decoding */
-	decode_uv_systab();
+	if (decode_uv_systab() < 0)
+		return;			/* UVsystab problem, abort UV init */
 	build_socket_tables();
 	build_uv_gr_table();
 	uv_init_hub_info(&hub_info);