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Message-ID: <370a7ab2-8f57-b99b-428b-d0b1dfe401e7@invisiblethingslab.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2018 18:44:00 +0000
From: Simon Gaiser <simon@...isiblethingslab.com>
To: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>,
xen-devel <xen-devel@...ts.xen.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
Piotr Luc <piotr.luc@...el.com>,
Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
He Chen <he.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>,
Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [v6,3/3] x86/smpboot: Fix __max_logical_packages estimate
Prarit Bhargava:
> A system booted with a small number of cores enabled per package
> panics because the estimate of __max_logical_packages is too low.
> This occurs when the total number of active cores across all packages
> is less than the maximum core count for a single package.
>
> ie) On a 4 package system with 20 cores/package where only 4 cores
> are enabled on each package, the value of __max_logical_packages is
> calculated as DIV_ROUND_UP(16 / 20) = 1 and not 4.
>
> Calculate __max_logical_packages after the cpu enumeration has completed.
> Use the boot cpu's data to extrapolate the number of packages.
>
> Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.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: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
> Cc: Piotr Luc <piotr.luc@...el.com>
> Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
> Cc: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
> Cc: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>
> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
> Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
> Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
> Cc: He Chen <he.chen@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>
> Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c | 55 +++++++++--------------------------------------
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
> index 838d36ff7ba6..2e3c5a394e79 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
> @@ -308,12 +308,6 @@ int topology_update_package_map(unsigned int pkg, unsigned int cpu)
> if (new >= 0)
> goto found;
>
> - if (logical_packages >= __max_logical_packages) {
> - pr_warn("Package %u of CPU %u exceeds BIOS package data %u.\n",
> - logical_packages, cpu, __max_logical_packages);
> - return -ENOSPC;
> - }
> -
> new = logical_packages++;
> if (new != pkg)
> pr_info("CPU %u Converting physical %u to logical package %u\n",
> @@ -323,44 +317,6 @@ int topology_update_package_map(unsigned int pkg, unsigned int cpu)
> return 0;
> }
>
> -static void __init smp_init_package_map(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c, unsigned int cpu)
> -{
> - unsigned int ncpus;
> -
> - /*
> - * Today neither Intel nor AMD support heterogenous systems. That
> - * might change in the future....
> - *
> - * While ideally we'd want '* smp_num_siblings' in the below @ncpus
> - * computation, this won't actually work since some Intel BIOSes
> - * report inconsistent HT data when they disable HT.
> - *
> - * In particular, they reduce the APIC-IDs to only include the cores,
> - * but leave the CPUID topology to say there are (2) siblings.
> - * This means we don't know how many threads there will be until
> - * after the APIC enumeration.
> - *
> - * By not including this we'll sometimes over-estimate the number of
> - * logical packages by the amount of !present siblings, but this is
> - * still better than MAX_LOCAL_APIC.
> - *
> - * We use total_cpus not nr_cpu_ids because nr_cpu_ids can be limited
> - * on the command line leading to a similar issue as the HT disable
> - * problem because the hyperthreads are usually enumerated after the
> - * primary cores.
> - */
> - ncpus = boot_cpu_data.x86_max_cores;
> - if (!ncpus) {
> - pr_warn("x86_max_cores == zero !?!?");
> - ncpus = 1;
> - }
> -
> - __max_logical_packages = DIV_ROUND_UP(total_cpus, ncpus);
> - pr_info("Max logical packages: %u\n", __max_logical_packages);
> -
> - topology_update_package_map(c->phys_proc_id, cpu);
> -}
> -
> void __init smp_store_boot_cpu_info(void)
> {
> int id = 0; /* CPU 0 */
> @@ -368,7 +324,7 @@ void __init smp_store_boot_cpu_info(void)
>
> *c = boot_cpu_data;
> c->cpu_index = id;
> - smp_init_package_map(c, id);
> + topology_update_package_map(c->phys_proc_id, id);
> cpu_data(id).set = 1;
> }
>
> @@ -1371,7 +1327,16 @@ void __init native_smp_prepare_boot_cpu(void)
>
> void __init native_smp_cpus_done(unsigned int max_cpus)
> {
> + int ncpus;
> +
> pr_debug("Boot done\n");
> + /*
> + * Today neither Intel nor AMD support heterogenous systems so
> + * extrapolate the boot cpu's data to all packages.
> + */
> + ncpus = cpu_data(0).booted_cores * smp_num_siblings;
> + __max_logical_packages = DIV_ROUND_UP(nr_cpu_ids, ncpus);
> + pr_info("Max logical packages: %u\n", __max_logical_packages);
>
> if (x86_has_numa_in_package)
> set_sched_topology(x86_numa_in_package_topology);
This breaks booting as Xen PV domain for me. The problem seems to be
that native_smp_cpus_done() is never called on a PV domain. So
__max_logical_packages is uninitialized and this leads to a NULL
pointer dereference in coretemp.
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