linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc/64e: drop stale call to smp_processor

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Message-Id: <466btK49TZz9sN6@ozlabs.org>
Date:   Mon, 12 Aug 2019 23:15:05 +1000 (AEST)
From:   Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
To:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Chris Packham <Chris.Packham@...iedtelesis.co.nz>
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/64e: drop stale call to smp_processor_id() which hangs SMP startup

On Thu, 2019-08-08 at 12:48:26 UTC, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> Santa commit ebb9d30a6a74 ("powerpc/mm: any thread in one core can be
> the first to setup TLB1") removed the need to know the cpu_id in
> early_init_this_mmu(), but the call to smp_processor_id() which was
> marked __maybe_used remained.
> 
> Since commit ed1cd6deb013 ("powerpc: Activate
> CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK") thread_info cannot be reached before mmu
> is properly set up.
> 
> Drop this stale call to smp_processor_id() which make SMP hang
> when CONFIG_PREEMPT is set.
> 
> Reported-by: Chris Packham <Chris.Packham@...iedtelesis.co.nz>
> Fixes: ebb9d30a6a74 ("powerpc/mm: any thread in one core can be the first to setup TLB1")
> Link: https://github.com/linuxppc/issues/issues/264
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org

Applied to powerpc fixes, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/b9ee5e04fd77898208c51b1395fa0b5e8536f9b6

cheers