linux-kernel - [tip: ras/core] x86/mce/amd: Sanitize thresholding device creation hotplug path

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Message-ID: <158694419173.28353.4360802211784932006.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date:   Wed, 15 Apr 2020 09:49:51 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
        x86 <x86@...nel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [tip: ras/core] x86/mce/amd: Sanitize thresholding device creation
 hotplug path

The following commit has been merged into the ras/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     6e7a41c63abcfee28734c4c8872dae8d642329b6
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/6e7a41c63abcfee28734c4c8872dae8d642329b6
Author:        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 30 Mar 2020 16:21:54 +02:00
Committer:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
CommitterDate: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 15:48:30 +02:00

x86/mce/amd: Sanitize thresholding device creation hotplug path

Drop the stupid threshold_init_device() initcall iterating over all
online CPUs in favor of properly setting up everything on the CPU
hotplug path, when each CPU's callback is invoked.

 [ bp: Write commit message. ]

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200403161943.1458-5-bp@alien8.de
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c  | 57 +++++++++------------------------
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c | 11 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c
index 5639421..d3c416b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c
@@ -1474,12 +1474,22 @@ int mce_threshold_remove_device(unsigned int cpu)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* create dir/files for all valid threshold banks */
+/**
+ * mce_threshold_create_device - Create the per-CPU MCE threshold device
+ * @cpu:	The plugged in CPU
+ *
+ * Create directories and files for all valid threshold banks.
+ *
+ * This is invoked from the CPU hotplug callback which was installed in
+ * mcheck_init_device(). The invocation happens in context of the hotplug
+ * thread running on @cpu.  The callback is invoked on all CPUs which are
+ * online when the callback is installed or during a real hotplug event.
+ */
 int mce_threshold_create_device(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	unsigned int bank;
 	struct threshold_bank **bp;
-	int err = 0;
+	int err;
 
 	if (!mce_flags.amd_threshold)
 		return 0;
@@ -1500,49 +1510,14 @@ int mce_threshold_create_device(unsigned int cpu)
 			continue;
 		err = threshold_create_bank(cpu, bank);
 		if (err)
-			goto err;
-	}
-	return err;
-err:
-	mce_threshold_remove_device(cpu);
-	return err;
-}
-
-static __init int threshold_init_device(void)
-{
-	unsigned lcpu = 0;
-
-	/* to hit CPUs online before the notifier is up */
-	for_each_online_cpu(lcpu) {
-		int err = mce_threshold_create_device(lcpu);
-
-		if (err)
-			return err;
+			goto out_err;
 	}
 
 	if (thresholding_irq_en)
 		mce_threshold_vector = amd_threshold_interrupt;
 
 	return 0;
+out_err:
+	mce_threshold_remove_device(cpu);
+	return err;
 }
-/*
- * there are 3 funcs which need to be _initcalled in a logic sequence:
- * 1. xen_late_init_mcelog
- * 2. mcheck_init_device
- * 3. threshold_init_device
- *
- * xen_late_init_mcelog must register xen_mce_chrdev_device before
- * native mce_chrdev_device registration if running under xen platform;
- *
- * mcheck_init_device should be inited before threshold_init_device to
- * initialize mce_device, otherwise a NULL ptr dereference will cause panic.
- *
- * so we use following _initcalls
- * 1. device_initcall(xen_late_init_mcelog);
- * 2. device_initcall_sync(mcheck_init_device);
- * 3. late_initcall(threshold_init_device);
- *
- * when running under xen, the initcall order is 1,2,3;
- * on baremetal, we skip 1 and we do only 2 and 3.
- */
-late_initcall(threshold_init_device);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
index 43ca91e..a6009ef 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
@@ -2481,6 +2481,13 @@ static __init void mce_init_banks(void)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * When running on XEN, this initcall is ordered against the XEN mcelog
+ * initcall:
+ *
+ *   device_initcall(xen_late_init_mcelog);
+ *   device_initcall_sync(mcheck_init_device);
+ */
 static __init int mcheck_init_device(void)
 {
 	int err;
@@ -2512,6 +2519,10 @@ static __init int mcheck_init_device(void)
 	if (err)
 		goto err_out_mem;
 
+	/*
+	 * Invokes mce_cpu_online() on all CPUs which are online when
+	 * the state is installed.
+	 */
 	err = cpuhp_setup_state(CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN, "x86/mce:online",
 				mce_cpu_online, mce_cpu_pre_down);
 	if (err < 0)