linux-kernel - Re: [External] Re: [PATCH v7 0/9] Parallel CPU bringup for x86

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Date:   Thu, 9 Feb 2023 10:19:38 +0000
From:   Usama Arif <usama.arif@...edance.com>
To:     David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>, paulmck@...nel.org,
        tglx@...utronix.de
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        liangma@...ngbit.com
Subject: Re: [External] Re: [PATCH v7 0/9] Parallel CPU bringup for x86_64



On 09/02/2023 10:06, David Woodhouse wrote:
> On Thu, 2023-02-09 at 09:49 +0000, Usama Arif wrote:
>>
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
>> @@ -1080,6 +1080,7 @@ wakeup_cpu_via_init_nmi(int cpu, unsigned long
>> start_ip, int apicid,
>>                                             wakeup_cpu0_nmi, 0, "wake_cpu0");
>>
>>           if (!boot_error) {
>> +               initial_gs = per_cpu_offset(cpu);
> 
> That's for 64-bit.
> 
>>                   enable_start_cpu0 = 1;
>>                   *cpu0_nmi_registered = 1;
>>                   id = apic->dest_mode_logical ? cpu0_logical_apicid :
>> apicid;
>> @@ -1188,10 +1189,14 @@ static int do_boot_cpu(int apicid, int cpu,
>> struct task_struct *idle,
>>                   boot_error = apic->wakeup_secondary_cpu_64(apicid,
>> start_ip);
>>           else if (apic->wakeup_secondary_cpu)
>>                   boot_error = apic->wakeup_secondary_cpu(apicid, start_ip);
>> -       else
>> +       else {
>> +               if(!cpu) {
>> +                       early_gdt_descr.address = (unsigned long)get_cpu_gdt_rw(cpu);
>> +                       initial_stack  = idle->thread.sp;
>> +               }
> 
> And that's 32-bit.
> 
> These were previously done in common_cpu_up() or do_boot_cpu(), which
> means they were done not only for the wakeup_cpu_via_init_nmi() code
> path, but also when we call apic->wakeup_secondary_cpu() (or _64()) for
> the esoteric UV/NumaConnect machines.
> 
> Thanks for diagnosing it so quickly; I'll work up a subtly different
> fix.
> 

Yeah, was just a hacky fix while I was trying to figure out the issue.

do_boot_cpu is only called in cpu0 in hotplug case, so I think this a 
much better diff:

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index 3ec5182d9698..f7ae82969ee4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -1136,13 +1136,16 @@ static int do_boot_cpu(int apicid, int cpu, 
struct task_struct *idle,
         idle->thread.sp = (unsigned long)task_pt_regs(idle);
         initial_code = (unsigned long)start_secondary;

-       if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_32)) {
+       if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_32) || !cpu) {
                 early_gdt_descr.address = (unsigned 
long)get_cpu_gdt_rw(cpu);
                 initial_stack  = idle->thread.sp;
         } else if (!do_parallel_bringup) {
                 smpboot_control = STARTUP_SECONDARY | apicid;
         }

+       if (!cpu)
+               initial_gs = per_cpu_offset(cpu);
+
         /* Enable the espfix hack for this CPU */
         init_espfix_ap(cpu);



>>                   boot_error = wakeup_cpu_via_init_nmi(cpu, start_ip, apicid,
>>                                                        cpu0_nmi_registered);
>> -
>> +       }
>>           return boot_error;
>>    }
>>
>