linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 1/1] x86/topology: fix erroneous smp_num

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Date:   Mon, 20 Feb 2023 12:22:51 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de,
        dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, hpa@...or.com, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, zhang.jia@...ux.alibaba.com,
        len.brown@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 1/1] x86/topology: fix erroneous smp_num_siblings on
 Intel Hybrid platform

On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 11:28:56AM +0800, Zhang Rui wrote:
> The SMT siblings value returned by CPUID.1F SMT level EBX differs
> among CPUs on Intel Hybrid platforms like AlderLake and MeteorLake.
> It returns 2 for Pcore CPUs which have SMT siblings and returns 1 for
> Ecore CPUs which do not have SMT siblings.
> 
> Today, the CPU boot code sets the global variable smp_num_siblings when
> every CPU thread is brought up. The last thread to boot will overwrite
> it with the number of siblings of *that* thread. That last thread to
> boot will "win". If the thread is a Pcore, smp_num_siblings == 2.  If it
> is an Ecore, smp_num_siblings == 1.
> 
> smp_num_siblings describes if the *system* supports SMT.  It should
> specify the maximum number of SMT threads among all cores.
> 
> Ensure that smp_num_siblings represents the system-wide maximum number
> of siblings by always increasing its value. Never allow it to decrease.
> 
> On MeteorLake-P platform, this fixes a problem that the Ecore CPUs are
> not updated in any cpu sibling map because the system is treated as an
> UP system when probing Ecore CPUs.
> 
> Below shows part of the CPU topology information before and after the
> fix, for both Pcore and Ecore CPU (cpu0 is Pcore, cpu 12 is Ecore).
> ...
> -/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/package_cpus:000fff
> -/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/package_cpus_list:0-11
> +/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/package_cpus:3fffff
> +/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/package_cpus_list:0-21
> ...
> -/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu12/topology/package_cpus:001000
> -/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu12/topology/package_cpus_list:12
> +/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu12/topology/package_cpus:3fffff
> +/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu12/topology/package_cpus_list:0-21
> 
> And this also breaks userspace tools like lscpu
> -Core(s) per socket:  1
> -Socket(s):           11
> +Core(s) per socket:  16
> +Socket(s):           1
> 
> CC: stable@...nel.org
> Suggested-by: Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/topology.c | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/topology.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/topology.c
> index 5e868b62a7c4..0270925fe013 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/topology.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/topology.c
> @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ int detect_extended_topology_early(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
>  	 * initial apic id, which also represents 32-bit extended x2apic id.
>  	 */
>  	c->initial_apicid = edx;
> -	smp_num_siblings = LEVEL_MAX_SIBLINGS(ebx);
> +	smp_num_siblings = max_t(int, smp_num_siblings, LEVEL_MAX_SIBLINGS(ebx));
>  #endif
>  	return 0;
>  }
> @@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ int detect_extended_topology(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
>  	 */
>  	cpuid_count(leaf, SMT_LEVEL, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
>  	c->initial_apicid = edx;
> -	core_level_siblings = smp_num_siblings = LEVEL_MAX_SIBLINGS(ebx);
> +	core_level_siblings = LEVEL_MAX_SIBLINGS(ebx);
> +	smp_num_siblings = max_t(int, smp_num_siblings, LEVEL_MAX_SIBLINGS(ebx));
>  	core_plus_mask_width = ht_mask_width = BITS_SHIFT_NEXT_LEVEL(eax);
>  	die_level_siblings = LEVEL_MAX_SIBLINGS(ebx);
>  	pkg_mask_width = die_plus_mask_width = BITS_SHIFT_NEXT_LEVEL(eax);

Seems ok, but perhaps you can stick an 'int' cast in
LEVEL_MAX_SIGLINGS instead and write a simpler max() -- and/or convert
smt_num_siblings to unsigned int.

Regardless,

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>