linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3 11/20] RISC-V: ACPI: Cache and retrieve the RINTC structure

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Date:   Fri, 3 Mar 2023 23:47:57 +0530
From:   Sunil V L <sunilvl@...tanamicro.com>
To:     Andrew Jones <ajones@...tanamicro.com>
Cc:     linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Anup Patel <apatel@...tanamicro.com>,
        Atish Patra <atishp@...osinc.com>,
        'Conor Dooley ' <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 11/20] RISC-V: ACPI: Cache and retrieve the RINTC
 structure

On Fri, Mar 03, 2023 at 07:04:52PM +0100, Andrew Jones wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 03, 2023 at 11:28:21PM +0530, Sunil V L wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 03, 2023 at 05:05:56PM +0100, Andrew Jones wrote:
> > > On Fri, Mar 03, 2023 at 07:06:38PM +0530, Sunil V L wrote:
> > > > RINTC structures in the MADT provide mapping between the hartid
> > > > and the CPU. This is required many times even at run time like
> > > > cpuinfo. So, instead of parsing the ACPI table every time, cache
> > > > the RINTC structures and provide a function to get the correct
> > > > RINTC structure for a given cpu.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Sunil V L <sunilvl@...tanamicro.com>
> > > > Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >  arch/riscv/include/asm/acpi.h |  9 ++++++
> > > >  arch/riscv/kernel/acpi.c      | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > >  2 files changed, 65 insertions(+)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/acpi.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/acpi.h
> > > > index 111a8ed10af1..8be16c1ef7da 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/acpi.h
> > > > +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/acpi.h
> > > > @@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ static inline void arch_fix_phys_package_id(int num, u32 slot) { }
> > > >  
> > > >  int acpi_get_riscv_isa(struct acpi_table_header *table,
> > > >  		       unsigned int cpu, const char **isa);
> > > > +
> > > > +struct acpi_madt_rintc *acpi_cpu_get_madt_rintc(int cpu);
> > > > +
> > > > +u32 get_acpi_id_for_cpu(int cpu);
> > > >  #else
> > > >  static inline int acpi_get_riscv_isa(struct acpi_table_header *table,
> > > >  				     unsigned int cpu, const char **isa)
> > > > @@ -68,6 +72,11 @@ static inline int acpi_get_riscv_isa(struct acpi_table_header *table,
> > > >  	return -EINVAL;
> > > >  }
> > > >  
> > > > +static inline u32 get_acpi_id_for_cpu(int cpu)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	return -1;
> > > > +}
> > > 
> > > Why do we need this stub? I wouldn't expect non-ACPI code to need an ACPI
> > > ID.
> > > 
> > > > +
> > > >  #endif /* CONFIG_ACPI */
> > > >  
> > > >  #endif /*_ASM_ACPI_H*/
> > > > diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/acpi.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/acpi.c
> > > > index 81d448c41714..8b3d68d8225f 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/acpi.c
> > > > +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/acpi.c
> > > > @@ -24,6 +24,62 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_disabled);
> > > >  int acpi_pci_disabled = 1;	/* skip ACPI PCI scan and IRQ initialization */
> > > >  EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_pci_disabled);
> > > >  
> > > > +static struct acpi_madt_rintc cpu_madt_rintc[NR_CPUS];
> > > > +
> > > > +static int acpi_parse_madt_rintc(union acpi_subtable_headers *header, const unsigned long end)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	struct acpi_madt_rintc *rintc = (struct acpi_madt_rintc *)header;
> > > > +	int cpuid;
> > > > +
> > > > +	if (!(rintc->flags & ACPI_MADT_ENABLED))
> > > > +		return 0;
> > > 
> > > Why not cache the data even when its disabled? We also cache the flags so
> > > we can always check later too.
> > > 
> > Okay, doesn't harm.
> > 
On second thought, I would like to keep this check. The reason is, it
is indexed using logical cpuid and OS will not enumerate disabled CPUs.

> > > > +
> > > > +	cpuid = riscv_hartid_to_cpuid(rintc->hart_id);
> > > > +	if (cpuid >= 0 && cpuid < NR_CPUS)
> > > 
> > > What does it mean for the above check to fail? Bad ACPI tables?
> > > 
> > This can happen when SMP is disabled but platform has more CPUs.
> 
> Ah yes, NR_CPUS can be too small for the platform. Maybe a comment
> explaining that we ignore all additional cpus in the ACPI tables that
> we can't manage with the kernel's limits would be helpful here.
> 
Sure.

Thanks,
Sunil