linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v14 05/12] x86/smpboot: Split up native_cpu_up into separate phases and document them

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Message-ID: <07fd3a6cea0abfa794483fa40feb0bfec0410efe.camel@infradead.org>
Date:   Sat, 11 Mar 2023 10:21:12 +0000
From:   David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Usama Arif <usama.arif@...edance.com>, kim.phillips@....com,
        brgerst@...il.com
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        "Guilherme G . Piccoli" <gpiccoli@...lia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v14 05/12] x86/smpboot: Split up native_cpu_up into
 separate phases and document them

On Sat, 2023-03-11 at 11:19 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 08 2023 at 17:13, Usama Arif wrote:
> >  
> > +int native_cpu_up(unsigned int cpu, struct task_struct *tidle)
> > +{
> > +       int ret;
> > +
> > +       ret = do_cpu_up(cpu, tidle);
> > +       if (ret)
> > +               return ret;
> 
> In case of error this leaves the warm reset vector dangling.
> 
> > +       ret = do_wait_cpu_initialized(cpu);
> > +       if (ret)
> > +               return ret;
> > +
> > +       ret = do_wait_cpu_callin(cpu);
> > +       if (ret)
> > +               return ret;
> 
> Same for these two error returns.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>         tglx

On top of the idle_thread_get() one. Pushed to 
https://git.infradead.org/users/dwmw2/linux.git/shortlog/refs/heads/parallel-6.2-v15

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index 980cc2c4a84f..895395787afc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -1347,25 +1347,23 @@ int native_cpu_up(unsigned int cpu, struct task_struct *tidle)
 	if (!do_parallel_bringup) {
 		ret = do_cpu_up(cpu, tidle);
 		if (ret)
-			return ret;
+			goto out;
 	}
 
 	ret = do_wait_cpu_initialized(cpu);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto out;
 
 	ret = do_wait_cpu_callin(cpu);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto out;
 
 	ret = do_wait_cpu_online(cpu);
 
-	if (x86_platform.legacy.warm_reset) {
-		/*
-		 * Cleanup possible dangling ends...
-		 */
+ out:
+	/* Cleanup possible dangling ends... */
+	if (x86_platform.legacy.warm_reset)
 		smpboot_restore_warm_reset_vector();
-	}
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1373,7 +1371,7 @@ int native_cpu_up(unsigned int cpu, struct task_struct *tidle)
 /* Bringup step one: Send INIT/SIPI to the target AP */
 static int native_cpu_kick(unsigned int cpu)
 {
-	return do_cpu_up(cpu, idle_thread_get(cpu));
+	return do_cpu_up(cpu, idle_thread_get(cpu, true));
 }
 
 /**


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