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Message-ID: <a4efd5cd-cab1-b204-1395-670495bc33cd@oracle.com>
Date:   Mon, 27 Mar 2023 15:07:23 -0500
From:   Eric DeVolder <eric.devolder@...cle.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, mario.limonciello@....com
Cc:     rafael@...nel.org, lenb@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        mingo@...hat.com, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, x86@...nel.org,
        hpa@...or.com, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvijayab@....com,
        miguel.luis@...cle.com, boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86/acpi: acpi_is_processor_usable() dropping
 possible cpus



On 3/27/23 14:57, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 03:10:26PM -0400, Eric DeVolder wrote:
>> The logic in acpi_is_processor_usable() requires the Online Capable
>> bit be set for hotpluggable cpus.  The Online Capable bit is
>> introduced in ACPI 6.3 and MADT.revision 5.
> 
> I can't find where in the spec it says that MADT.revision 5 means that
> bit is present?
> 
> I'm looking at:
> 
> aa06e20f1be6 ("x86/ACPI: Don't add CPUs that are not online capable")
> 
> Mario?
> 
> I see in the 6.3 spec it says:
> 
> "1948 Adds a “Hot-plug Capable” flag to the Local APIC and x2APIC structures in MADT"
> 
> and the MADT.revision is 5 and in the 6.2 spec the MADT revision is "45"
> - 4.5 maybe?
> 
> But I don't see the connection between MADT.revision 5 and the presence
> of the online capable bit.
> 
> Anyone got a better quote?

Boris,

https://ueif.org/sites/default/files/resources/ACPI_6_3_May16.pdf
Section 5.2.12 MADT. Table 5-43 is the MADT Revision is numbered 5.
However, ACPI 6.x specs got a little "sloppy" with Revision, as this
is what I uncovered:

ACPI    MADT    Changes
6.0     3       Section 5.2.12
6.0a    4       Section 5.2.12
                  Adds ARM GIC structure types 0xB-0xF
6.2a    45      Section 5.2.12   <--- yep it says version 45!
6.2b    5       Section 5.2.12
                  GIC ITS last Reserved offset changed to 16 from 20 (typo)
6.3     5       Section 5.2.12
                  Adds Local APIC Flags Online Capable!
                  Adds GICC SPE Overflow Interrupt field
6.4     5       Section 5.2.12
                  Adds Multiprocessor Wakeup Structure type 0x10
6.5     5       Section 5.2.12

At any rate, Section 5.2.12.2 Processor Local APIC structure, has Table 5-47
which is the Local APIC Structure Flags, and this is where Online Capable
is introduced for the first time.


> 
>> However, as currently coded, for MADT.revision < 5,
>> acpi_is_processor_usable() no longer allows for possible hot
>> pluggable cpus, which is a regressive change in behavior.
>>
>> This patch restores the behavior where for MADT.revision < 5, the
> 
> Avoid having "This patch" or "This commit" in the commit message. It is
> tautologically useless.
ok!

> 
> Also, do
> 
> $ git grep 'This patch' Documentation/process
> 
> for more details.
ok, will do!

> 
>> presence of the lapic/x2apic structure implies a possible hotpluggable
>> cpu.
>>
>> Fixes: e2869bd7af60 ("x86/acpi/boot: Do not register processors that cannot be onlined for x2APIC")
>> Suggested-by: Miguel Luis <miguel.luis@...cle.com>
>> Suggested-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ovstrosky@...cle.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Eric DeVolder <eric.devolder@...cle.com>
>> ---
>>   arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c | 8 +++++++-
>>   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
>> index 1c38174b5f01..7b5b8ed018b0 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
>> @@ -193,7 +193,13 @@ static bool __init acpi_is_processor_usable(u32 lapic_flags)
>>   	if (lapic_flags & ACPI_MADT_ENABLED)
>>   		return true;
>>   
>> -	if (acpi_support_online_capable && (lapic_flags & ACPI_MADT_ONLINE_CAPABLE))
>> +	/*
>> +	 * Prior to MADT.revision 5, the presence of the Local x2/APIC
>> +	 * structure _implicitly_ noted a possible hotpluggable cpu.
>> +	 * Starting with MADT.revision 5, the Online Capable bit
>> +	 * _explicitly_ indicates a hotpluggable cpu.
>> +	 */
> 
> In all your text
> 
> s/cpu/CPU/g
ok, will do!
> 
>> +	if (!acpi_support_online_capable || (lapic_flags & ACPI_MADT_ONLINE_CAPABLE))
>>   		return true;
>>   
>>   	return false;
>> -- 
> 
> Otherwise, the change makes sense to me.
ok!

> 
> Thx.
>