linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] riscv: Add BUG_ON() for no cpu nodes in devicetree

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Date:   Fri, 30 Jun 2023 19:39:24 +0100
From:   Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
To:     Song Shuai <suagrfillet@...il.com>
Cc:     paul.walmsley@...ive.com, palmer@...belt.com,
        aou@...s.berkeley.edu, conor.dooley@...rochip.com,
        ajones@...tanamicro.com, sunilvl@...tanamicro.com,
        heiko.stuebner@...ll.eu, apatel@...tanamicro.com,
        evan@...osinc.com, greentime.hu@...ive.com,
        leyfoon.tan@...rfivetech.com, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] riscv: Add BUG_ON() for no cpu nodes in devicetree

On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 06:59:38PM +0800, Song Shuai wrote:
> When only the ACPI tables are passed to kernel, the tiny devictree created
> by EFI Stub doesn't provide cpu nodes.
> 
> While if append the "acpi=off" to kernel cmdline to disable ACPI for kernel
> the BUG_ON() in of_parse_and_init_cpus() indicates there's no boot cpu
> found in the devicetree, not there're no cpu nodes in the devicetree.
> 
> Add BUG_ON() in the first place of of_parse_and_init_cpus() to make it clear.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Song Shuai <suagrfillet@...il.com>

I'm still not really convinced that this is needed - not finding the
boot CPU is a strong a hint as any that your DT is completely broken.
Especially if you intentionally go out of your way to disable ACPI on a
system that requires it to boot.

I'll leave it up to Palmer or whoever to determine whether this is a
valuable change. Code change itself much improved though, thanks - I'd
give an R-b/A-b other than that I question whether there's any value in
adding another BUG_ON(). You could've kept the part of the comment that
explained what the error meant though, but that's not a big deal.

Thanks,
Conor.

> ---
> Changes since V1:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/20230629105839.1160895-1-suagrfillet@gmail.com/
> - revise the commit-msg and move the BUG_ON into of_parse_and_init_cpus() as Conor suggests
> 
> ---
>  arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c
> index 6ca2b5309aab..04d33afbdf55 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c
> @@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ static void __init of_parse_and_init_cpus(void)
>  	int cpuid = 1;
>  	int rc;
>  
> +	BUG_ON(!of_get_next_cpu_node(NULL));
> +
>  	cpu_set_ops(0);
>  
>  	for_each_of_cpu_node(dn) {
> -- 
> 2.20.1
> 
> 
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