linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 01/11] RISC-V: Provide a more helpful error message on invalid ISA strings

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Date:   Mon, 3 Jul 2023 12:36:44 +0200
From:   Andrew Jones <ajones@...tanamicro.com>
To:     Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>
Cc:     palmer@...belt.com, conor@...nel.org,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Heiko Stuebner <heiko.stuebner@...ll.eu>,
        Evan Green <evan@...osinc.com>,
        Sunil V L <sunilvl@...tanamicro.com>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...osinc.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 01/11] RISC-V: Provide a more helpful error message on
 invalid ISA strings

On Mon, Jul 03, 2023 at 11:27:53AM +0100, Conor Dooley wrote:
> From: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...osinc.com>
> 
> Right now we provide a somewhat unhelpful error message on systems with
> invalid error messages, something along the lines of
> 
> 	CPU with hartid=0 is not available
> 	------------[ cut here ]------------
> 	kernel BUG at arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c:174!
> 	Kernel BUG [#1]
> 	Modules linked in:
> 	CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 6.4.0-rc1-00096-ge0097d2c62d5-dirty #1
> 	Hardware name: Microchip PolarFire-SoC Icicle Kit (DT)
> 	epc : of_parse_and_init_cpus+0x16c/0x16e
> 	 ra : of_parse_and_init_cpus+0x9a/0x16e
> 	epc : ffffffff80c04e0a ra : ffffffff80c04d38 sp : ffffffff81603e20
> 	 gp : ffffffff8182d658 tp : ffffffff81613f80 t0 : 000000000000006e
> 	 t1 : 0000000000000064 t2 : 0000000000000000 s0 : ffffffff81603e80
> 	 s1 : 0000000000000000 a0 : 0000000000000000 a1 : 0000000000000000
> 	 a2 : 0000000000000000 a3 : 0000000000000000 a4 : 0000000000000000
> 	 a5 : 0000000000001fff a6 : 0000000000001fff a7 : ffffffff816148b0
> 	 s2 : 0000000000000001 s3 : ffffffff81492a4c s4 : ffffffff81a4b090
> 	 s5 : ffffffff81506030 s6 : 0000000000000040 s7 : 0000000000000000
> 	 s8 : 00000000bfb6f046 s9 : 0000000000000001 s10: 0000000000000000
> 	 s11: 00000000bf389700 t3 : 0000000000000000 t4 : 0000000000000000
> 	 t5 : ffffffff824dd188 t6 : ffffffff824dd187
> 	status: 0000000200000100 badaddr: 0000000000000000 cause: 0000000000000003
> 	[<ffffffff80c04e0a>] of_parse_and_init_cpus+0x16c/0x16e
> 	[<ffffffff80c04c96>] setup_smp+0x1e/0x26
> 	[<ffffffff80c03ffe>] setup_arch+0x6e/0xb2
> 	[<ffffffff80c00384>] start_kernel+0x72/0x400
> 	Code: 80e7 4a00 a603 0009 b795 1097 ffe5 80e7 92c0 9002 (9002) 715d
> 	---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
> 	Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt
> 
> Add a warning for the cases where the ISA string isn't valid.  It's still
> above the BUG_ON cut, but hopefully it's at least a bit easier for users.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...osinc.com>
> Signed-off-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>
> ---
>  arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c | 8 ++++++--
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c
> index a2fc952318e9..3af2d214ce21 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c
> @@ -66,11 +66,15 @@ int riscv_early_of_processor_hartid(struct device_node *node, unsigned long *har
>  		return -ENODEV;
>  	}
>  
> -	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_32BIT) && strncasecmp(isa, "rv32ima", 7))
> +	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_32BIT) && strncasecmp(isa, "rv32ima", 7)) {
> +		pr_warn("CPU with hartid=%lu does not support rv32ima", *hart);
>  		return -ENODEV;
> +	}
>  
> -	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_64BIT) && strncasecmp(isa, "rv64ima", 7))
> +	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_64BIT) && strncasecmp(isa, "rv64ima", 7)) {
> +		pr_warn("CPU with hartid=%lu does not support rv64ima", *hart);
>  		return -ENODEV;
> +	}
>  
>  	return 0;
>  }
> -- 
> 2.40.1
>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Jones <ajones@...tanamicro.com>