linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: Enable x2apic during resume from suspend if used previously

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Message-ID: <3e3ca8c6-d336-d675-fc07-6e4fdcd273a1@amd.com>
Date:   Tue, 24 Oct 2023 12:30:41 -0500
From:   Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
To:     Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@....com>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        x86@...nel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, rafael@...nel.org,
        pavel@....cz, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: Enable x2apic during resume from suspend if used
 previously

On 10/24/23 10:36, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> +Tom
> 
> On 10/24/2023 03:36, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>>
>> * Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com> wrote:
>>
>>> If x2apic was enabled during boot with parallel startup
>>> it will be needed during resume from suspend to ram as well.
>>>
>>> Store whether to enable into the smpboot_control global variable
>>> and during startup re-enable it if necessary.
>>>
>>> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # 6.5+
>>> Fixes: 0c7ffa32dbd6 ("x86/smpboot/64: Implement 
>>> arch_cpuhp_init_parallel_bringup() and enable it")
>>> Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>
>>> ---
>>>   arch/x86/include/asm/smp.h   |  1 +
>>>   arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c | 12 ++++++++----
>>>   arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S    | 15 +++++++++++++++
>>>   3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/smp.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/smp.h
>>> index c31c633419fe..86584ffaebc3 100644
>>> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/smp.h
>>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/smp.h
>>> @@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ extern unsigned long apic_mmio_base;
>>>   #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
>>>   /* Control bits for startup_64 */
>>> +#define STARTUP_ENABLE_X2APIC    0x40000000
>>>   #define STARTUP_READ_APICID    0x80000000
>>>   /* Top 8 bits are reserved for control */
>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
>>> index 6dfecb27b846..29734a1299f6 100644
>>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
>>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
>>> @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
>>>   #include <linux/dmi.h>
>>>   #include <linux/cpumask.h>
>>>   #include <linux/pgtable.h>
>>> +#include <asm/apic.h>
>>>   #include <asm/segment.h>
>>>   #include <asm/desc.h>
>>>   #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
>>> @@ -129,11 +130,14 @@ int x86_acpi_suspend_lowlevel(void)
>>>        */
>>>       current->thread.sp = (unsigned long)temp_stack + sizeof(temp_stack);
>>>       /*
>>> -     * Ensure the CPU knows which one it is when it comes back, if
>>> -     * it isn't in parallel mode and expected to work that out for
>>> -     * itself.
>>> +     * Ensure x2apic is re-enabled if necessary and the CPU knows which
>>> +     * one it is when it comes back, if it isn't in parallel mode and
>>> +     * expected to work that out for itself.
>>>        */
>>> -    if (!(smpboot_control & STARTUP_PARALLEL_MASK))
>>> +    if (smpboot_control & STARTUP_PARALLEL_MASK) {
>>> +        if (x2apic_enabled())
>>> +            smpboot_control |= STARTUP_ENABLE_X2APIC;
>>> +    } else
>>>           smpboot_control = smp_processor_id();
>>
>> Yeah, so instead of adding further kludges to the 'parallel bringup is
>> possible' code path, which is arguably a functional feature that shouldn't
>> have hardware-management coupled to it, would it be possible to fix
>> parallel bringup to AMD-SEV systems, so that this code path isn't a
>> quirk-dependent "parallel boot" codepath, but simply the "x86 SMP boot
>> codepath", where all SMP x86 systems do a parallel bootup?
>>
>> The original commit by Thomas says:
>>
>>    0c7ffa32dbd6 ("x86/smpboot/64: Implement 
>> arch_cpuhp_init_parallel_bringup() and enable it")
>>
>>    | Unfortunately there is no RDMSR GHCB protocol at the moment, so 
>> enabling
>>    | AMD-SEV guests for parallel startup needs some more thought.
>>
>> But that was half a year ago, isn't there RDMSR GHCB access code 
>> available now?

That support requires an update to the GHCB specification to add 
RDMSR/WRMSR access to the GHCB MSR protocol, which hasn't been written, 
yet. The support would have to be present in both the hypervisor and the 
guest.

Thanks,
Tom

>>
>> This code would all read a lot more natural if it was the regular x86 SMP
>> bootup path - which it is 'almost' today already, modulo quirk.
>>
>> Obviously coupling functional features with hardware quirks is fragile, for
>> example your patch extending x86 SMP parallel bringup doesn't extend the
>> AMD-SEV case, which may or may not matter in practice.
>>
>> So, if it's possible, it would be nice to fix AMD-SEV systems as well and
>> remove this artificial coupling.
> 
> It probably isn't clear since I didn't mention it in the commit message, 
> but this is not a system that supports AMD-SEV.  This is a workstation 
> that supports x2apic.  I'll clarify that for V2.
> 
> I've looped Tom in to comment whether it's possible to improve AMD-SEV as 
> well.
> 
>>
>> Also, side note #1: curly braces should be balanced.
>>
>>>   #endif
>>>       initial_code = (unsigned long)wakeup_long64;
>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
>>> index ea6995920b7a..fcfa79105928 100644
>>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
>>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
>>> @@ -236,10 +236,15 @@ SYM_INNER_LABEL(secondary_startup_64_no_verify, 
>>> SYM_L_GLOBAL)
>>>        * used to look up the CPU number.  For booting a single CPU, the
>>>        * CPU number is encoded in smpboot_control.
>>>        *
>>> +     * Bit 30    STARTUP_ENABLE_X2APIC (Enable X2APIC mode)
>>>        * Bit 31    STARTUP_READ_APICID (Read APICID from APIC)
>>>        * Bit 0-23    CPU# if STARTUP_xx flags are not set
>>
>> Side note #2: you mixed up the comment ordering here.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>     Ingo
> 
> Sure, thanks for the feedback.  I'll adjust the style for v2.
> 
>