linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86/numa: Fix SRAT lookup for CFMWS ranges with numa_fill

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Message-ID: <Zfiuow9LiOIl3C7X@rric.localdomain>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 22:14:11 +0100
From: Robert Richter <rrichter@....com>
To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
	Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@...el.com>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org, Derick Marks <derick.w.marks@...el.com>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86/numa: Fix SRAT lookup for CFMWS ranges with
 numa_fill_memblks()

On 18.03.24 22:09:00, Robert Richter wrote:
> With kconfig option NUMA_KEEP_MEMINFO disabled the SRAT lookup done
> with numa_fill_memblks() fails returning NUMA_NO_MEMBLK (-1). An
> existing SRAT memory range cannot be found for a CFMWS address range.
> This causes the addition of a duplicate numa_memblk with a different
> node id and a subsequent page fault and kernel crash during boot.
> 
> Note that the issue was initially introduced with [1]. But since
> phys_to_target_node() was originally used that returned the valid node
> 0, an additional numa_memblk was not added. Though, the node id was
> wrong too.
> 
> Fix this by enabling NUMA_KEEP_MEMINFO for x86 with ACPI and NUMA
> enabled.
> 
> [1] fd49f99c1809 ("ACPI: NUMA: Add a node and memblk for each CFMWS not in SRAT")
> 
> Fixes: 8f1004679987 ("ACPI/NUMA: Apply SRAT proximity domain to entire CFMWS window")
> Cc: Derick Marks <derick.w.marks@...el.com>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
> Cc: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <rrichter@....com>

This patch should be dropped in favor of the other 1/3 patch, it is a
leftover.

Thanks,

-Robert