linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv11 18/19] x86/acpi: Add support for CPU offlining for ACPI MADT wakeup method

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Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2024 10:39:30 +0200
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>,
	Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@...el.com>,
	Jun Nakajima <jun.nakajima@...el.com>,
	Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>,
	Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
	"Kalra, Ashish" <ashish.kalra@....com>,
	Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
	"Huang, Kai" <kai.huang@...el.com>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-coco@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Tao Liu <ltao@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv11 18/19] x86/acpi: Add support for CPU offlining for
 ACPI MADT wakeup method

On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 12:55:21PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> MADT Multiprocessor Wakeup structure version 1 brings support of CPU

s/of /for /

> offlining: BIOS provides a reset vector where the CPU has to jump to
> for offlining itself. The new TEST mailbox command can be used to test
> whether the CPU offlined itself which means the BIOS has control over
> the CPU and can online it again via the ACPI MADT wakeup method.
> 
> Add CPU offling support for the ACPI MADT wakeup method by implementing

Unknown word [offling] in commit message.

Please introduce a spellchecker into your patch creation workflow.

> custom cpu_die(), play_dead() and stop_this_cpu() SMP operations.
> 
> CPU offlining makes is possible to hand over secondary CPUs over kexec,

s/is /it /

> not limiting the second kernel to a single CPU.

...

> +/*
> + * Make sure asm_acpi_mp_play_dead() is present in the identity mapping at
> + * the same place as in the kernel page tables. asm_acpi_mp_play_dead() switches
> + * to the identity mapping and the function has be present at the same spot in
> + * the virtual address space before and after switching page tables.
> + */
> +static int __init init_transition_pgtable(pgd_t *pgd)

This looks like a generic helper which should be in set_memory.c. And
looking at that file, there's populate_pgd() which does pretty much the
same thing, if I squint real hard.

Let's tone down the duplication.

> +{
> +	pgprot_t prot = PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC_NOENC;
> +	unsigned long vaddr, paddr;
> +	p4d_t *p4d;
> +	pud_t *pud;
> +	pmd_t *pmd;
> +	pte_t *pte;
> +
> +	vaddr = (unsigned long)asm_acpi_mp_play_dead;
> +	pgd += pgd_index(vaddr);
> +	if (!pgd_present(*pgd)) {
> +		p4d = (p4d_t *)alloc_pgt_page(NULL);
> +		if (!p4d)
> +			return -ENOMEM;
> +		set_pgd(pgd, __pgd(__pa(p4d) | _KERNPG_TABLE));
> +	}
> +	p4d = p4d_offset(pgd, vaddr);
> +	if (!p4d_present(*p4d)) {
> +		pud = (pud_t *)alloc_pgt_page(NULL);
> +		if (!pud)
> +			return -ENOMEM;
> +		set_p4d(p4d, __p4d(__pa(pud) | _KERNPG_TABLE));
> +	}
> +	pud = pud_offset(p4d, vaddr);
> +	if (!pud_present(*pud)) {
> +		pmd = (pmd_t *)alloc_pgt_page(NULL);
> +		if (!pmd)
> +			return -ENOMEM;
> +		set_pud(pud, __pud(__pa(pmd) | _KERNPG_TABLE));
> +	}
> +	pmd = pmd_offset(pud, vaddr);
> +	if (!pmd_present(*pmd)) {
> +		pte = (pte_t *)alloc_pgt_page(NULL);
> +		if (!pte)
> +			return -ENOMEM;
> +		set_pmd(pmd, __pmd(__pa(pte) | _KERNPG_TABLE));
> +	}
> +	pte = pte_offset_kernel(pmd, vaddr);
> +
> +	paddr = __pa(vaddr);
> +	set_pte(pte, pfn_pte(paddr >> PAGE_SHIFT, prot));
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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