[PATCH 6/6] powerpc/powernv: Add support for POWER8 split core on powernv

Michael Neuling mikey at neuling.org
Thu Apr 24 11:32:45 EST 2014


From: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>

Upcoming POWER8 chips support a concept called split core. This is where
the core can be split into subcores that although not full cores, are
able to appear as full cores to a guest.

The splitting & unsplitting procedure is mildly complicated, and
explained at length in the comments within the patch.

One notable detail is that when splitting or unsplitting we need to pull
offline cpus out of their offline state to do work as part of the
procedure.

The interface for changing the split mode is via a sysfs file, eg:

 $ echo 2 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/subcores_per_core

Currently supported values are '1', '2' and '4'. And indicate
respectively that the core should be unsplit, split in half, and split
in quarters. These modes correspond to threads_per_subcore of 8, 4 and
2.

We do not allow changing the split mode while KVM VMs are active. This
is to prevent the value changing while userspace is configuring the VM,
and also to prevent the mode being changed in such a way that existing
guests are unable to be run.

CPU hotplug fixes by Srivatsa.  max_cpus fixes by Mahesh.  cpuset fixes by
benh.  The rest by mikey and mpe.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey at neuling.org>
Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel.crashing.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h               |   9 +
 arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/Makefile      |   2 +-
 arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/powernv.h     |   2 +
 arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/smp.c         |   8 +
 arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/subcore-asm.S |  95 +++++++
 arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/subcore.c     | 392 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/subcore.h     |  18 ++
 7 files changed, 525 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/subcore-asm.S
 create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/subcore.c
 create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/subcore.h

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
index e5d2e0b..154c419 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@
 #define   CTRL_TE	0x00c00000	/* thread enable */
 #define   CTRL_RUNLATCH	0x1
 #define SPRN_DAWR	0xB4
+#define SPRN_RPR	0xBA	/* Relative Priority Register */
 #define SPRN_CIABR	0xBB
 #define   CIABR_PRIV		0x3
 #define   CIABR_PRIV_USER	1
@@ -272,8 +273,10 @@
 #define SPRN_HSRR1	0x13B	/* Hypervisor Save/Restore 1 */
 #define SPRN_IC		0x350	/* Virtual Instruction Count */
 #define SPRN_VTB	0x351	/* Virtual Time Base */
+#define SPRN_LDBAR	0x352	/* LD Base Address Register */
 #define SPRN_PMICR	0x354   /* Power Management Idle Control Reg */
 #define SPRN_PMSR	0x355   /* Power Management Status Reg */
+#define SPRN_PMMAR	0x356	/* Power Management Memory Activity Register */
 #define SPRN_PMCR	0x374	/* Power Management Control Register */
 
 /* HFSCR and FSCR bit numbers are the same */
@@ -433,6 +436,12 @@
 #define HID0_BTCD	(1<<1)		/* Branch target cache disable */
 #define HID0_NOPDST	(1<<1)		/* No-op dst, dstt, etc. instr. */
 #define HID0_NOPTI	(1<<0)		/* No-op dcbt and dcbst instr. */
+/* POWER8 HID0 bits */
+#define HID0_POWER8_4LPARMODE	__MASK(61)
+#define HID0_POWER8_2LPARMODE	__MASK(57)
+#define HID0_POWER8_1TO2LPAR	__MASK(52)
+#define HID0_POWER8_1TO4LPAR	__MASK(51)
+#define HID0_POWER8_DYNLPARDIS	__MASK(48)
 
 #define SPRN_HID1	0x3F1		/* Hardware Implementation Register 1 */
 #ifdef CONFIG_6xx
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/Makefile
index 63cebb9..4ad0d34 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 obj-y			+= setup.o opal-takeover.o opal-wrappers.o opal.o opal-async.o
 obj-y			+= opal-rtc.o opal-nvram.o opal-lpc.o opal-flash.o
 obj-y			+= rng.o opal-elog.o opal-dump.o opal-sysparam.o opal-sensor.o
-obj-y			+= opal-msglog.o
+obj-y			+= opal-msglog.o subcore.o subcore-asm.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMP)	+= smp.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PCI)	+= pci.o pci-p5ioc2.o pci-ioda.o
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/powernv.h b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/powernv.h
index 0051e10..75501bf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/powernv.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/powernv.h
@@ -25,4 +25,6 @@ static inline int pnv_pci_dma_set_mask(struct pci_dev *pdev, u64 dma_mask)
 
 extern void pnv_lpc_init(void);
 
+bool cpu_core_split_required(void);
+
 #endif /* _POWERNV_H */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/smp.c
index ab8b4ad..7774f85 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/smp.c
@@ -157,6 +157,14 @@ static void pnv_smp_cpu_kill_self(void)
 	mtspr(SPRN_LPCR, mfspr(SPRN_LPCR) & ~(u64)LPCR_PECE1);
 	while (!generic_check_cpu_restart(cpu)) {
 		power7_nap(1);
+
+		if (cpu_core_split_required()) {
+			/* Clear the IPI that woke us up and go back to nap */
+			local_irq_enable();
+			local_irq_disable();
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		if (!generic_check_cpu_restart(cpu)) {
 			DBG("CPU%d Unexpected exit while offline !\n", cpu);
 			/* We may be getting an IPI, so we re-enable
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/subcore-asm.S b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/subcore-asm.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39bb24a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/subcore-asm.S
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013, Michael (Ellerman|Neuling), IBM Corporation.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
+#include <asm/ppc_asm.h>
+#include <asm/reg.h>
+
+#include "subcore.h"
+
+
+_GLOBAL(split_core_secondary_loop)
+	/*
+	 * r3 = u8 *state, used throughout the routine
+	 * r4 = temp
+	 * r5 = temp
+	 * ..
+	 * r12 = MSR
+	 */
+	mfmsr	r12
+
+	/* Disable interrupts so SRR0/1 don't get trashed */
+	li	r4,0
+	ori	r4,r4,MSR_EE|MSR_SE|MSR_BE|MSR_RI
+	andc	r4,r12,r4
+	sync
+	mtmsrd	r4
+
+	/* Switch to real mode and leave interrupts off */
+	li	r5, MSR_IR|MSR_DR
+	andc	r5, r4, r5
+
+	LOAD_REG_ADDR(r4, real_mode)
+
+	mtspr	SPRN_SRR0,r4
+	mtspr	SPRN_SRR1,r5
+	rfid
+	b	.	/* prevent speculative execution */
+
+real_mode:
+	/* Grab values from unsplit SPRs */
+	mfspr	r6,  SPRN_LDBAR
+	mfspr	r7,  SPRN_PMMAR
+	mfspr	r8,  SPRN_PMCR
+	mfspr	r9,  SPRN_RPR
+	mfspr	r10, SPRN_SDR1
+
+	/* Order reading the SPRs vs telling the primary we are ready to split */
+	sync
+
+	/* Tell thread 0 we are in real mode */
+	li	r4, SYNC_STEP_REAL_MODE
+	stb	r4, 0(r3)
+
+	li	r5, (HID0_POWER8_4LPARMODE | HID0_POWER8_2LPARMODE)@highest
+	sldi	r5, r5, 48
+
+	/* Loop until we see the split happen in HID0 */
+1:	mfspr	r4, SPRN_HID0
+	and.	r4, r4, r5
+	beq	1b
+
+	/*
+	 * We only need to initialise the below regs once for each subcore,
+	 * but it's simpler and harmless to do it on each thread.
+	 */
+
+	/* Make sure various SPRS have sane values */
+	li	r4, 0
+	mtspr	SPRN_LPID, r4
+	mtspr	SPRN_PCR, r4
+	mtspr	SPRN_HDEC, r4
+
+	/* Restore SPR values now we are split */
+	mtspr	SPRN_LDBAR, r6
+	mtspr	SPRN_PMMAR, r7
+	mtspr	SPRN_PMCR, r8
+	mtspr	SPRN_RPR, r9
+	mtspr	SPRN_SDR1, r10
+
+	LOAD_REG_ADDR(r5, virtual_mode)
+
+	/* Get out of real mode */
+	mtspr	SPRN_SRR0,r5
+	mtspr	SPRN_SRR1,r12
+	rfid
+	b	.	/* prevent speculative execution */
+
+virtual_mode:
+	blr
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/subcore.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/subcore.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b63ba4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/subcore.c
@@ -0,0 +1,392 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013, Michael (Ellerman|Neuling), IBM Corporation.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#define pr_fmt(fmt)	"powernv: " fmt
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/cpu.h>
+#include <linux/cpumask.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/gfp.h>
+#include <linux/smp.h>
+#include <linux/stop_machine.h>
+
+#include <asm/cputhreads.h>
+#include <asm/kvm_ppc.h>
+#include <asm/machdep.h>
+#include <asm/opal.h>
+#include <asm/smp.h>
+
+#include "subcore.h"
+
+
+/*
+ * Split/unsplit procedure:
+ *
+ * A core can be in one of three states, unsplit, 2-way split, and 4-way split.
+ *
+ * The mapping to subcores_per_core is simple:
+ *
+ *  State       | subcores_per_core
+ *  ------------|------------------
+ *  Unsplit     |        1
+ *  2-way split |        2
+ *  4-way split |        4
+ *
+ * The core is split along thread boundaries, the mapping between subcores and
+ * threads is as follows:
+ *
+ *  Unsplit:
+ *          ----------------------------
+ *  Subcore |            0             |
+ *          ----------------------------
+ *  Thread  |  0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  |
+ *          ----------------------------
+ *
+ *  2-way split:
+ *          -------------------------------------
+ *  Subcore |        0        |        1        |
+ *          -------------------------------------
+ *  Thread  |  0   1   2   3  |  4   5   6   7  |
+ *          -------------------------------------
+ *
+ *  4-way split:
+ *          -----------------------------------------
+ *  Subcore |    0    |    1    |    2    |    3    |
+ *          -----------------------------------------
+ *  Thread  |  0   1  |  2   3  |  4   5  |  6   7  |
+ *          -----------------------------------------
+ *
+ *
+ * Transitions
+ * -----------
+ *
+ * It is not possible to transition between either of the split states, the
+ * core must first be unsplit. The legal transitions are:
+ *
+ *  -----------          ---------------
+ *  |         |  <---->  | 2-way split |
+ *  |         |          ---------------
+ *  | Unsplit |
+ *  |         |          ---------------
+ *  |         |  <---->  | 4-way split |
+ *  -----------          ---------------
+ *
+ * Unsplitting
+ * -----------
+ *
+ * Unsplitting is the simpler procedure. It requires thread 0 to request the
+ * unsplit while all other threads NAP.
+ *
+ * Thread 0 clears HID0_POWER8_DYNLPARDIS (Dynamic LPAR Disable). This tells
+ * the hardware that if all threads except 0 are napping, the hardware should
+ * unsplit the core.
+ *
+ * Non-zero threads are sent to a NAP loop, they don't exit the loop until they
+ * see the core unsplit.
+ *
+ * Core 0 spins waiting for the hardware to see all the other threads napping
+ * and perform the unsplit.
+ *
+ * Once thread 0 sees the unsplit, it IPIs the secondary threads to wake them
+ * out of NAP. They will then see the core unsplit and exit the NAP loop.
+ *
+ * Splitting
+ * ---------
+ *
+ * The basic splitting procedure is fairly straight forward. However it is
+ * complicated by the fact that after the split occurs, the newly created
+ * subcores are not in a fully initialised state.
+ *
+ * Most notably the subcores do not have the correct value for SDR1, which
+ * means they must not be running in virtual mode when the split occurs. The
+ * subcores have separate timebases SPRs but these are pre-synchronised by
+ * opal.
+ *
+ * To begin with secondary threads are sent to an assembly routine. There they
+ * switch to real mode, so they are immune to the uninitialised SDR1 value.
+ * Once in real mode they indicate that they are in real mode, and spin waiting
+ * to see the core split.
+ *
+ * Thread 0 waits to see that all secondaries are in real mode, and then begins
+ * the splitting procedure. It firstly sets HID0_POWER8_DYNLPARDIS, which
+ * prevents the hardware from unsplitting. Then it sets the appropriate HID bit
+ * to request the split, and spins waiting to see that the split has happened.
+ *
+ * Concurrently the secondaries will notice the split. When they do they set up
+ * their SPRs, notably SDR1, and then they can return to virtual mode and exit
+ * the procedure.
+ */
+
+/* Initialised at boot by subcore_init() */
+static int subcores_per_core;
+
+/*
+ * Used to communicate to offline cpus that we want them to pop out of the
+ * offline loop and do a split or unsplit.
+ *
+ * 0 - no split happening
+ * 1 - unsplit in progress
+ * 2 - split to 2 in progress
+ * 4 - split to 4 in progress
+ */
+static int new_split_mode;
+
+static cpumask_var_t cpu_offline_mask;
+
+struct split_state {
+	u8 step;
+	u8 master;
+};
+
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct split_state, split_state);
+
+static void wait_for_sync_step(int step)
+{
+	int i, cpu = smp_processor_id();
+
+	for (i = cpu + 1; i < cpu + threads_per_core; i++)
+		while(per_cpu(split_state, i).step < step)
+			barrier();
+
+	/* Order the wait loop vs any subsequent loads/stores. */
+	mb();
+}
+
+static void unsplit_core(void)
+{
+	u64 hid0, mask;
+	int i, cpu;
+
+	mask = HID0_POWER8_2LPARMODE | HID0_POWER8_4LPARMODE;
+
+	cpu = smp_processor_id();
+	if (cpu_thread_in_core(cpu) != 0) {
+		while (mfspr(SPRN_HID0) & mask)
+			power7_nap(0);
+
+		per_cpu(split_state, cpu).step = SYNC_STEP_UNSPLIT;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	hid0 = mfspr(SPRN_HID0);
+	hid0 &= ~HID0_POWER8_DYNLPARDIS;
+	mtspr(SPRN_HID0, hid0);
+
+	while (mfspr(SPRN_HID0) & mask)
+		cpu_relax();
+
+	/* Wake secondaries out of NAP */
+	for (i = cpu + 1; i < cpu + threads_per_core; i++)
+		smp_send_reschedule(i);
+
+	wait_for_sync_step(SYNC_STEP_UNSPLIT);
+}
+
+static void split_core(int new_mode)
+{
+	struct {  u64 value; u64 mask; } split_parms[2] = {
+		{ HID0_POWER8_1TO2LPAR, HID0_POWER8_2LPARMODE },
+		{ HID0_POWER8_1TO4LPAR, HID0_POWER8_4LPARMODE }
+	};
+	int i, cpu;
+	u64 hid0;
+
+	/* Convert new_mode (2 or 4) into an index into our parms array */
+	i = (new_mode >> 1) - 1;
+	BUG_ON(i < 0 || i > 1);
+
+	cpu = smp_processor_id();
+	if (cpu_thread_in_core(cpu) != 0) {
+		split_core_secondary_loop(&per_cpu(split_state, cpu).step);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	wait_for_sync_step(SYNC_STEP_REAL_MODE);
+
+	/* Write new mode */
+	hid0  = mfspr(SPRN_HID0);
+	hid0 |= HID0_POWER8_DYNLPARDIS | split_parms[i].value;
+	mtspr(SPRN_HID0, hid0);
+
+	/* Wait for it to happen */
+	while (!(mfspr(SPRN_HID0) & split_parms[i].mask))
+		cpu_relax();
+}
+
+static void cpu_do_split(int new_mode)
+{
+	/*
+	 * At boot subcores_per_core will be 0, so we will always unsplit at
+	 * boot. In the usual case where the core is already unsplit it's a
+	 * nop, and this just ensures the kernel's notion of the mode is
+	 * consistent with the hardware.
+	 */
+	if (subcores_per_core != 1)
+		unsplit_core();
+
+	if (new_mode != 1)
+		split_core(new_mode);
+
+	mb();
+	per_cpu(split_state, smp_processor_id()).step = SYNC_STEP_FINISHED;
+}
+
+bool cpu_core_split_required(void)
+{
+	smp_rmb();
+
+	if (!new_split_mode)
+		return false;
+
+	cpu_do_split(new_split_mode);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+static int cpu_update_split_mode(void *data)
+{
+	int cpu, new_mode = *(int *)data;
+
+	if (this_cpu_ptr(&split_state)->master) {
+		new_split_mode = new_mode;
+		smp_wmb();
+
+		cpumask_andnot(cpu_offline_mask, cpu_present_mask,
+			       cpu_online_mask);
+
+		/* This should work even though the cpu is offline */
+		for_each_cpu(cpu, cpu_offline_mask)
+			smp_send_reschedule(cpu);
+	}
+
+	cpu_do_split(new_mode);
+
+	if (this_cpu_ptr(&split_state)->master) {
+		/* Wait for all cpus to finish before we touch subcores_per_core */
+		for_each_present_cpu(cpu) {
+			if (cpu >= setup_max_cpus)
+				break;
+
+			while(per_cpu(split_state, cpu).step < SYNC_STEP_FINISHED)
+				barrier();
+		}
+
+		new_split_mode = 0;
+
+		/* Make the new mode public */
+		subcores_per_core = new_mode;
+		threads_per_subcore = threads_per_core / subcores_per_core;
+
+		/* Make sure the new mode is written before we exit */
+		mb();
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int set_subcores_per_core(int new_mode)
+{
+	struct split_state *state;
+	int cpu;
+
+	if (kvm_hv_mode_active()) {
+		pr_err("Unable to change split core mode while KVM active.\n");
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * We are only called at boot, or from the sysfs write. If that ever
+	 * changes we'll need a lock here.
+	 */
+	BUG_ON(new_mode < 1 || new_mode > 4 || new_mode == 3);
+
+	for_each_present_cpu(cpu) {
+		state = &per_cpu(split_state, cpu);
+		state->step = SYNC_STEP_INITIAL;
+		state->master = 0;
+	}
+
+	get_online_cpus();
+
+	/* This cpu will update the globals before exiting stop machine */
+	this_cpu_ptr(&split_state)->master = 1;
+
+	/* Ensure state is consistent before we call the other cpus */
+	mb();
+
+	stop_machine(cpu_update_split_mode, &new_mode, cpu_online_mask);
+
+	put_online_cpus();
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t __used store_subcores_per_core(struct device *dev,
+		struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf,
+		size_t count)
+{
+	unsigned long val;
+	int rc;
+
+	/* We are serialised by the attribute lock */
+
+	rc = sscanf(buf, "%lx", &val);
+	if (rc != 1)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	switch (val) {
+	case 1:
+	case 2:
+	case 4:
+		if (subcores_per_core == val)
+			/* Nothing to do */
+			goto out;
+		break;
+	default:
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	rc = set_subcores_per_core(val);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+
+out:
+	return count;
+}
+
+static ssize_t show_subcores_per_core(struct device *dev,
+		struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	return sprintf(buf, "%x\n", subcores_per_core);
+}
+
+static DEVICE_ATTR(subcores_per_core, 0600,
+		show_subcores_per_core, store_subcores_per_core);
+
+static int subcore_init(void)
+{
+	if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S))
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * We need all threads in a core to be present to split/unsplit so
+         * continue only if max_cpus are aligned to threads_per_core.
+	 */
+	if (setup_max_cpus % threads_per_core)
+		return 0;
+
+	BUG_ON(!alloc_cpumask_var(&cpu_offline_mask, GFP_KERNEL));
+
+	set_subcores_per_core(1);
+
+	return device_create_file(cpu_subsys.dev_root,
+				  &dev_attr_subcores_per_core);
+}
+machine_device_initcall(powernv, subcore_init);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/subcore.h b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/subcore.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..148abc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/subcore.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013, Michael Ellerman, IBM Corporation.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+/* These are ordered and tested with <= */
+#define SYNC_STEP_INITIAL	0
+#define SYNC_STEP_UNSPLIT	1	/* Set by secondary when it sees unsplit */
+#define SYNC_STEP_REAL_MODE	2	/* Set by secondary when in real mode  */
+#define SYNC_STEP_FINISHED	3	/* Set by secondary when split/unsplit is done */
+
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+void split_core_secondary_loop(u8 *state);
+#endif
-- 
1.8.3.2



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