[PATCH v3] ppc64 boot: Wait for boot cpu to show up if nr_cpus limit is about to hit.
Guilherme G. Piccoli
gpiccoli at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Sat Nov 18 04:57:49 AEDT 2017
On 11/17/2017 03:26 PM, Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 07:26:43PM -0200, Guilherme G. Piccoli wrote:
>> On 11/06/2017 03:34 PM, Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo wrote:
>>> From: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>>>
>>> The kernel boot parameter 'nr_cpus=' allows one to specify number of
>>> possible cpus in the system. In the normal scenario the first cpu (cpu0)
>>> that shows up is the boot cpu and hence it gets covered under nr_cpus
>>> limit.
>>>
>>> But this assumption will be broken in kdump scenario where kdump kenrel
>>
>> Minor nit: s/kenrel/kernel
>>
>>> after a crash can boot up on an non-zero boot cpu. The paca structure
>>> allocation depends on value of nr_cpus and is indexed using logical cpu
>>> ids. This definetly will be an issue if boot cpu id > nr_cpus
>>
>> Minor nit (2): s/definetly/definitely
>
> Hi, Guilherme.
>
> Thanks a lot for testing and reviewing the patch. I will ignore those
> small typos, unless the maintainers tell me to fix them. I hope you
> don't mind.
>
> I would like to see this merged sooner rather than later.
Sure Cascardo! In fact, those kind of minor/small nits could be fixed by
Michael once/if he merges heheh
I don't think it'd need a respin!
Cheers,
Guilherme
>
> Thanks.
> Cascardo.
>
>>>
>>> This patch modifies allocate_pacas() and smp_setup_cpu_maps() to
>>> accommodate boot cpu for the case where boot_cpuid > nr_cpu_ids.
>>>
>>> This change would help to reduce the memory reservation requirement for
>>> kdump on ppc64.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo at canonical.com>
>>
>> Tested-by: Guilherme G. Piccoli <gpiccoli at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>>
>> Without this patch, got a crash deterministically when booting with
>> nr_cpus=1 in P8 bare-metal. The patch fixes the issue...
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> Guilherme
>>
>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> v3: fixup signedness or nr_cpus to match nr_cpu_ids
>>> and fix conflict due to change from %d to %u
>>>
>>> Resending this as it was not applied, and I can reproduce the issue with
>>> v4.14-rc8 when booting a kdump kernel after a crash that has been given
>>> nr_cpus=1 as a parameter. With this patch, I can't reproduce it anymore.
>>>
>>> ---
>>> arch/powerpc/include/asm/paca.h | 3 +++
>>> arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h | 1 +
>>> arch/powerpc/kernel/paca.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++-----
>>> arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>> arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>> 5 files changed, 85 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/paca.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/paca.h
>>> index 04b60af027ae..ea0dbf2bbeef 100644
>>> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/paca.h
>>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/paca.h
>>> @@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ extern unsigned int debug_smp_processor_id(void); /* from linux/smp.h */
>>> #define get_lppaca() (get_paca()->lppaca_ptr)
>>> #define get_slb_shadow() (get_paca()->slb_shadow_ptr)
>>>
>>> +/* Maximum number of threads per core. */
>>> +#define MAX_SMT 8
>>> +
>>> struct task_struct;
>>>
>>> /*
>>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h
>>> index fac963e10d39..553cd22b2ccc 100644
>>> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h
>>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h
>>> @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
>>> #include <asm/percpu.h>
>>>
>>> extern int boot_cpuid;
>>> +extern int boot_hw_cpuid;
>>> extern int spinning_secondaries;
>>>
>>> extern void cpu_die(void);
>>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/paca.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/paca.c
>>> index 2ff2b8a19f71..9c689ee4b6a3 100644
>>> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/paca.c
>>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/paca.c
>>> @@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ void __init allocate_pacas(void)
>>> {
>>> u64 limit;
>>> int cpu;
>>> + unsigned int nr_cpus;
>>>
>>> limit = ppc64_rma_size;
>>>
>>> @@ -219,20 +220,32 @@ void __init allocate_pacas(void)
>>> limit = min(0x10000000ULL, limit);
>>> #endif
>>>
>>> - paca_size = PAGE_ALIGN(sizeof(struct paca_struct) * nr_cpu_ids);
>>> + /*
>>> + * Always align up the nr_cpu_ids to SMT threads and allocate
>>> + * the paca. This will help us to prepare for a situation where
>>> + * boot cpu id > nr_cpus_id. We will use the last nthreads
>>> + * slots (nthreads == threads per core) to accommodate a core
>>> + * that contains boot cpu thread.
>>> + *
>>> + * Do not change nr_cpu_ids value here. Let us do that in
>>> + * early_init_dt_scan_cpus() where we know exact value
>>> + * of threads per core.
>>> + */
>>> + nr_cpus = _ALIGN_UP(nr_cpu_ids, MAX_SMT);
>>> + paca_size = PAGE_ALIGN(sizeof(struct paca_struct) * nr_cpus);
>>>
>>> paca = __va(memblock_alloc_base(paca_size, PAGE_SIZE, limit));
>>> memset(paca, 0, paca_size);
>>>
>>> printk(KERN_DEBUG "Allocated %u bytes for %u pacas at %p\n",
>>> - paca_size, nr_cpu_ids, paca);
>>> + paca_size, nr_cpus, paca);
>>>
>>> - allocate_lppacas(nr_cpu_ids, limit);
>>> + allocate_lppacas(nr_cpus, limit);
>>>
>>> - allocate_slb_shadows(nr_cpu_ids, limit);
>>> + allocate_slb_shadows(nr_cpus, limit);
>>>
>>> /* Can't use for_each_*_cpu, as they aren't functional yet */
>>> - for (cpu = 0; cpu < nr_cpu_ids; cpu++)
>>> + for (cpu = 0; cpu < nr_cpus; cpu++)
>>> initialise_paca(&paca[cpu], cpu);
>>> }
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
>>> index f83056297441..93837093c5cb 100644
>>> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
>>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
>>> @@ -302,6 +302,29 @@ static void __init check_cpu_feature_properties(unsigned long node)
>>> }
>>> }
>>>
>>> +/*
>>> + * Adjust the logical id of a boot cpu to fall under nr_cpu_ids. Map it to
>>> + * last core slot in the allocated paca array.
>>> + *
>>> + * e.g. on SMT=8 system, kernel booted with nr_cpus=1 and boot cpu = 33,
>>> + * align nr_cpu_ids to MAX_SMT value 8. Allocate paca array to hold up-to
>>> + * MAX_SMT=8 cpus. Since boot cpu 33 is greater than nr_cpus (8), adjust
>>> + * its logical id so that new id becomes less than nr_cpu_ids. Make sure
>>> + * that boot cpu's new logical id is aligned to its thread id and falls
>>> + * under last nthreads slots available in paca array. In this case the
>>> + * boot cpu 33 is adjusted to new boot cpu id 1.
>>> + *
>>> + */
>>> +static inline void adjust_boot_cpuid(int nthreads, int phys_id)
>>> +{
>>> + boot_hw_cpuid = phys_id;
>>> + if (boot_cpuid >= nr_cpu_ids) {
>>> + boot_cpuid = (boot_cpuid % nthreads) + (nr_cpu_ids - nthreads);
>>> + pr_info("Adjusted logical boot cpu id: logical %d physical %d\n",
>>> + boot_cpuid, phys_id);
>>> + }
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> static int __init early_init_dt_scan_cpus(unsigned long node,
>>> const char *uname, int depth,
>>> void *data)
>>> @@ -325,6 +348,18 @@ static int __init early_init_dt_scan_cpus(unsigned long node,
>>>
>>> nthreads = len / sizeof(int);
>>>
>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
>>> + /*
>>> + * Now that we know threads per core lets align nr_cpu_ids to
>>> + * correct SMT value.
>>> + */
>>> + if (nr_cpu_ids % nthreads) {
>>> + nr_cpu_ids = _ALIGN_UP(nr_cpu_ids, nthreads);
>>> + pr_info("Aligned nr_cpus to SMT=%d, nr_cpu_ids = %d\n",
>>> + nthreads, nr_cpu_ids);
>>> + }
>>> +#endif
>>> +
>>> /*
>>> * Now see if any of these threads match our boot cpu.
>>> * NOTE: This must match the parsing done in smp_setup_cpu_maps.
>>> @@ -363,7 +398,9 @@ static int __init early_init_dt_scan_cpus(unsigned long node,
>>> DBG("boot cpu: logical %d physical %d\n", found,
>>> be32_to_cpu(intserv[found_thread]));
>>> boot_cpuid = found;
>>> - set_hard_smp_processor_id(found, be32_to_cpu(intserv[found_thread]));
>>> + adjust_boot_cpuid(nthreads, be32_to_cpu(intserv[found_thread]));
>>> + set_hard_smp_processor_id(boot_cpuid,
>>> + be32_to_cpu(intserv[found_thread]));
>>>
>>> /*
>>> * PAPR defines "logical" PVR values for cpus that
>>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
>>> index 2e3bc16d02b2..46b1e0972a20 100644
>>> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
>>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
>>> @@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ struct machdep_calls *machine_id;
>>> EXPORT_SYMBOL(machine_id);
>>>
>>> int boot_cpuid = -1;
>>> +int boot_hw_cpuid = -1;
>>> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(boot_cpuid);
>>>
>>> /*
>>> @@ -473,6 +474,7 @@ void __init smp_setup_cpu_maps(void)
>>> struct device_node *dn = NULL;
>>> int cpu = 0;
>>> int nthreads = 1;
>>> + bool boot_cpu_added = false;
>>>
>>> DBG("smp_setup_cpu_maps()\n");
>>>
>>> @@ -499,6 +501,24 @@ void __init smp_setup_cpu_maps(void)
>>> }
>>>
>>> nthreads = len / sizeof(int);
>>> + /*
>>> + * If boot cpu hasn't been added to paca and there are only
>>> + * last nthreads slots available in paca array then wait
>>> + * for boot cpu to show up.
>>> + */
>>> + if (!boot_cpu_added && (cpu + nthreads) >= nr_cpu_ids) {
>>> + int found = 0;
>>> +
>>> + DBG("Holding last nthreads paca slots for boot cpu\n");
>>> + for (j = 0; j < nthreads && cpu < nr_cpu_ids; j++) {
>>> + if (boot_hw_cpuid == be32_to_cpu(intserv[j])) {
>>> + found = 1;
>>> + break;
>>> + }
>>> + }
>>> + if (!found)
>>> + continue;
>>> + }
>>>
>>> for (j = 0; j < nthreads && cpu < nr_cpu_ids; j++) {
>>> bool avail;
>>> @@ -514,6 +534,11 @@ void __init smp_setup_cpu_maps(void)
>>> set_cpu_present(cpu, avail);
>>> set_hard_smp_processor_id(cpu, be32_to_cpu(intserv[j]));
>>> set_cpu_possible(cpu, true);
>>> + if (boot_hw_cpuid == be32_to_cpu(intserv[j])) {
>>> + DBG("Boot cpu %d (hard id %d) added to paca\n",
>>> + cpu, be32_to_cpu(intserv[j]));
>>> + boot_cpu_added = true;
>>> + }
>>> cpu++;
>>> }
>>> }
>>>
>>
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