[RFC PATCH 2/5] powerpc/smp: Increase nr_cpu_ids to include the boot CPU

Michael Ellerman mpe at ellerman.id.au
Fri Dec 29 23:01:04 AEDT 2023


If nr_cpu_ids is too low to include the boot CPU adjust nr_cpu_ids
upward. Otherwise the kernel will BUG when trying to allocate a paca
for the boot CPU and fail to boot.

Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
index 58e80076bed5..77364729a1b6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
@@ -381,6 +381,12 @@ static int __init early_init_dt_scan_cpus(unsigned long node,
 			nr_cpu_ids);
 	}
 
+	if (boot_cpuid >= nr_cpu_ids) {
+		set_nr_cpu_ids(min(CONFIG_NR_CPUS, ALIGN(boot_cpuid + 1, nthreads)));
+		pr_warn("Boot CPU %d >= nr_cpu_ids, adjusted nr_cpu_ids to %d\n",
+			boot_cpuid, nr_cpu_ids);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * PAPR defines "logical" PVR values for cpus that
 	 * meet various levels of the architecture:
-- 
2.43.0



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