[PATCHv9 2/2] powerpc/setup: Loosen the mapping between cpu logical id and its seq in dt

Hari Bathini hbathini at linux.ibm.com
Tue Jan 9 15:27:08 AEDT 2024


Hi Michael,

I am fine with either approach. I was trying to address your concerns
in my way. Looking for your inputs here on how to go about this now..

On 29/11/23 7:00 am, Pingfan Liu wrote:
> Hi Hari,
> 
> 
> On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 12:30 PM Hari Bathini <hbathini at linux.ibm.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Pingfan, Michael,
>>
>> On 17/10/23 4:03 pm, Hari Bathini wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 17/10/23 7:58 am, Pingfan Liu wrote:
>>>> *** Idea ***
>>>> For kexec -p, the boot cpu can be not the cpu0, this causes the problem
>>>> of allocating memory for paca_ptrs[]. However, in theory, there is no
>>>> requirement to assign cpu's logical id as its present sequence in the
>>>> device tree. But there is something like cpu_first_thread_sibling(),
>>>> which makes assumption on the mapping inside a core. Hence partially
>>>> loosening the mapping, i.e. unbind the mapping of core while keep the
>>>> mapping inside a core.
>>>>
>>>> *** Implement ***
>>>> At this early stage, there are plenty of memory to utilize. Hence, this
>>>> patch allocates interim memory to link the cpu info on a list, then
>>>> reorder cpus by changing the list head. As a result, there is a rotate
>>>> shift between the sequence number in dt and the cpu logical number.
>>>>
>>>> *** Result ***
>>>> After this patch, a boot-cpu's logical id will always be mapped into the
>>>> range [0,threads_per_core).
>>>>
>>>> Besides this, at this phase, all threads in the boot core are forced to
>>>> be onlined. This restriction will be lifted in a later patch with
>>>> extra effort.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Pingfan Liu <piliu at redhat.com>
>>>> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
>>>> Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin at gmail.com>
>>>> Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at csgroup.eu>
>>>> Cc: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh at linux.ibm.com>
>>>> Cc: Wen Xiong <wenxiong at us.ibm.com>
>>>> Cc: Baoquan He <bhe at redhat.com>
>>>> Cc: Ming Lei <ming.lei at redhat.com>
>>>> Cc: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain at linux.ibm.com>
>>>> Cc: Hari Bathini <hbathini at linux.ibm.com>
>>>> Cc: kexec at lists.infradead.org
>>>> To: linuxppc-dev at lists.ozlabs.org
>>>
>>> Thanks for working on this, Pingfan.
>>> Looks good to me.
>>>
>>> Acked-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini at linux.ibm.com>
>>>
>>
>> On second thoughts, probably better off with no impact for
>> bootcpu < nr_cpu_ids case and changing only two cores logical
>> numbering otherwise. Something like the below (Please share
>> your thoughts):
>>
> 
> I am afraid that it may not be as ideal as it looks, considering the
> following factors:
> -1. For the case of 'bootcpu < nr_cpu_ids', crash can happen evenly
> across any cpu in the system, which seriously undermines the
> protection intended here (Under the most optimistic scenario, there is
> a 50% chance of success)
> 
> -2. For the re-ordering of logical numbering, IMHO, if there is
> concern that re-ordering will break something, the partial re-ordering
> can not avoid that.  We ought to spot probable hazards so as to ease
> worries.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Pingfan
> 
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
>> index ec82f5bda908..78a8312aa8c4 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
>> @@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ u64 ppc64_rma_size;
>>    unsigned int boot_cpu_node_count __ro_after_init;
>>    #endif
>>    static phys_addr_t first_memblock_size;
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
>>    static int __initdata boot_cpu_count;
>> +#endif
>>
>>    static int __init early_parse_mem(char *p)
>>    {
>> @@ -357,6 +359,25 @@ static int __init early_init_dt_scan_cpus(unsigned
>> long node,
>>                          fdt_boot_cpuid_phys(initial_boot_params)) {
>>                          found = boot_cpu_count;
>>                          found_thread = i;
>> +                       /*
>> +                        * Map boot-cpu logical id into the range
>> +                        * of [0, thread_per_core) if it can't be
>> +                        * accommodated within nr_cpu_ids.
>> +                        */
>> +                       if (i != boot_cpu_count && boot_cpu_count >= nr_cpu_ids) {
>> +                               boot_cpuid = i;
>> +                               DBG("Logical CPU number for boot CPU changed from %d to %d\n",
>> +                                   boot_cpu_count, i);
>> +                       } else {
>> +                               boot_cpuid = boot_cpu_count;
>> +                       }
>> +
>> +                       /* Ensure boot thread is acconted for in nr_cpu_ids */
>> +                       if (boot_cpuid >= nr_cpu_ids) {
>> +                               set_nr_cpu_ids(boot_cpuid + 1);
>> +                               DBG("Adjusted nr_cpu_ids to %u, to include boot CPU.\n",
>> +                                   nr_cpu_ids);
>> +                       }
>>                  }
>>    #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
>>                  /* logical cpu id is always 0 on UP kernels */
>> @@ -368,9 +389,8 @@ static int __init early_init_dt_scan_cpus(unsigned
>> long node,
>>          if (found < 0)
>>                  return 0;
>>
>> -       DBG("boot cpu: logical %d physical %d\n", found,
>> +       DBG("boot cpu: logical %d physical %d\n", boot_cpuid,
>>              be32_to_cpu(intserv[found_thread]));
>> -       boot_cpuid = found;
>>
>>          boot_cpu_hwid = be32_to_cpu(intserv[found_thread]);
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
>> b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
>> index b7b733474b60..f7179525c774 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
>> @@ -409,6 +409,12 @@ static void __init cpu_init_thread_core_maps(int tpc)
>>
>>    u32 *cpu_to_phys_id = NULL;
>>
>> +struct interrupt_server_node {
>> +       bool    avail;
>> +       int     len;
>> +       __be32 intserv[];
>> +};
>> +
>>    /**
>>     * setup_cpu_maps - initialize the following cpu maps:
>>     *                  cpu_possible_mask
>> @@ -429,9 +435,13 @@ u32 *cpu_to_phys_id = NULL;
>>     */
>>    void __init smp_setup_cpu_maps(void)
>>    {
>> +       struct interrupt_server_node *core0_node = NULL, *bt_node = NULL;
>> +       int orig_boot_cpu = -1, orig_boot_thread = -1;
>> +       bool found_boot_cpu = false;
>>          struct device_node *dn;
>> -       int cpu = 0;
>>          int nthreads = 1;
>> +       int cpu = 0;
>> +       int j, len;
>>
>>          DBG("smp_setup_cpu_maps()\n");
>>
>> @@ -442,9 +452,9 @@ void __init smp_setup_cpu_maps(void)
>>                        __func__, nr_cpu_ids * sizeof(u32), __alignof__(u32));
>>
>>          for_each_node_by_type(dn, "cpu") {
>> +               bool avail, skip = false;
>>                  const __be32 *intserv;
>>                  __be32 cpu_be;
>> -               int j, len;
>>
>>                  DBG("  * %pOF...\n", dn);
>>
>> @@ -466,29 +476,121 @@ void __init smp_setup_cpu_maps(void)
>>
>>                  nthreads = len / sizeof(int);
>>
>> -               for (j = 0; j < nthreads && cpu < nr_cpu_ids; j++) {
>> -                       bool avail;
>> +               avail = of_device_is_available(dn);
>> +               if (!avail)
>> +                       avail = !of_property_match_string(dn,
>> +                                       "enable-method", "spin-table");
>> +
>> +               for (j = 0; (cpu == 0 || !found_boot_cpu) && j < nthreads; j++) {
>> +                       if (be32_to_cpu(intserv[j]) == boot_cpu_hwid) {
>> +                               found_boot_cpu = true;
>> +                               if (cpu == 0)
>> +                                       break;
>> +
>> +                               /* Original logical CPU number of thread0 in boot core */
>> +                               orig_boot_cpu = cpu;
>> +                               orig_boot_thread = j;
>> +                               bt_node = memblock_alloc(sizeof(struct interrupt_server_node) + len,
>> +                                               __alignof__(u32));
>> +                               if (!bt_node)
>> +                                       panic("%s: Failed to allocate %zu bytes align=0x%zx\n",
>> +                                               __func__,
>> +                                               sizeof(struct interrupt_server_node) + len,
>> +                                               __alignof__(u32));
>> +                               bt_node->len = len;
>> +                               memcpy(bt_node->intserv, intserv, len);
>> +                               bt_node->avail = avail;
>> +                               skip = true;
>> +                               break;
>> +                       }
>> +               }
>>
>> +               /*
>> +                * Boot CPU not on core0.
>> +                * Hold off adding core0 until boot core is found as core0
>> +                * may have to be replaced with boot core if boot core can
>> +                * not be accommodated within nr_cpu_ids with its original
>> +                * logical CPU numbering.
>> +                */
>> +               if (cpu == 0 && !found_boot_cpu) {
>> +                       core0_node = memblock_alloc(sizeof(struct interrupt_server_node) + len,
>> +                                       __alignof__(u32));
>> +                       if (!core0_node)
>> +                               panic("%s: Failed to allocate %zu bytes align=0x%zx\n",
>> +                                       __func__,
>> +                                       sizeof(struct interrupt_server_node) + len,
>> +                                       __alignof__(u32));
>> +                       core0_node->len = len;
>> +                       memcpy(core0_node->intserv, intserv, len);
>> +                       core0_node->avail = avail;
>> +                       skip = true;
>> +               }
>> +
>> +               if (skip) {
>> +                       /* Assumes same number of threads for all cores */
>> +                       cpu += nthreads;
>> +                       continue;
>> +               }
>> +
>> +               for (j = 0; j < nthreads && cpu < nr_cpu_ids; j++) {
>>                          DBG("    thread %d -> cpu %d (hard id %d)\n",
>>                              j, cpu, be32_to_cpu(intserv[j]));
>>
>> -                       avail = of_device_is_available(dn);
>> -                       if (!avail)
>> -                               avail = !of_property_match_string(dn,
>> -                                               "enable-method", "spin-table");
>> -
>>                          set_cpu_present(cpu, avail);
>>                          set_cpu_possible(cpu, true);
>>                          cpu_to_phys_id[cpu] = be32_to_cpu(intserv[j]);
>>                          cpu++;
>>                  }
>>
>> -               if (cpu >= nr_cpu_ids) {
>> +               if (found_boot_cpu && cpu >= nr_cpu_ids) {
>>                          of_node_put(dn);
>>                          break;
>>                  }
>>          }
>>
>> +       /*
>> +        * Boot CPU not on core0.
>> +        *
>> +        * If nr_cpu_ids does not accommodate the original logical CPU
>> numbering for
>> +        * boot CPU core, use logical CPU numbers 0 to nthreads for boot CPU core.
>> +        * Note that boot cpu is already assigned with logical CPU number
>> somewhere
>> +        * between 0 to nthreads (depending on the boot thread within the core) in
>> +        * early_init_dt_scan_cpus() for this case.
>> +        *
>> +        * Otherwise, stick with the original logical CPU numbering.
>> +        */
>> +       if (bt_node) {
>> +               int core0_cpu;
>> +
>> +               if (orig_boot_cpu + orig_boot_thread >= nr_cpu_ids) {
>> +                       cpu = 0;
>> +                       core0_cpu = orig_boot_cpu;
>> +               } else {
>> +                       cpu = orig_boot_cpu;
>> +                       core0_cpu = 0;
>> +               }
>> +
>> +               for (j = 0; j < nthreads && core0_cpu < nr_cpu_ids; j++) {
>> +                       DBG("    thread %d -> cpu %d (hard id %d)\n",
>> +                           j, core0_cpu, be32_to_cpu(core0_node->intserv[j]));
>> +
>> +                       set_cpu_present(core0_cpu, core0_node->avail);
>> +                       set_cpu_possible(core0_cpu, true);
>> +                       cpu_to_phys_id[core0_cpu] = be32_to_cpu(core0_node->intserv[j]);
>> +                       core0_cpu++;
>> +               }
>> +
>> +               for (j = 0; j < nthreads && cpu < nr_cpu_ids; j++) {
>> +                       DBG("    thread %d -> cpu %d (hard id %d)\n",
>> +                           j, cpu, be32_to_cpu(bt_node->intserv[j]));
>> +
>> +                       set_cpu_present(cpu, bt_node->avail);
>> +                       set_cpu_possible(cpu, true);
>> +                       cpu_to_phys_id[cpu] = be32_to_cpu(bt_node->intserv[j]);
>> +                       cpu++;
>> +               }
>> +       }
>> +
>>          /* If no SMT supported, nthreads is forced to 1 */
>>          if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_SMT)) {
>>                  DBG("  SMT disabled ! nthreads forced to 1\n");
>>
> 

Thanks
Hari


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