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Re: [Xen-devel] [v6, 3/3] x86/smpboot: Fix __max_logical_packages estimate




On 02/07/2018 01:44 PM, Simon Gaiser wrote:
> Prarit Bhargava:
>> A system booted with a small number of cores enabled per package
>> panics because the estimate of __max_logical_packages is too low.
>> This occurs when the total number of active cores across all packages
>> is less than the maximum core count for a single package.
>>
>> ie) On a 4 package system with 20 cores/package where only 4 cores
>> are enabled on each package, the value of __max_logical_packages is
>> calculated as DIV_ROUND_UP(16 / 20) = 1 and not 4.
>>
>> Calculate __max_logical_packages after the cpu enumeration has completed.
>> Use the boot cpu's data to extrapolate the number of packages.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Piotr Luc <piotr.luc@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx>
>> Cc: He Chen <he.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Mathias Krause <minipli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c | 55 
>> +++++++++--------------------------------------
>>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
>> index 838d36ff7ba6..2e3c5a394e79 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
>> @@ -308,12 +308,6 @@ int topology_update_package_map(unsigned int pkg, 
>> unsigned int cpu)
>>      if (new >= 0)
>>              goto found;
>>  
>> -    if (logical_packages >= __max_logical_packages) {
>> -            pr_warn("Package %u of CPU %u exceeds BIOS package data %u.\n",
>> -                    logical_packages, cpu, __max_logical_packages);
>> -            return -ENOSPC;
>> -    }
>> -
>>      new = logical_packages++;
>>      if (new != pkg)
>>              pr_info("CPU %u Converting physical %u to logical package %u\n",
>> @@ -323,44 +317,6 @@ int topology_update_package_map(unsigned int pkg, 
>> unsigned int cpu)
>>      return 0;
>>  }
>>  
>> -static void __init smp_init_package_map(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c, unsigned int 
>> cpu)
>> -{
>> -    unsigned int ncpus;
>> -
>> -    /*
>> -     * Today neither Intel nor AMD support heterogenous systems. That
>> -     * might change in the future....
>> -     *
>> -     * While ideally we'd want '* smp_num_siblings' in the below @ncpus
>> -     * computation, this won't actually work since some Intel BIOSes
>> -     * report inconsistent HT data when they disable HT.
>> -     *
>> -     * In particular, they reduce the APIC-IDs to only include the cores,
>> -     * but leave the CPUID topology to say there are (2) siblings.
>> -     * This means we don't know how many threads there will be until
>> -     * after the APIC enumeration.
>> -     *
>> -     * By not including this we'll sometimes over-estimate the number of
>> -     * logical packages by the amount of !present siblings, but this is
>> -     * still better than MAX_LOCAL_APIC.
>> -     *
>> -     * We use total_cpus not nr_cpu_ids because nr_cpu_ids can be limited
>> -     * on the command line leading to a similar issue as the HT disable
>> -     * problem because the hyperthreads are usually enumerated after the
>> -     * primary cores.
>> -     */
>> -    ncpus = boot_cpu_data.x86_max_cores;
>> -    if (!ncpus) {
>> -            pr_warn("x86_max_cores == zero !?!?");
>> -            ncpus = 1;
>> -    }
>> -
>> -    __max_logical_packages = DIV_ROUND_UP(total_cpus, ncpus);
>> -    pr_info("Max logical packages: %u\n", __max_logical_packages);
>> -
>> -    topology_update_package_map(c->phys_proc_id, cpu);
>> -}
>> -
>>  void __init smp_store_boot_cpu_info(void)
>>  {
>>      int id = 0; /* CPU 0 */
>> @@ -368,7 +324,7 @@ void __init smp_store_boot_cpu_info(void)
>>  
>>      *c = boot_cpu_data;
>>      c->cpu_index = id;
>> -    smp_init_package_map(c, id);
>> +    topology_update_package_map(c->phys_proc_id, id);
>>      cpu_data(id).set = 1;
>>  }
>>  
>> @@ -1371,7 +1327,16 @@ void __init native_smp_prepare_boot_cpu(void)
>>  
>>  void __init native_smp_cpus_done(unsigned int max_cpus)
>>  {
>> +    int ncpus;
>> +
>>      pr_debug("Boot done\n");
>> +    /*
>> +     * Today neither Intel nor AMD support heterogenous systems so
>> +     * extrapolate the boot cpu's data to all packages.
>> +     */
>> +    ncpus = cpu_data(0).booted_cores * smp_num_siblings;
>> +    __max_logical_packages = DIV_ROUND_UP(nr_cpu_ids, ncpus);
>> +    pr_info("Max logical packages: %u\n", __max_logical_packages);
>>  
>>      if (x86_has_numa_in_package)
>>              set_sched_topology(x86_numa_in_package_topology);
> 
> This breaks booting as Xen PV domain for me. The problem seems to be
> that native_smp_cpus_done() is never called on a PV domain. So
> __max_logical_packages is uninitialized and this leads to a NULL
> pointer dereference in coretemp.
> 

I'll see if I can figure out a way to test that.  Does 947134d9b00f
("x86/smpboot: Do not use smp_num_siblings in __max_logical_packages
calculation") help?

P.

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