Re: [PATCH v5] ACPI: processor: Fix evaluating _PDC method when running as Xen dom0

[Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 03:58:26PM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
> On 21.03.23 15:19, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
> > In ACPI systems, the OS can direct power management, as opposed to the
> > firmware.  This OS-directed Power Management is called OSPM.  Part of
> > telling the firmware that the OS going to direct power management is
> > making ACPI "_PDC" (Processor Driver Capabilities) calls.  These _PDC
> > methods must be evaluated for every processor object.  If these _PDC
> > calls are not completed for every processor it can lead to
> > inconsistency and later failures in things like the CPU frequency
> > driver.
> > 
> > In a Xen system, the dom0 kernel is responsible for system-wide power
> > management.  The dom0 kernel is in charge of OSPM.  However, the
> > number of CPUs available to dom0 can be different than the number of
> > CPUs physically present on the system.
> > 
> > This leads to a problem: the dom0 kernel needs to evaluate _PDC for
> > all the processors, but it can't always see them.
> > 
> > In dom0 kernels, ignore the existing ACPI method for determining if a
> > processor is physically present because it might not be accurate.
> > Instead, ask the hypervisor for this information.
> > 
> > Fix this by introducing a custom function to use when running as Xen
> > dom0 in order to check whether a processor object matches a CPU that's
> > online.  Such checking is done using the existing information fetched
> > by the Xen pCPU subsystem, extending it to also store the ACPI ID.
> > 
> > This ensures that _PDC method gets evaluated for all physically online
> > CPUs, regardless of the number of CPUs made available to dom0.
> > 
> > Fixes: 5d554a7bb064 ('ACPI: processor: add internal 
> > processor_physically_present()')
> > Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Changes since v4:
> >   - Move definition/declaration of xen_processor_present() to different
> >     header.
> >   - Fold subject edit.
> > 
> > Changes since v3:
> >   - Protect xen_processor_present() definition with CONFIG_ACPI.
> > 
> > Changes since v2:
> >   - Extend and use the existing pcpu functionality.
> > 
> > Changes since v1:
> >   - Reword commit message.
> > ---
> >   drivers/acpi/processor_pdc.c | 11 +++++++++++
> >   drivers/xen/pcpu.c           | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
> >   include/xen/xen.h            | 10 ++++++++++
> >   3 files changed, 41 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_pdc.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_pdc.c
> > index 8c3f82c9fff3..18fb04523f93 100644
> > --- a/drivers/acpi/processor_pdc.c
> > +++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_pdc.c
> > @@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
> >   #include <linux/acpi.h>
> >   #include <acpi/processor.h>
> > +#include <xen/xen.h>
> > +
> >   #include "internal.h"
> >   static bool __init processor_physically_present(acpi_handle handle)
> > @@ -47,6 +49,15 @@ static bool __init 
> > processor_physically_present(acpi_handle handle)
> >             return false;
> >     }
> > +   if (xen_initial_domain())
> > +           /*
> > +            * When running as a Xen dom0 the number of processors Linux
> > +            * sees can be different from the real number of processors on
> > +            * the system, and we still need to execute _PDC for all of
> > +            * them.
> > +            */
> > +           return xen_processor_present(acpi_id);
> > +
> >     type = (acpi_type == ACPI_TYPE_DEVICE) ? 1 : 0;
> >     cpuid = acpi_get_cpuid(handle, type, acpi_id);
> > diff --git a/drivers/xen/pcpu.c b/drivers/xen/pcpu.c
> > index fd3a644b0855..1814f8762f54 100644
> > --- a/drivers/xen/pcpu.c
> > +++ b/drivers/xen/pcpu.c
> > @@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ struct pcpu {
> >     struct list_head list;
> >     struct device dev;
> >     uint32_t cpu_id;
> > +   uint32_t acpi_id;
> >     uint32_t flags;
> >   };
> > @@ -249,6 +250,7 @@ static struct pcpu *create_and_register_pcpu(struct 
> > xenpf_pcpuinfo *info)
> >     INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pcpu->list);
> >     pcpu->cpu_id = info->xen_cpuid;
> > +   pcpu->acpi_id = info->acpi_id;
> >     pcpu->flags = info->flags;
> >     /* Need hold on xen_pcpu_lock before pcpu list manipulations */
> > @@ -381,3 +383,21 @@ static int __init xen_pcpu_init(void)
> >     return ret;
> >   }
> >   arch_initcall(xen_pcpu_init);
> > +
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
> > +bool __init xen_processor_present(uint32_t acpi_id)
> > +{
> > +   struct pcpu *pcpu;
> > +   bool online = false;
> > +
> > +   mutex_lock(&xen_pcpu_lock);
> > +   list_for_each_entry(pcpu, &xen_pcpus, list)
> > +           if (pcpu->acpi_id == acpi_id) {
> > +                   online = pcpu->flags & XEN_PCPU_FLAGS_ONLINE;
> > +                   break;
> > +           }
> > +   mutex_unlock(&xen_pcpu_lock);
> > +
> > +   return online;
> > +}
> > +#endif
> > diff --git a/include/xen/xen.h b/include/xen/xen.h
> > index 7adf59837c25..4410e74f3eb5 100644
> > --- a/include/xen/xen.h
> > +++ b/include/xen/xen.h
> > @@ -71,4 +71,14 @@ static inline void xen_free_unpopulated_pages(unsigned 
> > int nr_pages,
> >   }
> >   #endif
> > +#if defined(CONFIG_XEN_DOM0) && defined(CONFIG_ACPI) && defined(CONFIG_X86)
> > +bool __init xen_processor_present(uint32_t acpi_id);
> > +#else
> > +static inline bool xen_processor_present(uint32_t acpi_id)
> > +{
> > +   BUG();
> 
> Is this really a good idea?
> 
> Arm64 supports ACPI, too, as well as XEN_DOM0. I think you either need to
> provide a stub for that case, too, or you need make this stub non-fatal
> for callers (I guess returning false is fine, as currently there are no
> hypercalls on Arm which would allow to control physical CPUs based on
> ACPI-Id).

Currently CONFIG_ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_ACPI_PDC is only selected for x86 and
ia64, so I assumed if we ever needed this for Arm someone would have
to write a proper handler for it for Xen.

Thanks, Roger.