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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86: Remove wrong error message in x86_default_fixup_cpu_id
On 22/02/2012 13:47, Andreas Herrmann wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 11:05:21AM +0000, Daniel J Blueman wrote:
>> On 21/02/2012 10:27, Borislav Petkov wrote:
>>> On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 06:17:05PM +0100, Andreas Herrmann wrote:
> [snip]
>
>>> BTW, I wonder why the fixup code isn't called from the Intel path. At
>>> least the mentioned patch suggests that something more generic was
>>> introduced here.
>>> Right, and I would remove the check in amd.c:srat_detect_node() instead
>>> of removing the printk statement in the default implementation.
>>>
>>> IOW, we need more info on why the check was added only to the AMD path?
>>> Daniel?
>> The check and fixup wasn't needed in the Intel path thus far, so wasn't
>> added.
>>
>> We could specialise the 'if (c->phys_proc_id != node)' test to check for
>> x86_cpuinit.fixup_cpu_id being NULL and drop the default override, if
>> that is preferred?
> It seems that all the stuff in x86_init.[ch] is using default/noop
> functions instead of NULL pointer checks. So we shouldn't deviate from
> this for x86_cpuinit.fixup_cpu_id.
>
> I think attached patch is more suitable to avoid the wrong warning
> message.
>
> Please review.

Yes, this looks reasonable and tests out successfully on systems with
and without NumaConnect.

Signed-off-by: Daniel J Blueman <daniel@numascale-asia.com>

Thanks,
Daniel

>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andreas
>
> --
> x86: Remove wrong error message in x86_default_fixup_cpu_id
>
> It's only called from amd.c:srat_detect_node(). The introduced
> condition for calling the fixup code is true for all AMD multi-node
> processors, e.g. Magny-Cours and Interlagos. There we have 2 NUMA
> nodes on one socket. Thus there are cores having different
> numa-node-id but with equal phys_proc_id.
>
> There is no point to print error messages in such a situation.
>
> The confusing/misleading error message was introduced with commit
> 64be4c1c2428e148de6081af235e2418e6a66dda (x86: Add x86_init platform
> override to fix up NUMA core numbering).
>
> Change the default fixup function (remove the error message), move the
> Numascale-specific condition for calling the fixup into the
> fixup-function itself and slightly adapt the comment.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann<andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h | 2 +-
> arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic_numachip.c | 7 +++++--
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c | 8 ++++----
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 9 ---------
> arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c | 1 +
> 5 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h
> index 517d476..1bcacef 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h
> @@ -189,6 +189,6 @@ extern struct x86_msi_ops x86_msi;
>
> extern void x86_init_noop(void);
> extern void x86_init_uint_noop(unsigned int unused);
> -extern void x86_default_fixup_cpu_id(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c, int node);
> +extern void x86_default_fixup_cpu_id(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c, int n);
>
> #endif
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic_numachip.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic_numachip.c
> index 09d3d8c..ade0182 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic_numachip.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic_numachip.c
> @@ -201,8 +201,11 @@ static void __init map_csrs(void)
>
> static void fixup_cpu_id(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c, int node)
> {
> - c->phys_proc_id = node;
> - per_cpu(cpu_llc_id, smp_processor_id()) = node;
> +
> + if (c->phys_proc_id != node) {
> + c->phys_proc_id = node;
> + per_cpu(cpu_llc_id, smp_processor_id()) = node;
> + }
> }
>
> static int __init numachip_system_init(void)
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
> index f4773f4..52b7287 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
> @@ -352,11 +352,11 @@ static void __cpuinit srat_detect_node(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
> node = per_cpu(cpu_llc_id, cpu);
>
> /*
> - * If core numbers are inconsistent, it's likely a multi-fabric platform,
> - * so invoke platform-specific handler
> + * On multi-fabric platform (e.g. Numascale NumaChip) a
> + * platform-specific handler needs to be called to fixup some
> + * IDs of the CPU.
> */
> - if (c->phys_proc_id != node)
> - x86_cpuinit.fixup_cpu_id(c, node);
> + x86_cpuinit.fixup_cpu_id(c, node);
>
> if (!node_online(node)) {
> /*
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
> index d43cad7..37da7a6 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
> @@ -1158,15 +1158,6 @@ static void dbg_restore_debug_regs(void)
> #endif /* ! CONFIG_KGDB */
>
> /*
> - * Prints an error where the NUMA and configured core-number mismatch and the
> - * platform didn't override this to fix it up
> - */
> -void __cpuinit x86_default_fixup_cpu_id(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c, int node)
> -{
> - pr_err("NUMA core number %d differs from configured core number %d\n", node, c->phys_proc_id);
> -}
> -
> -/*
> * cpu_init() initializes state that is per-CPU. Some data is already
> * initialized (naturally) in the bootstrap process, such as the GDT
> * and IDT. We reload them nevertheless, this function acts as a
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c b/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c
> index 947a06c..67cf78a 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c
> @@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ struct x86_init_ops x86_init __initdata = {
> },
> };
>
> +void __cpuinit x86_default_fixup_cpu_id(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c, int n) { }
> struct x86_cpuinit_ops x86_cpuinit __cpuinitdata = {
> .setup_percpu_clockev = setup_secondary_APIC_clock,
> .fixup_cpu_id = x86_default_fixup_cpu_id,
--
Daniel J Blueman
Principal Software Engineer, Numascale Asia



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