Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 7 Jul 2016 19:26:07 +0200 | From | Greg Kurz <> | Subject | Re: [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH v2] powerpc/pseries: start rtasd before PCI probing |
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On Tue, 21 Jun 2016 11:02:01 +0200 Greg Kurz <groug@kaod.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Jun 2016 22:26:41 +0200 > Greg Kurz <gkurz@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > > > A strange behaviour is observed when comparing PCI hotplug in QEMU, between > > x86 and pseries. If you consider the following steps: > > - start a VM > > - add a PCI device via the QEMU monitor before the rtasd has started (for > > example starting the VM in paused state, or hotplug during FW or boot > > loader) > > - resume the VM execution > > > > The x86 kernel detects the PCI device, but the pseries one does not. > > > > This happens because the rtasd kernel worker is currently started under > > device_initcall, while PCI probing happens earlier under subsys_initcall. > > > > As a consequence, if we have a pending RTAS event at boot time, a message > > is printed and the event is dropped. > > > > This patch moves all the initialization of rtasd to arch_initcall, which is > > run before subsys_call: this way, logging_enabled is true when the RTAS > > event pops up and it is not lost anymore. > > > > The proc fs bits stay at device_initcall because they cannot be run before > > fs_initcall. > > > > Signed-off-by: Greg Kurz <gkurz@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > > --- > > v2: - avoid behaviour change: don't create the proc entry if early init failed > > > > I forgot to mention that Thomas had sent a Tested-by for v1, which I think is > still valid for v2. > > > Michael, > > > > This was also tested under PowerVM: it doesn't fix anything there because the > > HMC tells it won't honor DLPAR features as long as the RMC isn't here, which > > happens later in the boot sequence. It hence seems impossible to have a pending > > RTAS event at boot time. > > > > It doesn't seem to break anything either, the kernel boots and hotplug works > > okay once the RMC is up. > > > > Cheers. > > > > -- > > Greg > > > > --- > > arch/powerpc/kernel/rtasd.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++----- > > 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtasd.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtasd.c > > index e864b7c5884e..a26a02006576 100644 > > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtasd.c > > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtasd.c > > @@ -526,10 +526,8 @@ void rtas_cancel_event_scan(void) > > } > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rtas_cancel_event_scan); > > > > -static int __init rtas_init(void) > > +static int __init rtas_event_scan_init(void) > > { > > - struct proc_dir_entry *entry; > > - > > if (!machine_is(pseries) && !machine_is(chrp)) > > return 0; > > > > @@ -562,13 +560,27 @@ static int __init rtas_init(void) > > return -ENOMEM; > > } > > > > + start_event_scan(); > > + > > + return 0; > > +} > > +arch_initcall(rtas_event_scan_init); > > + > > +static int __init rtas_init(void) > > +{ > > + struct proc_dir_entry *entry; > > + > > + if (!machine_is(pseries) && !machine_is(chrp)) > > + return 0; > > + > > + if (!rtas_log_buf) > > + return -ENODEV; > > + > > entry = proc_create("powerpc/rtas/error_log", S_IRUSR, NULL, > > &proc_rtas_log_operations); > > if (!entry) > > printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to create error_log proc entry\n"); > > > > - start_event_scan(); > > - > > return 0; > > } > > __initcall(rtas_init); > > > > > >
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