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SubjectRe: 174cc7187e6f ACPICA: Tables: Back port acpi_get_table_with_size() and early_acpi_os_unmap_memory() from Linux kernel
On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 05:41:45AM +0000, Zheng, Lv wrote:
> Hi, Rafael and Paul
>
> > From: Paul E. McKenney [mailto:paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com]
> > Subject: Re: 174cc7187e6f ACPICA: Tables: Back port acpi_get_table_with_size() and
> > early_acpi_os_unmap_memory() from Linux kernel
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 02:27:16AM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 12:52 AM, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 12:40:39AM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > > >> Lemme run it.
> > > >
> > > > Well, it boots but I get:
> > > >
> > > > [ 0.291447] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> > > > [ 0.291702] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at kernel/rcu/tree.c:3993 rcu_scheduler_starting+0x5c/0x70
> > > > [ 0.292107] Modules linked in:
> > > > [ 0.292277] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 4.10.0-rc3+ #21
> > > > [ 0.292540] Hardware name: HP HP EliteBook 745 G3/807E, BIOS N73 Ver. 01.08 01/28/2016
> > > > [ 0.292893] Call Trace:
> > > > [ 0.293072] ? dump_stack+0x46/0x63
> > > > [ 0.293285] ? __warn+0xec/0x110
> > > > [ 0.293487] ? rcu_scheduler_starting+0x5c/0x70
> > > > [ 0.293735] ? kernel_init_freeable+0x58/0x19a
> > > > [ 0.293976] ? rest_init+0x80/0x80
> > > > [ 0.294153] ? kernel_init+0xa/0x100
> > > > [ 0.294334] ? ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
> > > > [ 0.294525] ---[ end trace 4c0fe009ed4dc740 ]---
> > > >
> > > > TBH, I like Rafael's suggestion in the other mail to stick with fixing
> > > > this in ACPI, especially this is an ACPI problem, not RCU. Well,
> > > > more or less: RCU could be taught to *not* do schedule_work() if
> > > > workqueue_init() hasn't happened yet but that's a tangential.
> > > >
> > > > So, I'm going to bed. When I wake up, I want to see working fixes!
> > > >
> > > > :-)))
> > >
> > > Well, if the https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9504277/ patch from Lv
> > > worked, the attached one should work too (please test), but it can be
> > > justified in a slightly more convincing way.
> > >
> > > Namely, the idea is that acpi_os_read/write_memory() should never be
> > > used before invoking acpi_os_initialize() and since those are the only
> > > places where the list of memory regions is walked under RCU without
> > > extra locking, it is safe to skip the RCU synchronization until that
> > > happens.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Rafael
> >
> > Makes sense to me!
>
> Also looks good to me.
>
> >
> > It looks like I can make the grace-period-free boot-time window
> > for CONFIG_PREEMPT=y kernels quite a bit narrower, but it does not
> > look like something suitable for jamming into 4.10.
>
> OK, we can have this fixed in ACPI layer first.

Definitely.

I have the RCU changes written in ink on paper and they definitely are
-not- something that goes into 4.10. 4.11 at the earliest, and if no
one asks for it in 4.11, it goes into 4.12. Serious testing needed. ;-)

Thanx, Paul

> Thanks
> Lv
>
> >
> > Thanx, Paul
> >
> > > ---
> > > drivers/acpi/osl.c | 8 +++++++-
> > > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > Index: linux-pm/drivers/acpi/osl.c
> > > ===================================================================
> > > --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/acpi/osl.c
> > > +++ linux-pm/drivers/acpi/osl.c
> > > @@ -378,7 +378,9 @@ static void acpi_os_drop_map_ref(struct
> > > static void acpi_os_map_cleanup(struct acpi_ioremap *map)
> > > {
> > > if (!map->refcount) {
> > > - synchronize_rcu_expedited();
> > > + if (acpi_os_initialized)
> > > + synchronize_rcu_expedited();
> > > +
> > > acpi_unmap(map->phys, map->virt);
> > > kfree(map);
> > > }
> > > @@ -671,6 +673,8 @@ acpi_os_read_memory(acpi_physical_addres
> > > bool unmap = false;
> > > u64 dummy;
> > >
> > > + WARN_ON_ONCE(!acpi_os_initialized);
> > > +
> > > rcu_read_lock();
> > > virt_addr = acpi_map_vaddr_lookup(phys_addr, size);
> > > if (!virt_addr) {
> > > @@ -716,6 +720,8 @@ acpi_os_write_memory(acpi_physical_addre
> > > unsigned int size = width / 8;
> > > bool unmap = false;
> > >
> > > + WARN_ON_ONCE(!acpi_os_initialized);
> > > +
> > > rcu_read_lock();
> > > virt_addr = acpi_map_vaddr_lookup(phys_addr, size);
> > > if (!virt_addr) {
>

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