Re: [core-for-CI] x86/topology: fix erroneous smp_num_siblings on Intel Hybrid platform

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On Mon, 27 Mar 2023, Imre Deak <imre.deak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> The SMT siblings value returned by CPUID.1F SMT level EBX differs
> among CPUs on Intel Hybrid platforms like AlderLake and MeteorLake.
> It returns 2 for Pcore CPUs which have SMT siblings and returns 1 for
> Ecore CPUs which do not have SMT siblings.
>
> Today, the CPU boot code sets the global variable smp_num_siblings when
> every CPU thread is brought up. The last thread to boot will overwrite
> it with the number of siblings of *that* thread. That last thread to
> boot will "win". If the thread is a Pcore, smp_num_siblings == 2.  If it
> is an Ecore, smp_num_siblings == 1.
>
> smp_num_siblings describes if the *system* supports SMT.  It should
> specify the maximum number of SMT threads among all cores.
>
> Ensure that smp_num_siblings represents the system-wide maximum number
> of siblings by always increasing its value. Never allow it to decrease.
>
> On MeteorLake-P platform, this fixes a problem that the Ecore CPUs are
> not updated in any cpu sibling map because the system is treated as an
> UP system when probing Ecore CPUs.
>
> Below shows part of the CPU topology information before and after the
> fix, for both Pcore and Ecore CPU (cpu0 is Pcore, cpu 12 is Ecore).
> ...
> -/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/package_cpus:000fff
> -/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/package_cpus_list:0-11
> +/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/package_cpus:3fffff
> +/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/topology/package_cpus_list:0-21
> ...
> -/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu12/topology/package_cpus:001000
> -/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu12/topology/package_cpus_list:12
> +/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu12/topology/package_cpus:3fffff
> +/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu12/topology/package_cpus_list:0-21
>
> And this also breaks userspace tools like lscpu
> -Core(s) per socket:  1
> -Socket(s):           11
> +Core(s) per socket:  16
> +Socket(s):           1
>
> CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: bbb65d2d365e ("x86: use cpuid vector 0xb when available for detecting cpu topology")
> Fixes: 95f3d39ccf7a ("x86/cpu/topology: Provide detect_extended_topology_early()")
> Suggested-by: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> [Imre: resend for core-for-CI]
> References: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230323015640.27906-1-rui.zhang@xxxxxxxxx
> References: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/intel/-/issues/8317
> Signed-off-by: Imre Deak <imre.deak@xxxxxxxxx>

Pushed to topic/core-for-CI as a stopgap measure.

BR,
Jani.

> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/topology.c | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/topology.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/topology.c
> index 5e868b62a7c4e..0270925fe013b 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/topology.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/topology.c
> @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ int detect_extended_topology_early(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
>  	 * initial apic id, which also represents 32-bit extended x2apic id.
>  	 */
>  	c->initial_apicid = edx;
> -	smp_num_siblings = LEVEL_MAX_SIBLINGS(ebx);
> +	smp_num_siblings = max_t(int, smp_num_siblings, LEVEL_MAX_SIBLINGS(ebx));
>  #endif
>  	return 0;
>  }
> @@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ int detect_extended_topology(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
>  	 */
>  	cpuid_count(leaf, SMT_LEVEL, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
>  	c->initial_apicid = edx;
> -	core_level_siblings = smp_num_siblings = LEVEL_MAX_SIBLINGS(ebx);
> +	core_level_siblings = LEVEL_MAX_SIBLINGS(ebx);
> +	smp_num_siblings = max_t(int, smp_num_siblings, LEVEL_MAX_SIBLINGS(ebx));
>  	core_plus_mask_width = ht_mask_width = BITS_SHIFT_NEXT_LEVEL(eax);
>  	die_level_siblings = LEVEL_MAX_SIBLINGS(ebx);
>  	pkg_mask_width = die_plus_mask_width = BITS_SHIFT_NEXT_LEVEL(eax);

-- 
Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center



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