On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 09:19:55AM +1000, Con Kolivas wrote:
> As a followup to this discussion:
>
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2014 08:01:13 PM Sam Asadi wrote:
> > Commit f36fdb9f0266 (i8k: Force SMM to run on CPU 0) adds support
> > for multi-core CPUs to the driver. Unfortunately, that causes it
> > to fail loading if compiled without SMP support, at least on
> > 32 bit kernels. Kernel log shows "i8k: unable to get SMM Dell
> > signature", and function i8k_smm is found to return -EINVAL.
> >
> > Testing revealed that the culprit is the missing return value check
> > of set_cpus_allowed_ptr.
>
> It appears that the original commit f36fdb9f0266 changes the affinity for the
> duration of i8k_smm function and then unconditionally reverts the affinity to
> the old cpu mask regardless of whether the function succeeds or fails. As this
> must run on CPU 0 at all times it does not make sense to revert the affinity at
> the end of the function. Proposed patch attached.
>
Sorry, I must have missed the rest of the discussion. What problem is this patch
supposed to fix ? Or, in other words, is there a problem with the current code ?
I also don't really understand the argument above. Why does it not make sense to
revert to the original affinity ? After all, only the SMM call must run on CPU
0. Why does it not make sense to let the rest of the code run on another CPU ?
Thanks,
Guenter
> Signed-off-by: Con Kolivas <kernel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> drivers/char/i8k.c | 6 ------
> 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
>
> Index: linux-3.16-ck1/drivers/char/i8k.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-3.16-ck1.orig/drivers/char/i8k.c 2014-08-12 14:07:49.000000000 +1000
> +++ linux-3.16-ck1/drivers/char/i8k.c 2014-08-19 09:09:57.939056696 +1000
> @@ -132,12 +132,8 @@ static int i8k_smm(struct smm_regs *regs
> {
> int rc;
> int eax = regs->eax;
> - cpumask_var_t old_mask;
>
> /* SMM requires CPU 0 */
> - if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&old_mask, GFP_KERNEL))
> - return -ENOMEM;
> - cpumask_copy(old_mask, ¤t->cpus_allowed);
> rc = set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, cpumask_of(0));
> if (rc)
> goto out;
> @@ -203,8 +199,6 @@ static int i8k_smm(struct smm_regs *regs
> rc = -EINVAL;
>
> out:
> - set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, old_mask);
> - free_cpumask_var(old_mask);
> return rc;
> }
>
>
> --
> -ck
>
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