Hi Jeremy,
On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 6:38 PM, Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> The numa mask subset check can often lead to system hang or crash during
> CPU hotplug and system suspend operation if NUMA is disabled. This is
Also during boot, if CONFIG_ARM_PSCI_CHECKER=y.
> mostly observed on HMP systems where the CPU compute capacities are
> different and ends up in different scheduler domains. Since
> cpumask_of_node is returned instead core_sibling, the scheduler is
> confused with incorrect cpumasks(e.g. one CPU in two different sched
> domains at the same time) on CPU hotplug.
>
> Lets disable the NUMA siblings checks for the time being, as NUMA in
> socket machines have LLC's that will assure that the scheduler topology
> isn't "borken".
>
> The NUMA check exists to assure that if a LLC within a socket crosses
> NUMA nodes/chiplets the scheduler domains remain consistent. This code will
> likely have to be re-enabled in the near future once the NUMA mask story
> is sorted. At the moment its not necessary because the NUMA in socket
> machines LLC's are contained within the NUMA domains.
>
> Further, as a defensive mechanism during hot-plug, lets assure that the
> LLC siblings are also masked.
>
> Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@xxxxxxx>
Thanks!
Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c | 11 ++++-------
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c
> index 7415c166281f..f845a8617812 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c
> @@ -215,13 +215,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_topology);
>
> const struct cpumask *cpu_coregroup_mask(int cpu)
> {
> - const cpumask_t *core_mask = cpumask_of_node(cpu_to_node(cpu));
> + const cpumask_t *core_mask = &cpu_topology[cpu].core_sibling;
>
> - /* Find the smaller of NUMA, core or LLC siblings */
> - if (cpumask_subset(&cpu_topology[cpu].core_sibling, core_mask)) {
> - /* not numa in package, lets use the package siblings */
> - core_mask = &cpu_topology[cpu].core_sibling;
> - }
> if (cpu_topology[cpu].llc_id != -1) {
> if (cpumask_subset(&cpu_topology[cpu].llc_siblings, core_mask))
> core_mask = &cpu_topology[cpu].llc_siblings;
> @@ -239,8 +234,10 @@ static void update_siblings_masks(unsigned int cpuid)
> for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
> cpu_topo = &cpu_topology[cpu];
>
> - if (cpuid_topo->llc_id == cpu_topo->llc_id)
> + if (cpuid_topo->llc_id == cpu_topo->llc_id) {
> cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, &cpuid_topo->llc_siblings);
> + cpumask_set_cpu(cpuid, &cpu_topo->llc_siblings);
> + }
>
> if (cpuid_topo->package_id != cpu_topo->package_id)
> continue;
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
--
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In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
-- Linus Torvalds
