On Mon, 24 Apr 2023 19:42:18 +0200
Pierre Morel <pmorel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When we can not read SCP information we can not abort during
> sclp_get_cpu_num() because this function is called during exit
> and calling it will lead to an infnite loop.
>
> The loop is:
> abort() -> exit() -> smp_teardown() -> smp_query_num_cpus() ->
> sclp_get_cpu_num() -> assert() -> abort()
>
> Since smp_setup() is done after sclp_read_info() inside setup() this
> loop happens when only the start processor is running.
> Let sclp_get_cpu_num() return 1 in this case.
looks good to me, but please add a comment to explain that this is only
supposed to happen in exceptional circumstances
>
> Fixes: 52076a63d569 ("s390x: Consolidate sclp read info")
> Signed-off-by: Pierre Morel <pmorel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> lib/s390x/sclp.c | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/s390x/sclp.c b/lib/s390x/sclp.c
> index acdc8a9..c09360d 100644
> --- a/lib/s390x/sclp.c
> +++ b/lib/s390x/sclp.c
> @@ -119,8 +119,9 @@ void sclp_read_info(void)
>
> int sclp_get_cpu_num(void)
> {
> - assert(read_info);
> - return read_info->entries_cpu;
> + if (read_info)
> + return read_info->entries_cpu;
> + return 1;
> }
>
> CPUEntry *sclp_get_cpu_entries(void)
