Re: [PATCH 3/4] x86/ioapic: Fix lost ioapic resource after hot-removal and hotadd

From: Rui Wang
Date: Tue Jul 26 2016 - 22:51:30 EST


On Wed, July 27, 2016 4:24 AM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 12:13:16AM +0800, Rui Wang wrote:
> > ioapic resource at 0xfecxxxxx gets lost from /proc/iomem after
> > hot-removing and then hot-adding the ioapic devices.
> >
> > After system boot, in /proc/iomem:
> > fec00000-fecfffff : PNP0003:00
> > fec00000-fec003ff : IOAPIC 0
> > fec01000-fec013ff : IOAPIC 1
> > fec40000-fec403ff : IOAPIC 2
> > fec80000-fec803ff : IOAPIC 3
> > fecc0000-fecc03ff : IOAPIC 4
> >
> > Then hot-remove IOAPIC 2 and hot-add it again:
> > fec00000-fecfffff : PNP0003:00
> > fec00000-fec003ff : IOAPIC 0
> > fec01000-fec013ff : IOAPIC 1
> > fec80000-fec803ff : IOAPIC 3
> > fecc0000-fecc03ff : IOAPIC 4
> >
> > The range at 0xfec40000 is lost from /proc/iomem. It is because
> > handle_ioapic_add() requests resource from either PCI config BAR or
> > acpi _CRS, not both. But Intel platforms map the IOxAPIC registers
>
> s/acpi/ACPI/
> s/ioapic/IOAPIC/ throughout
>
> > at both the PCI config BAR (called MBAR) and the 0xfecX_YZ00 to
> > 0xfecX_Y2FF range (called ABAR). Both of the ranges should be claimed
>
> I guess you mean the 0xfecX_YZ00-0xfecX_Y2FF range appears in _CRS?

Yes. That range appears in _CRS for each IOAPIC. I'll make it cleaner in
the commit message.

Thanks
Rui