Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] arch_topology: Build cacheinfo from primary CPU

From: Sudeep Holla
Date: Fri Nov 25 2022 - 10:14:01 EST


On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 06:12:13PM +0100, Pierre Gondois wrote:
> commit 3fcbf1c77d08 ("arch_topology: Fix cache attributes detection
> in the CPU hotplug path")
> adds a call to detect_cache_attributes() to populate the cacheinfo
> before updating the siblings mask. detect_cache_attributes() allocates
> memory and can take the PPTT mutex (on ACPI platforms). On PREEMPT_RT
> kernels, on secondary CPUs, this triggers a:
> 'BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context' [1]
> as the code is executed with preemption and interrupts disabled.
>
> The primary CPU was previously storing the cache information using
> the now removed (struct cpu_topology).llc_id:
> commit 5b8dc787ce4a ("arch_topology: Drop LLC identifier stash from
> the CPU topology")
>
> allocate_cache_info() tries to build the cacheinfo from the primary
> CPU prior secondary CPUs boot, if the DT/ACPI description
> contains cache information.
> If allocate_cache_info() fails, then fallback to the current state
> for the cacheinfo allocation. [1] will be triggered in such case.
>
> When unplugging a CPU, the cacheinfo memory cannot be freed. If it
> was, then the memory would be allocated early by the re-plugged
> CPU and would trigger [1].
>
> Note that populate_cache_leaves() might be called multiple times
> due to populate_leaves being moved up. This is required since
> detect_cache_attributes() might be called with per_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu)
> being allocated but not populated.
>
> [1]:
> [ 7.560791] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:46
> [ 7.560794] in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 128, non_block: 0, pid: 0, name: swapper/111
> [ 7.560796] preempt_count: 1, expected: 0
> [ 7.560797] RCU nest depth: 1, expected: 1
> [ 7.560799] 3 locks held by swapper/111/0:
> [ 7.560800] #0: ffff403e406cae98 (&pcp->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: get_page_from_freelist+0x218/0x12c8
> [ 7.560811] #1: ffffc5f8ed09f8e8 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rt_spin_trylock+0x48/0xf0
> [ 7.560820] #2: ffff403f400b4fd8 (&zone->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rmqueue_bulk+0x64/0xa80
> [ 7.560824] irq event stamp: 0
> [ 7.560825] hardirqs last enabled at (0): [<0000000000000000>] 0x0
> [ 7.560827] hardirqs last disabled at (0): [<ffffc5f8e9f7d594>] copy_process+0x5dc/0x1ab8
> [ 7.560830] softirqs last enabled at (0): [<ffffc5f8e9f7d594>] copy_process+0x5dc/0x1ab8
> [ 7.560833] softirqs last disabled at (0): [<0000000000000000>] 0x0
> [ 7.560834] Preemption disabled at:
> [ 7.560835] [<ffffc5f8e9fd3c28>] migrate_enable+0x30/0x130
> [ 7.560838] CPU: 111 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/111 Tainted: G W 6.0.0-rc4-rt6-[...]
> [ 7.560841] Call trace:
> [...]
> [ 7.560870] __kmalloc+0xbc/0x1e8
> [ 7.560873] detect_cache_attributes+0x2d4/0x5f0
> [ 7.560876] update_siblings_masks+0x30/0x368
> [ 7.560880] store_cpu_topology+0x78/0xb8
> [ 7.560883] secondary_start_kernel+0xd0/0x198
> [ 7.560885] __secondary_switched+0xb0/0xb4
>
> Signed-off-by: Pierre Gondois <pierre.gondois@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/base/arch_topology.c | 10 ++++++-
> drivers/base/cacheinfo.c | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> include/linux/cacheinfo.h | 1 +
> 3 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/arch_topology.c b/drivers/base/arch_topology.c
> index e7d6e6657ffa..54be88f658a0 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/arch_topology.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/arch_topology.c
> @@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ __weak int __init parse_acpi_topology(void)
> #if defined(CONFIG_ARM64) || defined(CONFIG_RISCV)
> void __init init_cpu_topology(void)
> {
> - int ret;
> + int cpu, ret;
>
> reset_cpu_topology();
> ret = parse_acpi_topology();
> @@ -840,6 +840,14 @@ void __init init_cpu_topology(void)
> reset_cpu_topology();
> return;
> }
> +
> + for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
> + ret = allocate_cache_info(cpu);
> + if (ret) {
> + pr_err("Early cacheinfo failed, ret = %d\n", ret);

Is it better to be more specific in the error message or do you think
error code will suffice ? Something like

"Early cacheinfo allocation failed, ret = %d\n"

> + break;
> + }
> + }
> }
>
> void store_cpu_topology(unsigned int cpuid)
> diff --git a/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c b/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c
> index 6f6cd120c4f1..429a55e7c5e2 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c
> @@ -371,10 +371,6 @@ static void free_cache_attributes(unsigned int cpu)
> return;
>
> cache_shared_cpu_map_remove(cpu);
> -
> - kfree(per_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu));
> - per_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu) = NULL;
> - cache_leaves(cpu) = 0;
> }
>
> int __weak init_cache_level(unsigned int cpu)
> @@ -387,18 +383,56 @@ int __weak populate_cache_leaves(unsigned int cpu)
> return -ENOENT;
> }
>
> +int allocate_cache_info(unsigned int cpu)
> +{
> + struct cpu_cacheinfo *this_cpu_ci;
> + unsigned int levels, split_levels;
> + int ret;
> +
> + if (acpi_disabled) {
> + ret = init_of_cache_level(cpu);
> + if (ret < 0)
> + return ret;
> + } else {
> + ret = acpi_get_cache_info(cpu, &levels, &split_levels);
> + if (ret < 0)
> + return ret;
> +
> + this_cpu_ci = get_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu);
> + this_cpu_ci->num_levels = levels;
> + /*
> + * This assumes that:
> + * - there cannot be any split caches (data/instruction)
> + * above a unified cache
> + * - data/instruction caches come by pair
> + */
> + this_cpu_ci->num_leaves = levels + split_levels;
> + }
> + if (!cache_leaves(cpu))
> + return -ENOENT;
> +

The above part is more fetching info than allocating. Does it make sense
to rename along similar lines.

> + per_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu) = kcalloc(cache_leaves(cpu),
> + sizeof(struct cacheinfo), GFP_ATOMIC);
> + if (per_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu) == NULL) {
> + cache_leaves(cpu) = 0;
> + return -ENOMEM;
> + }
> +

IIReadC, detect_cache_attributes also have above allocation, does it make
sense to consolidate into one inline function or something ?

> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> int detect_cache_attributes(unsigned int cpu)
> {
> int ret;
>
> - /* Since early detection of the cacheinfo is allowed via this
> - * function and this also gets called as CPU hotplug callbacks via
> - * cacheinfo_cpu_online, the initialisation can be skipped and only
> - * CPU maps can be updated as the CPU online status would be update
> - * if called via cacheinfo_cpu_online path.
> + /* Since early initialization/allocation of the cacheinfo is allowed
> + * via allocate_cache_info() and this also gets called as CPU hotplug
> + * callbacks via cacheinfo_cpu_online, the init/alloc can be skipped
> + * as it will happen only once (the cacheinfo memory is never freed).
> + * Just populate the cacheinfo.
> */
> if (per_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu))
> - goto update_cpu_map;
> + goto populate_leaves;
>
> if (init_cache_level(cpu) || !cache_leaves(cpu))
> return -ENOENT;
> @@ -410,6 +444,7 @@ int detect_cache_attributes(unsigned int cpu)
> return -ENOMEM;
> }
>
> +populate_leaves:
> /*
> * populate_cache_leaves() may completely setup the cache leaves and
> * shared_cpu_map or it may leave it partially setup.
> @@ -418,7 +453,6 @@ int detect_cache_attributes(unsigned int cpu)
> if (ret)
> goto free_ci;
>
> -update_cpu_map:
> /*
> * For systems using DT for cache hierarchy, fw_token
> * and shared_cpu_map will be set up here only if they are
> diff --git a/include/linux/cacheinfo.h b/include/linux/cacheinfo.h
> index f992d81d211f..7d390806b788 100644
> --- a/include/linux/cacheinfo.h
> +++ b/include/linux/cacheinfo.h
> @@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ int populate_cache_leaves(unsigned int cpu);
> int cache_setup_acpi(unsigned int cpu);
> bool last_level_cache_is_valid(unsigned int cpu);
> bool last_level_cache_is_shared(unsigned int cpu_x, unsigned int cpu_y);
> +int allocate_cache_info(unsigned int cpu);
> int detect_cache_attributes(unsigned int cpu);
> #ifndef CONFIG_ACPI_PPTT
> /*
> --
> 2.25.1
>

With above nits fixed or discussed further to retain as is, you can add

Reviewed-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx>


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Regards,
Sudeep