Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] x86, apic: Add boot_cpu_is_bsp() to check if boot cpu is BSP

HATAYAMA Daisuke
2013-10-16T00:55:23Z

(2013/10/16 4:12), Vivek Goyal wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 02:43:22PM +0900, HATAYAMA Daisuke wrote:
>> Kexec can enter the kdump 2nd kernel on AP if crash happens on AP. To
>> check if boot cpu is BSP, introduce a helper function
>> boot_cpu_is_bsp().
>>
>> Signed-off-by: HATAYAMA Daisuke <d.hatayama@jp.fujitsu.com>
>> ---
>> arch/x86/include/asm/mpspec.h | 7 +++++++
>> arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>> arch/x86/kernel/setup.c | 2 ++
>> 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mpspec.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mpspec.h
>> index 626cf70..54d5f98 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mpspec.h
>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mpspec.h
>> @@ -47,11 +47,18 @@ extern int mp_bus_id_to_type[MAX_MP_BUSSES];
>> extern DECLARE_BITMAP(mp_bus_not_pci, MAX_MP_BUSSES);
>>
>> extern unsigned int boot_cpu_physical_apicid;
>> +extern bool boot_cpu_is_bsp;
>> extern unsigned int max_physical_apicid;
>> extern int mpc_default_type;
>> extern unsigned long mp_lapic_addr;
>>
>> #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
>> +extern void boot_cpu_is_bsp_init(void);
>> +#else
>> +static inline void boot_cpu_is_bsp_init(void) { };
>> +#endif
>> +
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
>> extern int smp_found_config;
>> #else
>> # define smp_found_config 0
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
>> index a7eb82d..62ee365 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
>> @@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ unsigned disabled_cpus;
>> unsigned int boot_cpu_physical_apicid = -1U;
>>
>> /*
>
> [..]
>> + * Indicates whether the processor that is doing the boot up, is BSP
>> + * processor or not.
>> + */
>> +bool boot_cpu_is_bsp;
>
> Should we set it to true by default? I think in most of the cases boot cpu
> is going to be bsp too?
>

Agreed. Most likely value should be default.

The reason why I wrote so would be that -- if there's reason -- I wanted to
write it uniform to other variables around it and wanted to avoid to let it
have static storage in binary file.

>> +
>> +/*
>> * The highest APIC ID seen during enumeration.
>> */
>> unsigned int max_physical_apicid;
>> @@ -2589,3 +2595,13 @@ static int __init lapic_insert_resource(void)
>> * that is using request_resource
>> */
>> late_initcall(lapic_insert_resource);
>> +
>> +void __init boot_cpu_is_bsp_init(void)
>> +{
>> + if (cpu_has_apic) {
>> + u32 l, h;
>> +
>> + rdmsr_safe(MSR_IA32_APICBASE, &l, &h);
>> + boot_cpu_is_bsp = (l & MSR_IA32_APICBASE_BSP) ? true : false;
>
> I came across following thread.
>
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/4/18/370
>
> Can we hit above read msr on old P5 class machines? Or is it safe to
> call unconditionally.
>

No, it's dangerous to cause #UD, and current implementation doesn't check
exception value returned by rdmsr_safe. It's meaningless to call rdmsr_safe.

At least, checking boot_cpu_data.x86 >= 6 satisfies support of IA32_APIC_BASE
MSR and this at the same time satisfies support of rdmsr instruction since the
instruction was introduced at Pentium processor. So,

if (boot_cpu_data.x86 >= 6 && cpu_has_apic()) {
u32 l, h;

rdmsr(MSR_IA32_APICBASE, &l, &h);
boot_cpu_is_bsp = (l & MSR_IA32_APICBASE_BSP) ? true : false;
}

--
Thanks.
HATAYAMA, Daisuke