Re: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v4 4/9] s390x: smp: Rework cpu start and active tracking

David Hildenbrand
2020-01-21T17:40:10Z

On 21.01.20 14:42, Janosch Frank wrote:
> The architecture specifies that processing sigp orders may be
> asynchronous, and this is indeed the case on some hypervisors, so we
> need to wait until the cpu runs before we return from the setup/start
> function.
>
> As there was a lot of duplicate code, a common function for cpu
> restarts has been introduced.
>
> Signed-off-by: Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
> ---
> lib/s390x/smp.c | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
> 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/s390x/smp.c b/lib/s390x/smp.c
> index f57f420..84e681d 100644
> --- a/lib/s390x/smp.c
> +++ b/lib/s390x/smp.c
> @@ -104,35 +104,46 @@ int smp_cpu_stop_store_status(uint16_t addr)
> return rc;
> }
>
> +static int smp_cpu_restart_nolock(uint16_t addr, struct psw *psw)
> +{
> + int rc;
> + struct cpu *cpu = smp_cpu_from_addr(addr);
> +
> + if (!cpu)
> + return -1;
> + if (psw) {
> + cpu->lowcore->restart_new_psw.mask = psw->mask;
> + cpu->lowcore->restart_new_psw.addr = psw->addr;
> + }
> + rc = sigp(addr, SIGP_RESTART, 0, NULL);
> + if (rc)
> + return rc;
> + /*
> + * The order has been accepted, but the actual restart may not
> + * have been performed yet, so wait until the cpu is running.
> + */
> + while (!smp_cpu_running(addr))
> + mb();
> + cpu->active = true;
> + return 0;
> +}
> +

Just wondering what happened to my comment

"Should you make sure to stop the CPU before issuing the restart?
Otherwise you will get false positives if it is still running (but
hasn't processed the RESTART yet)"

?

IOW, should we have a SIGP_STOP before issuing the SIGP_RESTART?

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb