From: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
To: maddy@linux.ibm.com, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
peterz@infradead.org, mingo@kernel.org
Cc: sshegde@linux.ibm.com, christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, venkat88@linux.ibm.com,
yu.c.chen@intel.com, tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com,
kprateek.nayak@amd.com, srikar@linux.ibm.com,
riteshh@linux.ibm.com, stable@vger.kernel.org,
"Ritesh Harjani (IBM)" <ritesh.list@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] sched/topology: Provide arch_llc_mask for cache aware scheduling
Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 13:27:12 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260529075712.1181039-1-sshegde@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
Venkat Reported a boot kernel panic next-20260522. Git bisect pointed to
b5ea300a17e3 ("sched/cache: Make LLC id continuous")
Stacktrace points to llc_mask being null.
NIP [c000000000e58504] _find_first_bit+0x44/0x130
LR [c000000000e58500] _find_first_bit+0x40/0x130
Call Trace:
build_sched_domains+0xad8/0xe50
sched_init_smp+0xa8/0x164
kernel_init_freeable+0x250/0x370
ret_from_kernel_user_thread+0x14/0x1c
On powerpc, cpu_coregroup_mask is available only when the underlying
hardware support coregroup. In shared LPAR, QEMU guest or power9 etc
coregroup isn't supported. In such cases llc_mask was being referenced
when it was null leading to panic.
On powerpc, LLC is at SMT core level. So assumption that coregroup(MC)
domain point to LLC is wrong. Provide a way for archs to say where its
LLC is if it not at MC domain.
Based on tip/master at 5c89783224e9 ("Merge branch into tip/master: 'x86/tdx'")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: b5ea300a17e3 ("sched/cache: Make LLC id continuous")
Reported-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@linux.ibm.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/51154de7-3700-4cb4-82f2-1b3a8fa427f7@linux.ibm.com/
Reviewed-by: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@intel.com>
Tested-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@linux.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@gmail.com>
Co-developed-by: Chen, Yu C <yu.c.chen@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
---
arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h | 6 ++++++
kernel/sched/topology.c | 13 +++++++++++--
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h
index 66ed5fe1b718..e3de0f3d8b86 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h
@@ -135,6 +135,12 @@ struct cpumask *cpu_coregroup_mask(int cpu);
const struct cpumask *cpu_die_mask(int cpu);
int cpu_die_id(int cpu);
+/* Points to where the LLC is. On power9 this will point at CACHE
+ * domain, On others it will point to SMT domain. In all cases
+ * cpu_l2_cache_mask points to where LLC is
+ */
+#define arch_llc_mask(cpu) cpu_l2_cache_mask(cpu)
+
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
#include <asm/smp.h>
diff --git a/kernel/sched/topology.c b/kernel/sched/topology.c
index df2ceb54c970..622e2e01974c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/topology.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/topology.c
@@ -2063,12 +2063,21 @@ const struct cpumask *tl_mc_mask(struct sched_domain_topology_level *tl, int cpu
return cpu_coregroup_mask(cpu);
}
-#define llc_mask(cpu) cpu_coregroup_mask(cpu)
+/*
+ * Majority of architectures have LLC at MC domain level with exception
+ * such as powerpc. Provide a way for arch to specify where its LLC is
+ * if it falls in exception category
+ */
+# ifndef arch_llc_mask
+#define arch_llc_mask(cpu) cpu_coregroup_mask(cpu)
+# endif
#else
-#define llc_mask(cpu) cpumask_of(cpu)
+#define arch_llc_mask(cpu) cpumask_of(cpu)
#endif
+#define llc_mask(cpu) arch_llc_mask(cpu)
+
const struct cpumask *tl_pkg_mask(struct sched_domain_topology_level *tl, int cpu)
{
return cpu_node_mask(cpu);
--
2.47.3
next reply other threads:[~2026-05-29 7:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-29 7:57 Shrikanth Hegde [this message]
2026-05-29 9:17 ` [PATCH] sched/topology: Provide arch_llc_mask for cache aware scheduling Peter Zijlstra
2026-05-29 10:15 ` Srikar Dronamraju
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