On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 12:27:47PM +0530, Srikar Dronamraju wrote: > * Gautham R Shenoy <e...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> [2020-07-22 11:51:14]: > > > Hi Srikar, > > > > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c > > > index 72f16dc0cb26..57468877499a 100644 > > > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c > > > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c > > > @@ -1196,6 +1196,7 @@ static bool update_mask_by_l2(int cpu, struct > > > cpumask *(*mask_fn)(int)) > > > if (!l2_cache) > > > return false; > > > > > > + cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, mask_fn(cpu)); > > > > > > Ok, we need to do this because "cpu" is not yet set in the > > cpu_online_mask. Prior to your patch the "cpu" was getting set in > > cpu_l2_cache_map(cpu) as a side-effect of the code that is removed in > > the patch. > > > > Right. > > > > > > for_each_cpu(i, cpu_online_mask) { > > > /* > > > * when updating the marks the current CPU has not been marked > > > @@ -1278,29 +1279,30 @@ static void add_cpu_to_masks(int cpu) > > > * add it to it's own thread sibling mask. > > > */ > > > cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, cpu_sibling_mask(cpu)); > > > + cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, cpu_core_mask(cpu)); > > Note: Above, we are explicitly setting the cpu_core_mask.
You are right. I missed this. > > > > > > > for (i = first_thread; i < first_thread + threads_per_core; i++) > > > if (cpu_online(i)) > > > set_cpus_related(i, cpu, cpu_sibling_mask); > > > > > > add_cpu_to_smallcore_masks(cpu); > > > - /* > > > - * Copy the thread sibling mask into the cache sibling mask > > > - * and mark any CPUs that share an L2 with this CPU. > > > - */ > > > - for_each_cpu(i, cpu_sibling_mask(cpu)) > > > - set_cpus_related(cpu, i, cpu_l2_cache_mask); > > > update_mask_by_l2(cpu, cpu_l2_cache_mask); > > > > > > - /* > > > - * Copy the cache sibling mask into core sibling mask and mark > > > - * any CPUs on the same chip as this CPU. > > > - */ > > > - for_each_cpu(i, cpu_l2_cache_mask(cpu)) > > > - set_cpus_related(cpu, i, cpu_core_mask); > > > + if (pkg_id == -1) { > > > > I suppose this "if" condition is an optimization, since if pkg_id != -1, > > we anyway set these CPUs in the cpu_core_mask below. > > > > However... > > This is not just an optimization. > The hunk removed would only work if cpu_l2_cache_mask is bigger than > cpu_sibling_mask. (this was the previous assumption that we want to break) > If the cpu_sibling_mask is bigger than cpu_l2_cache_mask and pkg_id is -1, > then setting only cpu_l2_cache_mask in cpu_core_mask will result in a broken > topology. > > > > > > + struct cpumask *(*mask)(int) = cpu_sibling_mask; > > > + > > > + /* > > > + * Copy the sibling mask into core sibling mask and > > > + * mark any CPUs on the same chip as this CPU. > > > + */ > > > + if (shared_caches) > > > + mask = cpu_l2_cache_mask; > > > + > > > + for_each_cpu(i, mask(cpu)) > > > + set_cpus_related(cpu, i, cpu_core_mask); > > > > > > - if (pkg_id == -1) > > > return; > > > + } > > > > > > ... since "cpu" is not yet set in the cpu_online_mask, do we not miss > > setting > > "cpu" in the cpu_core_mask(cpu) in the for-loop below ? > > > > > > As noted above, we are setting before. So we don't missing the cpu and hence > have not different from before. Fair enough. > > > -- > > Thanks and Regards > > gautham. > > -- > Thanks and Regards > Srikar Dronamraju