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Date:      Sun, 15 Apr 2012 15:01:14 +0200
From:      Marius Strobl <marius@alchemy.franken.de>
To:        "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@scsiguy.com>
Cc:        Attilio Rao <attilio@FreeBSD.org>, svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r234074 - in head/sys: amd64/amd64 i386/i386
Message-ID:  <20120415130114.GB68446@alchemy.franken.de>
In-Reply-To: <FAEF2278-3418-4CB6-9FCF-B4EF46EA0351@scsiguy.com>
References:  <201204092241.q39MfJZn081610@svn.freebsd.org> <20120409230949.GB68111@alchemy.franken.de> <CAJ-FndDzh50_Xb%2B08EnhAVBnu1vFLo0d5MX%2BQwAOTcq_ewwDJQ@mail.gmail.com> <20120410114118.GB93449@alchemy.franken.de> <FAEF2278-3418-4CB6-9FCF-B4EF46EA0351@scsiguy.com>

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On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 05:05:35PM -0600, Justin T. Gibbs wrote:
> 
> On Apr 10, 2012, at 5:41 AM, Marius Strobl wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 01:03:56AM +0100, Attilio Rao wrote:
> >> Il 10 aprile 2012 00:09, Marius Strobl <marius@alchemy.franken.de> ha scritto:
> >>> On Mon, Apr 09, 2012 at 10:41:19PM +0000, Attilio Rao wrote:
> >>>> Author: attilio
> >>>> Date: Mon Apr ??9 22:41:19 2012
> >>>> New Revision: 234074
> >>>> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/234074
> >>>> 
> >>>> Log:
> >>>> ?? BSP is not added to the mask of valid target CPUs for interrupts
> >>>> ?? in set_apic_interrupt_ids(). Besides, set_apic_interrupts_ids() is not
> >>>> ?? called in the !SMP case too.
> >>>> ?? Fix this by:
> >>>> ?? - Adding the BSP as an interrupt target directly in cpu_startup().
> >>>> ?? - Remove an obsolete optimization where the BSP are skipped in
> >>>> ?? ?? set_apic_interrupt_ids().
> >>>> 
> >>>> ?? Reported by: ?? ?? ?? ??jh
> >>>> ?? Reviewed by: ?? ?? ?? ??jhb
> >>>> ?? MFC after: ??3 days
> >>>> ?? X-MFC: ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??r233961
> >>>> ?? Pointy hat to: ?? ?? ??me
> >>>> 
> >>>> Modified:
> >>>> ?? head/sys/amd64/amd64/machdep.c
> >>>> ?? head/sys/amd64/amd64/mp_machdep.c
> >>>> ?? head/sys/i386/i386/machdep.c
> >>>> ?? head/sys/i386/i386/mp_machdep.c
> >>>> 
> >>>> Modified: head/sys/amd64/amd64/machdep.c
> >>>> ==============================================================================
> >>>> --- head/sys/amd64/amd64/machdep.c ?? ??Mon Apr ??9 22:01:43 2012 ?? ?? ?? ??(r234073)
> >>>> +++ head/sys/amd64/amd64/machdep.c ?? ??Mon Apr ??9 22:41:19 2012 ?? ?? ?? ??(r234074)
> >>>> @@ -295,6 +295,11 @@ cpu_startup(dummy)
> >>>> ?? ?? ?? vm_pager_bufferinit();
> >>>> 
> >>>> ?? ?? ?? cpu_setregs();
> >>>> +
> >>>> + ?? ?? /*
> >>>> + ?? ?? ??* Add BSP as an interrupt target.
> >>>> + ?? ?? ??*/
> >>>> + ?? ?? intr_add_cpu(0);
> >>>> ??}
> >>> 
> >>> If I'm not mistaken, intr_add_cpu() is under #ifdef SMP, so it should be
> >>> here as well.
> >> 
> >> You are right, sorry, I did forgot to test without SMP.
> >> I think we still need intr_add_cpu() on cpu_startup() because of the
> >> case smp_disabled = 1.
> >> I think the attached patch should make its dirty job, opinion?
> > 
> > I currently fail to see why the latter approach would be necessary,
> > i.e. IMO wrapping the intr_add_cpu() calls in cpu_startup() should
> > be sufficient. In case the kernel is compiled without SMP support,
> > interrupt balancing support isn't available in the first place and
> > the BSP is always the only available target (see the UP version of
> > intr_next_cpu() at the end of x86/x86/intr_machdep.c), so there's
> > no need to add the BSP as a valid target. If an SMP kernel is run
> > on a UP machine or with SMP disabled, interrupt balancing support
> > is available but the intr_add_cpu() calls in cpu_startup() will add
> > the BSP as (the only) target, so everything should be fine. Maybe
> > you can elaborate on why you think an SMP kernel with SMP disabled
> > needs special handling.
> > 
> > Marius
> 
> While functionally correct, I believe that wrapping intr_add_cpu()
> in machdep.c in "SMP ifdefs" is inferior to calling it in all cases.
> It invites questions like, "In the UP case, don't we have to ensure
> that CPU0 is a valid interrupt target?"  This is because casual
> visitors to this file don't know that intr_add_cpu() only impacts
> interrupt distribution.  Of course, this is just an artifact of the
> current implementation.  #ifdefs should be as close to the implemenation
> as possible.  This simplifies the task of making future enhancments.
> This is why I'd prefer to see these within the body of intr_add_cpu()
> than where they are now.
> 

Well, feel free to change the code like that. However, my perspective
is that if these #ifdef SMP (which also are just one amongst several
in these machdep.c) cause the casual visitors to actually look at
the bigger picture than this is a good thing. Doing so probably
would have avoided the bugs in r222813 and r233961.

Marius




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