I saw cpuhotplug operations on 32-bit mode of xeon-64bit processors
crashing the system. This happens on latest 2.6.20-rc5 kernel also. Same
(i386 cpuhotplug code) runs fine on xeon-32bit processors.
Steps to reproduce.
====================
echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu6/online
echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu6/online
================================
dmesg shows.
==============
Breaking affinity for irq 4
cpu_mask_to_apicid: Not a valid mask!
CPU 6 is now offline
=======================
On debugging the problem, I found that problem is not in cpuhotplug code
but in apic part. Execution of "stale" IPI's by onlined cpus(which we
offlined earlier) is causing the crash. Now we need to debug,why IPI's
are reaching the offlined cpu's too.
1) During the calculation of apicid's, if cpu to which IPI has to
deliver is not in
same apic cluster,it prints "Not a valid mask" error and returns "0xFF"
which means broadcast the IPI's to all cpus(which are offlined too) and
hence the problem.
2) I booted the system with maxcpus=2 boot parameter, and tried cpu
hotplugging on it.
but still problem recreates(I think there is no concept of apic clusters
if there are only 2 cpus). Hence it makes me to conclude that problem is
in delivery of IPI's.
So Iam completely stuck here. Iam not able to move forward in debugging.
So could someone(may be intel folks) please throw some light on this.
Thanks in advance
Srinivasa DS
LTC-IBM
Sorry for my delayed response. I was away on vacation.
What platform is this? what do you mean by crashing? Do you see a
system freeze or oops?
thanks,
suresh
On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 01:42:48PM +0530, Srinivasa Ds wrote:
> I saw cpuhotplug operations on 32-bit mode of xeon-64bit processors
> crashing the system. This happens on latest 2.6.20-rc5 kernel also. Same
> (i386 cpuhotplug code) runs fine on xeon-32bit processors.
> Steps to reproduce.
> ====================
> echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu6/online
> echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu6/online
> ================================
> dmesg shows.
> ==============
> Breaking affinity for irq 4
> cpu_mask_to_apicid: Not a valid mask!
> CPU 6 is now offline
> =======================
>
> On debugging the problem, I found that problem is not in cpuhotplug code
> but in apic part. Execution of "stale" IPI's by onlined cpus(which we
> offlined earlier) is causing the crash. Now we need to debug,why IPI's
> are reaching the offlined cpu's too.
>
> 1) During the calculation of apicid's, if cpu to which IPI has to
> deliver is not in
> same apic cluster,it prints "Not a valid mask" error and returns "0xFF"
> which means broadcast the IPI's to all cpus(which are offlined too) and
> hence the problem.
>
> 2) I booted the system with maxcpus=2 boot parameter, and tried cpu
> hotplugging on it.
> but still problem recreates(I think there is no concept of apic clusters
> if there are only 2 cpus). Hence it makes me to conclude that problem is
> in delivery of IPI's.
>
> So Iam completely stuck here. Iam not able to move forward in debugging.
> So could someone(may be intel folks) please throw some light on this.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Srinivasa DS
> LTC-IBM
Siddha, Suresh B wrote:
> Sorry for my delayed response. I was away on vacation.
>
> What platform is this? what do you mean by crashing? Do you see a
> system freeze or oops?
>
Its xeon-64 bit processor,running in 32-bit compatibility
mode(i386-code). We have not seen this problem in x86_64 envioronment.
It happens in 32-bit compatibility mode.
Problem is in calculation of apicid's and delivery of IPI's.
I saw a oops,when I do cpuhotplug operations on it.
If you want any further information,please free to ask.
Thanks
Srinivasa Ds
> thanks,
> suresh
>
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 01:42:48PM +0530, Srinivasa Ds wrote:
>
>> I saw cpuhotplug operations on 32-bit mode of xeon-64bit processors
>> crashing the system. This happens on latest 2.6.20-rc5 kernel also. Same
>> (i386 cpuhotplug code) runs fine on xeon-32bit processors.
>> Steps to reproduce.
>> ====================
>> echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu6/online
>> echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu6/online
>> ================================
>> dmesg shows.
>> ==============
>> Breaking affinity for irq 4
>> cpu_mask_to_apicid: Not a valid mask!
>> CPU 6 is now offline
>> =======================
>>
>> On debugging the problem, I found that problem is not in cpuhotplug code
>> but in apic part. Execution of "stale" IPI's by onlined cpus(which we
>> offlined earlier) is causing the crash. Now we need to debug,why IPI's
>> are reaching the offlined cpu's too.
>>
>> 1) During the calculation of apicid's, if cpu to which IPI has to
>> deliver is not in
>> same apic cluster,it prints "Not a valid mask" error and returns "0xFF"
>> which means broadcast the IPI's to all cpus(which are offlined too) and
>> hence the problem.
>>
>> 2) I booted the system with maxcpus=2 boot parameter, and tried cpu
>> hotplugging on it.
>> but still problem recreates(I think there is no concept of apic clusters
>> if there are only 2 cpus). Hence it makes me to conclude that problem is
>> in delivery of IPI's.
>>
>> So Iam completely stuck here. Iam not able to move forward in debugging.
>> So could someone(may be intel folks) please throw some light on this.
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>> Srinivasa DS
>> LTC-IBM
>>