Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758768Ab3CGCtP (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Mar 2013 21:49:15 -0500 Received: from mail-pa0-f53.google.com ([209.85.220.53]:49716 "EHLO mail-pa0-f53.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755690Ab3CGCtO (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Mar 2013 21:49:14 -0500 From: Ming Lei To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ming Lei , Tejun Heo , Peter Zijlstra , Ingo Molnar , Rob Herring , Will Deacon , Nicolas Pitre , Russell King Subject: [RFC PATCH] ARM: keep __my_cpu_offset consistent with generic one Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 10:47:48 +0800 Message-Id: <1362624468-5451-1-git-send-email-tom.leiming@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.9.5 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1888 Lines: 53 Commit 14318efb(ARM: 7587/1: implement optimized percpu variable access) introduces arm's __my_cpu_offset to optimize percpu vaiable access, which really works well on hackbench test, but may cause __my_cpu_offset to return garbage value before it is initialized in cpu_init() called by setup_arch, so accessing a percpu variable before setup_arch may cause kernel hang. But the generic__my_cpu_offset always returns zero before percpu area is brought up. So the patch tries to clear __my_cpu_offset on boot CPU early to avoid boot hang. At least now percpu variable is accessed by lockdep before setup_arch(), and enabling CONFIG_LOCK_STAT or CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCKDEP can trigger kernel hang. Cc: Tejun Heo Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Rob Herring Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Nicolas Pitre Cc: Russell King Signed-off-by: Ming Lei --- arch/arm/kernel/setup.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c index 3f6cbb2..bc7ee4b 100644 --- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c @@ -439,6 +439,13 @@ void __init smp_setup_processor_id(void) for (i = 1; i < nr_cpu_ids; ++i) cpu_logical_map(i) = i == cpu ? 0 : i; + /* + * clear __my_cpu_offset on boot CPU early to avoid hang + * caused by accessing percpu variable before percpu area is + * brought up + */ + set_my_cpu_offset(0); + printk(KERN_INFO "Booting Linux on physical CPU 0x%x\n", mpidr); } -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/