Re: [PATCH 8/8] x86_64: Support for new UV apic

From: Yinghai Lu
Date: Sun Mar 30 2008 - 19:23:27 EST


On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 12:12 PM, Jack Steiner <steiner@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> UV supports really big systems. So big, in fact, that the APICID register
> does not contain enough bits to contain an APICID that is unique across all
> cpus.
>
> The UV BIOS supports 3 APICID modes:
>
> - legacy mode. This mode uses the old APIC mode where
> APICID is in bits [31:24] of the APICID register.
>
> - x2apic mode. This mode is whitebox-compatible. APICIDs
> are unique across all cpus. Standard x2apic APIC operations
> (Intel-defined) can be used for IPIs. The node identifier
> fits within the Intel-defined portion of the APICID register.
>
> - x2apic-uv mode. In this mode, the APICIDs on each node have
> unique IDs, but IDs on different node are not unique. For example,
> if each mode has 32 cpus, the APICIDs on each node might be
> 0 - 31. Every node has the same set of IDs.
> The UV hub is used to route IPIs/interrupts to the correct node.
> Traditional APIC operations WILL NOT WORK.
>
> In x2apic-uv mode, the ACPI tables all contain a full unique ID (note:
> exact bit layout still changing but the following is close):
>
> nnnnnnnnnnlc0cch
> n = unique node number
> l = socket number on board
> c = core
> h = hyperthread
>
> Only the "lc0cch" bits are written to the APICID register. The remaining bits are
> supplied by having the get_apic_id() function "OR" the extra bits into the value
> read from the APICID register. (Hmmm.. why not keep the ENTIRE APICID register
> in per-cpu data....)
>
> The x2apic-uv mode is recognized by the MADT table containing:
> oem_id = "SGI"
> oem_table_id = "UV-X"
>
> Based on:
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86.git
>
> Signed-off-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@xxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/Makefile | 2
> arch/x86/kernel/apic_64.c | 2
> arch/x86/kernel/genapic_64.c | 18 ++
> arch/x86/kernel/genx2apic_uv_x.c | 245 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/x86/kernel/setup64.c | 4
> arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c | 5
> include/asm-x86/genapic_64.h | 5
> include/asm-x86/smp.h | 5
> 8 files changed, 285 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> Index: linux/arch/x86/kernel/genapic_64.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux.orig/arch/x86/kernel/genapic_64.c 2008-03-28 13:06:07.000000000 -0500
> +++ linux/arch/x86/kernel/genapic_64.c 2008-03-28 13:06:12.000000000 -0500
> @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
> #include <linux/kernel.h>
> #include <linux/ctype.h>
> #include <linux/init.h>
> +#include <linux/hardirq.h>
>
> #include <asm/smp.h>
> #include <asm/ipi.h>
> @@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ void *x86_cpu_to_apicid_early_ptr;
> #endif
> DEFINE_PER_CPU(u16, x86_cpu_to_apicid) = BAD_APICID;
> EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(x86_cpu_to_apicid);
> +DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, x2apic_extra_bits);
>
> struct genapic __read_mostly *genapic = &apic_flat;
>
> @@ -42,6 +44,9 @@ static enum uv_system_type uv_system_typ
> */
> void __init setup_apic_routing(void)
> {
> + if (uv_system_type == UV_NON_UNIQUE_APIC)
> + genapic = &apic_x2apic_uv_x;
> + else
> #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
> /*
> * Quirk: some x86_64 machines can only use physical APIC mode
> @@ -82,6 +87,19 @@ int __init acpi_madt_oem_check(char *oem
> return 0;
> }
>
> +unsigned int read_apic_id(void)
> +{
> + unsigned int id;
> +
> + WARN_ON(preemptible());
> + id = apic_read(APIC_ID);
> + if (uv_system_type >= UV_X2APIC)
> + id |= __get_cpu_var(x2apic_extra_bits);
> + else
> + id = (id >> 24) & 0xFFu;;
> + return id;
> +}

so this is "the new one of Friday"?

it still wrong. you can not shit id here. ot broke all x86_64 smp.

Did you test it on non UV_X2APIC box?

YH
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