Re: [2.6.32] WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:249native_apic_write_dummy+0x30/0x3c()

From: Cyrill Gorcunov
Date: Thu Dec 10 2009 - 11:56:43 EST


On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 07:49:04PM +0300, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
...
>
> OK, will update and resend. Thanks for comments!
>
> -- Cyrill

Here is it, please review.

-- Cyrill
---
x86,pmu: check if we have APIC enabled

Ralf Hildebrandt reported:

|
| Running a vanilla 2.6.32 as Xen DomU, I'm getting:
|
| [ 0.000999] CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0
| [ 0.000999] CPU: Processor Core ID: 1
| [ 0.000999] Performance Events: AMD PMU driver.
| [ 0.000999] ------------[ cut here ]------------
| [ 0.000999] WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:249 native_apic_write_dummy+0x30/0x3c()
| [ 0.000999] Modules linked in:
| [ 0.000999] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.32 #3
| [ 0.000999] Call Trace:
| [ 0.000999] [<ffffffff8102611a>] ? native_apic_write_dummy+0x30/0x3c
| [ 0.000999] [<ffffffff8104c5a2>] warn_slowpath_common+0x77/0x8f
| [ 0.000999] [<ffffffff8104c5c9>] warn_slowpath_null+0xf/0x11
| [ 0.000999] [<ffffffff8102611a>] native_apic_write_dummy+0x30/0x3c
| [ 0.000999] [<ffffffff8101bf49>] perf_events_lapic_init+0x2e/0x30
| [ 0.000999] [<ffffffff818cc6fe>] init_hw_perf_events+0x300/0x39d
| [ 0.000999] [<ffffffff818cc25a>] identify_boot_cpu+0x3c/0x3e
| [ 0.000999] [<ffffffff818cc3da>] check_bugs+0x9/0x2d
| [ 0.000999] [<ffffffff818c4cae>] start_kernel+0x37a/0x38f
| [ 0.000999] [<ffffffff818c42c1>] x86_64_start_reservations+0xac/0xb0
| [ 0.000999] [<ffffffff818c7b79>] xen_start_kernel+0x530/0x534
| [ 0.000999] ---[ end trace 4eaa2a86a8e2da22 ]---
|

So we need to check if APIC has a proper state (ie enabled).

Reported-by: Ralf Hildebrandt <Ralf.Hildebrandt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c | 18 ++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.git/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
=====================================================================
--- linux-2.6.git.orig/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ linux-2.6.git/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -2062,12 +2062,6 @@ static __init int p6_pmu_init(void)

x86_pmu = p6_pmu;

- if (!cpu_has_apic) {
- pr_info("no APIC, boot with the \"lapic\" boot parameter to force-enable it.\n");
- pr_info("no hardware sampling interrupt available.\n");
- x86_pmu.apic = 0;
- }
-
return 0;
}

@@ -2159,6 +2153,16 @@ static __init int amd_pmu_init(void)
return 0;
}

+static void __init pmu_check_apic(void)
+{
+ if (cpu_has_apic)
+ return;
+
+ x86_pmu.apic = 0;
+ pr_info("no APIC, boot with the \"lapic\" boot parameter to force-enable it.\n");
+ pr_info("no hardware sampling interrupt available.\n");
+}
+
void __init init_hw_perf_events(void)
{
int err;
@@ -2180,6 +2184,8 @@ void __init init_hw_perf_events(void)
return;
}

+ pmu_check_apic();
+
pr_cont("%s PMU driver.\n", x86_pmu.name);

if (x86_pmu.num_events > X86_PMC_MAX_GENERIC) {
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