Re: [UPDATED PATCH 21/27] sparc32, smpboot: Use generic SMP bootinginfrastructure

From: Srivatsa S. Bhat
Date: Sat Jun 02 2012 - 04:16:16 EST


On 06/02/2012 01:31 PM, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote:

> On 06/02/2012 01:14 PM, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Jun 02, 2012 at 08:52:49AM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
>>> Hi Srivatsa.
>>>
>>> I cannot see how this would work for sparc32...
>>> [Did not notice before...]
>>>
>>>> --- a/arch/sparc/kernel/leon_smp.c
>>>> +++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/leon_smp.c
>>>
>>>> +void __cpuinit __cpu_pre_starting(void *unused)
>>>> +{
>>>> + unsigned int cpuid = hard_smp_processor_id();
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4d_smp.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4d_smp.c
>>>> index ddaea31..cd5367a 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4d_smp.c
>>>> +++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4d_smp.c
>>>
>>>> +void __cpuinit __cpu_pre_starting(void *unused)
>>>> +{
>>>> + unsigned int cpuid = hard_smp_processor_id();
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4m_smp.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4m_smp.c
>>>> index 128af73..ed05f54 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4m_smp.c
>>>> +++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/sun4m_smp.c
>>>
>>>> +void __cpuinit __cpu_pre_starting(void *unused)
>>>> +{
>>>> + unsigned int cpuid = hard_smp_processor_id();
>>>
>>> See how you define a function with the same name three times.
>>> On sparc32 we include all of the above files in the kernel,
>>> and uses various tricks to determine at run-time
>>> which variant to use.
>>>
>>> We need to define these general functions in smp_32.c and
>>> then take relevant action depending on sparc_cpu_model.
>>
>> I took a short look at this.
>> And it is a bit complicated :-(
>>
>> leon is the odd-one here. For reasons I do not understand
>> we have a call from head_32.S to leon_smp_cpu_startup:
>> in trampoline_32.S.
>>
>> But sun4m and sun4d uses the normal path via start_kernel() etc.
>>
>> This has the side-effect that sparc_cpu_model is not set
>> when we call leon_smp_cpu_startup.
>>
>
> Yes, I saw that too now..
>


But I'm wondering where will it set sparc_cpu_model to sparc_leon
then.. The only place i saw was setup_arch(), which gets called from
start_kernel(). But if leon doesn't even call start_kernel(), then....?

Regards,
Srivatsa S. Bhat

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