From cb214ede7657db458fd0b2a25ea0b28dbf900ebc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stoney Wang Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 10:53:02 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] x86/apic: Work around boot failure on HP ProLiant DL980 G7 Server systems When a HP ProLiant DL980 G7 Server boots a regular kernel, there will be intermittent lost interrupts which could result in a hang or (in extreme cases) data loss. The reason is that this system only supports x2apic physical mode, while the kernel boots with a logical-cluster default setting. This bug can be worked around by specifying the "x2apic_phys" or "nox2apic" boot option, but we want to handle this system without requiring manual workarounds. The BIOS sets ACPI_FADT_APIC_PHYSICAL in FADT table. As all apicids are smaller than 255, BIOS need to pass the control to the OS with xapic mode, according to x2apic-spec, chapter 2.9. Current code handle x2apic when BIOS pass with xapic mode enabled: When user specifies x2apic_phys, or FADT indicates PHYSICAL: 1. During madt oem check, apic driver is set with xapic logical or xapic phys driver at first. 2. enable_IR_x2apic() will enable x2apic_mode. 3. if user specifies x2apic_phys on the boot line, x2apic_phys_probe() will install the correct x2apic phys driver and use x2apic phys mode. Otherwise it will skip the driver will let x2apic_cluster_probe to take over to install x2apic cluster driver (wrong one) even though FADT indicates PHYSICAL, because x2apic_phys_probe does not check FADT PHYSICAL. Add checking x2apic_fadt_phys in x2apic_phys_probe() to fix the problem. Signed-off-by: Stoney Wang [ updated the changelog and simplified the code ] Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu Cc: stable@kernel.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1360263182-16226-1-git-send-email-yinghai@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c | 23 ++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c index e03a1e180e81..562a76d433c8 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c @@ -20,18 +20,19 @@ static int set_x2apic_phys_mode(char *arg) } early_param("x2apic_phys", set_x2apic_phys_mode); +static bool x2apic_fadt_phys(void) +{ + if ((acpi_gbl_FADT.header.revision >= FADT2_REVISION_ID) && + (acpi_gbl_FADT.flags & ACPI_FADT_APIC_PHYSICAL)) { + printk(KERN_DEBUG "System requires x2apic physical mode\n"); + return true; + } + return false; +} + static int x2apic_acpi_madt_oem_check(char *oem_id, char *oem_table_id) { - if (x2apic_phys) - return x2apic_enabled(); - else if ((acpi_gbl_FADT.header.revision >= FADT2_REVISION_ID) && - (acpi_gbl_FADT.flags & ACPI_FADT_APIC_PHYSICAL) && - x2apic_enabled()) { - printk(KERN_DEBUG "System requires x2apic physical mode\n"); - return 1; - } - else - return 0; + return x2apic_enabled() && (x2apic_phys || x2apic_fadt_phys()); } static void @@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ static void init_x2apic_ldr(void) static int x2apic_phys_probe(void) { - if (x2apic_mode && x2apic_phys) + if (x2apic_mode && (x2apic_phys || x2apic_fadt_phys())) return 1; return apic == &apic_x2apic_phys;