Re: [PATCH 8/9] iommu/amd: Don't report firmware bugs with cmd-lineivrs overrides

From: Shuah Khan
Date: Wed Apr 10 2013 - 11:59:53 EST


On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Joerg Roedel <joro@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When the IVRS entries for IOAPIC and HPET are overridden on
> the kernel command line, a problem detected in the check
> function might not be a firmware bug anymore. So disable
> the firmware bug reporting if the user provided valid
> ivrs_ioapic or ivrs_hpet entries on the command line.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joro@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/iommu/amd_iommu_init.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/amd_iommu_init.c b/drivers/iommu/amd_iommu_init.c
> index 030d6ab..9767941 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/amd_iommu_init.c
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/amd_iommu_init.c
> @@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ static struct devid_map __initdata early_ioapic_map[EARLY_MAP_SIZE];
> static struct devid_map __initdata early_hpet_map[EARLY_MAP_SIZE];
> static int __initdata early_ioapic_map_size;
> static int __initdata early_hpet_map_size;
> +static bool __initdata cmdline_maps;
>
> static enum iommu_init_state init_state = IOMMU_START_STATE;
>
> @@ -1686,18 +1687,28 @@ static void __init free_on_init_error(void)
>
> static bool __init check_ioapic_information(void)
> {
> + const char *fw_bug = FW_BUG;
> bool ret, has_sb_ioapic;
> int idx;
>
> has_sb_ioapic = false;
> ret = false;
>
> + /*
> + * If we have map overrides on the kernel command line the
> + * messages in this function might not describe firmware bugs
> + * anymore - so be careful
> + */
> + if (cmdline_maps)
> + fw_bug = "";
> +
> for (idx = 0; idx < nr_ioapics; idx++) {
> int devid, id = mpc_ioapic_id(idx);
>
> devid = get_ioapic_devid(id);
> if (devid < 0) {
> - pr_err(FW_BUG "AMD-Vi: IOAPIC[%d] not in IVRS table\n", id);
> + pr_err("%sAMD-Vi: IOAPIC[%d] not in IVRS table\n",
> + fw_bug, id);
> ret = false;
> } else if (devid == IOAPIC_SB_DEVID) {
> has_sb_ioapic = true;
> @@ -1714,11 +1725,11 @@ static bool __init check_ioapic_information(void)
> * when the BIOS is buggy and provides us the wrong
> * device id for the IOAPIC in the system.
> */
> - pr_err(FW_BUG "AMD-Vi: No southbridge IOAPIC found in IVRS table\n");
> + pr_err("%sAMD-Vi: No southbridge IOAPIC found\n", fw_bug);
> }
>
> if (!ret)
> - pr_err("AMD-Vi: Disabling interrupt remapping due to BIOS Bug(s)\n");
> + pr_err("AMD-Vi: Disabling interrupt remapping\n");

Can this made conditional on cmdline_maps and keep the original
message in the case of a real BIOS bug? That way it is explicit and
easier to debug.

>
> return ret;
> }
> @@ -2166,6 +2177,7 @@ static int __init parse_ivrs_ioapic(char *str)
>
> devid = ((bus & 0xff) << 8) | ((dev & 0x1f) << 3) | (fn & 0x7);
>
> + cmdline_maps = true;
> i = early_ioapic_map_size++;
> early_ioapic_map[i].id = id;
> early_ioapic_map[i].devid = devid;
> @@ -2195,6 +2207,7 @@ static int __init parse_ivrs_hpet(char *str)
>
> devid = ((bus & 0xff) << 8) | ((dev & 0x1f) << 3) | (fn & 0x7);
>
> + cmdline_maps = true;
> i = early_hpet_map_size++;
> early_hpet_map[i].id = id;
> early_hpet_map[i].devid = devid;
> --
> 1.7.9.5
>
>
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