[PATCH 2/2] x86, Calculate smp_num_siblings once

From: Prarit Bhargava
Date: Fri May 30 2014 - 07:43:43 EST


For x86 boxes, smp_num_siblings is set to a value read in a CPUID call in
detect_ht(). This value is the *factory defined* value in all cases; even
if HT is disabled in BIOS the value still returns 2 if the CPU supports
HT. AMD also reports the factory defined value in all cases.

That is, even with threading disabled,

crash> p smp_num_siblings
smp_num_siblings = $1 = 0x2

on processors that support multi-threading.

smp_num_siblings should be calculated a single time on cpu 0 to determine
whether or not the system is multi-threaded or not.

On a system with HT enabled,

crash> p smp_num_siblings
smp_num_siblings = $1 = 0x2

On a system with HT disabled,

crash> p smp_num_siblings
smp_num_siblings = $1 = 0x1

Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Torsten Kaiser <just.for.lkml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Jones <drjones@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c | 5 +++++
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index fc1235c..81a5aac 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ void detect_ht(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)

cpuid(1, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);

- threads_per_core = smp_num_siblings = (ebx & 0xff0000) >> 16;
+ threads_per_core = (ebx & 0xff0000) >> 16;

if (threads_per_core <= 1) {
pr_info_once("CPU: Hyper-Threading is unsupported on this processor.\n");
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index b2ad27c..9eb96d2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ void set_cpu_sibling_map(int cpu)
cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, cpu_llc_shared_mask(cpu));
cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, cpu_core_mask(cpu));
c->booted_cores = 1;
+ smp_num_siblings = 1;
return;
}

@@ -407,6 +408,10 @@ void set_cpu_sibling_map(int cpu)
c->booted_cores = cpu_data(i).booted_cores;
}
}
+
+ /* Only need to check this on the boot cpu, o/w it is disabled */
+ if (cpu == 0)
+ smp_num_siblings = cpumask_weight(cpu_sibling_mask(cpu));
}

/* maps the cpu to the sched domain representing multi-core */
--
1.7.9.3

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