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Linus Torvalds ca7e917769 Rework of APIC enumeration and topology evaluation:
The current implementation has a couple of shortcomings:
 
   - It fails to handle hybrid systems correctly.
 
   - The APIC registration code which handles CPU number assignents is in
     the middle of the APIC code and detached from the topology evaluation.
 
   - The various mechanisms which enumerate APICs, ACPI, MPPARSE and guest
     specific ones, tweak global variables as they see fit or in case of
     XENPV just hack around the generic mechanisms completely.
 
   - The CPUID topology evaluation code is sprinkled all over the vendor
     code and reevaluates global variables on every hotplug operation.
 
   - There is no way to analyze topology on the boot CPU before bringing up
     the APs. This causes problems for infrastructure like PERF which needs
     to size certain aspects upfront or could be simplified if that would be
     possible.
 
   - The APIC admission and CPU number association logic is incomprehensible
     and overly complex and needs to be kept around after boot instead of
     completing this right after the APIC enumeration.
 
 This update addresses these shortcomings with the following changes:
 
   - Rework the CPUID evaluation code so it is common for all vendors and
     provides information about the APIC ID segments in a uniform way
     independent of the number of segments (Thread, Core, Module, ..., Die,
     Package) so that this information can be computed instead of rewriting
     global variables of dubious value over and over.
 
   - A few cleanups and simplifcations of the APIC, IO/APIC and related
     interfaces to prepare for the topology evaluation changes.
 
   - Seperation of the parser stages so the early evaluation which tries to
     find the APIC address can be seperately overridden from the late
     evaluation which enumerates and registers the local APIC as further
     preparation for sanitizing the topology evaluation.
 
   - A new registration and admission logic which
 
      - encapsulates the inner workings so that parsers and guest logic
        cannot longer fiddle in it
 
      - uses the APIC ID segments to build topology bitmaps at registration
        time
 
      - provides a sane admission logic
 
      - allows to detect the crash kernel case, where CPU0 does not run on
        the real BSP, automatically. This is required to prevent sending
        INIT/SIPI sequences to the real BSP which would reset the whole
        machine. This was so far handled by a tedious command line
        parameter, which does not even work in nested crash scenarios.
 
      - Associates CPU number after the enumeration completed and prevents
        the late registration of APICs, which was somehow tolerated before.
 
   - Converting all parsers and guest enumeration mechanisms over to the
     new interfaces.
 
     This allows to get rid of all global variable tweaking from the parsers
     and enumeration mechanisms and sanitizes the XEN[PV] handling so it can
     use CPUID evaluation for the first time.
 
   - Mopping up existing sins by taking the information from the APIC ID
     segment bitmaps.
 
     This evaluates hybrid systems correctly on the boot CPU and allows for
     cleanups and fixes in the related drivers, e.g. PERF.
 
 The series has been extensively tested and the minimal late fallout due to
 a broken ACPI/MADT table has been addressed by tightening the admission
 logic further.
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Merge tag 'x86-apic-2024-03-10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull x86 APIC updates from Thomas Gleixner:
 "Rework of APIC enumeration and topology evaluation.

  The current implementation has a couple of shortcomings:

   - It fails to handle hybrid systems correctly.

   - The APIC registration code which handles CPU number assignents is
     in the middle of the APIC code and detached from the topology
     evaluation.

   - The various mechanisms which enumerate APICs, ACPI, MPPARSE and
     guest specific ones, tweak global variables as they see fit or in
     case of XENPV just hack around the generic mechanisms completely.

   - The CPUID topology evaluation code is sprinkled all over the vendor
     code and reevaluates global variables on every hotplug operation.

   - There is no way to analyze topology on the boot CPU before bringing
     up the APs. This causes problems for infrastructure like PERF which
     needs to size certain aspects upfront or could be simplified if
     that would be possible.

   - The APIC admission and CPU number association logic is
     incomprehensible and overly complex and needs to be kept around
     after boot instead of completing this right after the APIC
     enumeration.

  This update addresses these shortcomings with the following changes:

   - Rework the CPUID evaluation code so it is common for all vendors
     and provides information about the APIC ID segments in a uniform
     way independent of the number of segments (Thread, Core, Module,
     ..., Die, Package) so that this information can be computed instead
     of rewriting global variables of dubious value over and over.

   - A few cleanups and simplifcations of the APIC, IO/APIC and related
     interfaces to prepare for the topology evaluation changes.

   - Seperation of the parser stages so the early evaluation which tries
     to find the APIC address can be seperately overridden from the late
     evaluation which enumerates and registers the local APIC as further
     preparation for sanitizing the topology evaluation.

   - A new registration and admission logic which

       - encapsulates the inner workings so that parsers and guest logic
         cannot longer fiddle in it

       - uses the APIC ID segments to build topology bitmaps at
         registration time

       - provides a sane admission logic

       - allows to detect the crash kernel case, where CPU0 does not run
         on the real BSP, automatically. This is required to prevent
         sending INIT/SIPI sequences to the real BSP which would reset
         the whole machine. This was so far handled by a tedious command
         line parameter, which does not even work in nested crash
         scenarios.

       - Associates CPU number after the enumeration completed and
         prevents the late registration of APICs, which was somehow
         tolerated before.

   - Converting all parsers and guest enumeration mechanisms over to the
     new interfaces.

     This allows to get rid of all global variable tweaking from the
     parsers and enumeration mechanisms and sanitizes the XEN[PV]
     handling so it can use CPUID evaluation for the first time.

   - Mopping up existing sins by taking the information from the APIC ID
     segment bitmaps.

     This evaluates hybrid systems correctly on the boot CPU and allows
     for cleanups and fixes in the related drivers, e.g. PERF.

  The series has been extensively tested and the minimal late fallout
  due to a broken ACPI/MADT table has been addressed by tightening the
  admission logic further"

* tag 'x86-apic-2024-03-10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (76 commits)
  x86/topology: Ignore non-present APIC IDs in a present package
  x86/apic: Build the x86 topology enumeration functions on UP APIC builds too
  smp: Provide 'setup_max_cpus' definition on UP too
  smp: Avoid 'setup_max_cpus' namespace collision/shadowing
  x86/bugs: Use fixed addressing for VERW operand
  x86/cpu/topology: Get rid of cpuinfo::x86_max_cores
  x86/cpu/topology: Provide __num_[cores|threads]_per_package
  x86/cpu/topology: Rename topology_max_die_per_package()
  x86/cpu/topology: Rename smp_num_siblings
  x86/cpu/topology: Retrieve cores per package from topology bitmaps
  x86/cpu/topology: Use topology logical mapping mechanism
  x86/cpu/topology: Provide logical pkg/die mapping
  x86/cpu/topology: Simplify cpu_mark_primary_thread()
  x86/cpu/topology: Mop up primary thread mask handling
  x86/cpu/topology: Use topology bitmaps for sizing
  x86/cpu/topology: Let XEN/PV use topology from CPUID/MADT
  x86/xen/smp_pv: Count number of vCPUs early
  x86/cpu/topology: Assign hotpluggable CPUIDs during init
  x86/cpu/topology: Reject unknown APIC IDs on ACPI hotplug
  x86/topology: Add a mechanism to track topology via APIC IDs
  ...
2024-03-11 15:45:55 -07:00
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bpf cpumap: Zero-initialise xdp_rxq_info struct before running XDP program 2024-03-05 16:48:53 -08:00
cgroup cgroup: Changes for 6.9 2024-03-11 13:13:22 -07:00
configs hardening: Provide Kconfig fragments for basic options 2023-09-22 09:50:55 -07:00
debug kdb: Fix a potential buffer overflow in kdb_local() 2024-01-17 17:19:06 +00:00
dma dma-mapping fixes for Linux 6.8 2024-01-18 16:49:34 -08:00
entry entry: Move syscall_enter_from_user_mode() to header file 2023-12-21 23:12:18 +01:00
events uprobes: use pagesize-aligned virtual address when replacing pages 2024-01-25 23:52:20 -08:00
futex futex: Prevent the reuse of stale pi_state 2024-01-19 12:58:17 +01:00
gcov gcov: annotate struct gcov_iterator with __counted_by 2023-10-18 14:43:22 -07:00
irq Updates for the MSI interrupt subsystem and RISC-V initial MSI support: 2024-03-11 14:03:03 -07:00
kcsan mm: delete checks for xor_unlock_is_negative_byte() 2023-10-18 14:34:17 -07:00
livepatch livepatch: Fix missing newline character in klp_resolve_symbols() 2023-09-20 11:24:18 +02:00
locking RCU pull request for v6.8 2024-01-12 16:35:58 -08:00
module Modules changes for v6.8-rc1 2024-01-10 18:00:18 -08:00
power power: port block device access to file 2024-02-25 12:05:22 +01:00
printk TTY/Serial changes for 6.7-rc1 2023-11-03 15:44:25 -10:00
rcu Merge branches 'rcu-doc.2024.02.14a', 'rcu-nocb.2024.02.14a', 'rcu-exp.2024.02.14a', 'rcu-tasks.2024.02.26a' and 'rcu-misc.2024.02.14a' into rcu.2024.02.26a 2024-02-26 17:37:25 -08:00
sched A large set of updates and features for timers and timekeeping: 2024-03-11 14:38:26 -07:00
time A large set of updates and features for timers and timekeeping: 2024-03-11 14:38:26 -07:00
trace Tracing fixes for v6.8-rc7: 2024-03-10 11:53:21 -07:00
.gitignore
acct.c fs: rename __mnt_{want,drop}_write*() helpers 2023-09-11 15:05:50 +02:00
async.c async: Use a dedicated unbound workqueue with raised min_active 2024-02-09 11:13:59 -10:00
audit_fsnotify.c audit: fix potential double free on error path from fsnotify_add_inode_mark 2022-08-22 18:50:06 -04:00
audit_tree.c As usual, lots of singleton and doubleton patches all over the tree and 2023-11-02 20:53:31 -10:00
audit_watch.c audit: don't WARN_ON_ONCE(!current->mm) in audit_exe_compare() 2023-11-14 17:34:27 -05:00
audit.c audit: Send netlink ACK before setting connection in auditd_set 2023-11-12 22:33:49 -05:00
audit.h audit: correct audit_filter_inodes() definition 2023-07-21 12:17:25 -04:00
auditfilter.c audit: move trailing statements to next line 2023-08-15 18:16:14 -04:00
auditsc.c audit,io_uring: io_uring openat triggers audit reference count underflow 2023-10-13 18:34:46 +02:00
backtracetest.c backtracetest: Convert from tasklet to BH workqueue 2024-02-05 13:22:34 -10:00
bounds.c mm: multi-gen LRU: minimal implementation 2022-09-26 19:46:09 -07:00
capability.c lsm: constify the 'target' parameter in security_capget() 2023-08-08 16:48:47 -04:00
cfi.c cfi: Switch to -fsanitize=kcfi 2022-09-26 10:13:13 -07:00
compat.c sched_getaffinity: don't assume 'cpumask_size()' is fully initialized 2023-03-14 19:32:38 -07:00
configs.c
context_tracking.c context_tracking: Fix kerneldoc headers for __ct_user_{enter,exit}() 2024-02-14 07:53:50 -08:00
cpu_pm.c cpuidle, cpu_pm: Remove RCU fiddling from cpu_pm_{enter,exit}() 2023-01-13 11:48:15 +01:00
cpu.c Rework of APIC enumeration and topology evaluation: 2024-03-11 15:45:55 -07:00
crash_core.c kernel/crash_core.c: make __crash_hotplug_lock static 2024-01-12 15:20:47 -08:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c cred: get rid of CONFIG_DEBUG_CREDENTIALS 2023-12-15 14:19:48 -08:00
delayacct.c delayacct: track delays from IRQ/SOFTIRQ 2023-04-18 16:39:34 -07:00
dma.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c vfs-6.9.pidfd 2024-03-11 10:21:06 -07:00
exit.h exit: add internal include file with helpers 2023-09-21 12:03:50 -06:00
extable.c
fail_function.c kernel/fail_function: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() 2023-02-08 13:36:22 +01:00
fork.c RCU pull request for v6.9 2024-03-11 12:02:50 -07:00
freezer.c Linux 6.7-rc6 2023-12-23 15:52:13 +01:00
gen_kheaders.sh Revert "kheaders: substituting --sort in archive creation" 2023-05-28 16:20:21 +09:00
groups.c groups: Convert group_info.usage to refcount_t 2023-09-29 11:28:39 -07:00
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: set some hung_task.c variables storage-class-specifier to static 2023-04-08 13:45:37 -07:00
iomem.c kernel/iomem.c: remove __weak ioremap_cache helper 2023-08-21 13:37:28 -07:00
irq_work.c trace: Add trace_ipi_send_cpu() 2023-03-24 11:01:29 +01:00
jump_label.c jump_label: Prevent key->enabled int overflow 2022-12-01 15:53:05 -08:00
kallsyms_internal.h kallsyms: Reduce the memory occupied by kallsyms_seqs_of_names[] 2022-11-12 18:47:36 -08:00
kallsyms_selftest.c Modules changes for v6.6-rc1 2023-08-29 17:32:32 -07:00
kallsyms_selftest.h kallsyms: Add self-test facility 2022-11-15 00:42:02 -08:00
kallsyms.c kallsyms: Change func signature for cleanup_symbol_name() 2023-08-25 15:00:36 -07:00
kcmp.c file: convert to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU 2023-10-19 11:02:48 +02:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.kexec kexec: select CRYPTO from KEXEC_FILE instead of depending on it 2023-12-20 13:46:19 -08:00
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
kcov.c kcov: add prototypes for helper functions 2023-06-09 17:44:17 -07:00
kexec_core.c kexec: do syscore_shutdown() in kernel_kexec 2024-01-12 15:20:47 -08:00
kexec_elf.c
kexec_file.c kexec_file: fix incorrect temp_start value in locate_mem_hole_top_down() 2023-12-29 12:22:25 -08:00
kexec_internal.h panic, kexec: make __crash_kexec() NMI safe 2022-09-11 21:55:06 -07:00
kexec.c kernel: kexec: copy user-array safely 2023-10-09 16:59:47 +10:00
kheaders.c kheaders: Use array declaration instead of char 2023-03-24 20:10:59 -07:00
kprobes.c kprobes: Remove unnecessary initial values of variables 2024-02-08 23:29:29 +09:00
ksyms_common.c kallsyms: make kallsyms_show_value() as generic function 2023-06-08 12:27:20 -07:00
ksysfs.c crash: hotplug support for kexec_load() 2023-08-24 16:25:14 -07:00
kthread.c As usual, lots of singleton and doubleton patches all over the tree and 2023-11-02 20:53:31 -10:00
latencytop.c latencytop: use the last element of latency_record of system 2022-09-11 21:55:12 -07:00
Makefile kernel/numa.c: Move logging out of numa.h 2023-12-20 19:26:30 -05:00
module_signature.c
notifier.c notifiers: add tracepoints to the notifiers infrastructure 2023-04-08 13:45:38 -07:00
nsproxy.c pidfd: add pidfs 2024-03-01 12:23:37 +01:00
numa.c kernel/numa.c: Move logging out of numa.h 2023-12-20 19:26:30 -05:00
padata.c padata: Fix refcnt handling in padata_free_shell() 2023-10-27 18:04:24 +08:00
panic.c panic: use atomic_try_cmpxchg in panic() and nmi_panic() 2023-10-04 10:41:56 -07:00
params.c params: Fix multi-line comment style 2023-12-01 09:51:44 -08:00
pid_namespace.c wait: Remove uapi header file from main header file 2023-12-20 19:26:31 -05:00
pid_sysctl.h memfd: replace ratcheting feature from vm.memfd_noexec with hierarchy 2023-08-21 13:37:59 -07:00
pid.c pidfs: convert to path_from_stashed() helper 2024-03-01 12:24:53 +01:00
profile.c kernel/profile.c: simplify duplicated code in profile_setup() 2022-09-11 21:55:12 -07:00
ptrace.c Quite a lot of kexec work this time around. Many singleton patches in 2024-01-09 11:46:20 -08:00
range.c
reboot.c Thermal control updates for 6.8-rc1 2024-01-09 16:20:17 -08:00
regset.c
relay.c kernel: relay: remove relay_file_splice_read dead code, doesn't work 2023-12-29 12:22:27 -08:00
resource_kunit.c
resource.c Quite a lot of kexec work this time around. Many singleton patches in 2024-01-09 11:46:20 -08:00
rseq.c rseq: Extend struct rseq with per-memory-map concurrency ID 2022-12-27 12:52:12 +01:00
scftorture.c scftorture: Pause testing after memory-allocation failure 2023-07-14 15:02:57 -07:00
scs.c scs: add support for dynamic shadow call stacks 2022-11-09 18:06:35 +00:00
seccomp.c file: remove __receive_fd() 2023-12-12 14:24:14 +01:00
signal.c pidfd: allow to override signal scope in pidfd_send_signal() 2024-02-21 09:46:08 +01:00
smp.c CSD lock commits for v6.7 2023-10-30 17:56:53 -10:00
smpboot.c kthread: add kthread_stop_put 2023-10-04 10:41:57 -07:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c workqueue: Drain BH work items on hot-unplugged CPUs 2024-02-29 11:51:24 -10:00
stackleak.c stackleak: allow to specify arch specific stackleak poison function 2023-04-20 11:36:35 +02:00
stacktrace.c stacktrace: fix kernel-doc typo 2023-12-29 12:22:29 -08:00
static_call_inline.c static_call: Add call depth tracking support 2022-10-17 16:41:16 +02:00
static_call.c
stop_machine.c
sys_ni.c lsm/stable-6.8 PR 20240105 2024-01-09 12:57:46 -08:00
sys.c getrusage: use sig->stats_lock rather than lock_task_sighand() 2024-02-07 21:20:32 -08:00
sysctl-test.c kernel/sysctl-test: use SYSCTL_{ZERO/ONE_HUNDRED} instead of i_{zero/one_hundred} 2022-09-08 16:56:45 -07:00
sysctl.c asm-generic updates for v6.7 2023-11-01 15:28:33 -10:00
task_work.c task_work: add kerneldoc annotation for 'data' argument 2023-09-19 13:21:32 -07:00
taskstats.c taskstats: fill_stats_for_tgid: use for_each_thread() 2023-10-04 10:41:57 -07:00
torture.c torture: Print out torture module parameters 2023-09-24 17:24:01 +02:00
tracepoint.c tracepoint: Allow livepatch module add trace event 2023-02-18 14:34:36 -05:00
tsacct.c
ucount.c sysctl: Add size to register_sysctl 2023-08-15 15:26:17 -07:00
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c sysctl: fix unused proc_cap_handler() function warning 2023-06-29 15:19:43 -07:00
up.c smp: Change function signatures to use call_single_data_t 2023-09-13 14:59:24 +02:00
user_namespace.c mnt_idmapping: decouple from namespaces 2023-11-28 14:08:47 +01:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c binfmt_misc: enable sandboxed mounts 2023-10-11 08:46:01 -07:00
usermode_driver.c
utsname_sysctl.c utsname: simplify one-level sysctl registration for uts_kern_table 2023-04-13 11:49:35 -07:00
utsname.c
vhost_task.c vhost: Fix worker hangs due to missed wake up calls 2023-06-08 15:43:09 -04:00
watch_queue.c watch_queue: fix kcalloc() arguments order 2023-12-21 13:17:54 +01:00
watchdog_buddy.c watchdog/hardlockup: move SMP barriers from common code to buddy code 2023-06-19 16:25:28 -07:00
watchdog_perf.c watchdog/perf: add a weak function for an arch to detect if perf can use NMIs 2023-06-09 17:44:21 -07:00
watchdog.c watchdog: if panicking and we dumped everything, don't re-enable dumping 2023-12-29 12:22:30 -08:00
workqueue_internal.h workqueue: Drop the special locking rule for worker->flags and worker_pool->flags 2023-08-07 15:57:22 -10:00
workqueue.c A large set of updates and features for timers and timekeeping: 2024-03-11 14:38:26 -07:00