tree 17f63129cfaf10b46ce2e498ff22be103adadda5
parent d6ee76d3d37d156c479348821574b6f99d6472a1
author Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> 1534517679 +0530
committer Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> 1534831319 +1000

powerpc/topology: Get topology for shared processors at boot

On a shared LPAR, Phyp will not update the CPU associativity at boot
time. Just after the boot system does recognize itself as a shared
LPAR and trigger a request for correct CPU associativity. But by then
the scheduler would have already created/destroyed its sched domains.

This causes
  - Broken load balance across Nodes causing islands of cores.
  - Performance degradation esp if the system is lightly loaded
  - dmesg to wrongly report all CPUs to be in Node 0.
  - Messages in dmesg saying borken topology.
  - With commit 051f3ca02e46 ("sched/topology: Introduce NUMA identity
    node sched domain"), can cause rcu stalls at boot up.

The sched_domains_numa_masks table which is used to generate cpumasks
is only created at boot time just before creating sched domains and
never updated. Hence, its better to get the topology correct before
the sched domains are created.

For example on 64 core Power 8 shared LPAR, dmesg reports

  Brought up 512 CPUs
  Node 0 CPUs: 0-511
  Node 1 CPUs:
  Node 2 CPUs:
  Node 3 CPUs:
  Node 4 CPUs:
  Node 5 CPUs:
  Node 6 CPUs:
  Node 7 CPUs:
  Node 8 CPUs:
  Node 9 CPUs:
  Node 10 CPUs:
  Node 11 CPUs:
  ...
  BUG: arch topology borken
       the DIE domain not a subset of the NUMA domain
  BUG: arch topology borken
       the DIE domain not a subset of the NUMA domain

numactl/lscpu output will still be correct with cores spreading across
all nodes:

  Socket(s):             64
  NUMA node(s):          12
  Model:                 2.0 (pvr 004d 0200)
  Model name:            POWER8 (architected), altivec supported
  Hypervisor vendor:     pHyp
  Virtualization type:   para
  L1d cache:             64K
  L1i cache:             32K
  NUMA node0 CPU(s): 0-7,32-39,64-71,96-103,176-183,272-279,368-375,464-471
  NUMA node1 CPU(s): 8-15,40-47,72-79,104-111,184-191,280-287,376-383,472-479
  NUMA node2 CPU(s): 16-23,48-55,80-87,112-119,192-199,288-295,384-391,480-487
  NUMA node3 CPU(s): 24-31,56-63,88-95,120-127,200-207,296-303,392-399,488-495
  NUMA node4 CPU(s):     208-215,304-311,400-407,496-503
  NUMA node5 CPU(s):     168-175,264-271,360-367,456-463
  NUMA node6 CPU(s):     128-135,224-231,320-327,416-423
  NUMA node7 CPU(s):     136-143,232-239,328-335,424-431
  NUMA node8 CPU(s):     216-223,312-319,408-415,504-511
  NUMA node9 CPU(s):     144-151,240-247,336-343,432-439
  NUMA node10 CPU(s):    152-159,248-255,344-351,440-447
  NUMA node11 CPU(s):    160-167,256-263,352-359,448-455

Currently on this LPAR, the scheduler detects 2 levels of Numa and
created numa sched domains for all CPUs, but it finds a single DIE
domain consisting of all CPUs. Hence it deletes all numa sched
domains.

To address this, detect the shared processor and update topology soon
after CPUs are setup so that correct topology is updated just before
scheduler creates sched domain.

With the fix, dmesg reports:

  numa: Node 0 CPUs: 0-7 32-39 64-71 96-103 176-183 272-279 368-375 464-471
  numa: Node 1 CPUs: 8-15 40-47 72-79 104-111 184-191 280-287 376-383 472-479
  numa: Node 2 CPUs: 16-23 48-55 80-87 112-119 192-199 288-295 384-391 480-487
  numa: Node 3 CPUs: 24-31 56-63 88-95 120-127 200-207 296-303 392-399 488-495
  numa: Node 4 CPUs: 208-215 304-311 400-407 496-503
  numa: Node 5 CPUs: 168-175 264-271 360-367 456-463
  numa: Node 6 CPUs: 128-135 224-231 320-327 416-423
  numa: Node 7 CPUs: 136-143 232-239 328-335 424-431
  numa: Node 8 CPUs: 216-223 312-319 408-415 504-511
  numa: Node 9 CPUs: 144-151 240-247 336-343 432-439
  numa: Node 10 CPUs: 152-159 248-255 344-351 440-447
  numa: Node 11 CPUs: 160-167 256-263 352-359 448-455

and lscpu also reports:

  Socket(s):             64
  NUMA node(s):          12
  Model:                 2.0 (pvr 004d 0200)
  Model name:            POWER8 (architected), altivec supported
  Hypervisor vendor:     pHyp
  Virtualization type:   para
  L1d cache:             64K
  L1i cache:             32K
  NUMA node0 CPU(s): 0-7,32-39,64-71,96-103,176-183,272-279,368-375,464-471
  NUMA node1 CPU(s): 8-15,40-47,72-79,104-111,184-191,280-287,376-383,472-479
  NUMA node2 CPU(s): 16-23,48-55,80-87,112-119,192-199,288-295,384-391,480-487
  NUMA node3 CPU(s): 24-31,56-63,88-95,120-127,200-207,296-303,392-399,488-495
  NUMA node4 CPU(s):     208-215,304-311,400-407,496-503
  NUMA node5 CPU(s):     168-175,264-271,360-367,456-463
  NUMA node6 CPU(s):     128-135,224-231,320-327,416-423
  NUMA node7 CPU(s):     136-143,232-239,328-335,424-431
  NUMA node8 CPU(s):     216-223,312-319,408-415,504-511
  NUMA node9 CPU(s):     144-151,240-247,336-343,432-439
  NUMA node10 CPU(s):    152-159,248-255,344-351,440-447
  NUMA node11 CPU(s):    160-167,256-263,352-359,448-455

Reported-by: Manjunatha H R <manjuhr1@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
[mpe: Trim / format change log]
Tested-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>