ACK: [PATCH 0/1 v2][j/l linux] Don't WARN_ON_ONCE() for a broken discovery table
Andrei Gherzan
andrei.gherzan at canonical.com
Wed Jan 10 20:02:02 UTC 2024
On 24/01/08 09:58AM, Tim Gardner wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2048404
>
> v2 - Don't include extraneous patch.
>
> SRU Justification
>
> [Impact]
>
> perf/x86/uncore: Don't WARN_ON_ONCE() for a broken discovery table
>
> The kernel warning message is triggered, when SPR MCC is used.
>
> [ 17.945331] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> [ 17.946305] WARNING: CPU: 65 PID: 1 at
> arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_discovery.c:184
> intel_uncore_has_discovery_tables+0x4c0/0x65c
> [ 17.946305] Modules linked in:
> [ 17.946305] CPU: 65 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted
> 5.4.17-2136.313.1-X10-2c+ #4
>
> It's caused by the broken discovery table of UPI.
>
> The discovery tables are from hardware. Except for dropping the broken
> information, there is nothing Linux can do. Using WARN_ON_ONCE() is
> overkilled.
>
> Use the pr_info() to replace WARN_ON_ONCE(), and specify what uncore unit
> is dropped and the reason.
>
> [Fix]
>
> Commit 5d515ee40cb57ea5331998f27df7946a69f14dc3 ('perf/x86/uncore: Don't WARN_ON_ONCE() for a broken discovery table')
>
> [Test]
>
> AWS tested
>
> [Regression potential]
>
> Low regression potential. Only the code that prints the warning has been changed.
>
> [Other Info]
>
> SF: #00347830
Acked-by: Andrei Gherzan <andrei.gherzan at canonical.com>
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Andrei Gherzan
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