On 03/31/2015 09:41 PM, Jan Stancek wrote:
> Space allocated for paca is based off nr_cpu_ids,
> but pnv_alloc_idle_core_states() iterates paca with
> cpu_nr_cores()*threads_per_core, which is using NR_CPUS.
>
> This causes pnv_alloc_idle_core_states() to write over memory,
> which is outside of paca array and may later lead to various panics.
>
> Fixes: 7cba160ad789 (powernv/cpuidle: Redesign idle states management)
> Signed-off-by: Jan Stancek <jstan...@redhat.com>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputhreads.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputhreads.h
> b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputhreads.h
> index 2bf8e93..4c8ad59 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputhreads.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputhreads.h
> @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static inline cpumask_t cpu_thread_mask_to_cores(const
> struct cpumask *threads)
>
> static inline int cpu_nr_cores(void)
> {
> - return NR_CPUS >> threads_shift;
> + return nr_cpu_ids >> threads_shift;
> }
Thanks for the patch!
Reviewed-by: Preeti U. Murthy <pre...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
> static inline cpumask_t cpu_online_cores_map(void)
>
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