Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
Kan Liang
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There may be a kernel panic on the Haswell server and the Broadwell server, if the snbep_pci2phy_map_init() return error. The uncore_extra_pci_dev[HSWEP_PCI_PCU_3] is used in the cpu_init() to detect the existence of the SBOX, which is a MSR type of PMON unit. The uncore_extra_pci_dev is allocated in the uncore_pci_init(). If the snbep_pci2phy_map_init() returns error, perf doesn't initialize the PCI type of the PMON units, so the uncore_extra_pci_dev will not be allocated. But perf may continue initializing the MSR type of PMON units. A null dereference kernel panic will be triggered. The sockets in a Haswell server or a Broadwell server are identical. Only need to detect the existence of the SBOX once. Current perf probes all available PCU devices and stores them into the uncore_extra_pci_dev. It's unnecessary. Use the pci_get_device() to replace the uncore_extra_pci_dev. Only detect the existence of the SBOX on the first available PCU device once. Factor out hswep_has_limit_sbox(), since the Haswell server and the Broadwell server uses the same way to detect the existence of the SBOX. Add some macros to replace the magic number. Fixes: 5306c31c ("perf/x86/uncore/hsw-ep: Handle systems with only two SBOXes") Reported-by:Steve Wahl <steve.wahl@hpe.com> Signed-off-by:
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