From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: "NOMURA JUNICHI(野村 淳一)" <junichi.nomura@nec.com>,
"Borislav Petkov" <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: "kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com"
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86/boot: Add a message about ignored early NMIs
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 18:00:16 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c0527ca3-22c3-4b92-a34f-adf0cae78146@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <TYCPR01MB8389C46BF755C31EACE8DB37837B2@TYCPR01MB8389.jpnprd01.prod.outlook.com>
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On 1/24/24 03:44, NOMURA JUNICHI(野村 淳一) wrote:
>> From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
>> On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 08:57:45AM +0000, NOMURA JUNICHI(野村 淳一) wrote:
>>> + if (spurious_nmi_count) {
>>> + error_putstr("Spurious early NMI ignored. Number of NMIs: 0x");
>>> + error_puthex(spurious_nmi_count);
>>> + error_putstr("\n");
>>
>> Uff, that's just silly:
>>
>> Spurious early NMIs ignored: 0x0000000000000017
>>
>> Would you like to add a error_putnum() or so in a prepatch which would
>> make this output
>>
>> Spurious early NMIs ignored: 23.
>>
>> ?
>>
>> So that it is human readable and doesn't make me wonder what that hex
>> value is supposed to mean?
>
> Yes, it would be nicer to print that way. I used the existing error_puthex() just
> to keep the patch minimal. I will try to add error_putnum().
>
>> Btw, please use this version when sending next time:
>
Here is a *completely* untested patch for you...
-hpa
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diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
index b99e08e6815b..bf2aac4f195e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -164,21 +164,34 @@ void __putstr(const char *s)
outb(0xff & (pos >> 1), vidport+1);
}
-void __puthex(unsigned long value)
+static noinline void __putnum(unsigned long value, unsigned int base,
+ int mindig)
{
- char alpha[2] = "0";
- int bits;
+ char buf[8*sizeof(value)+1];
+ char *p;
- for (bits = sizeof(value) * 8 - 4; bits >= 0; bits -= 4) {
- unsigned long digit = (value >> bits) & 0xf;
+ p = buf + sizeof(buf);
+ *--p = '\0';
- if (digit < 0xA)
- alpha[0] = '0' + digit;
- else
- alpha[0] = 'a' + (digit - 0xA);
+ while (mindig-- > 0 || value) {
+ unsigned char digit = value % base;
+ digit += (digit >= 10) ? ('a'-10) : '0';
+ *--p = digit;
- __putstr(alpha);
+ value /= base;
}
+
+ __putstr(p);
+}
+
+void __puthex(unsigned long value)
+{
+ __putnum(value, 16, sizeof(value)*2);
+}
+
+void __putdec(unsigned long value)
+{
+ __putnum(value, 10, 1);
}
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_NEED_RELOCS
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h
index bc2f0f17fb90..6502bc69d1b8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h
@@ -63,8 +63,10 @@ void *malloc(int size);
void free(void *where);
void __putstr(const char *s);
void __puthex(unsigned long value);
+void __putdec(unsigned long value);
#define error_putstr(__x) __putstr(__x)
#define error_puthex(__x) __puthex(__x)
+#define error_putdec(__x) __putdec(__x)
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_VERBOSE_BOOTUP
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-01-25 2:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-01-12 11:13 [PATCH repost] " NOMURA JUNICHI(野村 淳一)
2024-01-12 12:06 ` kirill.shutemov
2024-01-15 8:57 ` [PATCH v2] " NOMURA JUNICHI(野村 淳一)
2024-01-15 10:14 ` kirill.shutemov
2024-01-23 11:26 ` Borislav Petkov
2024-01-24 11:44 ` NOMURA JUNICHI(野村 淳一)
2024-01-25 2:00 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2024-01-26 2:15 ` NOMURA JUNICHI(野村 淳一)
2024-02-01 17:22 ` H. Peter Anvin
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