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acpi, pci, irq: account for early penalty assignment

Message ID 1455554508-18174-1-git-send-email-okaya@codeaurora.org (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
Delegated to: Bjorn Helgaas
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Sinan Kaya Feb. 15, 2016, 4:41 p.m. UTC
A crash has been observed when assigning penalty on x86 systems.

It looks like this problem happens on x86 platforms with IOAPIC and an SCI
interrupt override in the ACPI table with interrupt number greater than
16. (22 in this example)

The bug has been introduced by "ACPI, PCI, irq: remove interrupt count
restriction" commit. The code was using kmalloc to resize the interrupt
list. In this use case, the set penalty call is coming from early phase
and the heap is not initialized yet.

BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000018
IP: [<ffffffff811e8b9d>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0xad/0x1c0
PGD 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 4.5.0-rc2Feb-3_RK #1
Hardware name: HP Superdome2 16s, BIOS Bundle: 007.006.000 SFW: 033.162.000
10/30/2015
[<ffffffff813bc190>] acpi_irq_set_penalty+0x60/0x8e
[<ffffffff813bc1df>] acpi_irq_add_penalty+0x21/0x26
[<ffffffff813bc76d>] acpi_penalize_sci_irq+0x25/0x28
[<ffffffff81b8260d>] acpi_sci_ioapic_setup+0x68/0x78
[<ffffffff81b830fc>] acpi_boot_init+0x2cc/0x533
[<ffffffff810677c8>] ? set_pte_vaddr_pud+0x48/0x50
[<ffffffff81b828cf>] ? acpi_parse_x2apic+0x77/0x77
[<ffffffff81b82858>] ? dmi_ignore_irq0_timer_override+0x30/0x30
[<ffffffff81b77c1e>] setup_arch+0xc24/0xce9
[<ffffffff81b6e120>] ? early_idt_handler_array+0x120/0x120
[<ffffffff81b6ed94>] start_kernel+0xfc/0x506
[<ffffffff81b6e120>] ? early_idt_handler_array+0x120/0x120
[<ffffffff81b6e120>] ? early_idt_handler_array+0x120/0x120
[<ffffffff81b6e5ee>] x86_64_start_reservations+0x2a/0x2c
[<ffffffff81b6e73c>] x86_64_start_kernel+0x14c/0x16f

Besides from the use case above, there is one more situation where
set_penalty is being called from the init context like. There is support
for setting the penalty through kernel command line.

Adding support to be called from early context for limited number of
interrupts.

Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org>
---
 drivers/acpi/pci_link.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Comments

Rafael J. Wysocki Feb. 16, 2016, 12:26 a.m. UTC | #1
On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 5:41 PM, Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org> wrote:
> A crash has been observed when assigning penalty on x86 systems.
>
> It looks like this problem happens on x86 platforms with IOAPIC and an SCI
> interrupt override in the ACPI table with interrupt number greater than
> 16. (22 in this example)
>
> The bug has been introduced by "ACPI, PCI, irq: remove interrupt count
> restriction" commit. The code was using kmalloc to resize the interrupt
> list. In this use case, the set penalty call is coming from early phase
> and the heap is not initialized yet.
>
> BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000018
> IP: [<ffffffff811e8b9d>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0xad/0x1c0
> PGD 0
> Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
> Modules linked in:
> CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 4.5.0-rc2Feb-3_RK #1
> Hardware name: HP Superdome2 16s, BIOS Bundle: 007.006.000 SFW: 033.162.000
> 10/30/2015
> [<ffffffff813bc190>] acpi_irq_set_penalty+0x60/0x8e
> [<ffffffff813bc1df>] acpi_irq_add_penalty+0x21/0x26
> [<ffffffff813bc76d>] acpi_penalize_sci_irq+0x25/0x28
> [<ffffffff81b8260d>] acpi_sci_ioapic_setup+0x68/0x78
> [<ffffffff81b830fc>] acpi_boot_init+0x2cc/0x533
> [<ffffffff810677c8>] ? set_pte_vaddr_pud+0x48/0x50
> [<ffffffff81b828cf>] ? acpi_parse_x2apic+0x77/0x77
> [<ffffffff81b82858>] ? dmi_ignore_irq0_timer_override+0x30/0x30
> [<ffffffff81b77c1e>] setup_arch+0xc24/0xce9
> [<ffffffff81b6e120>] ? early_idt_handler_array+0x120/0x120
> [<ffffffff81b6ed94>] start_kernel+0xfc/0x506
> [<ffffffff81b6e120>] ? early_idt_handler_array+0x120/0x120
> [<ffffffff81b6e120>] ? early_idt_handler_array+0x120/0x120
> [<ffffffff81b6e5ee>] x86_64_start_reservations+0x2a/0x2c
> [<ffffffff81b6e73c>] x86_64_start_kernel+0x14c/0x16f
>
> Besides from the use case above, there is one more situation where
> set_penalty is being called from the init context like. There is support
> for setting the penalty through kernel command line.
>
> Adding support to be called from early context for limited number of
> interrupts.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org>

This looks somewhat hackish to me to be honest.

> ---
>  drivers/acpi/pci_link.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c b/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c
> index fa28635..24b69e1 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c
> @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ ACPI_MODULE_NAME("pci_link");
>  #define ACPI_PCI_LINK_FILE_INFO                "info"
>  #define ACPI_PCI_LINK_FILE_STATUS      "state"
>  #define ACPI_PCI_LINK_MAX_POSSIBLE     16
> +#define ACPI_PCI_LINK_MAX_EARLY_IRQINFO 1024
>
>  static int acpi_pci_link_add(struct acpi_device *device,
>                              const struct acpi_device_id *not_used);
> @@ -470,9 +471,13 @@ struct irq_penalty_info {
>         int irq;
>         int penalty;
>         struct list_head node;
> +       bool early;

Where is this field used ->

>  };
>
>  static LIST_HEAD(acpi_irq_penalty_list);
> +static int early_init_done;
> +static struct irq_penalty_info early_irq_infos[ACPI_PCI_LINK_MAX_EARLY_IRQINFO];
> +static int early_irq_info_counter;
>
>  static int acpi_irq_get_penalty(int irq)
>  {
> @@ -507,10 +512,20 @@ static int acpi_irq_set_penalty(int irq, int new_penalty)
>                 }
>         }
>
> -       /* nope, let's allocate a slot for this IRQ */
> -       irq_info = kzalloc(sizeof(*irq_info), GFP_KERNEL);
> -       if (!irq_info)
> -               return -ENOMEM;
> +       if (!early_init_done) {
> +               if (early_irq_info_counter < ARRAY_SIZE(early_irq_infos)) {
> +                       irq_info = &early_irq_infos[early_irq_info_counter];
> +                       irq_info->early = true;

-> except for being set here?

> +                       early_irq_info_counter++;
> +               } else {
> +                       return -ENOMEM;
> +               }
> +       } else {
> +               /* nope, let's allocate a slot for this IRQ */
> +               irq_info = kzalloc(sizeof(*irq_info), GFP_KERNEL);
> +               if (!irq_info)
> +                       return -ENOMEM;
> +       }
>
>         irq_info->irq = irq;
>         irq_info->penalty = new_penalty;
> @@ -968,3 +983,12 @@ void __init acpi_pci_link_init(void)
>         register_syscore_ops(&irqrouter_syscore_ops);
>         acpi_scan_add_handler(&pci_link_handler);
>  }
> +
> +
> +static int acpi_pci_link_subsys_init(void)
> +{
> +       early_init_done = true;

Why do you need yet another subsys_initcall do set this?  Can't it be
set in, say, acpi_init()?

And isn't there any existing way to check that?  Like checking
acpi_gbl_permanent_mmap or something?

> +       return 0;
> +}
> +
> +subsys_initcall(acpi_pci_link_subsys_init)
> --

Thanks,
Rafael
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Sinan Kaya Feb. 16, 2016, 2:15 a.m. UTC | #2
On 2/15/2016 7:26 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 5:41 PM, Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org> wrote:
>> A crash has been observed when assigning penalty on x86 systems.
>>
>> It looks like this problem happens on x86 platforms with IOAPIC and an SCI
>> interrupt override in the ACPI table with interrupt number greater than
>> 16. (22 in this example)
>>
>> The bug has been introduced by "ACPI, PCI, irq: remove interrupt count
>> restriction" commit. The code was using kmalloc to resize the interrupt
>> list. In this use case, the set penalty call is coming from early phase
>> and the heap is not initialized yet.
>>
>> BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000018
>> IP: [<ffffffff811e8b9d>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0xad/0x1c0
>> PGD 0
>> Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
>> Modules linked in:
>> CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 4.5.0-rc2Feb-3_RK #1
>> Hardware name: HP Superdome2 16s, BIOS Bundle: 007.006.000 SFW: 033.162.000
>> 10/30/2015
>> [<ffffffff813bc190>] acpi_irq_set_penalty+0x60/0x8e
>> [<ffffffff813bc1df>] acpi_irq_add_penalty+0x21/0x26
>> [<ffffffff813bc76d>] acpi_penalize_sci_irq+0x25/0x28
>> [<ffffffff81b8260d>] acpi_sci_ioapic_setup+0x68/0x78
>> [<ffffffff81b830fc>] acpi_boot_init+0x2cc/0x533
>> [<ffffffff810677c8>] ? set_pte_vaddr_pud+0x48/0x50
>> [<ffffffff81b828cf>] ? acpi_parse_x2apic+0x77/0x77
>> [<ffffffff81b82858>] ? dmi_ignore_irq0_timer_override+0x30/0x30
>> [<ffffffff81b77c1e>] setup_arch+0xc24/0xce9
>> [<ffffffff81b6e120>] ? early_idt_handler_array+0x120/0x120
>> [<ffffffff81b6ed94>] start_kernel+0xfc/0x506
>> [<ffffffff81b6e120>] ? early_idt_handler_array+0x120/0x120
>> [<ffffffff81b6e120>] ? early_idt_handler_array+0x120/0x120
>> [<ffffffff81b6e5ee>] x86_64_start_reservations+0x2a/0x2c
>> [<ffffffff81b6e73c>] x86_64_start_kernel+0x14c/0x16f
>>
>> Besides from the use case above, there is one more situation where
>> set_penalty is being called from the init context like. There is support
>> for setting the penalty through kernel command line.
>>
>> Adding support to be called from early context for limited number of
>> interrupts.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org>
> 
> This looks somewhat hackish to me to be honest.
I know.

This is the reason why I wanted to discuss this patch on the list. I hate the
fact that I broke something unintentionally (who would think that kzalloc
 wouldn't work). I'm trying to restore the functionality and I don't like
what I see with the early_memxxx family of functions. 

They all require a fixed size memory allocation from the system memory. Not a
general purpose early_kzalloc function for instance.

> 
>> ---
>>  drivers/acpi/pci_link.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>>  1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c b/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c
>> index fa28635..24b69e1 100644
>> --- a/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c
>> +++ b/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c
>> @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ ACPI_MODULE_NAME("pci_link");
>>  #define ACPI_PCI_LINK_FILE_INFO                "info"
>>  #define ACPI_PCI_LINK_FILE_STATUS      "state"
>>  #define ACPI_PCI_LINK_MAX_POSSIBLE     16
>> +#define ACPI_PCI_LINK_MAX_EARLY_IRQINFO 1024
>>
>>  static int acpi_pci_link_add(struct acpi_device *device,
>>                              const struct acpi_device_id *not_used);
>> @@ -470,9 +471,13 @@ struct irq_penalty_info {
>>         int irq;
>>         int penalty;
>>         struct list_head node;
>> +       bool early;
> 
> Where is this field used ->
> 
got rid of it.

>>  };
>>
>>  static LIST_HEAD(acpi_irq_penalty_list);
>> +static int early_init_done;
>> +static struct irq_penalty_info early_irq_infos[ACPI_PCI_LINK_MAX_EARLY_IRQINFO];
>> +static int early_irq_info_counter;
>>
>>  static int acpi_irq_get_penalty(int irq)
>>  {
>> @@ -507,10 +512,20 @@ static int acpi_irq_set_penalty(int irq, int new_penalty)
>>                 }
>>         }
>>
>> -       /* nope, let's allocate a slot for this IRQ */
>> -       irq_info = kzalloc(sizeof(*irq_info), GFP_KERNEL);
>> -       if (!irq_info)
>> -               return -ENOMEM;
>> +       if (!early_init_done) {
>> +               if (early_irq_info_counter < ARRAY_SIZE(early_irq_infos)) {
>> +                       irq_info = &early_irq_infos[early_irq_info_counter];
>> +                       irq_info->early = true;
> 
> -> except for being set here?
thanks, removed.

> 
>> +                       early_irq_info_counter++;
>> +               } else {
>> +                       return -ENOMEM;
>> +               }
>> +       } else {
>> +               /* nope, let's allocate a slot for this IRQ */
>> +               irq_info = kzalloc(sizeof(*irq_info), GFP_KERNEL);
>> +               if (!irq_info)
>> +                       return -ENOMEM;
>> +       }
>>
>>         irq_info->irq = irq;
>>         irq_info->penalty = new_penalty;
>> @@ -968,3 +983,12 @@ void __init acpi_pci_link_init(void)
>>         register_syscore_ops(&irqrouter_syscore_ops);
>>         acpi_scan_add_handler(&pci_link_handler);
>>  }
>> +
>> +
>> +static int acpi_pci_link_subsys_init(void)
>> +{
>> +       early_init_done = true;
> 
> Why do you need yet another subsys_initcall do set this?  Can't it be
> set in, say, acpi_init()?
> 
> And isn't there any existing way to check that?  Like checking
> acpi_gbl_permanent_mmap or something?

I'll use acpi_gbl_permanent_mmap.

> 
>> +       return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> +subsys_initcall(acpi_pci_link_subsys_init)
>> --
> 
> Thanks,
> Rafael
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Rafael J. Wysocki Feb. 24, 2016, 1:04 p.m. UTC | #3
Hi,

On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 3:15 AM, Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org> wrote:
> On 2/15/2016 7:26 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 5:41 PM, Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org> wrote:
>>> A crash has been observed when assigning penalty on x86 systems.
>>>
>>> It looks like this problem happens on x86 platforms with IOAPIC and an SCI
>>> interrupt override in the ACPI table with interrupt number greater than
>>> 16. (22 in this example)
>>>
>>> The bug has been introduced by "ACPI, PCI, irq: remove interrupt count
>>> restriction" commit. The code was using kmalloc to resize the interrupt
>>> list. In this use case, the set penalty call is coming from early phase
>>> and the heap is not initialized yet.
>>>
>>> BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000018
>>> IP: [<ffffffff811e8b9d>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0xad/0x1c0
>>> PGD 0
>>> Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
>>> Modules linked in:
>>> CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 4.5.0-rc2Feb-3_RK #1
>>> Hardware name: HP Superdome2 16s, BIOS Bundle: 007.006.000 SFW: 033.162.000
>>> 10/30/2015
>>> [<ffffffff813bc190>] acpi_irq_set_penalty+0x60/0x8e
>>> [<ffffffff813bc1df>] acpi_irq_add_penalty+0x21/0x26
>>> [<ffffffff813bc76d>] acpi_penalize_sci_irq+0x25/0x28
>>> [<ffffffff81b8260d>] acpi_sci_ioapic_setup+0x68/0x78
>>> [<ffffffff81b830fc>] acpi_boot_init+0x2cc/0x533
>>> [<ffffffff810677c8>] ? set_pte_vaddr_pud+0x48/0x50
>>> [<ffffffff81b828cf>] ? acpi_parse_x2apic+0x77/0x77
>>> [<ffffffff81b82858>] ? dmi_ignore_irq0_timer_override+0x30/0x30
>>> [<ffffffff81b77c1e>] setup_arch+0xc24/0xce9
>>> [<ffffffff81b6e120>] ? early_idt_handler_array+0x120/0x120
>>> [<ffffffff81b6ed94>] start_kernel+0xfc/0x506
>>> [<ffffffff81b6e120>] ? early_idt_handler_array+0x120/0x120
>>> [<ffffffff81b6e120>] ? early_idt_handler_array+0x120/0x120
>>> [<ffffffff81b6e5ee>] x86_64_start_reservations+0x2a/0x2c
>>> [<ffffffff81b6e73c>] x86_64_start_kernel+0x14c/0x16f
>>>
>>> Besides from the use case above, there is one more situation where
>>> set_penalty is being called from the init context like. There is support
>>> for setting the penalty through kernel command line.
>>>
>>> Adding support to be called from early context for limited number of
>>> interrupts.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org>
>>
>> This looks somewhat hackish to me to be honest.
> I know.

So after an e-mail exchange with Bjorn I've decided to revert the
problematic commit for 4.5, so please submit it again with the fix
folded in (or a better way to address the issue if you have one).

Thanks,
Rafael
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Sinan Kaya Feb. 24, 2016, 2:41 p.m. UTC | #4
On 2/24/2016 8:04 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 3:15 AM, Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org> wrote:
>> On 2/15/2016 7:26 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 5:41 PM, Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org> wrote:
>>>> A crash has been observed when assigning penalty on x86 systems.
>>>>
>>>> It looks like this problem happens on x86 platforms with IOAPIC and an SCI
>>>> interrupt override in the ACPI table with interrupt number greater than
>>>> 16. (22 in this example)
>>>>
>>>> The bug has been introduced by "ACPI, PCI, irq: remove interrupt count
>>>> restriction" commit. The code was using kmalloc to resize the interrupt
>>>> list. In this use case, the set penalty call is coming from early phase
>>>> and the heap is not initialized yet.
>>>>
>>>> BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000018
>>>> IP: [<ffffffff811e8b9d>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0xad/0x1c0
>>>> PGD 0
>>>> Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
>>>> Modules linked in:
>>>> CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 4.5.0-rc2Feb-3_RK #1
>>>> Hardware name: HP Superdome2 16s, BIOS Bundle: 007.006.000 SFW: 033.162.000
>>>> 10/30/2015
>>>> [<ffffffff813bc190>] acpi_irq_set_penalty+0x60/0x8e
>>>> [<ffffffff813bc1df>] acpi_irq_add_penalty+0x21/0x26
>>>> [<ffffffff813bc76d>] acpi_penalize_sci_irq+0x25/0x28
>>>> [<ffffffff81b8260d>] acpi_sci_ioapic_setup+0x68/0x78
>>>> [<ffffffff81b830fc>] acpi_boot_init+0x2cc/0x533
>>>> [<ffffffff810677c8>] ? set_pte_vaddr_pud+0x48/0x50
>>>> [<ffffffff81b828cf>] ? acpi_parse_x2apic+0x77/0x77
>>>> [<ffffffff81b82858>] ? dmi_ignore_irq0_timer_override+0x30/0x30
>>>> [<ffffffff81b77c1e>] setup_arch+0xc24/0xce9
>>>> [<ffffffff81b6e120>] ? early_idt_handler_array+0x120/0x120
>>>> [<ffffffff81b6ed94>] start_kernel+0xfc/0x506
>>>> [<ffffffff81b6e120>] ? early_idt_handler_array+0x120/0x120
>>>> [<ffffffff81b6e120>] ? early_idt_handler_array+0x120/0x120
>>>> [<ffffffff81b6e5ee>] x86_64_start_reservations+0x2a/0x2c
>>>> [<ffffffff81b6e73c>] x86_64_start_kernel+0x14c/0x16f
>>>>
>>>> Besides from the use case above, there is one more situation where
>>>> set_penalty is being called from the init context like. There is support
>>>> for setting the penalty through kernel command line.
>>>>
>>>> Adding support to be called from early context for limited number of
>>>> interrupts.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org>
>>>
>>> This looks somewhat hackish to me to be honest.
>> I know.
> 
> So after an e-mail exchange with Bjorn I've decided to revert the
> problematic commit for 4.5, so please submit it again with the fix
> folded in (or a better way to address the issue if you have one).
> 

OK, I'll post a new version of the removed patch with this included. We can 
discuss on the list if there is a better way of doing things.

> Thanks,
> Rafael
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diff mbox

Patch

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c b/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c
index fa28635..24b69e1 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@  ACPI_MODULE_NAME("pci_link");
 #define ACPI_PCI_LINK_FILE_INFO		"info"
 #define ACPI_PCI_LINK_FILE_STATUS	"state"
 #define ACPI_PCI_LINK_MAX_POSSIBLE	16
+#define ACPI_PCI_LINK_MAX_EARLY_IRQINFO 1024
 
 static int acpi_pci_link_add(struct acpi_device *device,
 			     const struct acpi_device_id *not_used);
@@ -470,9 +471,13 @@  struct irq_penalty_info {
 	int irq;
 	int penalty;
 	struct list_head node;
+	bool early;
 };
 
 static LIST_HEAD(acpi_irq_penalty_list);
+static int early_init_done;
+static struct irq_penalty_info early_irq_infos[ACPI_PCI_LINK_MAX_EARLY_IRQINFO];
+static int early_irq_info_counter;
 
 static int acpi_irq_get_penalty(int irq)
 {
@@ -507,10 +512,20 @@  static int acpi_irq_set_penalty(int irq, int new_penalty)
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* nope, let's allocate a slot for this IRQ */
-	irq_info = kzalloc(sizeof(*irq_info), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!irq_info)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (!early_init_done) {
+		if (early_irq_info_counter < ARRAY_SIZE(early_irq_infos)) {
+			irq_info = &early_irq_infos[early_irq_info_counter];
+			irq_info->early = true;
+			early_irq_info_counter++;
+		} else {
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+	} else {
+		/* nope, let's allocate a slot for this IRQ */
+		irq_info = kzalloc(sizeof(*irq_info), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!irq_info)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	irq_info->irq = irq;
 	irq_info->penalty = new_penalty;
@@ -968,3 +983,12 @@  void __init acpi_pci_link_init(void)
 	register_syscore_ops(&irqrouter_syscore_ops);
 	acpi_scan_add_handler(&pci_link_handler);
 }
+
+
+static int acpi_pci_link_subsys_init(void)
+{
+	early_init_done = true;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+subsys_initcall(acpi_pci_link_subsys_init)