MIPS: [raw_]smp_processor_id uses current_thread_info

[Randy MacLeod <rwmacleod@gmail.com>]

Hi,

I'd like advice on changing the implementation of smp_processor_id on
Cavium specifically and/or MIPS generally.

Currently we have: arch/mips/include/asm/smp.h
#define raw_smp_processor_id() (current_thread_info()->cpu)

A co-worker has an issue where the current thread pointer is corrupted
on a Cavium MIPS system running 2.6.14 (but the same code exists in 2.6.31).
During the resulting panic() the kernel calls smp_processor_id()
which dereferences the corrupt task pointer again - ouch. I've notice that
other arches have raw_smp_processor_id() defined to
 - a platform specific register read, or
 - a percpu variable or
 - have a hard_smp_processor_id() defined
This last one is presumably for times when you don't trust the kernel
data structures to be
sane.

I can create a patch that calls cvmx_get_core_num(); for cavium.
Is there a more generic way to get the cpu number on MIPS?

Thanks,
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