Bug 2257563

Summary: inxi cpu mode deals badly with offline hyperthread cores
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: M. Schlegel <moschlegel>
Component: inxiAssignee: Vasiliy Glazov <vascom2>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description M. Schlegel 2024-01-10 04:22:45 UTC
When "inxi -C" or any usage of inxi that includes the Cpu information is used on a system where hyperthreads are turned off by setting /sys/devices/system/cpu/smt/control to "off", the cpu information for those hyperthread cores show up as uninitialized values for those cores (example is a quad core Skylake):

$ inxi -C
Use of uninitialized value $value[0] in string ne at /usr/bin/inxi line 9857.
Use of uninitialized value $value[0] in string ne at /usr/bin/inxi line 9857.
Use of uninitialized value $value[0] in string ne at /usr/bin/inxi line 9857.
Use of uninitialized value $value[0] in string ne at /usr/bin/inxi line 9857.
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7-6700HQ bits: 64 type: MCP cache:
    L2: 1024 KiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 835 min/max: 800/3500 cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 862 4: 880

Expected result:  inxi -C should show those as "offline" or at least not the uninit errors

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Turn off hyperthreads by echoing "off" into /sys/devices/system/cpu/smt/control
2.Run "inxi -C"

Actual Results:  
Output listing contains a "Use of uninitialized value $value[0] in string ne at /usr/bin/inxi line 9857."  for each HT core that was set to offline, for a 4 core cpu this is seen:

inxi -C
Use of uninitialized value $value[0] in string ne at /usr/bin/inxi line 9857.
Use of uninitialized value $value[0] in string ne at /usr/bin/inxi line 9857.
Use of uninitialized value $value[0] in string ne at /usr/bin/inxi line 9857.
Use of uninitialized value $value[0] in string ne at /usr/bin/inxi line 9857.
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7-6700HQ bits: 64 type: MCP cache:
    L2: 1024 KiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 835 min/max: 800/3500 cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 862 4: 880

Expected Results:  
inxi -C
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7-6700HQ bits: 64 type: MT MCP cache:
    L2: 1024 KiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/3500 cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
    5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800


version of inxi 3.3.31-00 (2023-10-31)

Comment 1 M. Schlegel 2024-01-10 04:25:11 UTC
Some people will disable HT to reduce the risk of some types of vulnerabilities so it would be preferred if inxi would deal with that case.

Comment 2 Vasiliy Glazov 2024-01-11 06:32:13 UTC
I passed report to upstream
https://codeberg.org/smxi/inxi/issues/296

Comment 3 Vasiliy Glazov 2024-01-15 07:31:30 UTC
Fixed by upstream.
Package will be updated after next release.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2024-02-06 10:55:07 UTC
FEDORA-2024-b2eaad908f (inxi-3.3.32-1.fc39) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 39.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-b2eaad908f

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2024-02-06 10:55:08 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2024-794dd38163 (inxi-3.3.32-1.el9) has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 9.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2024-794dd38163

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2024-02-07 00:27:44 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2024-794dd38163 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 9 testing repository.

You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2024-794dd38163

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2024-02-07 01:14:54 UTC
FEDORA-2024-80f3ff0071 has been pushed to the Fedora 38 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2024-80f3ff0071`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-80f3ff0071

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2024-02-07 01:29:13 UTC
FEDORA-2024-b2eaad908f has been pushed to the Fedora 39 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2024-b2eaad908f`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-b2eaad908f

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2024-02-10 01:26:08 UTC
FEDORA-2024-b2eaad908f (inxi-3.3.32-1.fc39) has been pushed to the Fedora 39 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2024-02-14 01:24:16 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2024-794dd38163 (inxi-3.3.32-1.el9) has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 9 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2024-02-15 01:42:19 UTC
FEDORA-2024-80f3ff0071 (inxi-3.3.32-1.fc38) has been pushed to the Fedora 38 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.