[PATCH] smp: Fix smp_call_function_any() if no CPU online

From: Christian Loehle
Date: Thu Aug 28 2025 - 18:40:27 EST


smp_call_function_any() used to handle a mask without any online
CPUs just fine, but when switching to use sched_numa_find_nth_cpu()
a previous check for online CPUs was removed.
smp_call_function_single() handles invalid CPUs just fine, so
just add the check back before calling sched_numa_find_nth_cpu().

An observed issue was when initializing PMUs on HMP if all CPUs
were offline (e.g. by booting with maxcpus):

[ 1.192642] Call trace:
[ 1.192868] sched_numa_find_nth_cpu+0xc0/0x170 (P)
[ 1.193323] smp_call_function_any+0xc8/0xd0
[ 1.193724] armv8_pmu_init+0x58/0x27c
[ 1.194079] armv8_cortex_a72_pmu_init+0x20/0x2c
[ 1.194507] arm_pmu_device_probe+0x1e4/0x5e8
[ 1.194911] armv8_pmu_device_probe+0x1c/0x28
[ 1.195316] platform_probe+0x5c/0xac
[ 1.195658] really_probe+0xbc/0x298
[ 1.195995] __driver_probe_device+0x78/0x12c
[ 1.196399] driver_probe_device+0xdc/0x160
[ 1.196787] __driver_attach+0x94/0x19c
[ 1.197146] bus_for_each_dev+0x74/0xd4
[ 1.197503] driver_attach+0x24/0x30
[ 1.197838] bus_add_driver+0xe4/0x208
[ 1.198187] driver_register+0x60/0x128
[ 1.198546] __platform_driver_register+0x24/0x30
[ 1.198974] armv8_pmu_driver_init+0x28/0x4c
[ 1.199372] do_one_initcall+0x44/0x25c
[ 1.199729] kernel_init_freeable+0x1dc/0x3bc
[ 1.200134] kernel_init+0x20/0x1d8
[ 1.200466] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
[ 1.200809] Code: 4b020264 eb04007f 54000129 51000402 (f860d825)
[ 1.201355] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Fixes: 5f295519b42f ("smp: Improve locality in smp_call_function_any()")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Christian Loehle <christian.loehle@xxxxxxx>
---
kernel/smp.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/smp.c b/kernel/smp.c
index 56f83aa58ec8..cbce9699ced6 100644
--- a/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/kernel/smp.c
@@ -759,7 +759,9 @@ int smp_call_function_any(const struct cpumask *mask,

/* Try for same CPU (cheapest) */
cpu = get_cpu();
- if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, mask))
+ if (!cpumask_intersects(mask, cpu_online_mask))
+ cpu = nr_cpu_ids;
+ else if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, mask))
cpu = sched_numa_find_nth_cpu(mask, 0, cpu_to_node(cpu));

ret = smp_call_function_single(cpu, func, info, wait);
--
2.34.1