[PATCH v3 3/3] powerpc/kexec: fix double get_cpu() imbalance in kexec_prepare_cpus
From: Aboorva Devarajan
Date: Fri Jun 05 2026 - 04:42:45 EST
kexec_prepare_cpus_wait() calls get_cpu() internally to obtain the
current CPU id. kexec_prepare_cpus() calls kexec_prepare_cpus_wait()
twice -- once for KEXEC_STATE_IRQS_OFF and once for
KEXEC_STATE_REAL_MODE -- but only issues a single put_cpu() at the end,
leaving preempt_count elevated by one extra nesting level.
In practice the imbalance does not trigger a 'scheduling while atomic'
splat because the kexec path is a one-way trip: IRQs are already
disabled, no schedule() occurs after the leak, and
default_machine_kexec() overwrites preempt_count with HARDIRQ_OFFSET
before jumping into kexec_sequence() which never returns. However the
bookkeeping is still wrong.
kexec_prepare_cpus() calls local_irq_disable()/hard_irq_disable()
before invoking kexec_prepare_cpus_wait(), so the CPU is already pinned
and the get_cpu()/put_cpu() preempt_disable() bracketing is unnecessary.
Only the current CPU id is needed, so replace get_cpu() with
raw_smp_processor_id() and drop the now-unneeded put_cpu().
Fixes: 1fc711f7ffb0 ("powerpc/kexec: Fix race in kexec shutdown")
Signed-off-by: Aboorva Devarajan <aboorvad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/kexec/core_64.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kexec/core_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kexec/core_64.c
index 825ab8a88f18..58c13a59b93b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kexec/core_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kexec/core_64.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static void kexec_prepare_cpus_wait(int wait_state)
int my_cpu, i, notified=-1;
hw_breakpoint_disable();
- my_cpu = get_cpu();
+ my_cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
/* Make sure each CPU has at least made it to the state we need.
*
* FIXME: There is a (slim) chance of a problem if not all of the CPUs
@@ -267,8 +267,6 @@ static void kexec_prepare_cpus(void)
/* after we tell the others to go down */
if (ppc_md.kexec_cpu_down)
ppc_md.kexec_cpu_down(0, 0);
-
- put_cpu();
}
#else /* ! SMP */
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