Re: [PATCH v4 10/17] preempt: Introduce HAS_SEPARATE_PREEMPT_RESCHED_BITS

From: Shrikanth Hegde

Date: Tue Aug 04 2026 - 16:13:39 EST


Hi Boqun,

On 8/4/26 9:44 PM, Boqun Feng wrote:
With the changes that enable preempt count to track IRQ disabling
nesting, we don't have enough bits in 32-bit preempt count
implementation, as a result we move NMI nesting bits out of the 32-bit
preempt count. However on the architectures that can support 64-bit
preempt count implementation, we can keep the NMI nesting bits in the
32-bit preempt count and avoid maintaining NMI nesting bits outside of
the same cache line.


[...]

--- a/include/linux/hardirq.h
+++ b/include/linux/hardirq.h
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
#include <linux/vtime.h>
#include <asm/hardirq.h>
-DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, nmi_nesting);
-
extern void synchronize_irq(unsigned int irq);
extern bool synchronize_hardirq(unsigned int irq);
@@ -94,6 +92,37 @@ void irq_exit_rcu(void);
#define arch_nmi_exit() do { } while (0)
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAS_SEPARATE_PREEMPT_RESCHED_BITS
+static __always_inline void __preempt_count_nmi_enter(void)
+{
+ __preempt_count_add(NMI_OFFSET + HARDIRQ_OFFSET);
+}
+
+static __always_inline void __preempt_count_nmi_exit(void)
+{
+ __preempt_count_sub(NMI_OFFSET + HARDIRQ_OFFSET);
+}
+#else
+DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, nmi_nesting);
+
+#define __preempt_count_nmi_enter() \
+ do { \
+ __preempt_count_add(HARDIRQ_OFFSET); \

nit: This limit is because to have the same behavior as other case when
NMI_BITS=4 right?
It is not easy to infer that from comment.

+ /* Maximum NMI nesting is 15. */ \
+ BUG_ON(__this_cpu_read(nmi_nesting) >= 15); \
+ __this_cpu_inc(nmi_nesting); \
+ preempt_count_set(preempt_count() | NMI_MASK); \


Is there a reason preempt count updates are split rather than
folded into a single preempt_count update?

+ } while (0)
+
+#define __preempt_count_nmi_exit() \
+ do { \
+ __preempt_count_sub(HARDIRQ_OFFSET); \
+ if (!__this_cpu_dec_return(nmi_nesting)) \
+ preempt_count_set(preempt_count() & ~NMI_MASK); \
+ } while (0)
+
+#endif
+
/*
* NMI vs Tracing
* --------------
@@ -110,18 +139,14 @@ void irq_exit_rcu(void);
do { \
lockdep_off(); \
arch_nmi_enter(); \
- /* Maximum NMI nesting is 15. */ \
- BUG_ON(__this_cpu_read(nmi_nesting) >= 15); \
- __this_cpu_inc(nmi_nesting); \
- __preempt_count_add(HARDIRQ_OFFSET); \
- preempt_count_set(preempt_count() | NMI_MASK); \
+ __preempt_count_nmi_enter(); \
} while (0)
#define nmi_enter() \
do { \
__nmi_enter(); \
lockdep_hardirq_enter(); \
- ct_nmi_enter(); \
+ ct_nmi_enter(); \
instrumentation_begin(); \
ftrace_nmi_enter(); \
instrumentation_end(); \
@@ -129,12 +154,8 @@ void irq_exit_rcu(void);
#define __nmi_exit() \
do { \
- unsigned int nesting; \
BUG_ON(!in_nmi()); \
- __preempt_count_sub(HARDIRQ_OFFSET); \
- nesting = __this_cpu_dec_return(nmi_nesting); \
- if (!nesting) \
- preempt_count_set(preempt_count() & ~NMI_MASK); \
+ __preempt_count_nmi_exit(); \
arch_nmi_exit(); \
lockdep_on(); \
} while (0)