[PATCH v10 25/25] arm64: Enable the support of pseudo-NMIs
From: Julien Thierry
Date: Thu Jan 31 2019 - 10:00:22 EST
Add a build option and a command line parameter to build and enable the
support of pseudo-NMIs.
Signed-off-by: Julien Thierry <julien.thierry@xxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 +++++
arch/arm64/Kconfig | 14 ++++++++++++++
arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 10 +++++++++-
3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index b799bcf..4d85fa5 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1831,6 +1831,11 @@
to let secondary kernels in charge of setting up
LPIs.
+ irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi= [ARM64]
+ Enables support for pseudo-NMIs in the kernel. This
+ requires the kernel to be built with
+ CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI.
+
irqfixup [HW]
When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index a4168d3..702198f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -1328,6 +1328,20 @@ config ARM64_MODULE_PLTS
bool
select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
+config ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI
+ bool "Support for NMI-like interrupts"
+ select CONFIG_ARM_GIC_V3
+ help
+ Adds support for mimicking Non-Maskable Interrupts through the use of
+ GIC interrupt priority. This support requires version 3 or later of
+ Arm GIC.
+
+ This high priority configuration for interrupts needs to be
+ explicitly enabled by setting the kernel parameter
+ "irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi" to 1.
+
+ If unsure, say N
+
config RELOCATABLE
bool
help
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
index b530fb24..e24e94d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -1207,10 +1207,18 @@ static void cpu_enable_address_auth(struct arm64_cpu_capabilities const *cap)
#endif /* CONFIG_ARM64_PTR_AUTH */
#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI
+static bool enable_pseudo_nmi;
+
+static int __init early_enable_pseudo_nmi(char *p)
+{
+ return strtobool(p, &enable_pseudo_nmi);
+}
+early_param("irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi", early_enable_pseudo_nmi);
+
static bool can_use_gic_priorities(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry,
int scope)
{
- return false;
+ return enable_pseudo_nmi && has_useable_gicv3_cpuif(entry, scope);
}
#endif
--
1.9.1