Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] arm64: Add framework to turn IPI as NMI

From: Marc Zyngier
Date: Sat Oct 10 2020 - 18:59:12 EST


On Sat, 10 Oct 2020 02:58:55 +0100,
Masayoshi Mizuma <msys.mizuma@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

[...]

> > +void ipi_nmi_setup(int cpu)
> > +{
> > + if (!ipi_desc)
> > + return;
>
> ipi_nmi_setup() may be called twice for CPU0:
>
> set_smp_ipi_range => set_smp_ipi_nmi => ipi_nmi_setup
> => ipi_setup => ipi_nmi_setup
>
> Actually, I got the following error message via the second ipi_nmi_setup():
>
> GICv3: Pseudo-NMIs enabled using relaxed ICC_PMR_EL1 synchronisation
> GICv3: Cannot set NMI property of enabled IRQ 8
> genirq: Failed to setup NMI delivery: irq 8
>
> Why don't we have a check to prevent that? Like as:
>
> if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, ipi_desc->percpu_enabled))
> return;

That's definitely the wrong thing to do. prepare_nmi_setup() shouldn't
be called twice, and papering over it isn't acceptable.

M.

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