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

[Sumit Garg]

On Sat, 10 Oct 2020 at 07:28, Masayoshi Mizuma <msys.mizuma@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Sumit,
>
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 06:58:40PM +0530, Sumit Garg wrote:
> > Introduce framework to turn an IPI as NMI using pseudo NMIs. In case a
> > particular platform doesn't support pseudo NMIs, then request IPI as a
> > regular IRQ.
> >
> > The main motivation for this feature is to have an IPI that can be
> > leveraged to invoke NMI functions on other CPUs. And current prospective
> > users are NMI backtrace and KGDB CPUs round-up whose support is added
> > via future patches.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  arch/arm64/include/asm/nmi.h | 16 +++++++++
> >  arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile   |  2 +-
> >  arch/arm64/kernel/ipi_nmi.c  | 80 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  3 files changed, 97 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >  create mode 100644 arch/arm64/include/asm/nmi.h
> >  create mode 100644 arch/arm64/kernel/ipi_nmi.c
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/nmi.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/nmi.h
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..3433c55
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/nmi.h
> > @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
> > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> > +#ifndef __ASM_NMI_H
> > +#define __ASM_NMI_H
> > +
> > +#ifndef __ASSEMBLER__
> > +
> > +#include <linux/cpumask.h>
> > +
> > +extern void arch_send_call_nmi_func_ipi_mask(cpumask_t *mask);
> > +
> > +void set_smp_ipi_nmi(int ipi);
> > +void ipi_nmi_setup(int cpu);
> > +void ipi_nmi_teardown(int cpu);
> > +
> > +#endif /* !__ASSEMBLER__ */
> > +#endif
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
> > index a561cbb..022c26b 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
> > @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ obj-y                       := debug-monitors.o entry.o irq.o fpsimd.o              \
> >                          return_address.o cpuinfo.o cpu_errata.o              \
> >                          cpufeature.o alternative.o cacheinfo.o               \
> >                          smp.o smp_spin_table.o topology.o smccc-call.o       \
> > -                        syscall.o
> > +                        syscall.o ipi_nmi.o
> >
> >  targets                      += efi-entry.o
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/ipi_nmi.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/ipi_nmi.c
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..355ef92
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/ipi_nmi.c
> > @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> > +/*
> > + * NMI support for IPIs
> > + *
> > + * Copyright (C) 2020 Linaro Limited
> > + * Author: Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > + */
> > +
> > +#include <linux/interrupt.h>
> > +#include <linux/irq.h>
> > +#include <linux/smp.h>
> > +
> > +#include <asm/nmi.h>
> > +
> > +static struct irq_desc *ipi_desc __read_mostly;
> > +static int ipi_id __read_mostly;
> > +static bool is_nmi __read_mostly;
> > +
> > +void arch_send_call_nmi_func_ipi_mask(cpumask_t *mask)
> > +{
> > +     if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!ipi_desc))
> > +             return;
> > +
> > +     __ipi_send_mask(ipi_desc, mask);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static irqreturn_t ipi_nmi_handler(int irq, void *data)
> > +{
> > +     /* nop, NMI handlers for special features can be added here. */
> > +
> > +     return IRQ_HANDLED;
> > +}
> > +
> > +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;
>

See my reply in the other thread.

> > +
> > +     if (is_nmi) {
> > +             if (!prepare_percpu_nmi(ipi_id))
> > +                     enable_percpu_nmi(ipi_id, 0);
>
> It would be better to use IRQ_TYPE_NONE instead of 0.
>
>                         enable_percpu_nmi(ipi_id, IRQ_TYPE_NONE);
>

Ack.

> > +     } else {
> > +             enable_percpu_irq(ipi_id, 0);
>
> Same as here:
>                 enable_percpu_irq(ipi_id, IRQ_TYPE_NONE);
>

Ack.

-Sumit

> Thanks,
> Masa
>
> > +     }
> > +}
> > +
> > +void ipi_nmi_teardown(int cpu)
> > +{
> > +     if (!ipi_desc)
> > +             return;
> > +
> > +     if (is_nmi) {
> > +             disable_percpu_nmi(ipi_id);
> > +             teardown_percpu_nmi(ipi_id);
> > +     } else {
> > +             disable_percpu_irq(ipi_id);
> > +     }
> > +}
> > +
> > +void __init set_smp_ipi_nmi(int ipi)
> > +{
> > +     int err;
> > +
> > +     err = request_percpu_nmi(ipi, ipi_nmi_handler, "IPI", &cpu_number);
> > +     if (err) {
> > +             err = request_percpu_irq(ipi, ipi_nmi_handler, "IPI",
> > +                                      &cpu_number);
> > +             WARN_ON(err);
> > +             is_nmi = false;
> > +     } else {
> > +             is_nmi = true;
> > +     }
> > +
> > +     ipi_desc = irq_to_desc(ipi);
> > +     irq_set_status_flags(ipi, IRQ_HIDDEN);
> > +     ipi_id = ipi;
> > +
> > +     /* Setup the boot CPU immediately */
> > +     ipi_nmi_setup(smp_processor_id());
> > +}
> > --
> > 2.7.4
> >
> >
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