Unknown NMI after S4 resume

From: Tony W Wang-oc
Date: Thu Jul 25 2024 - 02:24:50 EST


Hi,

When running S4 test on Zhaoxin platform with Ubuntu22.04 kernel-6.10 we got unknown NMI messages after S4 resumed:

[ 115.792224] Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason 2d on CPU 0.
[ 115.792226] Do you have a strange power saving mode enabled?
[ 115.792228] Dazed and confused, but trying to continue

And reproduced on Intel platform.

After tracing, we find that the reason for this Unknown NMI occurs is as follows:
a, 1st kernel starts normally and NMI watchdog is enabled on all cores;
b, NMI watchdog is disabled on all cores through the sys interface, then variable active_events goto zero;
c, Start hibernate, create & save hibernation image, then go hibernated;
d, S4 resume event happened, 2nd kernel starts normally and NMI watchdog is enabled on All cores;
e, 2nd kernel find S4 image and try to restore S4 image;
f, 2nd kernel disable non-boot CPUs, which would disable NMI watchdog for APs;
g, Restore S4 image saved at step c;
h, 1st-hibernated kernel restore, re-enable non-boot CPUs, as NMI watchdog is disabled in step b, this which would keep APs NMI watchdog disabled; Besides, the variable active_events is restored to zero;

But BSP NMI watchdog is still enabled, and the PMC will trigger NMI interrupt periodically.
If PMC NMI triggered, perf_event_nmi_handler will be called, but it would see active_events is zero, so it goes out directly and return NMI_DONE;
This then leads to unknown NMI messages.

static int
perf_event_nmi_handler(unsigned int cmd, struct pt_regs *regs)
{
u64 start_clock;
u64 finish_clock;
int ret;

/*
* All PMUs/events that share this PMI handler should make sure to
* increment active_events for their events.
*/
if (!atomic_read(&active_events))
return NMI_DONE;
......

It seems that the BSP does not refer to the settings of the NMI watchdog sys interface previously saved to the S4 image to configure the NMI watchdog when doing S4 resume.
Should consider this situation and patch it?

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Zhaoxin platform /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : CentaurHauls
cpu family : 7
model : 59
model name : ZHAOXIN KaiXian KX-U6780A@2.7GHz
stepping : 0
cpu MHz : 2694.594
cache size : 4096 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 8
core id : 0
cpu cores : 8
apicid : 0
initial apicid : 0
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 13
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq monitor vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand rng rng_en ace ace_en ace2 phe phe_en pmm pmm_en lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch ibrs ibpb tpr_shadow ept vpid fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 smep bmi2 invpcid rdseed adx smap sha_ni xsaveopt dtherm vnmi umip pku ospke rdpid arch_capabilities
vmx flags : vnmi invvpid ept_x_only ept_1gb tsc_offset vtpr mtf ept vpid unrestricted_guest ple
bugs : spectre_v1
bogomips : 5389.21
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

Intel platform /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 151
model name : 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700K
stepping : 2
microcode : 0x35
cpu MHz : 4653.842
cache size : 25600 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 20
core id : 0
cpu cores : 12
apicid : 0
initial apicid : 0
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 32
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc art arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf tsc_known_freq pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg fma cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch cpuid_fault cat_l2 cdp_l2 ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp ibrs_enhanced tpr_shadow flexpriority ept vpid ept_ad fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid rdt_a rdseed adx smap clflushopt clwb intel_pt sha_ni xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves split_lock_detect avx_vnni dtherm ida arat pln pts hwp hwp_notify hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_pkg_req hfi vnmi umip pku ospke waitpkg gfni vaes vpclmulqdq rdpid movdiri movdir64b fsrm md_clear serialize pconfig arch_lbr ibt flush_l1d arch_capabilities
vmx flags : vnmi preemption_timer posted_intr invvpid ept_x_only ept_ad ept_1gb flexpriority apicv tsc_offset vtpr mtf vapic ept vpid unrestricted_guest vapic_reg vid ple shadow_vmcs ept_violation_ve ept_mode_based_exec tsc_scaling usr_wait_pause
bugs : spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass swapgs eibrs_pbrsb rfds bhi
bogomips : 7219.20
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 46 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

BRs!
TonyWWang-oc