Re: [PATCH 0/3] MCE robustness fixes and LKDTM powerpc enhancements

From: Sayali Patil

Date: Wed May 13 2026 - 03:09:29 EST




On 06/05/26 14:36, Sayali Patil wrote:
Hi all,

This series fixes a panic observed while handling machine check exceptions
(MCEs) from real mode. It also improves the reliability of the
PPC_SLB_MULTIHIT test by adding isync instructions after slbmte operations,
and introduces a new LKDTM trigger (PPC_RADIX_TLBIEL) to validate MCE
behavior on radix MMU.

Please review the patches and provide any feedback or suggestions
for improvement.

Thanks,
Sayali

Sayali Patil (3):
powerpc/time: remove preempt_disable/enable from arch_irq_work_raise()
lkdtm/powerpc: add isync after slbmte to enforce SLB update ordering
lkdtm/powerpc: add PPC_RADIX_TLBIEL test for radix MCE validation

arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c | 2 --
drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile | 2 +-
drivers/misc/lkdtm/powerpc.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
tools/testing/selftests/lkdtm/tests.txt | 1 +
4 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)



Sashiko has provided some comments (https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/cover.1778057685.git.sayalip%40linux.ibm.com), so I am planning to split this into two patch series. I will send v2 part 1 today with the proposed change for "powerpc/time: Remove preempt_disable/enable from arch_irq_work_raise()", and v2 part 2 with the remaining two patches later.

Thanks for the review, Ritesh and Shrikanth.

Regards,
Sayali