Re: [PATCH v5 0/4] arm64: cross-CPU NMI via SDEI
From: Kiryl Shutsemau
Date: Thu Jul 09 2026 - 12:16:45 EST
On Mon, Jun 29, 2026 at 04:07:14PM +0100, Kiryl Shutsemau wrote:
> From: "Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta)" <kas@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> A class of debug/observability features needs to interrupt a CPU that has
> its interrupts locally masked: the all-CPU backtrace behind sysrq-l /
> RCU-stall / hung-task / hard-lockup dumps, and crash_smp_send_stop()
> capturing a stuck CPU's state into the vmcore. On arm64 these need a
> mechanism that reaches a CPU spinning with DAIF masked, which a normal IPI
> cannot.
Gentle ping. Any feedback?
I'm looking forward to finding an upstreamable solution to the problem.
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Kiryl Shutsemau / Kirill A. Shutemov