[PATCH v3 4/5] powerpc/xive: defer setting cause_ipi until IPI init succeeds
From: Gou Hao
Date: Mon Jul 27 2026 - 06:50:44 EST
xive_smp_probe() currently assigns smp_ops->cause_ipi = xive_cause_ipi
before calling xive_init_ipis() and xive_setup_cpu_ipi(). If either
call fails, the platform probe handler returns early but cause_ipi
remains pointing to xive_cause_ipi -- which accesses per-cpu IPI data
(xc->ipi_data) that was never properly initialized, leading to
a WARN and a crash.
Move the cause_ipi assignment to after both calls succeed, so that
smp_ops->cause_ipi is only set when the IPI subsystem is fully
initialized.
Signed-off-by: Gou Hao <gouhao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@xxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: jiazhenyuan <jiazhenyuan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
index bbe7c85274ea..8ae088632337 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
@@ -1269,15 +1269,19 @@ int __init xive_smp_probe(void)
{
int ret;
- smp_ops->cause_ipi = xive_cause_ipi;
-
/* Register the IPI */
ret = xive_init_ipis();
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
/* Allocate and setup IPI for the boot CPU */
- return xive_setup_cpu_ipi(smp_processor_id());
+ ret = xive_setup_cpu_ipi(smp_processor_id());
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ smp_ops->cause_ipi = xive_cause_ipi;
+
+ return 0;
}
#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
--
2.20.1