[PATCH 1/2] nmi: Export CPU backtrace APIs for loadable modules
From: Mayank Rungta via B4 Relay
Date: Thu Jul 30 2026 - 18:06:04 EST
From: Mayank Rungta <mrungta@xxxxxxxxxx>
Currently, CPU backtrace functions cannot be called from loadable
modules because the underlying helper arch_trigger_cpumask_backtrace()
is not exported.
Instead of exporting arch_trigger_cpumask_backtrace() individually
across every supported architecture, introduce and export a common
helper, cpumask_backtrace(), in lib/nmi_backtrace.c. Update the four
inline CPU backtrace macros in include/linux/nmi.h to route through this
centralized helper.
Signed-off-by: Mayank Rungta <mrungta@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/nmi.h | 10 ++++++----
lib/nmi_backtrace.c | 7 +++++++
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/nmi.h b/include/linux/nmi.h
index 89c5465e2524..af69712df5f4 100644
--- a/include/linux/nmi.h
+++ b/include/linux/nmi.h
@@ -157,27 +157,29 @@ static inline void touch_nmi_watchdog(void)
* to allow calling code to fall back to some other mechanism:
*/
#ifdef arch_trigger_cpumask_backtrace
+void cpumask_backtrace(const cpumask_t *mask, int exclude_cpu);
+
static inline bool trigger_all_cpu_backtrace(void)
{
- arch_trigger_cpumask_backtrace(cpu_online_mask, -1);
+ cpumask_backtrace(cpu_online_mask, -1);
return true;
}
static inline bool trigger_allbutcpu_cpu_backtrace(int exclude_cpu)
{
- arch_trigger_cpumask_backtrace(cpu_online_mask, exclude_cpu);
+ cpumask_backtrace(cpu_online_mask, exclude_cpu);
return true;
}
static inline bool trigger_cpumask_backtrace(struct cpumask *mask)
{
- arch_trigger_cpumask_backtrace(mask, -1);
+ cpumask_backtrace(mask, -1);
return true;
}
static inline bool trigger_single_cpu_backtrace(int cpu)
{
- arch_trigger_cpumask_backtrace(cpumask_of(cpu), -1);
+ cpumask_backtrace(cpumask_of(cpu), -1);
return true;
}
diff --git a/lib/nmi_backtrace.c b/lib/nmi_backtrace.c
index a3bfa9360b23..f39c9eca8888 100644
--- a/lib/nmi_backtrace.c
+++ b/lib/nmi_backtrace.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
#include <linux/stringify.h>
#include <linux/nmi.h>
#include <linux/cpu.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
#include <linux/sched/debug.h>
#ifdef arch_trigger_cpumask_backtrace
@@ -129,4 +130,10 @@ bool nmi_cpu_backtrace(struct pt_regs *regs)
return false;
}
NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(nmi_cpu_backtrace);
+
+void cpumask_backtrace(const cpumask_t *mask, int exclude_cpu)
+{
+ arch_trigger_cpumask_backtrace(mask, exclude_cpu);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpumask_backtrace);
#endif
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