[PATCH 1/1] arm64: kexec: no need to do irq_chip->irq_mask if it already masked

Wed Aug 5 02:31:20 EDT 2020

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla at arm.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2020 7:39 PM
> To: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
> Cc: Jason Liu <jason.hui.liu at nxp.com>; catalin.marinas at arm.com;
> will at kernel.org; linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org; Sudeep Holla
> <sudeep.holla at arm.com>; linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] arm64: kexec: no need to do irq_chip->irq_mask if it
> already masked
> 
> On Tue, Aug 04, 2020 at 11:58:47AM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> > On 2020-08-04 09:56, Jason Liu wrote:
> > > No need to do the irq_chip->irq_mask() if it already masked.
> > > BTW, unconditionally do the irq_chip->irq_mask() will also bring
> > > issues when the irq_chip in the runtime PM suspend. Accessing
> > > registers of the irq_chip will bring in the exceptions. For example on the
> i.MX:
> > >
> > > root at imx8qmmek:~# echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger [  177.796182] sysrq:
> > > Trigger a crash [  177.799596] Kernel panic - not syncing: sysrq
> > > triggered crash [  177.875616] SMP: stopping secondary CPUs [
> > > 177.891936] Internal error: synchronous external abort: 96000210
> > > [#1] PREEMPT SMP [  177.899429] Modules linked in: crct10dif_ce
> > > mxc_jpeg_encdec [  177.905018] CPU: 1 PID: 944 Comm: sh Kdump:
> > > loaded Not tainted [  177.913457] Hardware name: Freescale i.MX8QM
> > > MEK (DT) [  177.918517] pstate: a0000085 (NzCv daIf -PAN -UAO) [
> > > 177.923318] pc : imx_irqsteer_irq_mask+0x50/0x80 [  177.927944] lr :
> > > imx_irqsteer_irq_mask+0x38/0x80 [  177.932561] sp : ffff800011fe3a50
> > > [  177.935880] x29: ffff800011fe3a50 x28: ffff0008f7708e00 [
> > > 177.941196] x27: 0000000000000000 x26: 0000000000000000 [
> > > 177.946513] x25: ffff800011a30c80 x24: 0000000000000000 [
> > > 177.951830] x23: ffff800011fe3af8 x22: ffff0008f24469d4 [
> > > 177.957147] x21: ffff0008f2446880 x20: ffff0008f25f5658 [
> > > 177.962463] x19: ffff800012611004 x18: 0000000000000001 [
> > > 177.967780] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 [
> > > 177.973097] x15: ffff0008f7709270 x14: 0000000060000085 [
> > > 177.978414] x13: ffff800010177570 x12: ffff800011fe3ab0 [
> > > 177.983730] x11: ffff80001017749c x10: 0000000000000040 [
> > > 177.989047] x9 : ffff8000119f1c80 x8 : ffff8000119f1c78 [
> > > 177.994364] x7 : ffff0008f46bedf8 x6 : 0000000000000000 [
> > > 177.999681] x5 : ffff0008f46beda0 x4 : 0000000000000000 [
> > > 178.004997] x3 : ffff0008f24469d4 x2 : ffff800012611000 [
> > > 178.010314] x1 : 0000000000000080 x0 : 0000000000000080 [
> > > 178.015630] Call trace:
> > > [  178.018077]  imx_irqsteer_irq_mask+0x50/0x80 [  178.022352]
> > > machine_crash_shutdown+0xa8/0x100 [  178.026802]
> > > __crash_kexec+0x6c/0x118 [  178.030464]  panic+0x19c/0x324 [
> > > 178.033524]  sysrq_handle_reboot+0x0/0x20 [  178.037537]
> > > __handle_sysrq+0x88/0x180 [  178.041290]
> > > write_sysrq_trigger+0x8c/0xb0 [  178.045389]
> > > proc_reg_write+0x78/0xb0 [  178.049055]  __vfs_write+0x18/0x40 [
> > > 178.052461]  vfs_write+0xdc/0x1c8 [  178.055779]
> > > ksys_write+0x68/0xf0 [  178.059098]  __arm64_sys_write+0x18/0x20 [
> > > 178.063027]  el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x68/0x160
> > > [  178.067821]  el0_svc_handler+0x20/0x80 [  178.071573]
> > > el0_svc+0x8/0xc [  178.074463] Code: 93407e73 91001273 aa0003e1
> > > 8b130053 (b9400260) [  178.080567] ---[ end trace 652333f6c6d6b05d
> > > ]---
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Jason Liu <jason.hui.liu at nxp.com>
> > > Cc: <stable at vger.kernel.org>
> > > Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
> > > Cc: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
> > > Cc: Sasha Levin <sashal at kernel.org>
> > > ---
> > >  arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c | 2 +-
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c
> > > b/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c
> > > index a0b144cfaea7..8ab263c733bf 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c
> > > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c
> > > @@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ static void machine_kexec_mask_interrupts(void)
> > >  		    chip->irq_eoi)
> > >  			chip->irq_eoi(&desc->irq_data);
> > >
> > > -		if (chip->irq_mask)
> > > +		if (chip->irq_mask && !irqd_irq_masked(&desc->irq_data))
> > >  			chip->irq_mask(&desc->irq_data);
> > >
> > >  		if (chip->irq_disable && !irqd_irq_disabled(&desc->irq_data))
> >
> > This is pretty dodgy. irq_mask() should be an idempotent action
> > (masking twice must not be harmful).
> >
> 
> That was my understanding too, but was not totally against adding it here.

Yes, masking twice at least a time of waste and really no need to do it. If you look at the common API mask_irq
There did avoid the unnecessary twice or multiple mask. Keep in mind that there are many irqs, so it will
waste time to do the things which is not necessary. So, from this point, IMO, this patch is fine.

void mask_irq(struct irq_desc *desc)
{
        if (irqd_irq_masked(&desc->irq_data))
                return;

        if (desc->irq_data.chip->irq_mask) {
                desc->irq_data.chip->irq_mask(&desc->irq_data);
                irq_state_set_masked(desc);
        }
}

> 
> > Even more, it really isn't obvious to me how this can work at all, as
> > even if the interrupt isn't masked, the irqsteer could well be
> > suspended.
> >
> 
> Indeed, the runtime PM ops in that driver looks dodgy. Any calls to mask_irq
> from drivers or anywhere with irqchip suspended with just blows up the
> system.

If you look at the chip->irq_mask implementation on different platforms, almost
all with directly access the register of the irqchip including irqsteer. There are fine due to
driver will use the common mask_irq API.

> 
> > So as is, this change is just papering over a much deeper issue in
> > your driver.
> >
> 
> Thanks for confirming

No, this patch is not papering over a much deeper issue in the driver. This is just to make things better for the ARM64 kexec.

> 
> --
> Regards,
> Sudeep