[PATCH v4 1/5] arm64: Add framework to turn IPI as NMI

[Marc Zyngier]

On Sat, 10 Oct 2020 02:58:55 +0100,
Masayoshi Mizuma <msys.mizuma at gmail.com> wrote:

[...]

> > +void ipi_nmi_setup(int cpu)
> > +{
> > +	if (!ipi_desc)
> > +		return;
> 
> ipi_nmi_setup() may be called twice for CPU0:
> 
>   set_smp_ipi_range => set_smp_ipi_nmi => ipi_nmi_setup
>                     => ipi_setup => ipi_nmi_setup
> 
> Actually, I got the following error message via the second ipi_nmi_setup():
> 
>   GICv3: Pseudo-NMIs enabled using relaxed ICC_PMR_EL1 synchronisation
>   GICv3: Cannot set NMI property of enabled IRQ 8
>   genirq: Failed to setup NMI delivery: irq 8
> 
> Why don't we have a check to prevent that? Like as:
> 
>        if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, ipi_desc->percpu_enabled))
>                return;

That's definitely the wrong thing to do. prepare_nmi_setup() shouldn't
be called twice, and papering over it isn't acceptable.

	M.

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