[PATCH v5 1/5] arm64: Add framework to turn IPI as NMI

Sumit Garg sumit.garg at linaro.org
Wed Oct 14 07:12:07 EDT 2020


Introduce framework to turn an IPI as NMI using pseudo NMIs. In case a
particular platform doesn't support pseudo NMIs, then request IPI as a
regular IRQ.

The main motivation for this feature is to have an IPI that can be
leveraged to invoke NMI functions on other CPUs. And current prospective
users are NMI backtrace and KGDB CPUs round-up whose support is added
via future patches.

Signed-off-by: Sumit Garg <sumit.garg at linaro.org>
---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/nmi.h | 16 +++++++++
 arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile   |  2 +-
 arch/arm64/kernel/ipi_nmi.c  | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 arch/arm64/include/asm/nmi.h
 create mode 100644 arch/arm64/kernel/ipi_nmi.c

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/nmi.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/nmi.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3433c55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/nmi.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __ASM_NMI_H
+#define __ASM_NMI_H
+
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLER__
+
+#include <linux/cpumask.h>
+
+extern void arch_send_call_nmi_func_ipi_mask(cpumask_t *mask);
+
+void set_smp_ipi_nmi(int ipi);
+void ipi_nmi_setup(int cpu);
+void ipi_nmi_teardown(int cpu);
+
+#endif /* !__ASSEMBLER__ */
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
index bbaf0bc..525a1e0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ obj-y			:= debug-monitors.o entry.o irq.o fpsimd.o		\
 			   return_address.o cpuinfo.o cpu_errata.o		\
 			   cpufeature.o alternative.o cacheinfo.o		\
 			   smp.o smp_spin_table.o topology.o smccc-call.o	\
-			   syscall.o proton-pack.o
+			   syscall.o proton-pack.o ipi_nmi.o
 
 targets			+= efi-entry.o
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/ipi_nmi.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/ipi_nmi.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a959256
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/ipi_nmi.c
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * NMI support for IPIs
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 Linaro Limited
+ * Author: Sumit Garg <sumit.garg at linaro.org>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/irq.h>
+#include <linux/smp.h>
+
+#include <asm/nmi.h>
+
+static struct irq_desc *ipi_desc __read_mostly;
+static int ipi_id __read_mostly;
+static bool is_nmi __read_mostly;
+
+void arch_send_call_nmi_func_ipi_mask(cpumask_t *mask)
+{
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!ipi_desc))
+		return;
+
+	__ipi_send_mask(ipi_desc, mask);
+}
+
+static irqreturn_t ipi_nmi_handler(int irq, void *data)
+{
+	/* nop, NMI handlers for special features can be added here. */
+
+	return IRQ_HANDLED;
+}
+
+void ipi_nmi_setup(int cpu)
+{
+	if (!ipi_desc)
+		return;
+
+	if (is_nmi) {
+		if (!prepare_percpu_nmi(ipi_id))
+			enable_percpu_nmi(ipi_id, IRQ_TYPE_NONE);
+	} else {
+		enable_percpu_irq(ipi_id, IRQ_TYPE_NONE);
+	}
+}
+
+void ipi_nmi_teardown(int cpu)
+{
+	if (!ipi_desc)
+		return;
+
+	if (is_nmi) {
+		disable_percpu_nmi(ipi_id);
+		teardown_percpu_nmi(ipi_id);
+	} else {
+		disable_percpu_irq(ipi_id);
+	}
+}
+
+void __init set_smp_ipi_nmi(int ipi)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	err = request_percpu_nmi(ipi, ipi_nmi_handler, "IPI", &cpu_number);
+	if (err) {
+		err = request_percpu_irq(ipi, ipi_nmi_handler, "IPI",
+					 &cpu_number);
+		WARN_ON(err);
+		is_nmi = false;
+	} else {
+		is_nmi = true;
+	}
+
+	ipi_desc = irq_to_desc(ipi);
+	irq_set_status_flags(ipi, IRQ_HIDDEN);
+	ipi_id = ipi;
+}
-- 
2.7.4




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