[RFC PATCH 04/36] arm64: suspend: rely on daif helpers to handle PMR
Vladimir Murzin
vladimir.murzin at arm.com
Thu Jul 9 05:13:01 PDT 2026
From: Ada Couprie Diaz <ada.coupriediaz at arm.com>
Commit 77345ef70445 ("arm64: suspend: Use cpuidle context helpers
in cpu_suspend()") added cpuidle helpers to handle PMR manipulation
and restoration to ensure that the CPU receives interrupts when suspended
and pseudo-NMIs are enabled.
However, those helpers are called in between a pair of `local_daif_save()`
and `local_daif_restore()`, which already configure the PMR as expected.
Effectively, `arm_cpuidle_save_irq_context()` is a no-op here,
even when using pseudo-NMIs, and `arm_cpuidle_restore_irq_context()`
would not restore proper interrupt masking configuration early enough
if there were unexpected changes during suspend or resume.
(This can be observed with Trusted Firmware A (TF-A) at EL3 handling
suspend through PSCI. Even though it should not be the case, TF-A can
reset `ICC_PMR_EL1` during CPU_SUSPEND, thus resuming the kernel
with an inconsistent priority mask value on hardware implementing
more than the minimum number of priority levels, such as Morello.)
Thus : remove the cpuidle context helpers as they do not do anything,
but keep the comment mentioning the need for interrupts to reach the CPU
if we are using pseudo-NMIs.
Signed-off-by: Ada Couprie Diaz <ada.coupriediaz at arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Murzin <vladimir.murzin at arm.com>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/suspend.c | 12 +++---------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/suspend.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/suspend.c
index eaaff94329cd..c41724a40b75 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/suspend.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/suspend.c
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ int cpu_suspend(unsigned long arg, int (*fn)(unsigned long))
int ret = 0;
unsigned long flags;
struct sleep_stack_data state;
- struct arm_cpuidle_irq_context context;
/*
* Some portions of CPU state (e.g. PSTATE.{PAN,DIT}) are initialized
@@ -121,6 +120,9 @@ int cpu_suspend(unsigned long arg, int (*fn)(unsigned long))
* Strictly speaking the trace_hardirqs_off() here is superfluous,
* hardirqs should be firmly off by now. This really ought to use
* something like raw_local_daif_save().
+ *
+ * This also unmasks interrupts in PMR in order to reliably
+ * resume if we're using pseudo-NMIs.
*/
flags = local_daif_save();
@@ -131,12 +133,6 @@ int cpu_suspend(unsigned long arg, int (*fn)(unsigned long))
*/
pause_graph_tracing();
- /*
- * Switch to using DAIF.IF instead of PMR in order to reliably
- * resume if we're using pseudo-NMIs.
- */
- arm_cpuidle_save_irq_context(&context);
-
ct_cpuidle_enter();
if (__cpu_suspend_enter(&state)) {
@@ -159,8 +155,6 @@ int cpu_suspend(unsigned long arg, int (*fn)(unsigned long))
__cpu_suspend_exit();
}
- arm_cpuidle_restore_irq_context(&context);
-
unpause_graph_tracing();
/*
--
2.34.1
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