[PATCH v6 21/29] x86/nmi: Add an NMI_WATCHDOG NMI handler category

Ricardo Neri ricardo.neri-calderon at linux.intel.com
Fri May 6 10:00:00 AEST 2022


Add a NMI_WATCHDOG as a new category of NMI handler. This new category
is to be used with the HPET-based hardlockup detector. This detector
does not have a direct way of checking if the HPET timer is the source of
the NMI. Instead, it indirectly estimates it using the time-stamp counter.

Therefore, we may have false-positives in case another NMI occurs within
the estimated time window. For this reason, we want the handler of the
detector to be called after all the NMI_LOCAL handlers. A simple way
of achieving this with a new NMI handler category.

Cc: Andi Kleen <ak at linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm at linux-foundation.org>
Cc: "Ravi V. Shankar" <ravi.v.shankar at intel.com>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian at google.com>
Cc: iommu at lists.linux-foundation.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev at lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: x86 at kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck at intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon at linux.intel.com>
---
Changes since v5:
 * Updated to call instrumentation_end() as per f051f6979550 ("x86/nmi:
   Protect NMI entry against instrumentation")

Changes since v4:
 * None

Changes since v3:
 * None

Changes since v2:
 * Introduced this patch.

Changes since v1:
 * N/A
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/nmi.h |  1 +
 arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c      | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/nmi.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/nmi.h
index 1cb9c17a4cb4..4a0d5b562c91 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/nmi.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/nmi.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ enum {
 	NMI_UNKNOWN,
 	NMI_SERR,
 	NMI_IO_CHECK,
+	NMI_WATCHDOG,
 	NMI_MAX
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c
index e73f7df362f5..fde387e0812a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ static struct nmi_desc nmi_desc[NMI_MAX] =
 		.lock = __RAW_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(&nmi_desc[3].lock),
 		.head = LIST_HEAD_INIT(nmi_desc[3].head),
 	},
+	{
+		.lock = __RAW_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(&nmi_desc[4].lock),
+		.head = LIST_HEAD_INIT(nmi_desc[4].head),
+	},
 
 };
 
@@ -168,6 +172,8 @@ int __register_nmi_handler(unsigned int type, struct nmiaction *action)
 	 */
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(type == NMI_SERR && !list_empty(&desc->head));
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(type == NMI_IO_CHECK && !list_empty(&desc->head));
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(type == NMI_WATCHDOG && !list_empty(&desc->head));
+
 
 	/*
 	 * some handlers need to be executed first otherwise a fake
@@ -379,6 +385,10 @@ static noinstr void default_do_nmi(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	}
 	raw_spin_unlock(&nmi_reason_lock);
 
+	handled = nmi_handle(NMI_WATCHDOG, regs);
+	if (handled == NMI_HANDLED)
+		goto out;
+
 	/*
 	 * Only one NMI can be latched at a time.  To handle
 	 * this we may process multiple nmi handlers at once to
-- 
2.17.1



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