The attached patch implements a way to request to receive an NMI if it
comes from an otherwise unknown source. I needed this for handling NMIs
with the IPMI watchdog. This function was discussed a little a while
back on the mailing list, but nothing was done about it, so I
implemented a request/release for NMIs. The code is in
arch/i386/kernel/traps.c, but it's pretty generic and could possibly
live in kernel. I'm not sure, though.
This is relative to 2.5.44. I have a 2.4 version of it, too.
-Corey
diff -urN linux.orig/arch/i386/kernel/i386_ksyms.c linux/arch/i386/kernel/i386_ksyms.c
--- linux.orig/arch/i386/kernel/i386_ksyms.c Mon Oct 21 13:25:58 2002
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/i386_ksyms.c Mon Oct 21 20:04:35 2002
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/tty.h>
+#include <linux/nmi.h>
#include <linux/highmem.h>
#include <asm/semaphore.h>
@@ -89,6 +90,9 @@
EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_cmos_time);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpu_khz);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(apm_info);
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(request_nmi);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(release_nmi);
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_IOVIRT
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__io_virt_debug);
diff -urN linux.orig/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c linux/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
--- linux.orig/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c Mon Oct 21 13:25:45 2002
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c Mon Oct 21 20:06:43 2002
@@ -485,6 +485,95 @@
printk("Do you have a strange power saving mode enabled?\n");
}
+/* A list of handlers for NMIs. This list will be called in order
+ when an NMI from an otherwise unidentifiable source somes in. If
+ one of these handles the NMI, it should return 1. NMI handlers
+ cannot claim spinlocks, so we have to handle mutex in a different
+ manner. A spinlock protects the list from multiple writers. When
+ something is removed from the list, it will check to see that
+ calling_nmi_handlers is 0 before returning. If it is not zero,
+ another processor is handling an NMI, and it should wait until it
+ goes to zero to return and allow the user to free that data. */
+static volatile struct nmi_handler *nmi_handler_list = NULL;
+static spinlock_t nmi_handler_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
+static atomic_t calling_nmi_handlers = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+
+int request_nmi(struct nmi_handler *handler)
+{
+ volatile struct nmi_handler *curr;
+
+ spin_lock(&nmi_handler_lock);
+
+ /* Make sure the thing is not already in the list. */
+ curr = nmi_handler_list;
+ while (curr) {
+ if (curr == handler) {
+ break;
+ }
+ curr = curr->next;
+ }
+ if (curr)
+ return EBUSY;
+
+ handler->next = nmi_handler_list;
+ xchg(&nmi_handler_list, handler);
+
+ spin_unlock(&nmi_handler_lock);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+void release_nmi(struct nmi_handler *handler)
+{
+ volatile struct nmi_handler *curr, *prev;
+
+ spin_lock(&nmi_handler_lock);
+
+ /* Find it in the list. */
+ curr = nmi_handler_list;
+ prev = NULL;
+ while (curr) {
+ if (curr == handler) {
+ break;
+ }
+ prev = curr;
+ curr = curr->next;
+ }
+
+ if (curr) {
+ /* If it was found, remove it from the list. We
+ assume the write operation here is atomic. */
+ if (prev)
+ xchg(&(prev->next), curr->next);
+ else
+ xchg(&nmi_handler_list, curr->next);
+
+ /* If some other part of the kernel is handling an
+ NMI, we make sure that we don't release the handler
+ (or really, allow the user to release the handler)
+ until it has finished handling the NMI. */
+ while (atomic_read(&calling_nmi_handlers))
+ ;
+ }
+ spin_unlock(&nmi_handler_lock);
+}
+
+static int call_nmi_handlers(struct pt_regs * regs)
+{
+ volatile struct nmi_handler *curr;
+ int handled = 0;
+
+ atomic_inc(&calling_nmi_handlers);
+ smp_mb();
+ curr = nmi_handler_list;
+ while (curr) {
+ handled |= curr->handler(curr->dev_id, regs);
+ curr = curr->next;
+ }
+ smp_mb();
+ atomic_dec(&calling_nmi_handlers);
+ return handled;
+}
+
static void default_do_nmi(struct pt_regs * regs)
{
unsigned char reason = inb(0x61);
@@ -500,6 +589,12 @@
return;
}
#endif
+
+ /* Check our handler list to see if anyone can handle this
+ nmi. */
+ if (call_nmi_handlers(regs))
+ return;
+
unknown_nmi_error(reason, regs);
return;
}
diff -urN linux.orig/include/asm-i386/irq.h linux/include/asm-i386/irq.h
--- linux.orig/include/asm-i386/irq.h Mon Oct 21 13:24:41 2002
+++ linux/include/asm-i386/irq.h Mon Oct 21 20:03:52 2002
@@ -28,4 +28,16 @@
#define ARCH_HAS_NMI_WATCHDOG /* See include/linux/nmi.h */
#endif
+
+/* Structure for handling NMIs */
+#define HAVE_NMI_HANDLER 1
+struct nmi_handler
+{
+ char *dev_name;
+ void *dev_id;
+ int (*handler)(void *dev_id, struct pt_regs *regs);
+
+ volatile struct nmi_handler *next;
+};
+
#endif /* _ASM_IRQ_H */
diff -urN linux.orig/include/linux/nmi.h linux/include/linux/nmi.h
--- linux.orig/include/linux/nmi.h Thu Jun 20 17:53:40 2002
+++ linux/include/linux/nmi.h Mon Oct 21 20:03:53 2002
@@ -19,4 +19,11 @@
# define touch_nmi_watchdog() do { } while(0)
#endif
+/**
+ * Register a handler to get called when an NMI occurs. If the handler
+ * actually handles the NMI, it should return 1.
+ */
+int request_nmi(struct nmi_handler *handler);
+void release_nmi(struct nmi_handler *handler);
+
#endif
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