[PATCH v8 09/10] arm64: kgdb: Roundup cpus using IPI as NMI

From: Douglas Anderson
Date: Wed Apr 19 2023 - 18:58:02 EST


From: Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@xxxxxxxxxx>

arm64 platforms with GICv3 or later supports pseudo NMIs which can be
leveraged to roundup CPUs which are stuck in hard lockup state with
interrupts disabled that wouldn't be possible with a normal IPI.

So instead switch to roundup CPUs using IPI turned as NMI. And in
case a particular arm64 platform doesn't supports pseudo NMIs,
it will switch back to default kgdb CPUs roundup mechanism.

Signed-off-by: Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

(no changes since v1)

arch/arm64/kernel/ipi_nmi.c | 5 +++++
arch/arm64/kernel/kgdb.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/ipi_nmi.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/ipi_nmi.c
index c592e92b8cbf..2adaaf1519e5 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/ipi_nmi.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/ipi_nmi.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@

#include <linux/interrupt.h>
#include <linux/irq.h>
+#include <linux/kgdb.h>
#include <linux/nmi.h>
#include <linux/smp.h>

@@ -45,10 +46,14 @@ bool arch_trigger_cpumask_backtrace(const cpumask_t *mask, bool exclude_self)
static irqreturn_t ipi_nmi_handler(int irq, void *data)
{
irqreturn_t ret = IRQ_NONE;
+ unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();

if (nmi_cpu_backtrace(get_irq_regs()))
ret = IRQ_HANDLED;

+ if (!kgdb_nmicallback(cpu, get_irq_regs()))
+ ret = IRQ_HANDLED;
+
return ret;
}

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/kgdb.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/kgdb.c
index cda9c1e9864f..2c85bc1df013 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/kgdb.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/kgdb.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@

#include <asm/debug-monitors.h>
#include <asm/insn.h>
+#include <asm/nmi.h>
#include <asm/patching.h>
#include <asm/traps.h>

@@ -354,3 +355,20 @@ int kgdb_arch_remove_breakpoint(struct kgdb_bkpt *bpt)
return aarch64_insn_write((void *)bpt->bpt_addr,
*(u32 *)bpt->saved_instr);
}
+
+void kgdb_roundup_cpus(void)
+{
+ struct cpumask mask;
+
+ if (!arm64_supports_nmi()) {
+ kgdb_smp_call_nmi_hook();
+ return;
+ }
+
+ cpumask_copy(&mask, cpu_online_mask);
+ cpumask_clear_cpu(raw_smp_processor_id(), &mask);
+ if (cpumask_empty(&mask))
+ return;
+
+ arm64_send_nmi(&mask);
+}
--
2.40.0.634.g4ca3ef3211-goog