Re: [PATCH] cpuidle: haltpoll: Do not enable interrupts when entering idle

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Fri Dec 29 2023 - 12:12:59 EST


On Thu, Dec 28, 2023 at 3:54 PM Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I think PeterZ's massaging from
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230112194314.845371875@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> missed one.
>
> @Forza, if you want to have your real name in the patch tags below and
> thus be part of git history, lemme know. If you don't want them there,
> either.
>
> Thx.
>
> ---
> From: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@xxxxxxxxx>

I would have appreciated a Subject: line here.

>
> The cpuidle governors' ->enter() methods are supposed to be IRQ
> invariant:

cpuidle governors have no ->enter() callbacks, drivers do. And this
particular haltpoll is a driver (there is a haltpoll governor too,
confusingly enough).

>
> 5e26aa933911 ("cpuidle/poll: Ensure IRQs stay disabled after cpuidle_state::enter() calls")
> bb7b11258561 ("cpuidle: Move IRQ state validation")
>
> Do that in the haltpoll governor too.

And so s/governor/driver/ here.

> Fixes: 5e26aa933911 ("cpuidle/poll: Ensure IRQs stay disabled after cpuidle_state::enter() calls")
> Closes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218245
> Reported-by: <forza@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: <forza@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@xxxxxxxxx>

Nevertheless, applied (with the changelog adjustments mentioned above).

> ---
> drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-haltpoll.c | 9 ++++-----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-haltpoll.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-haltpoll.c
> index e66df22f9695..d8515d5c0853 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-haltpoll.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-haltpoll.c
> @@ -25,13 +25,12 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(force, "Load unconditionally");
> static struct cpuidle_device __percpu *haltpoll_cpuidle_devices;
> static enum cpuhp_state haltpoll_hp_state;
>
> -static int default_enter_idle(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
> - struct cpuidle_driver *drv, int index)
> +static __cpuidle int default_enter_idle(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
> + struct cpuidle_driver *drv, int index)
> {
> - if (current_clr_polling_and_test()) {
> - local_irq_enable();
> + if (current_clr_polling_and_test())
> return index;
> - }
> +
> arch_cpu_idle();
> return index;
> }
> --
> 2.42.0.rc0.25.ga82fb66fed25
>
>
> --
> Regards/Gruss,
> Boris.
>
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