Re: [PATCH repost] x86/boot: Add a message about ignored early NMIs

From: kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri Jan 12 2024 - 07:06:45 EST


On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 11:13:53AM +0000, NOMURA JUNICHI(野村 淳一) wrote:
> Commit 78a509fba9c9 ("x86/boot: Ignore NMIs during very early boot") added
> empty handler in early boot stage to avoid boot failure by spurious NMIs.
>
> Add a diagnostic message in case we need to know whether early NMIs have
> occurred and/or what happened to them.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <junichi.nomura@xxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20231130103339.GCZWhlA196uRklTMNF@fat_crate.local/
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/ident_map_64.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/ident_map_64.c
> --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/ident_map_64.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/ident_map_64.c
> @@ -387,7 +387,10 @@ void do_boot_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code)
> kernel_add_identity_map(address, end);
> }
>
> +extern int spurious_nmi_count;
> +

It has to be in a header file.

> void do_boot_nmi_trap(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code)
> {
> /* Empty handler to ignore NMI during early boot */
> + spurious_nmi_count++;
> }
> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
> --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
> @@ -357,6 +357,8 @@ unsigned long decompress_kernel(unsigned char *outbuf, unsigned long virt_addr,
> return entry;
> }
>
> +int spurious_nmi_count;
> +

It is not a right place to define a variable. Do it next to rest of
variables at the beginning of the file.
> /*
> * The compressed kernel image (ZO), has been moved so that its position
> * is against the end of the buffer used to hold the uncompressed kernel
> @@ -493,6 +495,12 @@ asmlinkage __visible void *extract_kernel(void *rmode, unsigned char *output)
> /* Disable exception handling before booting the kernel */
> cleanup_exception_handling();
>
> + if (spurious_nmi_count) {
> + error_putstr("Spurious early NMI ignored. Number of NMIs: 0x");
> + error_puthex(spurious_nmi_count);
> + error_putstr("\n");
> + }
> +
> return output + entry_offset;
> }
>

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Kiryl Shutsemau / Kirill A. Shutemov