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From: "Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya (IBM)" <mkchauras@gmail.com>
To: maddy@linux.ibm.com, mpe@ellerman.id.au, npiggin@gmail.com,
	chleroy@kernel.org, sshegde@linux.ibm.com,
	mchauras@linux.ibm.com, mkchauras@gmail.com,
	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH] powerpc/entry: Use hard_irq_disable() in arch_interrupt_exit_prepare()
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 20:50:35 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260812152035.1661781-1-mkchauras@gmail.com> (raw)

commit 334f3f6d7a16 ("powerpc/entry: Disable interrupts before irqentry_exit")
fixed a BUG in preempt_schedule_irq() by calling local_irq_disable()
unconditionally in arch_interrupt_exit_prepare() before irqentry_exit().
The fix is correct in intent but uses the wrong primitive for PPC64.

On PPC64, local_irq_disable() only sets the soft-mask
(irq_soft_mask = IRQS_DISABLED). It does not set PACA_IRQ_HARD_DIS in
irq_happened and does not clear MSR[EE].

This causes a continuous WARN_ON boot hang on Power11 pSeries LPARs
using the dedicated-cede cpuidle path. When the CPU wakes from H_CEDE,
interrupt_exit_kernel_prepare() calls replay_soft_interrupts(), which
dispatches pending async handlers (timer_interrupt, do_IRQ) using the
DEFINE_INTERRUPT_HANDLER_ASYNC macro. That macro calls
arch_interrupt_async_exit_prepare() -> arch_interrupt_exit_prepare()
before irqentry_exit(). With local_irq_disable(), PACA_IRQ_HARD_DIS
is not set, but next_interrupt() unconditionally asserts it:

  WARN_ON(!(local_paca->irq_happened & PACA_IRQ_HARD_DIS));

This fires on every replayed interrupt, looping indefinitely and
preventing boot completion.

Fix this by replacing local_irq_disable() with hard_irq_disable().
On PPC64, hard_irq_disable() sets irq_soft_mask to IRQS_ALL_DISABLED,
sets PACA_IRQ_HARD_DIS in irq_happened, and clears MSR[EE] — satisfying
all of:

  - lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled() in irqentry_exit_to_kernel_mode()
  - next_interrupt()'s WARN_ON(!(irq_happened & PACA_IRQ_HARD_DIS))
  - preempt_schedule_irq()'s BUG_ON(!irqs_disabled())

On PPC32/non-64, hard_irq_disable() is equivalent to local_irq_disable(),
so there is no regression on those platforms.

Fixes: 334f3f6d7a16 ("powerpc/entry: Disable interrupts before irqentry_exit")
Reported-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@linux.ibm.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/6f9bfb0f-b14c-468e-bb9f-c157d120d0dc@linux.ibm.com/
Signed-off-by: Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya (IBM) <mkchauras@gmail.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/entry-common.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/entry-common.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/entry-common.h
index c5adb5006361..de64389b0815 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/entry-common.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/entry-common.h
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ static inline void arch_interrupt_exit_prepare(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	}
 
 	/* irqentry_exit expects to be called with interrupts disabled */
-	local_irq_disable();
+	hard_irq_disable();
 }
 
 static inline void arch_interrupt_async_enter_prepare(struct pt_regs *regs)
-- 
2.55.0



             reply	other threads:[~2026-08-12 15:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-12 15:20 Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya (IBM) [this message]
2026-08-13  6:36 ` [PATCH] powerpc/entry: Use hard_irq_disable() in arch_interrupt_exit_prepare() Venkat Rao Bagalkote
2026-08-13  6:42   ` Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)
2026-08-13  7:59     ` Venkat Rao Bagalkote

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