From: Kiryl Shutsemau <kirill@shutemov.name>
To: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
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"Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta)" <kas@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 3/3] arm64: escalate smp_send_stop() to an SDEI NMI as a last resort
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 03:35:34 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <167493d30ef6c99a44291de14cddd41ced8149c4.1781490440.git.kas@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1781490440.git.kas@kernel.org>
From: "Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta)" <kas@kernel.org>
A CPU wedged with interrupts masked ignores the stop IPI, and without
pseudo-NMI there is no NMI IPI to escalate to: a reboot proceeds with
the CPU still running, and a kdump misses its registers.
Add a third rung to smp_send_stop(): once the IPI (and pseudo-NMI IPI,
if enabled) rungs have run, signal SDEI event 0 at whatever stayed
online. Firmware delivers it regardless of the target's DAIF, so it
reaches a CPU a plain IPI cannot; the target acks by going offline,
which the caller already polls for.
Fold the stop bookkeeping into one arm64_nmi_cpu_stop(regs,
die_on_crash), shared by the stop IPI handlers, panic_smp_self_stop()
and the SDEI handler, replacing the near-duplicate local_cpu_stop() and
ipi_cpu_crash_stop(). @die_on_crash is the only difference: the IPI
handlers pass true and PSCI CPU_OFF the CPU on a crash stop so a capture
kernel can reclaim it; the SDEI handler and self-stop pass false and
park. The SDEI park is required, not conservative -- its handler runs
inside an SDEI event that is never completed (completing it resumes the
wedged context), and a CPU_OFF from that unfinished-event context wedges
EL3 on some firmware (left as a follow-up). The dump is unaffected; only
re-onlining the CPU in an SMP capture kernel is lost.
Suggested-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta) <kas@kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/nmi.h | 24 +++++++
arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c | 109 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------
drivers/firmware/Kconfig | 2 +
drivers/firmware/arm_sdei_nmi.c | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 172 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/nmi.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/nmi.h
index 9366be419d18..2e8974ff8d63 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/nmi.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/nmi.h
@@ -4,21 +4,45 @@
#include <linux/cpumask.h>
+struct pt_regs;
+
/*
* Cross-CPU NMI provider hooks, consulted by the arm64 arch code before
* its regular-IRQ / pseudo-NMI IPI paths. The SDEI provider in
* drivers/firmware/arm_sdei_nmi.c implements them when active; a future
* FEAT_NMI provider could slot in here too. The stubs let callers stay
* unconditional when ARM_SDEI_NMI is off.
+ *
+ * sdei_nmi_active() lets a caller test for the service before committing
+ * to (and waiting on) the SDEI stop rung; sdei_nmi_stop_cpus() then signals
+ * the targets, which ack by going offline.
*/
#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_SDEI_NMI
bool sdei_nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace(const cpumask_t *mask, int exclude_cpu);
+bool sdei_nmi_active(void);
+void sdei_nmi_stop_cpus(const cpumask_t *mask);
#else
static inline bool sdei_nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace(const cpumask_t *mask,
int exclude_cpu)
{
return false;
}
+
+static inline bool sdei_nmi_active(void)
+{
+ return false;
+}
+
+static inline void sdei_nmi_stop_cpus(const cpumask_t *mask) { }
#endif
+/*
+ * The common "stop this CPU" entry every arm64 stop path funnels through:
+ * the regular/pseudo-NMI stop IPI handlers, panic_smp_self_stop(), and the
+ * SDEI cross-CPU NMI handler. @die_on_crash powers the CPU off on the kdump
+ * crash path (IPI handlers) instead of parking it (SDEI / self-stop).
+ * Defined in arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c.
+ */
+void __noreturn arm64_nmi_cpu_stop(struct pt_regs *regs, bool die_on_crash);
+
#endif /* __ASM_NMI_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
index a670434a8cae..e85a4ba18d5c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
#include <linux/kernel_stat.h>
#include <linux/kexec.h>
#include <linux/kgdb.h>
+#include <linux/kprobes.h>
#include <linux/kvm_host.h>
#include <linux/nmi.h>
@@ -862,14 +863,58 @@ void arch_irq_work_raise(void)
}
#endif
-static void __noreturn local_cpu_stop(unsigned int cpu)
+/*
+ * Bring the local CPU to a stop, saving its register state into the vmcore
+ * on the kdump crash path first. The single point every arm64 stop path
+ * funnels through, so the bookkeeping (mask interrupts, mark offline, mask
+ * SDEI, optionally power off) lives in one place:
+ *
+ * - the regular IPI_CPU_STOP and pseudo-NMI IPI_CPU_STOP_NMI handlers;
+ * - panic_smp_self_stop(), a CPU parking itself on a parallel panic();
+ * - the SDEI cross-CPU NMI handler (drivers/firmware/arm_sdei_nmi.c),
+ * which reaches CPUs the stop IPIs could not.
+ *
+ * @regs is the register state to record in the vmcore on a crash stop; NULL
+ * means "capture the current context". @die_on_crash decides the kdump crash
+ * path: the IPI stop handlers pass true and power the CPU off (PSCI CPU_OFF,
+ * via __cpu_try_die()) so a capture kernel can reclaim it. The SDEI handler
+ * and panic_smp_self_stop() pass false and only park. For SDEI that is
+ * required, not just conservative: it runs inside an SDEI event that is
+ * deliberately never completed (completing it has firmware resume the wedged
+ * context), and a CPU_OFF from that not-yet-completed context wedges EL3 on
+ * some firmware -- a documented follow-up. Parking also matches this path's
+ * own fallback when CPU_OFF is unavailable.
+ */
+void __noreturn arm64_nmi_cpu_stop(struct pt_regs *regs, bool die_on_crash)
{
+ unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+ bool crash = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE) && crash_stop;
+
+ /*
+ * Use local_daif_mask() instead of local_irq_disable() to make sure
+ * that pseudo-NMIs are disabled. The "stop" code starts with an IRQ
+ * and falls back to NMI (which might be pseudo). If the IRQ finally
+ * goes through right as we're timing out then the NMI could interrupt
+ * us. It's better to prevent the NMI and let the IRQ finish since the
+ * pt_regs will be better.
+ */
+ local_daif_mask();
+
+ if (crash)
+ crash_save_cpu(regs, cpu);
+
+ /* the ack a stop requester (e.g. smp_send_stop()) polls for */
set_cpu_online(cpu, false);
- local_daif_mask();
sdei_mask_local_cpu();
+
+ if (crash && die_on_crash)
+ __cpu_try_die(cpu);
+
+ /* just in case */
cpu_park_loop();
}
+NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(arm64_nmi_cpu_stop);
/*
* We need to implement panic_smp_self_stop() for parallel panic() calls, so
@@ -878,36 +923,7 @@ static void __noreturn local_cpu_stop(unsigned int cpu)
*/
void __noreturn panic_smp_self_stop(void)
{
- local_cpu_stop(smp_processor_id());
-}
-
-static void __noreturn ipi_cpu_crash_stop(unsigned int cpu, struct pt_regs *regs)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE
- /*
- * Use local_daif_mask() instead of local_irq_disable() to make sure
- * that pseudo-NMIs are disabled. The "crash stop" code starts with
- * an IRQ and falls back to NMI (which might be pseudo). If the IRQ
- * finally goes through right as we're timing out then the NMI could
- * interrupt us. It's better to prevent the NMI and let the IRQ
- * finish since the pt_regs will be better.
- */
- local_daif_mask();
-
- crash_save_cpu(regs, cpu);
-
- set_cpu_online(cpu, false);
-
- sdei_mask_local_cpu();
-
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU))
- __cpu_try_die(cpu);
-
- /* just in case */
- cpu_park_loop();
-#else
- BUG();
-#endif
+ arm64_nmi_cpu_stop(NULL, false);
}
static void arm64_send_ipi(const cpumask_t *mask, unsigned int nr)
@@ -984,12 +1000,7 @@ static void do_handle_IPI(int ipinr)
case IPI_CPU_STOP:
case IPI_CPU_STOP_NMI:
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE) && crash_stop) {
- ipi_cpu_crash_stop(cpu, get_irq_regs());
- unreachable();
- } else {
- local_cpu_stop(cpu);
- }
+ arm64_nmi_cpu_stop(get_irq_regs(), true);
break;
#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
@@ -1263,6 +1274,28 @@ void smp_send_stop(void)
udelay(1);
}
+ /*
+ * If CPUs are *still* online, try the SDEI cross-CPU NMI. Firmware
+ * delivers it regardless of the target's DAIF state, so it reaches
+ * a CPU spinning with interrupts masked, which neither rung above
+ * could (without pseudo-NMI there is no NMI rung at all). Allow
+ * 100ms: a firmware round-trip per CPU, with headroom.
+ */
+ if (num_other_online_cpus() && sdei_nmi_active()) {
+ /* re-snapshot after the rungs above took CPUs offline */
+ smp_rmb();
+ cpumask_copy(&mask, cpu_online_mask);
+ cpumask_clear_cpu(smp_processor_id(), &mask);
+
+ pr_info("SMP: retry stop with SDEI NMI for CPUs %*pbl\n",
+ cpumask_pr_args(&mask));
+
+ sdei_nmi_stop_cpus(&mask);
+ timeout = USEC_PER_MSEC * 100;
+ while (num_other_online_cpus() && timeout--)
+ udelay(1);
+ }
+
if (num_other_online_cpus()) {
smp_rmb();
cpumask_copy(&mask, cpu_online_mask);
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
index 6501087ff90d..ab0ee36d46e7 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ config ARM_SDEI_NMI
- arch_trigger_cpumask_backtrace() (sysrq-l, RCU stalls,
hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace, soft-lockup secondary dumps,
hung-task auxiliary dumps)
+ - smp_send_stop() escalation (reboot/halt and the
+ panic / kdump crash stop)
The driver registers a handler for the SDEI software-signalled
event (event 0) and reaches a target CPU by signalling it with
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_sdei_nmi.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_sdei_nmi.c
index a82776e7b55a..b2a69be6008f 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_sdei_nmi.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_sdei_nmi.c
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@
* hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace, soft-lockup/hung-task secondary
* dumps all reach interrupt-masked CPUs.
*
+ * - sdei_nmi_stop_cpus() — the last rung of smp_send_stop()'s
+ * escalation (reboot/halt and the panic/kdump crash stop alike),
+ * reaching CPUs that ignored the stop IPIs; on the kdump path the
+ * wedged context is captured into the vmcore before the CPU parks.
+ *
* Delivery uses the standard SDEI software-signalled event (event 0) and
* SDEI_EVENT_SIGNAL. We register a handler for event 0, enable it, and
* poke a target CPU with sdei_event_signal(0, mpidr): firmware makes
@@ -59,8 +64,51 @@ static bool sdei_nmi_available;
#define SDEI_NMI_EVENT 0
+/*
+ * Backtrace and stop both ride SDEI event 0. That is not a chosen economy:
+ * event 0 is the only architecturally software-signalled event -- the sole
+ * event SDEI_EVENT_SIGNAL can target at an arbitrary PE. Every other event
+ * number is a firmware/platform interrupt-bound event, not something the
+ * kernel can raise cross-CPU, so a dedicated "stop" event would need
+ * firmware to define and bind it -- exactly the firmware dependency this
+ * driver sets out to avoid.
+ *
+ * Sharing one event means the handler must tell a stop apart from a
+ * backtrace. A stop is terminal and system-wide -- sdei_nmi_stop_cpus() is
+ * only reached from smp_send_stop() (reboot/halt/panic/kdump), which never
+ * returns -- so once a stop is requested, every later event-0 fire is a
+ * stop too. A single write-once flag therefore carries as much as a
+ * per-CPU mask would: sdei_nmi_stop_cpus() sets it before signalling, and
+ * the handler reads a set flag as "stop this CPU" and a clear flag as
+ * "backtrace" (handled by nmi_cpu_backtrace(), which self-gates on the
+ * framework's backtrace mask). A backtrace fire that races in after a stop
+ * has begun just stops that CPU instead -- harmless, it is going down.
+ */
+static bool sdei_nmi_stopping;
+
static int sdei_nmi_handler(u32 event, struct pt_regs *regs, void *arg)
{
+ if (READ_ONCE(sdei_nmi_stopping)) {
+ /*
+ * Never returns, and deliberately never completes the SDEI
+ * event: SDEI_EVENT_COMPLETE has firmware restore the
+ * interrupted context, which would land the CPU back in
+ * the wedged loop (or in do_idle, which BUGs at
+ * cpuhp_report_idle_dead once it sees itself offline).
+ * Returning a modified pt_regs doesn't help --
+ * arch/arm64/kernel/sdei.c::do_sdei_event only honours a PC
+ * override via its IRQ-state heuristic and otherwise hands
+ * EL3 its own saved-context slot back.
+ *
+ * Trade-off: EL3 retains ~one saved-context slot per parked
+ * CPU until the next hardware reset (~hundreds of bytes per
+ * CPU). Recoverability is unchanged versus an IPI-stopped
+ * CPU: neither comes back without a reset.
+ */
+ arm64_nmi_cpu_stop(regs, false);
+ /* unreachable */
+ }
+
/*
* nmi_cpu_backtrace() no-ops unless this CPU's bit is set in the
* global backtrace mask (driven by nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace()),
@@ -115,6 +163,33 @@ bool sdei_nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace(const cpumask_t *mask, int exclude_cpu)
return true;
}
+bool sdei_nmi_active(void)
+{
+ return sdei_nmi_available;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Last rung of the stop escalation in smp_send_stop() (see
+ * arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c). The caller runs the regular stop IPI (and
+ * the pseudo-NMI stop IPI, where available) first; @mask holds whatever
+ * stayed online through those -- typically CPUs wedged with interrupts
+ * masked, unreachable by an IPI. Mark the stop in progress and signal
+ * event 0 at each target; a target acks by marking itself offline, which
+ * the caller polls for. The caller has already confirmed sdei_nmi_active().
+ */
+void sdei_nmi_stop_cpus(const cpumask_t *mask)
+{
+ unsigned int cpu;
+
+ WRITE_ONCE(sdei_nmi_stopping, true);
+
+ /* Publish the flag before the SMCs make targets read it */
+ smp_wmb();
+
+ for_each_cpu(cpu, mask)
+ sdei_nmi_fire(cpu);
+}
+
/*
* device_initcall (after arch_initcall(sdei_init), so the SDEI subsystem
* is up): probe the firmware, register the event, and turn on the
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-15 2:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-15 2:35 [PATCH v3 0/3] arm64: cross-CPU NMI via SDEI Kiryl Shutsemau
2026-06-15 2:35 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] firmware: arm_sdei: add SDEI_EVENT_SIGNAL support Kiryl Shutsemau
2026-06-15 2:35 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] drivers/firmware: add SDEI cross-CPU NMI service for arm64 Kiryl Shutsemau
2026-06-15 10:18 ` Puranjay Mohan
2026-06-15 2:35 ` Kiryl Shutsemau [this message]
2026-06-15 10:25 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] arm64: escalate smp_send_stop() to an SDEI NMI as a last resort Puranjay Mohan
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