From: Vladimir Murzin <vladimir.murzin@arm.com>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: mark.rutland@arm.com, maz@kernel.org, will@kernel.org,
catalin.marinas@arm.com, ruanjinjie@huawei.com
Subject: [RFC PATCH 00/36] arm64: Add support for FEAT_NMI
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2026 13:12:57 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260709121333.23507-1-vladimir.murzin@arm.com> (raw)
FEAT_NMI provides an architected mechanism for supporting non-maskable
interrupts (NMIs) and less-masked interrupts (LMIs).
Since we already support pseudo-NMIs via priority masking, introducing
another flavour of NMI on top of the existing infrastructure could
easily become messy, making the code harder to follow and reason
about.
To avoid that, this series first makes room for the new NMI "tenant"
by restructuring the existing exception masking logic.
The main idea is to separate the logical view of exception state from
its hardware representation. To achieve this, we introduce logical
exception contexts that can be mapped onto the corresponding hardware
state. This naturally consolidates the hardware-specific handling into
a small number of places, while allowing the rest of the code to
operate purely in terms of logical exception contexts.
Since this restructuring is non-trivial and carries a risk of subtle
behavioural changes, the series adds extensive debug checks to verify
that the hardware state always matches the expected logical state.
With this restructuring in place, wiring FEAT_NMI into the new
framework becomes much more manageable.
This work would not have been possible without the contributions of
Ada Couprie Diaz, Mark Brown, and Lorenzo Pieralisi - please credit
them for everything that works well. Any remaining bugs or issues are
entirely my own.
I'd especially appreciate feedback on the overall approach. Please
don't hesitate to bikeshed the naming or other details - improving
clarity is one of the main goals of this series. Of course, technical
review is more than welcome as well.
The series would also benefit from extensive testing on real hardware
(without NMI, with pseudo-NMI, and with FEAT_NMI), as most of the
testing so far has been done on QEMU and FVP.
P.S.
I'm aware that Jinjie Ruan has a similar series on the mailing
list. I'm very open to collaborating and aligning our efforts if that
makes sense.
Thanks
Vladimir
Ada Couprie Diaz (19):
arm64: debug: don't mask DAIF for mdscr_write()
arm64: hibernate: mask DAIF before restoring hibernated kernel
arm64: suspend: rely on daif helpers to handle PMR
arm64: irq: introduce a helper for GIC priority initialization
arm64: entry: mask DAIF before returning from C EL1 handlers
irqchip/gic-v3: make the unmasking of pseudo-NMIs explicit when
handling IRQs
arm64: irqflags: introduce arm64-specific irqflags type
arm64: irqflags: save and use both DAIF and PMR
arm64: interrupts: introduce interrupt masking helpers for entry code
arm64: entry: replace DAIF helpers with entry helpers
arm64: interrupts: introduce generic interrupt masking helpers
arm64: replace local_daif helpers
arm64: cpuidle: use new helpers to bypass interrupt priority masking
arm64: remove daifflags.h
arm64: gicv3: remove GIC_PRIO_PSR_I_SET
arm64: ptrace: Add PSR_ALLINT_BIT
arm64: cpufeature: Detect PE support for FEAT_NMI
arm64: nmi: Manage masking for superpriority interrupts
arm64: irq: Report FEAT_NMI masking local IRQs
Lorenzo Pieralisi (1):
irqchip/gic-v3: Implement FEAT_GICv3_NMI support
Mark Brown (5):
arm64: booting: Document boot requirements for FEAT_NMI
arm64: sysreg: Add definitions for immediate versions of MSR ALLINT
arm64: idreg: Add an override for FEAT_NMI
arm64: nmi: Add handling of superpriority interrupts as NMIs
arm64: nmi: Add Kconfig for NMI
Vladimir Murzin (11):
arm64: ptrace: Remove INIT_PSTATE_EL2
arm64: suspend: Initialize PMR on resume
arm64: process: Use helper to check exception state
arm64: cpufeature: Remove system_has_prio_mask_debugging()
arm64: irqflags: Switch to CONFIG_DEBUG_IRQFLAGS
arm64: Kconfig: Remove CONFIG_ARM64_DEBUG_PRIORITY_MASKING
efi/runtime-wrappers: Permit architectures to override IRQ flags
checks
arm64/efi: Implement override for IRQ flags checks
arm64: suspend: Always initialise PSTATE.ALLINT
arm64/efi: Add ALLINT to IRQ flags checks
arm64: kprobes: Disable NMIs
Documentation/arch/arm64/booting.rst | 6 +
arch/arm/include/asm/arch_gicv3.h | 6 +-
arch/arm64/Kconfig | 29 +-
arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_gicv3.h | 7 +-
arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h | 24 +-
arch/arm64/include/asm/cpucaps.h | 2 +
arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h | 14 +-
arch/arm64/include/asm/cpuidle.h | 14 +-
arch/arm64/include/asm/daifflags.h | 144 --------
arch/arm64/include/asm/efi.h | 42 ++-
arch/arm64/include/asm/entry-common.h | 10 +-
.../include/asm/interrupts/common_flags.h | 248 ++++++++++++++
arch/arm64/include/asm/interrupts/entry.h | 116 +++++++
arch/arm64/include/asm/interrupts/masking.h | 176 ++++++++++
arch/arm64/include/asm/irqflags.h | 148 ++++-----
arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 1 -
arch/arm64/include/asm/mmu_context.h | 1 -
arch/arm64/include/asm/ptrace.h | 17 +-
arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h | 2 +
arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h | 1 +
arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c | 15 +-
arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 68 +++-
arch/arm64/kernel/debug-monitors.c | 4 -
arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c | 311 ++++++++++++------
arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S | 18 +-
arch/arm64/kernel/hibernate.c | 23 +-
arch/arm64/kernel/irq.c | 9 +-
arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c | 4 +-
arch/arm64/kernel/pi/idreg-override.c | 1 +
arch/arm64/kernel/probes/kprobes.c | 24 +-
arch/arm64/kernel/process.c | 24 +-
arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c | 4 +-
arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c | 1 -
arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c | 18 +-
arch/arm64/kernel/suspend.c | 26 +-
arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c | 1 -
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/switch.c | 2 +-
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/vgic-v3-sr.c | 7 +-
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/vhe/switch.c | 12 +-
arch/arm64/mm/fault.c | 1 -
arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 7 +-
arch/arm64/mm/proc.S | 7 +
arch/arm64/tools/cpucaps | 2 +
drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c | 32 +-
drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c | 127 +++++--
include/linux/irqchip/arm-gic-v3-prio.h | 8 -
include/linux/irqchip/arm-gic-v3.h | 4 +
47 files changed, 1247 insertions(+), 521 deletions(-)
delete mode 100644 arch/arm64/include/asm/daifflags.h
create mode 100644 arch/arm64/include/asm/interrupts/common_flags.h
create mode 100644 arch/arm64/include/asm/interrupts/entry.h
create mode 100644 arch/arm64/include/asm/interrupts/masking.h
--
2.34.1
next reply other threads:[~2026-07-09 12:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 70+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-09 12:12 Vladimir Murzin [this message]
2026-07-09 12:12 ` [RFC PATCH 01/36] arm64: ptrace: Remove INIT_PSTATE_EL2 Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-09 12:36 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-09 12:12 ` [RFC PATCH 02/36] arm64: debug: don't mask DAIF for mdscr_write() Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-09 13:06 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 03/36] arm64: hibernate: mask DAIF before restoring hibernated kernel Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-09 13:19 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-10 3:00 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-10 3:28 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-10 3:40 ` Liao, Chang
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 04/36] arm64: suspend: rely on daif helpers to handle PMR Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-10 3:41 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-10 4:06 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 05/36] arm64: suspend: Initialize PMR on resume Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 06/36] arm64: irq: introduce a helper for GIC priority initialization Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-10 4:16 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-10 7:29 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-10 7:44 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 07/36] arm64: entry: mask DAIF before returning from C EL1 handlers Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-10 7:57 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 08/36] irqchip/gic-v3: make the unmasking of pseudo-NMIs explicit when handling IRQs Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-10 8:04 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 09/36] arm64: irqflags: introduce arm64-specific irqflags type Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-10 8:40 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 10/36] arm64: irqflags: save and use both DAIF and PMR Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-10 3:53 ` Liao, Chang
2026-07-10 8:11 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-10 8:47 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-10 9:02 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 11/36] arm64: interrupts: introduce interrupt masking helpers for entry code Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-10 9:19 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-10 9:39 ` Liao, Chang
2026-07-10 9:39 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-10 9:44 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 12/36] arm64: entry: replace DAIF helpers with entry helpers Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-10 9:36 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-10 10:01 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 13/36] arm64: process: Use helper to check exception state Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-10 10:00 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 14/36] arm64: interrupts: introduce generic interrupt masking helpers Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 15/36] arm64: replace local_daif helpers Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 16/36] arm64: cpuidle: use new helpers to bypass interrupt priority masking Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 17/36] arm64: remove daifflags.h Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 18/36] arm64: gicv3: remove GIC_PRIO_PSR_I_SET Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 19/36] arm64: cpufeature: Remove system_has_prio_mask_debugging() Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 20/36] arm64: irqflags: Switch to CONFIG_DEBUG_IRQFLAGS Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 21/36] arm64: Kconfig: Remove CONFIG_ARM64_DEBUG_PRIORITY_MASKING Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 22/36] efi/runtime-wrappers: Permit architectures to override IRQ flags checks Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 23/36] arm64/efi: Implement override for " Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 24/36] arm64: booting: Document boot requirements for FEAT_NMI Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-10 2:39 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 25/36] arm64: sysreg: Add definitions for immediate versions of MSR ALLINT Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 26/36] arm64: ptrace: Add PSR_ALLINT_BIT Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-10 2:16 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 27/36] arm64: idreg: Add an override for FEAT_NMI Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-10 2:17 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 28/36] arm64: cpufeature: Detect PE support " Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-10 2:25 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 29/36] arm64: nmi: Manage masking for superpriority interrupts Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-10 10:04 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-10 10:08 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 30/36] arm64: irq: Report FEAT_NMI masking local IRQs Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 31/36] arm64: nmi: Add handling of superpriority interrupts as NMIs Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-10 10:13 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 32/36] arm64: suspend: Always initialise PSTATE.ALLINT Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 33/36] arm64/efi: Add ALLINT to IRQ flags checks Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 34/36] arm64: kprobes: Disable NMIs Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 35/36] arm64: nmi: Add Kconfig for NMI Vladimir Murzin
2026-07-10 2:41 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-09 12:13 ` [RFC PATCH 36/36] irqchip/gic-v3: Implement FEAT_GICv3_NMI support Vladimir Murzin
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