From: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>
To: rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: "Boqun Feng" <boqun.feng@gmail.com>,
"Daniel Almeida" <daniel.almeida@collabora.com>,
"Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
"Alex Gaynor" <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>,
"Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>,
"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
"Benno Lossin" <lossin@kernel.org>,
"Andreas Hindborg" <a.hindborg@kernel.org>,
"Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com>,
"Trevor Gross" <tmgross@umich.edu>,
"Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>,
"Andrew Morton" <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
"Peter Zijlstra" <peterz@infradead.org>,
"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@redhat.com>, "Will Deacon" <will@kernel.org>,
"Waiman Long" <longman@redhat.com>,
"Joel Fernandes" <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
Subject: [PATCH v14 02/16] preempt: Track NMI nesting to separate per-CPU counter
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:45:54 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251120214616.14386-3-lyude@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251120214616.14386-1-lyude@redhat.com>
From: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
Move NMI nesting tracking from the preempt_count bits to a separate per-CPU
counter (nmi_nesting). This is to free up the NMI bits in the preempt_count,
allowing those bits to be repurposed for other uses. This also has the benefit
of tracking more than 16-levels deep if there is ever a need.
Reduce multiple bits in preempt_count for NMI tracking. Reduce NMI_BITS
from 3 to 1, using it only to detect if we're in an NMI.
Suggested-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <joelaf@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>
---
include/linux/hardirq.h | 16 ++++++++++++----
include/linux/preempt.h | 13 +++++++++----
kernel/softirq.c | 2 ++
3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/hardirq.h b/include/linux/hardirq.h
index d57cab4d4c06f..cc06bda52c3e5 100644
--- a/include/linux/hardirq.h
+++ b/include/linux/hardirq.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
#include <linux/vtime.h>
#include <asm/hardirq.h>
+DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, nmi_nesting);
+
extern void synchronize_irq(unsigned int irq);
extern bool synchronize_hardirq(unsigned int irq);
@@ -102,14 +104,16 @@ void irq_exit_rcu(void);
*/
/*
- * nmi_enter() can nest up to 15 times; see NMI_BITS.
+ * nmi_enter() can nest - nesting is tracked in a per-CPU counter.
*/
#define __nmi_enter() \
do { \
lockdep_off(); \
arch_nmi_enter(); \
- BUG_ON(in_nmi() == NMI_MASK); \
- __preempt_count_add(NMI_OFFSET + HARDIRQ_OFFSET); \
+ BUG_ON(__this_cpu_read(nmi_nesting) == UINT_MAX); \
+ __this_cpu_inc(nmi_nesting); \
+ __preempt_count_add(HARDIRQ_OFFSET); \
+ preempt_count_set(preempt_count() | NMI_MASK); \
} while (0)
#define nmi_enter() \
@@ -124,8 +128,12 @@ void irq_exit_rcu(void);
#define __nmi_exit() \
do { \
+ unsigned int nesting; \
BUG_ON(!in_nmi()); \
- __preempt_count_sub(NMI_OFFSET + HARDIRQ_OFFSET); \
+ __preempt_count_sub(HARDIRQ_OFFSET); \
+ nesting = __this_cpu_dec_return(nmi_nesting); \
+ if (!nesting) \
+ __preempt_count_sub(NMI_OFFSET); \
arch_nmi_exit(); \
lockdep_on(); \
} while (0)
diff --git a/include/linux/preempt.h b/include/linux/preempt.h
index 94ebdd98b7a94..860769a717c10 100644
--- a/include/linux/preempt.h
+++ b/include/linux/preempt.h
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
* - bits 0-7 are the preemption count (max preemption depth: 256)
* - bits 8-15 are the softirq count (max # of softirqs: 256)
* - bits 16-23 are the hardirq disable count (max # of hardirq disable: 256)
+ * - bits 24-27 are the hardirq count (max # of hardirqs: 16)
+ * - bit 28 is the NMI flag (no nesting count, tracked separately)
*
* The hardirq count could in theory be the same as the number of
* interrupts in the system, but we run all interrupt handlers with
@@ -25,18 +27,21 @@
* there are a few palaeontologic drivers which reenable interrupts in
* the handler, so we need more than one bit here.
*
+ * NMI nesting depth is tracked in a separate per-CPU variable
+ * (nmi_nesting) to save bits in preempt_count.
+ *
* PREEMPT_MASK: 0x000000ff
* SOFTIRQ_MASK: 0x0000ff00
* HARDIRQ_DISABLE_MASK: 0x00ff0000
- * HARDIRQ_MASK: 0x07000000
- * NMI_MASK: 0x38000000
+ * HARDIRQ_MASK: 0x0f000000
+ * NMI_MASK: 0x10000000
* PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED: 0x80000000
*/
#define PREEMPT_BITS 8
#define SOFTIRQ_BITS 8
#define HARDIRQ_DISABLE_BITS 8
-#define HARDIRQ_BITS 3
-#define NMI_BITS 3
+#define HARDIRQ_BITS 4
+#define NMI_BITS 1
#define PREEMPT_SHIFT 0
#define SOFTIRQ_SHIFT (PREEMPT_SHIFT + PREEMPT_BITS)
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 77198911b8dd4..af47ea23aba3b 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL(hardirqs_enabled);
EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL(hardirq_context);
#endif
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, nmi_nesting);
+
/*
* SOFTIRQ_OFFSET usage:
*
--
2.51.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-20 21:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-20 21:45 [PATCH v14 00/16] Refcounted interrupts, SpinLockIrq for rust Lyude Paul
2025-11-20 21:45 ` [PATCH v14 01/16] preempt: Introduce HARDIRQ_DISABLE_BITS Lyude Paul
2025-11-20 21:45 ` Lyude Paul [this message]
2025-11-20 21:45 ` [PATCH v14 03/16] preempt: Introduce __preempt_count_{sub, add}_return() Lyude Paul
2025-11-20 21:45 ` [PATCH v14 04/16] irq & spin_lock: Add counted interrupt disabling/enabling Lyude Paul
2025-11-20 21:45 ` [PATCH v14 05/16] irq: Add KUnit test for refcounted interrupt enable/disable Lyude Paul
2025-11-20 21:45 ` [PATCH v14 06/16] rust: Introduce interrupt module Lyude Paul
2025-11-20 21:45 ` [PATCH v14 07/16] rust: helper: Add spin_{un,}lock_irq_{enable,disable}() helpers Lyude Paul
2025-11-20 21:46 ` [PATCH v14 08/16] rust: sync: Add SpinLockIrq Lyude Paul
2025-11-20 21:46 ` [PATCH v14 09/16] rust: sync: Introduce lock::Backend::Context Lyude Paul
2025-11-20 21:46 ` [PATCH v14 10/16] rust: sync: lock: Add `Backend::BackendInContext` Lyude Paul
2025-11-20 21:46 ` [PATCH v14 11/16] rust: sync: lock/global: Rename B to G in trait bounds Lyude Paul
2025-11-20 21:46 ` [PATCH v14 12/16] rust: sync: Add a lifetime parameter to lock::global::GlobalGuard Lyude Paul
2025-11-20 21:46 ` [PATCH v14 13/16] rust: sync: Expose lock::Backend Lyude Paul
2025-11-20 21:46 ` [PATCH v14 14/16] rust: sync: lock/global: Add Backend parameter to GlobalGuard Lyude Paul
2025-11-20 21:46 ` [PATCH v14 15/16] rust: sync: lock/global: Add BackendInContext support to GlobalLock Lyude Paul
2025-11-20 21:46 ` [PATCH v14 16/16] locking: Switch to _irq_{disable,enable}() variants in cleanup guards Lyude Paul
2025-11-20 23:16 ` [PATCH v14 00/16] Refcounted interrupts, SpinLockIrq for rust John Hubbard
2025-11-21 17:47 ` Boqun Feng
2025-11-22 1:09 ` John Hubbard
2025-11-22 2:38 ` Boqun Feng
2025-11-22 2:56 ` John Hubbard
2025-11-22 3:35 ` Boqun Feng
2025-11-22 4:14 ` John Hubbard
2025-11-22 4:24 ` Boqun Feng
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