From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>,
"Borislav Petkov (AMD)" <bp@alien8.de>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.12.y 3/3] x86/mce: Set up the polling timer before CMCI discovery
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:08:51 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260819190851.563607-3-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260819190851.563607-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
[ Upstream commit a213dfaa2596c1c0dc4dae91c14fbfa499c03223 ]
I hit the following on one of my machines:
mce: CPU0 BANK15 CMCI inherited storm
------------[ cut here ]------------
ODEBUG: assert_init not available (active state 0) object: (____ptrval____) object type: timer_list hint: 0x0
WARNING: lib/debugobjects.c:632 at debug_object_assert_init+0x178/0x230, CPU#0: swapper/0/0
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 7.2.0-rc5 #3 PREEMPTLAZY
RIP: 0010:debug_object_assert_init+0x18f/0x230
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__mod_timer
mce_timer_kick
cmci_discover
intel_init_cmci
mce_intel_feature_init
mcheck_cpu_init
identify_cpu
identify_boot_cpu
arch_cpu_finalize_init
start_kernel
A second splat follows right after, from timer_setup() finding that same
timer already queued:
ODEBUG: init active (active state 0) object: (____ptrval____) object type: timer_list hint: stub_timer+0x0/0x10
This is happening because CMCI storm detection is trying to modify the timer
before latter was properly set up.
Set up the timer first. __mcheck_cpu_setup_timer() only calls timer_setup(),
and depends on neither the generic nor the vendor init.
[ bp: Massage commit message. ]
Fixes: 1f68ce2a0272 ("x86/mce: Handle Intel threshold interrupt storms")
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260803-mce_timer_init-v1-1-9539db424330@debian.org
[ kept 6.12's `__mcheck_cpu_init_clear_banks()`/`__mcheck_cpu_check_banks()` pair instead of the merged `__mcheck_cpu_init_prepare_banks()` ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
index c95698dd648ac..01a17e729a80f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
@@ -2251,11 +2251,11 @@ void mcheck_cpu_init(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
mca_cfg.initialized = 1;
+ __mcheck_cpu_setup_timer();
__mcheck_cpu_init_generic();
__mcheck_cpu_init_vendor(c);
__mcheck_cpu_init_clear_banks();
__mcheck_cpu_check_banks();
- __mcheck_cpu_setup_timer();
cr4_set_bits(X86_CR4_MCE);
}
--
2.53.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-19 19:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-17 12:46 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] x86/mce: Set up the polling timer before CMCI discovery" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree gregkh
2026-08-19 19:08 ` [PATCH 6.12.y 1/3] x86/mce: Remove __mcheck_cpu_init_early() Sasha Levin
2026-08-19 19:08 ` [PATCH 6.12.y 2/3] x86/mce: Set CR4.MCE last during init Sasha Levin
2026-08-19 19:08 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
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