From: Philippe Gerum <rpm@xenomai.org>
To: Florian Bezdeka <florian.bezdeka@siemens.com>
Cc: xenomai@lists.linux.dev, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH Dovetail 6.18 3/3] arm64: irq_pipeline: Fix IPI_KGDB_ROUNDUP and IPI_CPU_BACKTRACE IPIs
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:59:58 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pl6mxcjl.fsf@xenomai.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260201-wip-flo-fixes-for-6-18-v1-3-91ea07c7eb7e@siemens.com> (Florian Bezdeka's message of "Mon, 02 Feb 2026 08:55:22 +0100")
Florian Bezdeka <florian.bezdeka@siemens.com> writes:
> Both IPIs (IPI_KGDB_ROUNDUP and IPI_CPU_BACKTRACE) are multiplexed in
> case the IRQ pipelining is enabled, so we have to set an IPI reason
> in both cases.
>
> Both cases were directly calling into the IRQ chip implementation and
> forgot to set the reason. IPIs were ignored on the receiving side at
> the end.
>
> As tracing should be bypassed for all IRQs behind NR_IPI we can not
> call smp_cross_call() - where setting the reason / ipi message took
> place.
>
> Setting the reason has been factored out into set_ipi_message() which
> can be called with and without IRQ pipelining.
>
> Signed-off-by: Florian Bezdeka <florian.bezdeka@siemens.com>
> ---
> arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++--------
> 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
> index 716ba0b0c274b..f85392de0e6a6 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c
> @@ -913,6 +913,24 @@ static void __noreturn ipi_cpu_crash_stop(unsigned int cpu, struct pt_regs *regs
> #endif
> }
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_IRQ_PIPELINE
> +
> +DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, ipi_messages);
> +
> +static inline void set_ipi_message(const cpumask_t *target, unsigned int ipi)
> +{
> + int cpu;
> +
> + for_each_cpu(cpu, target)
> + set_bit(ipi, &per_cpu(ipi_messages, cpu));
> +
> + wmb();
> +}
> +#else
> +static inline void set_ipi_message(const cpumask_t *target, unsigned int ipi)
> +{ }
> +#endif
> +
> static void arm64_send_ipi(const cpumask_t *mask, unsigned int nr)
> {
> unsigned int cpu;
> @@ -926,6 +944,7 @@ static void arm64_send_ipi(const cpumask_t *mask, unsigned int nr)
>
> static void arm64_backtrace_ipi(cpumask_t *mask)
> {
> + set_ipi_message(mask, IPI_CPU_BACKTRACE);
> arm64_send_ipi(mask, IPI_CPU_BACKTRACE);
> }
>
> @@ -951,6 +970,7 @@ void kgdb_roundup_cpus(void)
> if (cpu == this_cpu)
> continue;
>
> + set_ipi_message(cpumask_of(cpu), IPI_KGDB_ROUNDUP);
> __ipi_send_single(get_ipi_desc(cpu, IPI_KGDB_ROUNDUP), cpu);
> }
> }
> @@ -1047,8 +1067,6 @@ static void __smp_cross_call(const struct cpumask *target, unsigned int ipinr)
> arm64_send_ipi(target, ipinr);
> }
>
> -static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, ipi_messages);
> -
> static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int [MAX_IPI], ipi_counts);
>
> static irqreturn_t ipi_handler(int irq, void *data)
> @@ -1074,13 +1092,8 @@ static irqreturn_t ipi_handler(int irq, void *data)
>
> static void smp_cross_call(const struct cpumask *target, unsigned int ipinr)
> {
> - unsigned int cpu;
> -
> /* regular in-band IPI (multiplexed over SGI0). */
> - for_each_cpu(cpu, target)
> - set_bit(ipinr, &per_cpu(ipi_messages, cpu));
> -
> - wmb();
> + set_ipi_message(target, ipinr);
> __smp_cross_call(target, 0);
> }
Ouch, yes. Ack.
--
Philippe.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-03 12:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-02 7:55 [PATCH Dovetail 6.18 0/3] Fix IPI mapping for arm64 Florian Bezdeka
2026-02-02 7:55 ` [PATCH Dovetail 6.18 1/3] arm64: irq_pipeline: Fix mapping of SGI/LPI IPIs Florian Bezdeka
2026-02-03 13:08 ` Philippe Gerum
2026-02-03 15:25 ` Florian Bezdeka
2026-02-03 17:22 ` Philippe Gerum
2026-02-03 17:44 ` Philippe Gerum
2026-02-03 21:48 ` Florian Bezdeka
2026-02-03 22:00 ` Bezdeka, Florian
2026-02-04 11:44 ` Philippe Gerum
2026-02-04 16:46 ` Florian Bezdeka
2026-02-04 18:04 ` Philippe Gerum
2026-02-02 7:55 ` [PATCH Dovetail 6.18 2/3] arm64: irq_pipeline: Fix size of IPI statistics array Florian Bezdeka
2026-02-03 11:59 ` Philippe Gerum
2026-02-02 7:55 ` [PATCH Dovetail 6.18 3/3] arm64: irq_pipeline: Fix IPI_KGDB_ROUNDUP and IPI_CPU_BACKTRACE IPIs Florian Bezdeka
2026-02-03 11:59 ` Philippe Gerum [this message]
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