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authorMukesh Kumar Chaurasiya (IBM) <mkchauras@gmail.com>2026-10-03 15:15:09 +0530
committerMadhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com>2026-10-12 09:27:09 +0530
commit8fa763bc3ee9bd215476ab91ee480c649eaa4b29 (patch)
tree860d56b2166e7db11a490c5459fec61ae1706391 /scripts/decode_stacktrace.sh
parent0b8b0c17a8998709ecb2852d56442ea981102941 (diff)
powerpc: fix NMI exit ordering: restore soft masks after irqentry_nmi_exit()
When running with CONFIG_PPC_IRQ_SOFT_MASK_DEBUG=y and LOCKDEP=y, an Oops is triggered during NMI exit: [ 202.258332] Oops: Exception in kernel mode, sig: 4 [#1] NIP [000000000003e178] 0x3e178 LR [c00000000003e174] arch_local_irq_restore+0x2a4/0x328 TRAP: 0700 MSR: 0000000000081000 <ME> The faulting instruction at NIP is a 'trap' (0fe00000) inside the rfi_flush_fallback trampoline at a userspace-looking low address, reached after a bad rfid caused by an incorrect SRR0 value. Root cause: DEFINE_INTERRUPT_HANDLER_NMI used to call arch_interrupt_nmi_exit_prepare() *before* irqentry_nmi_exit(), giving this sequence: arch_interrupt_nmi_enter_prepare() // saves irq_soft_mask, irq_happened irqentry_nmi_enter() // __nmi_enter() -> nmi_count++, in_nmi()=true ____func(regs) // NMI handler body arch_interrupt_nmi_exit_prepare() // RESTORES irq_soft_mask=0 (IRQS_ENABLED) // RESTORES irq_happened with pending bits irqentry_nmi_exit() // instrumentation block runs here... trace_hardirqs_on_prepare() // ...with in_nmi()==true still lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare() // ...and irq_soft_mask already restored to 0 -> arch_local_irq_restore(0) // mask=0 -> enable path entered WARN_ON_ONCE(in_nmi()) // FIRES: __nmi_exit() hasn't run yet __nmi_exit() // nmi_count-- (too late) arch_interrupt_nmi_exit_prepare() restores irq_soft_mask to whatever the interrupted thread had (IRQS_ENABLED / 0) and restores irq_happened with any pending deferred-interrupt bits that were present when the NMI fired. This is correct and necessary before rfid back to the interrupted context, but it must not happen until irqentry_nmi_exit() has fully completed. With irq_soft_mask=0 and pending bits in irq_happened, the trace_hardirqs_on_prepare() call inside irqentry_nmi_exit()'s instrumentation block reaches lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare() which calls __trace_hardirqs_on_caller(), which eventually calls arch_local_irq_restore(0) (the IRQS_ENABLED / enable path). arch_local_irq_restore() with mask=0 hits the CONFIG_PPC_IRQ_SOFT_MASK_DEBUG guards at irq_64.c:217: WARN_ON_ONCE(in_nmi()); // TRUE: __nmi_exit() not yet called The WARN_ON_ONCE fires a 'trap' instruction (tw 31,0,0 / 0fe00000) in kernel mode with MSR_PR=0, MSR_IR=0 (real-mode). The program check handler (TRAP 0700) takes the sig:4 (SIGILL) path via do_program_check() and calls die(), producing the Oops. The RESTART_TABLE mechanism in arch_local_irq_restore then causes the bad rfid that lands at the userspace-looking address visible in the NIP. The bug is invisible with LOCKDEP=n because trace_hardirqs_on_prepare() is a no-op when CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS is not set (TRACE_IRQFLAGS is selected by PROVE_LOCKING which selects LOCKDEP). Fix: Move arch_interrupt_nmi_exit_prepare() to after the irqentry_nmi_exit() block, so that: irqentry_nmi_exit() // __nmi_exit() -> nmi_count--, in_nmi()=false arch_interrupt_nmi_exit_prepare() // now safe to restore soft mask state The instrumentation inside irqentry_nmi_exit() now executes while in_nmi() is still true (nmi_count not yet decremented), but irq_soft_mask is still IRQS_ALL_DISABLED (NMI-entry value), so arch_local_irq_restore() is never called with mask=0 from that path. After __nmi_exit() returns, arch_interrupt_nmi_exit_prepare() restores the pre-NMI soft mask and irq_happened, which is the correct state for the rfid back to the interrupted context. Reviewed-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com> Tested-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@linux.ibm.com> Reported-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@linux.ibm.com> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/d4cccba9-ce5c-424b-864c-2248fb0d99e6@linux.ibm.com/ Fixes: bee25f97ad24 ("powerpc: Enable GENERIC_ENTRY feature") Signed-off-by: Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya (IBM) <mkchauras@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261003094509.3408190-1-mkchauras@gmail.com
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