From: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@linux.ibm.com>
To: "Michal Suchánek" <msuchanek@suse.de>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, maddy@linux.ibm.com,
mpe@ellerman.id.au, npiggin@gmail.com, chleroy@kernel.org,
mkchauras@linux.ibm.com, mkchauras@gmail.com,
sshegde@linux.ibm.com, ruanjinjie@huawei.com,
ritesh.list@gmail.com, riteshh@linux.ibm.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/interrupt: Use early_radix_enabled() in NMI real-mode guard
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2026 14:24:06 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a5836b4f-16ad-462c-bfa9-d523915239ea@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ap53KNdFJWaUw8GM@kunlun.suse.cz>
On 07/09/26 2:04 pm, Michal Suchánek wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Mon, Sep 07, 2026 at 12:30:58PM +0530, Venkat Rao Bagalkote wrote:
>> radix_enabled() uses a jump label which is only valid after
>> mmu_feature_keys_init() is called. Before that point, on a pSeries
>> hash guest, early_check_vec5() clears MMU_FTR_TYPE_RADIX in
>> cur_cpu_spec->mmu_features but the jump label has not yet been patched,
>> so radix_enabled() incorrectly returns true.
>>
>> Replace radix_enabled() with early_radix_enabled() which does a plain
>> bitmask check against cur_cpu_spec->mmu_features and is correct at all
>> times, including before jump label initialization.
> Any Fixes: here?
Hello Michal,
Yes, this can have.
Fixes: 118178e62e2e ("powerpc: move NMI entry/exit code into wrapper")
As commit 118178e62e2e originally introduced !radxi_enabled() check in
NMI wrapper path.
Regards,
Venkat.
>
> Thanks
>
> Michal
>
>> Add the missing #include <asm/mmu.h> since early_radix_enabled() is
>> declared there.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@linux.ibm.com>
>> ---
>> arch/powerpc/include/asm/interrupt.h | 5 +++--
>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/interrupt.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/interrupt.h
>> index 1b45a49e9bed..36a654e780f7 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/interrupt.h
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/interrupt.h
>> @@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
>>
>> #include <asm/kprobes.h>
>> #include <asm/runlatch.h>
>> +#include <asm/mmu.h>
>>
>> #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_IRQ_SOFT_MASK_DEBUG
>> /*
>> @@ -290,7 +291,7 @@ interrupt_handler long func(struct pt_regs *regs) \
>> state = irqentry_nmi_enter(regs); \
>> } else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64) && \
>> firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_LPAR) && \
>> - !radix_enabled()) { \
>> + !early_radix_enabled()) { \
>> /* no nmi_entry for a pseries hash guest \
>> * taking a real mode exception */ \
>> } else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KASAN)) { \
>> @@ -307,7 +308,7 @@ interrupt_handler long func(struct pt_regs *regs) \
>> irqentry_nmi_exit(regs, state); \
>> } else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64) && \
>> firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_LPAR) && \
>> - !radix_enabled()) { \
>> + !early_radix_enabled()) { \
>> /* no nmi_exit for a pseries hash guest \
>> * taking a real mode exception */ \
>> } else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KASAN)) { \
>> --
>> 2.45.2
>>
>>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-07 8:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-07 7:00 Venkat Rao Bagalkote
2026-09-07 7:18 ` Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya
2026-09-07 8:34 ` Michal Suchánek
2026-09-07 8:54 ` Venkat Rao Bagalkote [this message]
2026-09-07 17:27 ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-09-08 3:52 ` Venkat Rao Bagalkote
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