Hi,
I just have a look at this thread. I am wondering why we don't use
existing is_kdump_kernel() directly to disable external NMI if it's
in kdump kernel. Then no need to introduce another boot option "noextnmi"
which is used only for kdump kernel.
Thanks
Baoquan
On 09/25/15 at 08:28pm, Hidehiro Kawai wrote:
> This patch introduces new boot option "noextnmi" which disables
> external NMI. This option is useful for the dump capture kernel
> so that an HA application or administrator wouldn't mistakenly
> shoot down the kernel by NMI.
>
> Currently, only x86 supports this option.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hidehiro Kawai <hidehiro.kawai.ez@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 ++++
> arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
> 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> index 22a4b68..8bcaccd 100644
> --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -2379,6 +2379,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
> noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
> noexec=off: disable non-executable mappings
>
> + noextnmi [X86]
> + Mask external NMI. This option is useful for a
> + dump capture kernel to be shot down by NMI.
> +
> nosmap [X86]
> Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention)
> even if it is supported by processor.
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
> index 24e94ce..fd47128 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
> @@ -82,6 +82,12 @@
> static unsigned int disabled_cpu_apicid __read_mostly = BAD_APICID;
>
> /*
> + * Don't enable external NMI via LINT1 on BSP. This is useful for
> + * the dump capture kernel.
> + */
> +static bool apic_noextnmi;
> +
> +/*
> * Map cpu index to physical APIC ID
> */
> DEFINE_EARLY_PER_CPU_READ_MOSTLY(u16, x86_cpu_to_apicid, BAD_APICID);
> @@ -1161,6 +1167,8 @@ void __init init_bsp_APIC(void)
> value = APIC_DM_NMI;
> if (!lapic_is_integrated()) /* 82489DX */
> value |= APIC_LVT_LEVEL_TRIGGER;
> + if (apic_noextnmi)
> + value |= APIC_LVT_MASKED;
> apic_write(APIC_LVT1, value);
> }
>
> @@ -1380,7 +1388,7 @@ void setup_local_APIC(void)
> /*
> * only the BP should see the LINT1 NMI signal, obviously.
> */
> - if (!cpu)
> + if (!cpu && !apic_noextnmi)
> value = APIC_DM_NMI;
> else
> value = APIC_DM_NMI | APIC_LVT_MASKED;
> @@ -2548,3 +2556,10 @@ static int __init apic_set_disabled_cpu_apicid(char *arg)
> return 0;
> }
> early_param("disable_cpu_apicid", apic_set_disabled_cpu_apicid);
> +
> +static int __init apic_set_noextnmi(char *arg)
> +{
> + apic_noextnmi = true;
> + return 0;
> +}
> +early_param("noextnmi", apic_set_noextnmi);
>
>
>
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