@@ -1831,6 +1831,11 @@
to let secondary kernels in charge of setting up
LPIs.
+ irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi= [ARM64]
+ Enables support for pseudo-NMIs in the kernel. This
+ requires the kernel to be built with
+ CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI.
+
irqfixup [HW]
When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
@@ -1328,6 +1328,20 @@ config ARM64_MODULE_PLTS
bool
select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
+config ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI
+ bool "Support for NMI-like interrupts"
+ select CONFIG_ARM_GIC_V3
+ help
+ Adds support for mimicking Non-Maskable Interrupts through the use of
+ GIC interrupt priority. This support requires version 3 or later of
+ Arm GIC.
+
+ This high priority configuration for interrupts needs to be
+ explicitly enabled by setting the kernel parameter
+ "irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi" to 1.
+
+ If unsure, say N
+
config RELOCATABLE
bool
help
@@ -1207,10 +1207,18 @@ static void cpu_enable_address_auth(struct arm64_cpu_capabilities const *cap)
#endif /* CONFIG_ARM64_PTR_AUTH */
#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI
+static bool enable_pseudo_nmi;
+
+static int __init early_enable_pseudo_nmi(char *p)
+{
+ return strtobool(p, &enable_pseudo_nmi);
+}
+early_param("irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi", early_enable_pseudo_nmi);
+
static bool can_use_gic_priorities(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry,
int scope)
{
- return false;
+ return enable_pseudo_nmi && has_useable_gicv3_cpuif(entry, scope);
}
#endif
Add a build option and a command line parameter to build and enable the support of pseudo-NMIs. Signed-off-by: Julien Thierry <julien.thierry@arm.com> Suggested-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> --- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 +++++ arch/arm64/Kconfig | 14 ++++++++++++++ arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 10 +++++++++- 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)