linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 03/23] genirq: Introduce IRQF_DELIVER_AS

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Message-ID: <20180613083419.GS12258@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Wed, 13 Jun 2018 10:34:19 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Andi Kleen <andi.kleen@...el.com>,
        Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        "Ravi V. Shankar" <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...el.com>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Levin, Alexander (Sasha Levin)" <alexander.levin@...izon.com>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>,
        Doug Berger <opendmb@...il.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...ive.com>,
        iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 03/23] genirq: Introduce IRQF_DELIVER_AS_NMI

On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 05:57:23PM -0700, Ricardo Neri wrote:
> diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
> index 5426627..dbc5e02 100644
> --- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
> +++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
> @@ -61,6 +61,8 @@
>   *                interrupt handler after suspending interrupts. For system
>   *                wakeup devices users need to implement wakeup detection in
>   *                their interrupt handlers.
> + * IRQF_DELIVER_AS_NMI - Configure interrupt to be delivered as non-maskable, if
> + *                supported by the chip.
>   */

NAK on the first 6 patches. You really _REALLY_ don't want to expose
NMIs to this level.