linux-kernel - [patch 2/2] x86/vector: Add a sanity check to prevent IRQ2 allocations

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Date:   Thu, 18 Mar 2021 20:26:48 +0100
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
Subject: [patch 2/2] x86/vector: Add a sanity check to prevent IRQ2 allocations

To prevent another incidental removal of the IRQ2 ignore logic in the
IO/APIC code going unnoticed add a sanity check. Add some commentry at the
other place which ignores IRQ2 while at it.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/apic/vector.c |   13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/vector.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/vector.c
@@ -543,6 +543,14 @@ static int x86_vector_alloc_irqs(struct
 	if ((info->flags & X86_IRQ_ALLOC_CONTIGUOUS_VECTORS) && nr_irqs > 1)
 		return -ENOSYS;
 
+	/*
+	 * Catch any attempt to touch the cascade interrupt on a PIC
+	 * equipped system.
+	 */
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(info->flags & X86_IRQ_ALLOC_LEGACY &&
+			 virq == PIC_CASCADE_IR))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_irqs; i++) {
 		irqd = irq_domain_get_irq_data(domain, virq + i);
 		BUG_ON(!irqd);
@@ -745,6 +753,11 @@ void __init lapic_assign_system_vectors(
 
 	/* Mark the preallocated legacy interrupts */
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_legacy_irqs(); i++) {
+		/*
+		 * Don't touch the cascade interrupt. It's unusable
+		 * on PIC equipped machines. See the large comment
+		 * in the IO/APIC code.
+		 */
 		if (i != PIC_CASCADE_IR)
 			irq_matrix_assign(vector_matrix, ISA_IRQ_VECTOR(i));
 	}