linux-kernel - [tip: irq/core] x86/softirq: Disable softirq stacks on PREEMPT

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Message-ID: <163550205685.626.13652003305172772138.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date:   Fri, 29 Oct 2021 10:07:36 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, maz@...nel.org
Subject: [tip: irq/core] x86/softirq: Disable softirq stacks on PREEMPT_RT

The following commit has been merged into the irq/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     441e90369344d229c0f04024ea5d4d51f06b137d
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/441e90369344d229c0f04024ea5d4d51f06b137d
Author:        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
AuthorDate:    Fri, 24 Sep 2021 18:12:45 +02:00
Committer:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
CommitterDate: Mon, 27 Sep 2021 12:28:32 +02:00

x86/softirq: Disable softirq stacks on PREEMPT_RT

PREEMPT_RT preempts softirqs and the current implementation avoids
do_softirq_own_stack() and only uses __do_softirq().

Disable the unused softirqs stacks on PREEMPT_RT to safe some memory and
ensure that do_softirq_own_stack() is not used which is not expected.

 [ bigeasy: commit description. ]

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210924161245.2357247-1-bigeasy@linutronix.de
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/irq_stack.h | 3 +++
 arch/x86/kernel/irq_32.c         | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/irq_stack.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/irq_stack.h
index 562854c..ea0c5ab 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/irq_stack.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/irq_stack.h
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@
 			      IRQ_CONSTRAINTS, regs, vector);		\
 }
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
 #define ASM_CALL_SOFTIRQ						\
 	"call %P[__func]				\n"
 
@@ -201,6 +202,8 @@
 	__this_cpu_write(hardirq_stack_inuse, false);			\
 }
 
+#endif
+
 #else /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
 /* System vector handlers always run on the stack they interrupted. */
 #define run_sysvec_on_irqstack_cond(func, regs)				\
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/irq_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/irq_32.c
index 044902d..e5dd6da 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/irq_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/irq_32.c
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ int irq_init_percpu_irqstack(unsigned int cpu)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
 void do_softirq_own_stack(void)
 {
 	struct irq_stack *irqstk;
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ void do_softirq_own_stack(void)
 
 	call_on_stack(__do_softirq, isp);
 }
+#endif
 
 void __handle_irq(struct irq_desc *desc, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {