linux-kernel - [PATCH RFC v2 rcu 5/8] arch/x86: Add ARCH_HAS_NMI_SAFE_THIS_CPU

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Date:   Thu, 29 Sep 2022 11:07:28 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
To:     rcu@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...com,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>, x86@...nel.org
Subject: [PATCH RFC v2 rcu 5/8] arch/x86: Add ARCH_HAS_NMI_SAFE_THIS_CPU_OPS Kconfig option

The x86 architecture uses an add-to-memory instruction to implement
this_cpu_add(), which is NMI safe.  This means that the old and
more-efficient srcu_read_lock() may be used in NMI context, without
the need for srcu_read_lock_nmisafe().  Therefore, add the new Kconfig
option ARCH_HAS_NMI_SAFE_THIS_CPU_OPS to arch/x86/Kconfig, which will
cause NEED_SRCU_NMI_SAFE to be deselected, thus preserving the current
srcu_read_lock() behavior.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220910221947.171557773@linutronix.de/

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc: <x86@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index f9920f1341c8..ee5783d8ec71 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ config X86
 	select ARCH_HAS_KCOV			if X86_64
 	select ARCH_HAS_MEM_ENCRYPT
 	select ARCH_HAS_MEMBARRIER_SYNC_CORE
+	select ARCH_HAS_NMI_SAFE_THIS_CPU_OPS
 	select ARCH_HAS_NON_OVERLAPPING_ADDRESS_SPACE
 	select ARCH_HAS_PMEM_API		if X86_64
 	select ARCH_HAS_PTE_DEVMAP		if X86_64
-- 
2.31.1.189.g2e36527f23