linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 5/6] arm64: smp: IPI_CPU_STOP and IPI_CPU_CRASH

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Date:   Tue, 22 Aug 2023 16:41:35 -0700
From:   Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>
To:     Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>,
        Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@...aro.org>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Cc:     Lecopzer Chen <lecopzer.chen@...iatek.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net, ito-yuichi@...itsu.com,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Masayoshi Mizuma <msys.mizuma@...il.com>,
        D Scott Phillips <scott@...amperecomputing.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>,
        Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 5/6] arm64: smp: IPI_CPU_STOP and IPI_CPU_CRASH_STOP
 should try for NMI

Quoting Douglas Anderson (2023-08-22 14:27:00)
> There's no reason why IPI_CPU_STOP and IPI_CPU_CRASH_STOP can't be
> handled as NMI. They are very simple and everything in them is
> NMI-safe. Mark them as things to use NMI for if NMI is available.
>
> Suggested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>