Re: [PATCH v4 10/17] preempt: Introduce HAS_SEPARATE_PREEMPT_RESCHED_BITS
Shrikanth Hegde <[email protected]> Wed, 5 Aug 2026 01:41:48 +0530
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.rust-for-linux,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Hi Boqun,
On 8/4/26 9:44 PM, Boqun Feng wrote:
> With the changes that enable preempt count to track IRQ disabling
> nesting, we don't have enough bits in 32-bit preempt count
> implementation, as a result we move NMI nesting bits out of the 32-bit
> preempt count. However on the architectures that can support 64-bit
> preempt count implementation, we can keep the NMI nesting bits in the
> 32-bit preempt count and avoid maintaining NMI nesting bits outside of
> the same cache line.
>
[...]
> --- a/include/linux/hardirq.h
> +++ b/include/linux/hardirq.h
> @@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
> #include <linux/vtime.h>
> #include <asm/hardirq.h>
>
> -DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, nmi_nesting);
> -
> extern void synchronize_irq(unsigned int irq);
> extern bool synchronize_hardirq(unsigned int irq);
>
> @@ -94,6 +92,37 @@ void irq_exit_rcu(void);
> #define arch_nmi_exit() do { } while (0)
> #endif
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_HAS_SEPARATE_PREEMPT_RESCHED_BITS
> +static __always_inline void __preempt_count_nmi_enter(void)
> +{
> + __preempt_count_add(NMI_OFFSET + HARDIRQ_OFFSET);
> +}
> +
> +static __always_inline void __preempt_count_nmi_exit(void)
> +{
> + __preempt_count_sub(NMI_OFFSET + HARDIRQ_OFFSET);
> +}
> +#else
> +DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, nmi_nesting);
> +
> +#define __preempt_count_nmi_enter() \
> + do { \
> + __preempt_count_add(HARDIRQ_OFFSET); \
nit: This limit is because to have the same behavior as other case when
NMI_BITS=4 right?
It is not easy to infer that from comment.
> + /* Maximum NMI nesting is 15. */ \
> + BUG_ON(__this_cpu_read(nmi_nesting) >= 15); \
> + __this_cpu_inc(nmi_nesting); \
> + preempt_count_set(preempt_count() | NMI_MASK); \
Is there a reason preempt count updates are split rather than
folded into a single preempt_count update?
> + } while (0)
> +
> +#define __preempt_count_nmi_exit() \
> + do { \
> + __preempt_count_sub(HARDIRQ_OFFSET); \
> + if (!__this_cpu_dec_return(nmi_nesting)) \
> + preempt_count_set(preempt_count() & ~NMI_MASK); \
> + } while (0)
> +
> +#endif
> +
> /*
> * NMI vs Tracing
> * --------------
> @@ -110,18 +139,14 @@ void irq_exit_rcu(void);
> do { \
> lockdep_off(); \
> arch_nmi_enter(); \
> - /* Maximum NMI nesting is 15. */ \
> - BUG_ON(__this_cpu_read(nmi_nesting) >= 15); \
> - __this_cpu_inc(nmi_nesting); \
> - __preempt_count_add(HARDIRQ_OFFSET); \
> - preempt_count_set(preempt_count() | NMI_MASK); \
> + __preempt_count_nmi_enter(); \
> } while (0)
>
> #define nmi_enter() \
> do { \
> __nmi_enter(); \
> lockdep_hardirq_enter(); \
> - ct_nmi_enter(); \
> + ct_nmi_enter(); \
> instrumentation_begin(); \
> ftrace_nmi_enter(); \
> instrumentation_end(); \
> @@ -129,12 +154,8 @@ void irq_exit_rcu(void);
>
> #define __nmi_exit() \
> do { \
> - unsigned int nesting; \
> BUG_ON(!in_nmi()); \
> - __preempt_count_sub(HARDIRQ_OFFSET); \
> - nesting = __this_cpu_dec_return(nmi_nesting); \
> - if (!nesting) \
> - preempt_count_set(preempt_count() & ~NMI_MASK); \
> + __preempt_count_nmi_exit(); \
> arch_nmi_exit(); \
> lockdep_on(); \
> } while (0)