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-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt9
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h5
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c34
3 files changed, 46 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 742f69d18fc8..74acea53e9e3 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -472,6 +472,15 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
Change the amount of debugging information output
when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
+ apic_extnmi= [APIC,X86] External NMI delivery setting
+ Format: { bsp (default) | all | none }
+ bsp: External NMI is delivered only to CPU 0
+ all: External NMIs are broadcast to all CPUs as a
+ backup of CPU 0
+ none: External NMI is masked for all CPUs. This is
+ useful so that a dump capture kernel won't be
+ shot down by NMI
+
autoconf= [IPV6]
See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
index 7f62ad47d7e4..c80f6b6f3da2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
#define APIC_VERBOSE 1
#define APIC_DEBUG 2
+/* Macros for apic_extnmi which controls external NMI masking */
+#define APIC_EXTNMI_BSP 0 /* Default */
+#define APIC_EXTNMI_ALL 1
+#define APIC_EXTNMI_NONE 2
+
/*
* Define the default level of output to be very little
* This can be turned up by using apic=verbose for more
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
index 8d7df7478d84..8a5cddac7d44 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ physid_mask_t phys_cpu_present_map;
static unsigned int disabled_cpu_apicid __read_mostly = BAD_APICID;
/*
+ * This variable controls which CPUs receive external NMIs. By default,
+ * external NMIs are delivered only to the BSP.
+ */
+static int apic_extnmi = APIC_EXTNMI_BSP;
+
+/*
* Map cpu index to physical APIC ID
*/
DEFINE_EARLY_PER_CPU_READ_MOSTLY(u16, x86_cpu_to_apicid, BAD_APICID);
@@ -1161,6 +1167,8 @@ void __init init_bsp_APIC(void)
value = APIC_DM_NMI;
if (!lapic_is_integrated()) /* 82489DX */
value |= APIC_LVT_LEVEL_TRIGGER;
+ if (apic_extnmi == APIC_EXTNMI_NONE)
+ value |= APIC_LVT_MASKED;
apic_write(APIC_LVT1, value);
}
@@ -1378,9 +1386,11 @@ void setup_local_APIC(void)
apic_write(APIC_LVT0, value);
/*
- * only the BP should see the LINT1 NMI signal, obviously.
+ * Only the BSP sees the LINT1 NMI signal by default. This can be
+ * modified by apic_extnmi= boot option.
*/
- if (!cpu)
+ if ((!cpu && apic_extnmi != APIC_EXTNMI_NONE) ||
+ apic_extnmi == APIC_EXTNMI_ALL)
value = APIC_DM_NMI;
else
value = APIC_DM_NMI | APIC_LVT_MASKED;
@@ -2557,3 +2567,23 @@ static int __init apic_set_disabled_cpu_apicid(char *arg)
return 0;
}
early_param("disable_cpu_apicid", apic_set_disabled_cpu_apicid);
+
+static int __init apic_set_extnmi(char *arg)
+{
+ if (!arg)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (!strncmp("all", arg, 3))
+ apic_extnmi = APIC_EXTNMI_ALL;
+ else if (!strncmp("none", arg, 4))
+ apic_extnmi = APIC_EXTNMI_NONE;
+ else if (!strncmp("bsp", arg, 3))
+ apic_extnmi = APIC_EXTNMI_BSP;
+ else {
+ pr_warn("Unknown external NMI delivery mode `%s' ignored\n", arg);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+early_param("apic_extnmi", apic_set_extnmi);