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Re: [PATCH 6/6] x86/idle: Fix buggy "x86/mwait-idle: enable interrupts before C1 on Xeons"


  • To: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2025 11:35:09 +0200
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  • Delivery-date: Thu, 03 Jul 2025 09:35:27 +0000
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On 02.07.2025 16:41, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> The check of this_softirq_pending must be performed with irqs disabled, but
> this property was broken by an attempt to optimise entry/exit latency.
> 
> Commit c227233ad64c in Linux (which we copied into Xen) was fixed up by
> edc8fc01f608 in Linux, which we have so far missed.
> 
> Going to sleep without waking on interrupts is nonsensical outside of
> play_dead(), so overload this to select between two possible MWAITs, the
> second using the STI shadow to cover MWAIT for exactly the same reason as we
> do in safe_halt().
> 
> Fixes: b17e0ec72ede ("x86/mwait-idle: enable interrupts before C1 on Xeons")
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
with ...

> --- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/mwait-idle.c
> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/mwait-idle.c
> @@ -946,12 +946,8 @@ static void cf_check mwait_idle(void)
>  
>       update_last_cx_stat(power, cx, before);
>  
> -     if (cx->irq_enable_early)
> -             local_irq_enable();
> -
> -     mwait_idle_with_hints(cx->address, MWAIT_ECX_INTERRUPT_BREAK);
> -
> -     local_irq_disable();
> +     mwait_idle_with_hints(cx->address,
> +                              cx->irq_enable_early ? 0 : 
> MWAIT_ECX_INTERRUPT_BREAK);

... indentation here switched to Linux style (to match the rest of the file).

Jan



 


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