Re: [PATCH -next] riscv: Enable ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG

From: Alexandre Ghiti
Date: Thu Jul 17 2025 - 03:39:45 EST


Hi Pu,

On 7/11/25 11:04, Pu Lehui wrote:
From: Pu Lehui <pulehui@xxxxxxxxxx>

The implement of cmpxchg() in riscv is based on atomic primitives and
has NMI-safe features, so it can be used safely in the in_nmi context.
ftrace's ringbuffer relies on NMI-safe cmpxchg() in the NMI context.
Currently, in_nmi() is true when riscv kprobe is in trap-based mode, so
this config needs to be selected, otherwise kprobetrace will not be
available.

Signed-off-by: Pu Lehui <pulehui@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/riscv/Kconfig | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index 36061f4732b7..0e2dfa98338a 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ config RISCV
select ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE if MEMORY_HOTPLUG
select ARCH_ENABLE_SPLIT_PMD_PTLOCK if PGTABLE_LEVELS > 2
select ARCH_ENABLE_THP_MIGRATION if TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
+ select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
select ARCH_HAS_BINFMT_FLAT
select ARCH_HAS_CRC32 if RISCV_ISA_ZBC
select ARCH_HAS_CRC64 if 64BIT && RISCV_ISA_ZBC


Given the definition of ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG in commit df013ffb8119 ("Add Kconfig option ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG"), we can indeed enable this config, so:

Reviewed-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

And I followed your instructions in your answer, it works as you presented so:

Tested-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

I'll send this as part of my 6.17 PR.

Thanks,

Alex