This new assertion added is generally harmless and gets fixed up naturally, but it does indicate a problem with MSR manipulation somewhere.
Fixes: c39fb71a54f0 ("powerpc/64s/interrupt: masked handler debug check for previous hard disable") Reported-by: Sachin Sant <sach...@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npig...@gmail.com> --- arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S index dafa275f18bc..d5d35f3a824e 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S @@ -2797,12 +2797,16 @@ masked_interrupt: #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_IRQ_SOFT_MASK_DEBUG /* * Ensure there was no previous MUST_HARD_MASK interrupt or - * HARD_DIS setting. + * HARD_DIS setting. If this does fire, the interrupt is still + * masked and MSR[EE] will be cleared on return, so no need to + * panic, but somebody probably enabled MSR[EE] under + * PACA_IRQ_HARD_DIS, mtmsr(mfmsr() | MSR_x) being a common + * cause. */ lbz r9,PACAIRQHAPPENED(r13) andi. r9,r9,(PACA_IRQ_MUST_HARD_MASK|PACA_IRQ_HARD_DIS) 0: tdnei r9,0 - EMIT_BUG_ENTRY 0b,__FILE__,__LINE__,0 + EMIT_WARN_ENTRY 0b,__FILE__,__LINE__,(BUGFLAG_WARNING | BUGFLAG_ONCE) #endif lbz r9,PACAIRQHAPPENED(r13) or r9,r9,r10 -- 2.37.2