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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/Kconfig.debug12
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S15
2 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
index a15893d17c55..d8c0d3266173 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
@@ -297,6 +297,18 @@ config OPTIMIZE_INLINING
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
+config DEBUG_ENTRY
+	bool "Debug low-level entry code"
+	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+	---help---
+	  This option enables sanity checks in x86's low-level entry code.
+	  Some of these sanity checks may slow down kernel entries and
+	  exits or otherwise impact performance.
+
+	  This is currently used to help test NMI code.
+
+	  If unsure, say N.
+
 config DEBUG_NMI_SELFTEST
 	bool "NMI Selftest"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && X86_LOCAL_APIC
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
index 5422bd20bdf4..8cb3e438f21e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -1454,6 +1454,21 @@ first_nmi:
 
 	/* Everything up to here is safe from nested NMIs */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_ENTRY
+	/*
+	 * For ease of testing, unmask NMIs right away.  Disabled by
+	 * default because IRET is very expensive.
+	 */
+	pushq	$0		/* SS */
+	pushq	%rsp		/* RSP (minus 8 because of the previous push) */
+	addq	$8, (%rsp)	/* Fix up RSP */
+	pushfq			/* RFLAGS */
+	pushq	$__KERNEL_CS	/* CS */
+	pushq	$1f		/* RIP */
+	INTERRUPT_RETURN	/* continues at repeat_nmi below */
+1:
+#endif
+
 repeat_nmi:
 	/*
 	 * If there was a nested NMI, the first NMI's iret will return