[PATCH v2] powerpc: Avoid nmi_enter/nmi_exit in real mode interrupt.

Mahesh Salgaonkar mahesh at linux.ibm.com
Mon Feb 5 16:36:47 AEDT 2024


nmi_enter()/nmi_exit() touches per cpu variables which can lead to kernel
crash when invoked during real mode interrupt handling (e.g. early HMI/MCE
interrupt handler) if percpu allocation comes from vmalloc area.

Early HMI/MCE handlers are called through DEFINE_INTERRUPT_HANDLER_NMI()
wrapper which invokes nmi_enter/nmi_exit calls. We don't see any issue when
percpu allocation is from the embedded first chunk. However with
CONFIG_NEED_PER_CPU_PAGE_FIRST_CHUNK enabled there are chances where percpu
allocation can come from the vmalloc area.

With kernel command line "percpu_alloc=page" we can force percpu allocation
to come from vmalloc area and can see kernel crash in machine_check_early:

[    1.215714] NIP [c000000000e49eb4] rcu_nmi_enter+0x24/0x110
[    1.215717] LR [c0000000000461a0] machine_check_early+0xf0/0x2c0
[    1.215719] --- interrupt: 200
[    1.215720] [c000000fffd73180] [0000000000000000] 0x0 (unreliable)
[    1.215722] [c000000fffd731b0] [0000000000000000] 0x0
[    1.215724] [c000000fffd73210] [c000000000008364] machine_check_early_common+0x134/0x1f8

Fix this by avoiding use of nmi_enter()/nmi_exit() in real mode if percpu
first chunk is not embedded.

Signed-off-by: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh at linux.ibm.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Rebase to upstream master
- Use jump_labels, if CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL is enabled, to avoid redoing the
  test at each interrupt entry.
- v1 is at https://lore.kernel.org/linuxppc-dev/164578465828.74956.6065296024817333750.stgit@jupiter/
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/interrupt.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/percpu.h    | 11 +++++++++++
 arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c       | 12 ++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/interrupt.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/interrupt.h
index a4196ab1d0167..3b4e17c23d9a9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/interrupt.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/interrupt.h
@@ -336,6 +336,16 @@ static inline void interrupt_nmi_enter_prepare(struct pt_regs *regs, struct inte
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KASAN))
 		return;
 
+	/*
+	 * Likewise, do not use it in real mode if percpu first chunk is not
+	 * embedded. With CONFIG_NEED_PER_CPU_PAGE_FIRST_CHUNK enabled there
+	 * are chances where percpu allocation can come from vmalloc area.
+	 */
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NEED_PER_CPU_PAGE_FIRST_CHUNK) && !is_embed_first_chunk)
+		return;
+#endif
+
 	/* Otherwise, it should be safe to call it */
 	nmi_enter();
 }
@@ -351,6 +361,10 @@ static inline void interrupt_nmi_exit_prepare(struct pt_regs *regs, struct inter
 		// no nmi_exit for a pseries hash guest taking a real mode exception
 	} else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KASAN)) {
 		// no nmi_exit for KASAN in real mode
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
+	} else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NEED_PER_CPU_PAGE_FIRST_CHUNK) && !is_embed_first_chunk) {
+		// no nmi_exit if percpu first chunk is not embedded
+#endif
 	} else {
 		nmi_exit();
 	}
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/percpu.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/percpu.h
index 8e5b7d0b851c6..6b4dce4e78d5f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/percpu.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/percpu.h
@@ -12,6 +12,17 @@
 
 #define __my_cpu_offset local_paca->data_offset
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL
+DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(__percpu_embed_first_chunk);
+
+#define is_embed_first_chunk	\
+		(static_key_enabled(&__percpu_embed_first_chunk.key))
+
+#else /* !CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL */
+extern bool __percpu_embed_first_chunk;
+#define is_embed_first_chunk	__percpu_embed_first_chunk
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL */
 #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
 #endif /* __powerpc64__ */
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
index 2f19d5e944852..674b6e1bebe9a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
@@ -834,6 +834,11 @@ static __init int pcpu_cpu_to_node(int cpu)
 
 unsigned long __per_cpu_offset[NR_CPUS] __read_mostly;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__per_cpu_offset);
+#ifdef CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL
+DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(__percpu_embed_first_chunk);
+#else
+bool __percpu_embed_first_chunk;
+#endif
 
 void __init setup_per_cpu_areas(void)
 {
@@ -869,6 +874,13 @@ void __init setup_per_cpu_areas(void)
 			pr_warn("PERCPU: %s allocator failed (%d), "
 				"falling back to page size\n",
 				pcpu_fc_names[pcpu_chosen_fc], rc);
+		else {
+#ifdef CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL
+			static_key_enable(&__percpu_embed_first_chunk.key);
+#else
+			__percpu_embed_first_chunk = true;
+#endif
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (rc < 0)
-- 
2.43.0



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