[PATCH v3 1/2] powerpc/mce: Avoid using irq_work_queue() in realmode

Ganesh ganeshgr at linux.ibm.com
Mon Jan 17 19:09:26 AEDT 2022


On 11/24/21 18:33, Nicholas Piggin wrote:

> Excerpts from Ganesh Goudar's message of November 24, 2021 7:54 pm:
>> In realmode mce handler we use irq_work_queue() to defer
>> the processing of mce events, irq_work_queue() can only
>> be called when translation is enabled because it touches
>> memory outside RMA, hence we enable translation before
>> calling irq_work_queue and disable on return, though it
>> is not safe to do in realmode.
>>
>> To avoid this, program the decrementer and call the event
>> processing functions from timer handler.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ganesh Goudar<ganeshgr at linux.ibm.com>
>> ---
>> V2:
>> * Use arch_irq_work_raise to raise decrementer interrupt.
>> * Avoid having atomic variable.
>>
>> V3:
>> * Fix build error.
>>    Reported by kernel test bot.
>> ---
>>   arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h       |  2 +
>>   arch/powerpc/include/asm/mce.h           |  2 +
>>   arch/powerpc/include/asm/paca.h          |  1 +
>>   arch/powerpc/kernel/mce.c                | 51 +++++++++++-------------
>>   arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c               |  3 ++
>>   arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/pseries.h |  1 +
>>   arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ras.c     | 31 +-------------
>>   arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c   |  1 +
>>   8 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h
>> index 9c3c9f04129f..d22b222ba471 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h
>> @@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ struct machdep_calls {
>>   	/* Called during machine check exception to retrive fixup address. */
>>   	bool		(*mce_check_early_recovery)(struct pt_regs *regs);
>>   
>> +	void            (*machine_check_log_err)(void);
>> +
>>   	/* Motherboard/chipset features. This is a kind of general purpose
>>   	 * hook used to control some machine specific features (like reset
>>   	 * lines, chip power control, etc...).
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mce.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mce.h
>> index 331d944280b8..6e306aaf58aa 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mce.h
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mce.h
>> @@ -235,8 +235,10 @@ extern void machine_check_print_event_info(struct machine_check_event *evt,
>>   unsigned long addr_to_pfn(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long addr);
>>   extern void mce_common_process_ue(struct pt_regs *regs,
>>   				  struct mce_error_info *mce_err);
>> +void machine_check_raise_dec_intr(void);
>>   int mce_register_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
>>   int mce_unregister_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
>> +void mce_run_late_handlers(void);
>>   #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64
>>   void flush_and_reload_slb(void);
>>   void flush_erat(void);
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/paca.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/paca.h
>> index dc05a862e72a..d463c796f7fa 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/paca.h
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/paca.h
>> @@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ struct paca_struct {
>>   #endif
>>   #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64
>>   	struct mce_info *mce_info;
>> +	u32 mces_to_process;
>>   #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64 */
>>   } ____cacheline_aligned;
>>   
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/mce.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/mce.c
>> index fd829f7f25a4..8e17f29472a0 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/mce.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/mce.c
>> @@ -28,19 +28,9 @@
>>   
>>   #include "setup.h"
>>   
>> -static void machine_check_process_queued_event(struct irq_work *work);
>> -static void machine_check_ue_irq_work(struct irq_work *work);
>>   static void machine_check_ue_event(struct machine_check_event *evt);
>>   static void machine_process_ue_event(struct work_struct *work);
>>   
>> -static struct irq_work mce_event_process_work = {
>> -        .func = machine_check_process_queued_event,
>> -};
>> -
>> -static struct irq_work mce_ue_event_irq_work = {
>> -	.func = machine_check_ue_irq_work,
>> -};
>> -
>>   static DECLARE_WORK(mce_ue_event_work, machine_process_ue_event);
>>   
>>   static BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(mce_notifier_list);
>> @@ -89,6 +79,12 @@ static void mce_set_error_info(struct machine_check_event *mce,
>>   	}
>>   }
>>   
>> +/* Raise decrementer interrupt */
>> +void machine_check_raise_dec_intr(void)
>> +{
>> +	arch_irq_work_raise();
>> +}
> It would be better if the name specifically related to irq work, which
> is more than just dec interrupt. It might be good to set mces_to_process
> here as well.

Sure

>
> I would name it something like mce_irq_work_queue, and the paca variable
> to mce_pending_irq_work...

Ok

>
>
>> +void mce_run_late_handlers(void)
>> +{
>> +	if (unlikely(local_paca->mces_to_process)) {
>> +		if (ppc_md.machine_check_log_err)
>> +			ppc_md.machine_check_log_err();
>> +		machine_check_process_queued_event();
>> +		machine_check_ue_work();
>> +		local_paca->mces_to_process--;
>> +	}
>> +}
> The problem with a counter is that you're clearing the irq work pending
> in the timer interrupt, so you'll never call in here again to clear that
> (until something else sets irq work).
>
> But as far as I can see it does not need to be a counter, just a flag.
> The machine check calls will process multiple events, right? (and the
> current irq_work queue does not queue the same work multiple times).

You are right, It can just be a flag.

>
> Oh. That's actually bad, isn't it? Our irq work should be per-CPU
> because the callbacks are mainly only operating on the local paca
> queued events, so we have a longstanding bug there AFAIKS. Your patch
> will solve it if everything is converted over.
>
>> +
>>   void machine_check_print_event_info(struct machine_check_event *evt,
>>   				    bool user_mode, bool in_guest)
>>   {
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
>> index cae8f03a44fe..94c591b6f9d2 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
>> @@ -594,6 +594,9 @@ DEFINE_INTERRUPT_HANDLER_ASYNC(timer_interrupt)
>>   
>>   	if (test_irq_work_pending()) {
>>   		clear_irq_work_pending();
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64
>> +		mce_run_late_handlers();
>> +#endif
> Maybe create a no-op inline function for others and call unconditionally
> here. I wonder if the name could be better, we have lots of handlers, of
> varying earliness. real-mode, then virt mode NMI context, then IRQ
> context, then workqueue context.
>
> mce_run_irq_context_handlers() might not be much better though.
>
>>   		irq_work_run();
>>   	}
>>   
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/pseries.h b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/pseries.h
>> index 3544778e06d0..9cf0d33dfbf5 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/pseries.h
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/pseries.h
>> @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ struct pt_regs;
>>   extern int pSeries_system_reset_exception(struct pt_regs *regs);
>>   extern int pSeries_machine_check_exception(struct pt_regs *regs);
>>   extern long pseries_machine_check_realmode(struct pt_regs *regs);
>> +void pSeries_machine_check_log_err(void);
>>   
>>   #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
>>   extern void smp_init_pseries(void);
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ras.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ras.c
>> index 56092dccfdb8..8613f9cc5798 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ras.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ras.c
>> @@ -23,11 +23,6 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ras_log_buf_lock);
>>   
>>   static int ras_check_exception_token;
>>   
>> -static void mce_process_errlog_event(struct irq_work *work);
>> -static struct irq_work mce_errlog_process_work = {
>> -	.func = mce_process_errlog_event,
>> -};
>> -
>>   #define EPOW_SENSOR_TOKEN	9
>>   #define EPOW_SENSOR_INDEX	0
>>   
>> @@ -729,40 +724,16 @@ static int mce_handle_error(struct pt_regs *regs, struct rtas_error_log *errp)
>>   	error_type = mce_log->error_type;
>>   
>>   	disposition = mce_handle_err_realmode(disposition, error_type);
>> -
>> -	/*
>> -	 * Enable translation as we will be accessing per-cpu variables
>> -	 * in save_mce_event() which may fall outside RMO region, also
>> -	 * leave it enabled because subsequently we will be queuing work
>> -	 * to workqueues where again per-cpu variables accessed, besides
>> -	 * fwnmi_release_errinfo() crashes when called in realmode on
>> -	 * pseries.
>> -	 * Note: All the realmode handling like flushing SLB entries for
>> -	 *       SLB multihit is done by now.
>> -	 */
>>   out:
>> -	msr = mfmsr();
>> -	mtmsr(msr | MSR_IR | MSR_DR);
>> -
>>   	disposition = mce_handle_err_virtmode(regs, errp, mce_log,
>>   					      disposition);
>> -
>> -	/*
>> -	 * Queue irq work to log this rtas event later.
>> -	 * irq_work_queue uses per-cpu variables, so do this in virt
>> -	 * mode as well.
>> -	 */
>> -	irq_work_queue(&mce_errlog_process_work);
>> -
>> -	mtmsr(msr);
>> -
>>   	return disposition;
>>   }
>>   
>>   /*
>>    * Process MCE rtas errlog event.
>>    */
>> -static void mce_process_errlog_event(struct irq_work *work)
>> +void pSeries_machine_check_log_err(void)
>>   {
>>   	struct rtas_error_log *err;
>>   
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
>> index 8a62af5b9c24..9bdc487b8e35 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
>> @@ -1084,6 +1084,7 @@ define_machine(pseries) {
>>   	.system_reset_exception = pSeries_system_reset_exception,
>>   	.machine_check_early	= pseries_machine_check_realmode,
>>   	.machine_check_exception = pSeries_machine_check_exception,
>> +	.machine_check_log_err	= pSeries_machine_check_log_err,
>>   #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE
>>   	.machine_kexec          = pSeries_machine_kexec,
>>   	.kexec_cpu_down         = pseries_kexec_cpu_down,
>> -- 
>> 2.31.1
>>
>>
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