[PATCH v5] powerpc: Avoid nmi_enter/nmi_exit in real mode interrupt.

Shirisha ganta shirisha at linux.ibm.com
Wed Apr 10 22:05:35 AEST 2024


On Wed, 2024-04-10 at 10:00 +0530, Mahesh Salgaonkar wrote:
> 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.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at csgroup.eu>
> Tested-by: Shirisha Ganta <shirisha at linux.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh at linux.ibm.com>

Thanks for the Patch.
I have tested the patch and the fix works fine.
selftests/powerpc/mce/inject-ra-err testcase is working as
expected after enabling percpu_alloc=page with the patch applied.

Output with Patch:
# ./inject-ra-err 
test: inject-ra-err
tags: git_version:unknown
success: inject-ra-err
#

Tested-by: Shirisha Ganta <shirisha at linux.ibm.com>

> ---
> Changes in v5:
> - Invert the percpu chunk checks as suggested by mpe.
> - Fix mirowatt build, microwatt config has CONFIG_PPC64=y and
> CONFIG_SMP=n.
> - v4 at 
> https://lore.kernel.org/linuxppc-dev/20240214095146.1527369-1-mahesh@linux.ibm.com/
> 
> Changes in v4:
> - Fix coding style issues.
> 
> Changes in v3:
> - Address comments from Christophe Leroy to avoid using #ifdefs in
> the
>   code
> - v2 at 
> https://lore.kernel.org/linuxppc-dev/20240205053647.1763446-1-mahesh@linux.ibm.com/
> 
> Changes in v2:
> - Rebase to upstream master
> - Use jump_labels, if CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL is enabled, to avoid redoing
> the
>   embed first chunk 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 | 10 ++++++++++
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/percpu.h    | 10 ++++++++++
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c       |  2 ++
>  3 files changed, 22 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/interrupt.h
> b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/interrupt.h
> index 7b610864b3645..2d6c886b40f44 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/interrupt.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/interrupt.h
> @@ -336,6 +336,14 @@ 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.
> +	 */
> +	if (percpu_first_chunk_is_paged)
> +		return;
> +
>  	/* Otherwise, it should be safe to call it */
>  	nmi_enter();
>  }
> @@ -351,6 +359,8 @@ 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
> +	} else if (percpu_first_chunk_is_paged) {
> +		// no nmi_exit if percpu first chunk is not embedded
>  	} else {
>  		nmi_exit();
>  	}
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/percpu.h
> b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/percpu.h
> index 8e5b7d0b851c6..634970ce13c6b 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/percpu.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/percpu.h
> @@ -15,6 +15,16 @@
>  #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
>  #endif /* __powerpc64__ */
>  
> +#if defined(CONFIG_NEED_PER_CPU_PAGE_FIRST_CHUNK) &&
> defined(CONFIG_SMP)
> +#include <linux/jump_label.h>
> +DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(__percpu_first_chunk_is_paged);
> +
> +#define percpu_first_chunk_is_paged	\
> +		(static_key_enabled(&__percpu_first_chunk_is_paged.key)
> )
> +#else
> +#define percpu_first_chunk_is_paged	false
> +#endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 && CONFIG_SMP */
> +
>  #include <asm-generic/percpu.h>
>  
>  #include <asm/paca.h>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
> b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
> index 2f19d5e944852..ae36a129789ff 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
> @@ -834,6 +834,7 @@ static __init int pcpu_cpu_to_node(int cpu)
>  
>  unsigned long __per_cpu_offset[NR_CPUS] __read_mostly;
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(__per_cpu_offset);
> +DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(__percpu_first_chunk_is_paged);
>  
>  void __init setup_per_cpu_areas(void)
>  {
> @@ -876,6 +877,7 @@ void __init setup_per_cpu_areas(void)
>  	if (rc < 0)
>  		panic("cannot initialize percpu area (err=%d)", rc);
>  
> +	static_key_enable(&__percpu_first_chunk_is_paged.key);
>  	delta = (unsigned long)pcpu_base_addr - (unsigned
> long)__per_cpu_start;
>  	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
>                  __per_cpu_offset[cpu] = delta +
> pcpu_unit_offsets[cpu];



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