[PATCH v2] ata: pata_macio: Fix DMA table overflow

Michael Ellerman mpe at ellerman.id.au
Tue Aug 20 13:03:58 AEST 2024


Kolbjørn and Jonáš reported that their 32-bit PowerMacs were crashing
in pata-macio since commit 09fe2bfa6b83 ("ata: pata_macio: Fix
max_segment_size with PAGE_SIZE == 64K").

For example:

  kernel BUG at drivers/ata/pata_macio.c:544!
  Oops: Exception in kernel mode, sig: 5 [#1]
  BE PAGE_SIZE=4K MMU=Hash SMP NR_CPUS=2 DEBUG_PAGEALLOC PowerMac
  ...
  NIP pata_macio_qc_prep+0xf4/0x190
  LR  pata_macio_qc_prep+0xfc/0x190
  Call Trace:
    0xc1421660 (unreliable)
    ata_qc_issue+0x14c/0x2d4
    __ata_scsi_queuecmd+0x200/0x53c
    ata_scsi_queuecmd+0x50/0xe0
    scsi_queue_rq+0x788/0xb1c
    __blk_mq_issue_directly+0x58/0xf4
    blk_mq_plug_issue_direct+0x8c/0x1b4
    blk_mq_flush_plug_list.part.0+0x584/0x5e0
    __blk_flush_plug+0xf8/0x194
    __submit_bio+0x1b8/0x2e0
    submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x230/0x304
    btrfs_work_helper+0x200/0x338
    process_one_work+0x1a8/0x338
    worker_thread+0x364/0x4c0
    kthread+0x100/0x104
    start_kernel_thread+0x10/0x14

That commit increased max_segment_size to 64KB, with the justification
that the SCSI core was already using that size when PAGE_SIZE == 64KB,
and that there was existing logic to split over-sized requests.

However with a sufficiently large request, the splitting logic causes
each sg to be split into two commands in the DMA table, leading to
overflow of the DMA table, triggering the BUG_ON().

With default settings the bug doesn't trigger, because the request size
is limited by max_sectors_kb == 1280, however max_sectors_kb can be
increased, and apparently some distros do that by default using udev
rules.

Fix the bug for 4KB kernels by reverting to the old max_segment_size.

For 64KB kernels the sg_tablesize needs to be halved, to allow for the
possibility that each sg will be split into two.

Fixes: 09fe2bfa6b83 ("ata: pata_macio: Fix max_segment_size with PAGE_SIZE == 64K")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org # v6.10+
Reported-by: Kolbjørn Barmen <linux-ppc at kolla.no>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/62d248bb-e97a-25d2-bcf2-9160c518cae5@kolla.no/
Reported-by: Jonáš Vidra <vidra at ufal.mff.cuni.cz>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/3b6441b8-06e6-45da-9e55-f92f2c86933e@ufal.mff.cuni.cz/
Tested-by: Kolbjørn Barmen <linux-ppc at kolla.no>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
---
 drivers/ata/pata_macio.c | 23 +++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

v2: Namespace the defines as requested by Damien.
    Tab align the defines.

diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_macio.c b/drivers/ata/pata_macio.c
index 1b85e8bf4ef9..1cb8d24b088f 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_macio.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_macio.c
@@ -208,6 +208,19 @@ static const char* macio_ata_names[] = {
 /* Don't let a DMA segment go all the way to 64K */
 #define MAX_DBDMA_SEG		0xff00
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PAGE_SIZE_64KB
+/*
+ * The SCSI core requires the segment size to cover at least a page, so
+ * for 64K page size kernels it must be at least 64K. However the
+ * hardware can't handle 64K, so pata_macio_qc_prep() will split large
+ * requests. To handle the split requests the tablesize must be halved.
+ */
+#define PATA_MACIO_MAX_SEGMENT_SIZE	SZ_64K
+#define PATA_MACIO_SG_TABLESIZE		(MAX_DCMDS / 2)
+#else
+#define PATA_MACIO_MAX_SEGMENT_SIZE	MAX_DBDMA_SEG
+#define PATA_MACIO_SG_TABLESIZE		MAX_DCMDS
+#endif
 
 /*
  * Wait 1s for disk to answer on IDE bus after a hard reset
@@ -912,16 +925,10 @@ static int pata_macio_do_resume(struct pata_macio_priv *priv)
 
 static const struct scsi_host_template pata_macio_sht = {
 	__ATA_BASE_SHT(DRV_NAME),
-	.sg_tablesize		= MAX_DCMDS,
+	.sg_tablesize		= PATA_MACIO_SG_TABLESIZE,
 	/* We may not need that strict one */
 	.dma_boundary		= ATA_DMA_BOUNDARY,
-	/*
-	 * The SCSI core requires the segment size to cover at least a page, so
-	 * for 64K page size kernels this must be at least 64K. However the
-	 * hardware can't handle 64K, so pata_macio_qc_prep() will split large
-	 * requests.
-	 */
-	.max_segment_size	= SZ_64K,
+	.max_segment_size	= PATA_MACIO_MAX_SEGMENT_SIZE,
 	.device_configure	= pata_macio_device_configure,
 	.sdev_groups		= ata_common_sdev_groups,
 	.can_queue		= ATA_DEF_QUEUE,
-- 
2.46.0



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