[PATCH] x86: Call fixup_exception() before notify_die() in math_error()

From: Siarhei Liakh
Date: Thu Jun 14 2018 - 15:36:15 EST


fpu__drop() has an explicit fwait which under some conditions can trigger
a fixable FPU exception while in kernel. Thus, we should attempt to fixup
the exception first, and only call notify_die() if the fixup failed just
like in do_general_protection(). The original call sequence incorrectly
triggers KDB entry on debug kernels under particular FPU-intensive
workloads. This issue had been privately observed, fixed, and tested
on 4.9.98, while this patch brings the fix to the upstream.

Signed-off-by: Siarhei Liakh <siarhei.liakh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
index a535dd6..68d77a3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
@@ -835,16 +835,18 @@ static void math_error(struct pt_regs *regs, int error_code, int trapnr)
char *str = (trapnr == X86_TRAP_MF) ? "fpu exception" :
"simd exception";

- if (notify_die(DIE_TRAP, str, regs, error_code, trapnr, SIGFPE) == NOTIFY_STOP)
- return;
cond_local_irq_enable(regs);

if (!user_mode(regs)) {
- if (!fixup_exception(regs, trapnr)) {
- task->thread.error_code = error_code;
- task->thread.trap_nr = trapnr;
+ if (fixup_exception(regs, trapnr))
+ return;
+
+ task->thread.error_code = error_code;
+ task->thread.trap_nr = trapnr;
+
+ if (notify_die(DIE_TRAP, str, regs, error_code,
+ trapnr, SIGFPE) != NOTIFY_STOP)
die(str, regs, error_code);
- }
return;
}