Re: [PATCH] irqchip/gic: Convert to handle_strict_flow_irq()

[Guenter Roeck]

On 8/14/21 3:26 PM, Valentin Schneider wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 14/08/21 12:47, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 01:50:09PM +0100, Valentin Schneider wrote:
> > > Now that the proper infrastructure is in place, convert the irq-gic chip to
> > > use handle_strict_flow_irq() along with IRQCHIP_AUTOMASKS_FLOW.
> > >
> > > For EOImode=1, the Priority Drop is moved from gic_handle_irq() into
> > > chip->irq_ack(). This effectively pushes the EOI write down into
> > > ->handle_irq(), but doesn't change its ordering wrt the irqaction
> > > handling.
> > >
> > > The EOImode=1 irqchip also gains IRQCHIP_EOI_THREADED, which allows the
> > > ->irq_eoi() call to be deferred to the tail of ONESHOT IRQ threads. This
> > > means a threaded ONESHOT IRQ can now be handled entirely without a single
> > > chip->irq_mask() call.
> > >
> > > EOImode=0 handling remains unchanged.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@xxxxxxx>
> > > Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210629125010.458872-13-valentin.schneider@xxxxxxx
> > > ---
> >
> > This patch results in a variety of crashes in -next.
>
> Thanks for testing & reporting.
>
> > Example:
> >
> > [    0.025729] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000
> > [    0.025811] pgd = (ptrval)
> > [    0.026029] [00000000] *pgd=00000000
> > [    0.027301] Internal error: Oops: 80000005 [#1] SMP ARM
> > [    0.027650] Modules linked in:
> > [    0.027986] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.14.0-rc5-next-20210813 #1
> > [    0.028162] Hardware name: Freescale i.MX6 Ultralite (Device Tree)
> > [    0.028311] PC is at 0x0
> > [    0.028485] LR is at handle_strict_flow_irq+0xc8/0x2b8
> > [    0.028538] pc : [<00000000>]    lr : [<c01a59c4>]    psr: 400001d3
> > [    0.028566] sp : c1701e60  ip : c17097cc  fp : 00000050
> > [    0.028594] r10: c1700000  r9 : 00000057  r8 : c2012400
> > [    0.028641] r7 : 00000000  r6 : c1711268  r5 : c2083c6c  r4 : c2083c00
> > [    0.028674] r3 : 00000000  r2 : 00000000  r1 : 0a728000  r0 : c2083c18
> > [    0.028766] Flags: nZcv  IRQs off  FIQs off  Mode SVC_32  ISA ARM  Segment none
> > [    0.028821] Control: 10c5387d  Table: 8000406a  DAC: 00000051
> > [    0.028881] Register r0 information: slab kmalloc-512 start c2083c00 pointer offset 24 size 512
> > [    0.029482] Register r1 information: non-paged memory
> > [    0.029649] Register r2 information: NULL pointer
> > [    0.029672] Register r3 information: NULL pointer
> > [    0.029692] Register r4 information: slab kmalloc-512 start c2083c00 pointer offset 0 size 512
> > [    0.029752] Register r5 information: slab kmalloc-512 start c2083c00 pointer offset 108 size 512
> > [    0.029809] Register r6 information: non-slab/vmalloc memory
> > [    0.029876] Register r7 information: NULL pointer
> > [    0.029897] Register r8 information: slab kmalloc-1k start c2012400 pointer offset 0 size 1024
> > [    0.029958] Register r9 information: non-paged memory
> > [    0.029980] Register r10 information: non-slab/vmalloc memory
> > [    0.030002] Register r11 information: non-paged memory
> > [    0.030023] Register r12 information: non-slab/vmalloc memory
> > [    0.030064] Process swapper/0 (pid: 0, stack limit = 0x(ptrval))
> > [    0.030167] Stack: (0xc1701e60 to 0xc1702000)
> > [    0.030562] 1e60: c168fcd8 c1700000 c17097cc c019fa2c c1709a44 d080c00c c168fcfc c1700000
> > [    0.030754] 1e80: c17097cc c1701eb8 c1700000 c076fe04 c1700000 600000d3 c0824188 80000053
> > [    0.030924] 1ea0: ffffffff c1701eec 00000000 c1700000 c1700000 c0100b70 c2013400 c20a0000
> > [    0.031096] 1ec0: 00000050 00000000 c20a00a0 c07c0ad4 00000910 c2013400 00000000 c20a0000
> > [    0.031267] 1ee0: c1700000 00000050 00000000 c1701f08 c0824188 c0824188 80000053 ffffffff
> > [    0.031439] 1f00: 00000051 00000000 00000000 c168f31c c17097cc c2013400 c2013708 3123ccba
> > [    0.031614] 1f20: 00000001 c2013400 00000960 c20a0000 c1422958 c1709380 c16804d8 c1646020
> > [    0.031790] 1f40: c14d1eec c082626c c1f6f4e0 c2013400 00000000 c1422958 c1709380 c16461d4
> > [    0.031961] 1f60: 00000000 00000000 00000000 c0f7d3a4 c186fdcc c1700000 c17093cc c16804d8
> > [    0.032155] 1f80: c18f8e20 c160fe80 c1903000 c1663a80 00000012 c1700000 c1709380 00000000
> > [    0.032327] 1fa0: c170caf0 c1600e50 ffffffff ffffffff 00000000 c1600588 00000000 c1700000
> > [    0.032500] 1fc0: 00000000 c1663a80 3126c2ba 00000000 00000000 c1600330 00000051 10c0387d
> > [    0.032671] 1fe0: ffffffff 8833b000 410fc075 10c5387d 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
> > [    0.032889] [<c01a59c4>] (handle_strict_flow_irq) from [<c019fa2c>] (handle_domain_irq+0x64/0xa4)
> > [    0.033027] [<c019fa2c>] (handle_domain_irq) from [<c076fe04>] (gic_handle_irq+0x84/0xbc)
> > [    0.033076] [<c076fe04>] (gic_handle_irq) from [<c0100b70>] (__irq_svc+0x70/0x98)
> > [    0.033140] Exception stack(0xc1701eb8 to 0xc1701f00)
> > [    0.033204] 1ea0:                                                       c2013400 c20a0000
> > [    0.033377] 1ec0: 00000050 00000000 c20a00a0 c07c0ad4 00000910 c2013400 00000000 c20a0000
> > [    0.033551] 1ee0: c1700000 00000050 00000000 c1701f08 c0824188 c0824188 80000053 ffffffff
> > [    0.033596] [<c0100b70>] (__irq_svc) from [<c0824188>] (do_update_region+0x108/0x19c)
> > [    0.033652] [<c0824188>] (do_update_region) from [<c082626c>] (csi_J+0xf0/0x290)
> > [    0.033685] [<c082626c>] (csi_J) from [<c16461d4>] (con_init+0x1b4/0x248)
> > [    0.033726] [<c16461d4>] (con_init) from [<c160fe80>] (console_init+0x21c/0x330)
> > [    0.033760] [<c160fe80>] (console_init) from [<c1600e50>] (start_kernel+0x508/0x6d4)
> > [    0.033797] [<c1600e50>] (start_kernel) from [<00000000>] (0x0)
> > [    0.034079] Code: bad PC value
> > [    0.034726] ---[ end trace c1324fc4facef313 ]---
> > [    0.035004] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt
> >
> > https://kerneltests.org/builders/qemu-arm-v7-next/builds/66 provides
> > a more detailed log.
> >
> > Reverting this patch fixes the problem.
>
> Passing the stacktrace through scripts/decode_stracktrace.sh would help by
> giving line numbers - that said I'm pretty sure this is caused by the
> flow-handler now issuing a chip->irq_ack(), and this has an irqchip that
> doesn't have one.
>
> The hardware name points me at arch/arm/mach-imx/mach-imx6ul.c, but I can't
> figure out an actual devicetree/irqchip layout from this.
>
> Ah, with some more grepping I did find arch/arm/mach-imx/gpc.c, and bingo,
> no .irq_ack().
>
> Now, the above makes me feel like this is the start of a wild goose chase
> for irqchips in a similar situation. I'm tempted to apply a dumb
>
>    .irq_ack = irq_chip_ack_parent
>
> to all irqchips without one specified. Let's see how bad this gets, does
> the below help?

As a follow-up, Coccinelle tells me that there are more than 300 declarations of
struct irq_chip variables without irq_ack pointer in the kernel. Does this problem
affect all of them or just a subset ? If it doesn't affect all of them, how does
one know when irq_ack is mandatory and when not ?

Thanks,
Guenter