Re: [PATCH v3] RISC-V: Add fixup to support fast call of crash_kexec()

[Guo Ren]

Hi Xianting,

On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 2:40 PM Xianting Tian
<xianting.tian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Palmer
>
> Will you apply this patch for 5.19?
Maybe we could update tile with [PATCH v3] RISC-V: Fixup fast call of
crash_kexec() for a V4.

It's a fixup not feature, that would mislead maintainer. And add
"Reviewed-by: Kefeng Wang".

>
> thanks
>
> 在 2022/6/7 上午9:46, Xianting Tian 写道:
> >
> > 在 2022/6/7 上午9:21, Kefeng Wang 写道:
> >>
> >> On 2022/6/6 20:37, Xianting Tian wrote:
> >>> Currently, almost all archs (x86, arm64, mips...) support fast call
> >>> of crash_kexec() when "regs && kexec_should_crash()" is true. But
> >>> RISC-V not, it can only enter crash system via panic(). However panic()
> >>> doesn't pass the regs of the real accident scene to crash_kexec(),
> >>> it caused we can't get accurate backtrace via gdb,
> >>>     $ riscv64-linux-gnu-gdb vmlinux vmcore
> >>>     Reading symbols from vmlinux...
> >>>     [New LWP 95]
> >>>     #0  console_unlock () at kernel/printk/printk.c:2557
> >>>     2557                    if (do_cond_resched)
> >>>     (gdb) bt
> >>>     #0  console_unlock () at kernel/printk/printk.c:2557
> >>>     #1  0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
> >>>
> >>> With the patch we can get the accurate backtrace,
> >>>     $ riscv64-linux-gnu-gdb vmlinux vmcore
> >>>     Reading symbols from vmlinux...
> >>>     [New LWP 95]
> >>>     #0  0xffffffe00063a4e0 in test_thread (data=<optimized out>) at
> >>> drivers/test_crash.c:81
> >>>     81             *(int *)p = 0xdead;
> >>>     (gdb)
> >>>     (gdb) bt
> >>>     #0  0xffffffe00064d5c0 in test_thread (data=<optimized out>) at
> >>> drivers/test_crash.c:81
> >>>     #1  0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
> >>>
> >>> Test code to produce NULL address dereference in test_crash.c,
> >>>     void *p = NULL;
> >>>     *(int *)p = 0xdead;
> >>>
> >>> Fixes: 76d2a0493a17 ("RISC-V: Init and Halt Code")
> >>> Reviewed-by: Guo Ren <guoren@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Xianting Tian <xianting.tian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> ---
> >>> Changes from v1:
> >>> - simplify the commit message
> >>> Changes from v2:
> >>> - add fixup in title
> >>> ---
> >>>   arch/riscv/kernel/traps.c | 4 ++++
> >>>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/traps.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/traps.c
> >>> index b40426509244..39d0f8bba4b4 100644
> >>> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/traps.c
> >>> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/traps.c
> >>> @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
> >>>   #include <linux/mm.h>
> >>>   #include <linux/module.h>
> >>>   #include <linux/irq.h>
> >>> +#include <linux/kexec.h>
> >>>     #include <asm/asm-prototypes.h>
> >>>   #include <asm/bug.h>
> >>> @@ -44,6 +45,9 @@ void die(struct pt_regs *regs, const char *str)
> >>>         ret = notify_die(DIE_OOPS, str, regs, 0, regs->cause, SIGSEGV);
> >>>   +    if (regs && kexec_should_crash(current))
> >>> +        crash_kexec(regs);
> >>> +
> >>
> >> It seems that the regs won't be null, right? except that,
> >
> > Autually both regs won't be null, But if it is triggered by panic() ,
> > the regs are got via riscv_crash_save_regs(), which are the regs of
> > that moment, but not the real accident scene.
> >
> >>
> >> Reviewed-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >>>       bust_spinlocks(0);
> >>>       add_taint(TAINT_DIE, LOCKDEP_NOW_UNRELIABLE);
> >>>       spin_unlock_irq(&die_lock);



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Best Regards
 Guo Ren

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