Re: [PATCH v3] tty/sysrq: replace smp_processor_id() with get_cpu()

From: Muhammad Usama Anjum
Date: Wed Aug 30 2023 - 15:24:06 EST


On 8/23/23 4:06 PM, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:
> On 8/22/23 6:24 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 03:26:06PM +0500, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:
>>> The smp_processor_id() shouldn't be called from preemptible code.
>>> Instead use get_cpu() and put_cpu() which disables preemption in
>>> addition to getting the processor id. This fixes the following bug:
>>>
>>> [ 119.143590] sysrq: Show backtrace of all active CPUs
>>> [ 119.143902] BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: bash/873
>>> [ 119.144586] caller is debug_smp_processor_id+0x20/0x30
>>> [ 119.144827] CPU: 6 PID: 873 Comm: bash Not tainted 5.10.124-dirty #3
>>> [ 119.144861] Hardware name: QEMU QEMU Virtual Machine, BIOS 2023.05-1 07/22/2023
>>> [ 119.145053] Call trace:
>>> [ 119.145093] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x1a0
>>> [ 119.145122] show_stack+0x18/0x70
>>> [ 119.145141] dump_stack+0xc4/0x11c
>>> [ 119.145159] check_preemption_disabled+0x100/0x110
>>> [ 119.145175] debug_smp_processor_id+0x20/0x30
>>> [ 119.145195] sysrq_handle_showallcpus+0x20/0xc0
>>> [ 119.145211] __handle_sysrq+0x8c/0x1a0
>>> [ 119.145227] write_sysrq_trigger+0x94/0x12c
>>> [ 119.145247] proc_reg_write+0xa8/0xe4
>>> [ 119.145266] vfs_write+0xec/0x280
>>> [ 119.145282] ksys_write+0x6c/0x100
>>> [ 119.145298] __arm64_sys_write+0x20/0x30
>>> [ 119.145315] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x78/0x1e4
>>> [ 119.145332] do_el0_svc+0x24/0x8c
>>> [ 119.145348] el0_svc+0x10/0x20
>>> [ 119.145364] el0_sync_handler+0x134/0x140
>>> [ 119.145381] el0_sync+0x180/0x1c0
>>>
>>> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Fixes: 47cab6a722d4 ("debug lockups: Improve lockup detection, fix generic arch fallback")This commit had introduced the smp_processor_id() function in
> sysrq_handle_showallcpus().
>
>>
>> How has this never shown up before now? What changed to cause this to
>> now be triggered? This feels odd that no one has seen this in the past
>> 20+ years :(
> Not sure. Probably the combination of reproduction has happened now. The
> following three conditions are needed for the warning to appear:
> * Enable CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT
> * Arch which doesn't define arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace such as arm64
> * Trigger showallcpu's stack sysrqAny thoughts?

>
>>
>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> Changes since v2:
>>> - Add changelog and resend
>>>
>>> Changes since v1:
>>> - Add "Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" tag
>>> ---
>>> drivers/tty/sysrq.c | 3 ++-
>>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/tty/sysrq.c b/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
>>> index 23198e3f1461a..6b4a28bcf2f5f 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
>>> @@ -262,13 +262,14 @@ static void sysrq_handle_showallcpus(u8 key)
>>> if (in_hardirq())
>>> regs = get_irq_regs();
>>>
>>> - pr_info("CPU%d:\n", smp_processor_id());
>>> + pr_info("CPU%d:\n", get_cpu());
>>> if (regs)
>>> show_regs(regs);
>>> else
>>> show_stack(NULL, NULL, KERN_INFO);
>>>
>>> schedule_work(&sysrq_showallcpus);
>>> + put_cpu();
>>
>> Why are you putting the cpu _after_ you schedule the work?
> The sysrq_showallcpus work prints stack traces on all CPUs other than the
> current CPU. So we are re-enabling preemption after scheduling work from
> current CPU. So that it doesn't get changed.
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> greg k-h
>

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BR,
Muhammad Usama Anjum