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Re: Fix BUG_ON() reporting in real mode on powerpc

From: Aneesh Kumar K.V <hidden>
Date: 2016-02-17 15:16:35

Balbir Singh [off-list ref] writes:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
quoted
It might be a little better to do this:
=20
		bugaddr =3D regs->nip;
		if (REGION_ID(bugaddr) =3D=3D 0 && !(regs->msr & MSR_IR))
			bugaddr +=3D PAGE_OFFSET;
=20
It is possible to execute from addresses with the 0xc000... on top in
real mode, because the CPU ignores the top 4 address bits in real
mode.
Good catch! Thank you

Changelog:
     Don't add PAGE_OFFSET blindly, check if REGION_ID is 0

I ran into this issue while debugging an early boot problem.
The system hit a BUG_ON() but report bug failed to print the
line number and file name. The reason being that the system
was running in real mode and report_bug() searches for
addresses in the PAGE_OFFSET+ region

Suggested-by: Paul Mackerras <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com>
---
=C2=A0arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c | 7 ++++++-
=C2=A01 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
index b6becc7..4de4fe7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
@@ -1148,6 +1148,7 @@ void __kprobes program_check_exception(struct pt_re=
gs *regs)
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
=C2=A0		goto bail;
=C2=A0	}
=C2=A0	if (reason & REASON_TRAP) {
+		unsigned long bugaddr;
=C2=A0		/* Debugger is first in line to stop recursive faults in
=C2=A0		=C2=A0* rcu_lock, notify_die, or atomic_notifier_call_chain */
=C2=A0		if (debugger_bpt(regs))
@@ -1158,8 +1159,12 @@ void __kprobes program_check_exception(struct pt_r=
egs *regs)
=C2=A0				=3D=3D NOTIFY_STOP)
=C2=A0			goto bail;
=C2=A0
+		bugaddr =3D regs->nip;
+		if ((REGION_ID(bugaddr) =3D=3D 0) && !(regs->msr & MSR_IR))
+			bugaddr +=3D PAGE_OFFSET;
+
Can we add some comments around this. When i looked at this first, i was
wondering how nip can be in user region. But then realized that what we
are checking here is kernel address used in real mode. The use of
REGION_ID eventhough simpler is confusing. Hence adding the comment with
details Paul mentioned in email will help.

=C2=A0		if (!(regs->msr & MSR_PR) &&=C2=A0=C2=A0/* not user-mode */
-		=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0report_bug(regs->nip, regs) =3D=3D BUG_TRAP_TY=
PE_WARN) {
+		=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0report_bug(bugaddr, regs) =3D=3D BUG_TRAP_TYPE=
_WARN) {
=C2=A0			regs->nip +=3D 4;
=C2=A0			goto bail;
=C2=A0		}
--=C2=A0
-aneesh
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