I ran into this during some testing on qemu. The current
facility_strings[] are correct when the trap address is
0xf80 (hypervisor facility unavailable). When the trap
address is 0xf60, IC (Interruption Cause) a.k.a status
in the code is undefined for values 0 and 1. This patch
adds a check to prevent printing the wrong information
and helps better direct debugging effort.
Signed-off-by: Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
index d26605d..da0f634 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
@@ -1520,8 +1520,14 @@ void facility_unavailable_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
}
if ((status < ARRAY_SIZE(facility_strings)) &&
- facility_strings[status])
- facility = facility_strings[status];
+ facility_strings[status]) {
+ if (!hv && status < 2) {
+ pr_warn("Unexpected facility unavailable exception "
+ "interruption cause %d\n", status);
+ facility = "Unknown";
+ } else
+ facility = facility_strings[status];
+ }
/* We restore the interrupt state now */
if (!arch_irq_disabled_regs(regs))--
2.5.5
Balbir Singh [off-list ref] writes:
I ran into this during some testing on qemu. The current
facility_strings[] are correct when the trap address is
0xf80 (hypervisor facility unavailable). When the trap
address is 0xf60, IC (Interruption Cause) a.k.a status
in the code is undefined for values 0 and 1.
OK. But how did you generate an exception with an undefined status code?
quoted hunk
This patch
adds a check to prevent printing the wrong information
and helps better direct debugging effort.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
index d26605d..da0f634 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
@@ -1520,8 +1520,14 @@ void facility_unavailable_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
}
if ((status < ARRAY_SIZE(facility_strings)) &&
- facility_strings[status])
- facility = facility_strings[status];
+ facility_strings[status]) {
+ if (!hv && status < 2) {
+ pr_warn("Unexpected facility unavailable exception "
+ "interruption cause %d\n", status);
Please don't add un-ratelimited printks() in this function, otherwise if
they're user triggerable (which some are) it gives the user a way to
scrub the kernel log.
+ facility = "Unknown";
+ } else
+ facility = facility_strings[status];
+ }
I think we should instead tighten the condition on that top-level if, and
have an else clause for all cases that uses "Unknown". eg.
if ((hv || status >= 2) &&
(status < ARRAY_SIZE(facility_strings)) &&
facility_strings[status])
{
facility = facility_strings[status];
} else {
facility = "Unknown";
}
And then if you want to we can also print the hex status value in the
existing printk().
cheers