Re: [RFC] powerpc/emulate_step: Fix kernel crash when VSX is not present

[Adding Mikey]

Ravi Bangoria wrote:

emulate_step() is not checking runtime VSX feature flag before
emulating an instruction. This can cause kernel oops when kernel
is compiled with CONFIG_VSX=3Dy but running on machine where VSX is
not supported or disabled. Ex, while running emulate_step tests on
P6 machine:
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  ...
  emulate_step_test: lvx            : PASS
  emulate_step_test: stvx           : PASS
  Oops: Exception in kernel mode, sig: 4 [#1]
  NIP [c000000000095c24] .load_vsrn+0x28/0x54
  LR [c000000000094bdc] .emulate_loadstore+0x167c/0x17b0
  Call Trace:
  [c0000000494c3770] [40fe240c7ae147ae] 0x40fe240c7ae147ae (unreliable)
  [c0000000494c37f0] [c000000000094bdc] .emulate_loadstore+0x167c/0x17b0
  [c0000000494c3900] [c000000000094f6c] .emulate_step+0x25c/0x5bc
  [c0000000494c39b0] [c000000000ec90dc] .test_lxvd2x_stxvd2x+0x64/0x154
  [c0000000494c3b90] [c000000000ec9204] .test_emulate_step+0x38/0x4c
  [c0000000494c3c00] [c00000000000de2c] .do_one_initcall+0x5c/0x2c0
  [c0000000494c3cd0] [c000000000eb4bf8] .kernel_init_freeable+0x314/0x4cc
  [c0000000494c3db0] [c00000000000e1e4] .kernel_init+0x24/0x160
  [c0000000494c3e30] [c00000000000bc24] .ret_from_kernel_thread+0x58/0xb4
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With fix:
  ...
  emulate_step_test: stvx           : PASS
  emulate_step_test: lxvd2x         : FAIL
  emulate_step_test: stxvd2x        : FAIL

Those tests should also be updated to skip testing these instructions if=20
!CPU_FTR_VSX.

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Fixes: https://github.com/linuxppc/linux/issues/148
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Reported-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Ravi Bangoria <redacted>
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Note: VSX was first introduced on P6. But there are many VSX instructions
      which were introduced in later versions. So ideally, analyse_instr(=

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      should check for ISA version along with opcode.

Yes, this patch should be useful for when VSX is not present. For=20
specific instructions, we should add a cpu feature check.

- Naveen

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