linux-kernel - [tip:ras/core] x86/mce: Don't print MCEs when mcelog is active

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Tue, 28 Mar 2017 00:01:14 -0700
From:   tip-bot for Andi Kleen <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        ak@...ux.intel.com, hpa@...or.com, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
        peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...nel.org, bp@...e.de,
        tony.luck@...el.com, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: [tip:ras/core] x86/mce: Don't print MCEs when mcelog is active

Commit-ID:  cc66afea58f858ff6da7f79b8a595a67bbb4f9a9
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/cc66afea58f858ff6da7f79b8a595a67bbb4f9a9
Author:     Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
AuthorDate: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 11:32:59 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 08:53:52 +0200

x86/mce: Don't print MCEs when mcelog is active

Since:

  cd9c57cad3fe ("x86/MCE: Dump MCE to dmesg if no consumers")

all MCEs are printed even when mcelog is running. Fix the regression to
not print to dmesg when mcelog is running as it is a consumer too.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
[ Massage commit message. ]
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc: linux-edac <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # 4.10..
Fixes: cd9c57cad3fe ("x86/MCE: Dump MCE to dmesg if no consumers")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170327093304.10683-2-bp@alien8.de
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
index 8e9725c..5accfbd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(mce_chrdev_read_mutex);
 
+static int mce_chrdev_open_count;	/* #times opened */
+
 #define mce_log_get_idx_check(p) \
 ({ \
 	RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!rcu_read_lock_sched_held() && \
@@ -598,6 +600,10 @@ static int mce_default_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long val,
 	if (atomic_read(&num_notifiers) > 2)
 		return NOTIFY_DONE;
 
+	/* Don't print when mcelog is running */
+	if (mce_chrdev_open_count > 0)
+		return NOTIFY_DONE;
+
 	__print_mce(m);
 
 	return NOTIFY_DONE;
@@ -1828,7 +1834,6 @@ void mcheck_cpu_clear(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
  */
 
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(mce_chrdev_state_lock);
-static int mce_chrdev_open_count;	/* #times opened */
 static int mce_chrdev_open_exclu;	/* already open exclusive? */
 
 static int mce_chrdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)