linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] tracing/x86: Save CR2 before tracing irqsoff on error

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Date:   Thu, 21 Mar 2019 09:32:42 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        He Zhe <zhe.he@...driver.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] tracing/x86: Save CR2 before tracing irqsoff on
 error_entry

On Thu, 21 Mar 2019 11:45:17 +0100
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:

> -	.if \paranoid
> +	.if \read_cr2
> +	mov	%cr2, %rdx			/* XXX paravirt crap */
> +	.endif
> +

I'm guessing this breaks paravirt, as that's one reason I didn't add
the read_rc in assembly.

I tested your code and it also fixes the issue, but needed to add this
to make it compile:

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/traps.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/traps.h
index 7d6f3f3fad78..1530909fbf70 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/traps.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/traps.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ struct bad_iret_stack *fixup_bad_iret(struct bad_iret_stack *s);
 void __init trap_init(void);
 #endif
 dotraplinkage void do_general_protection(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code);
-dotraplinkage void do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code);
+dotraplinkage void do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code, unsigned long address);
 dotraplinkage void do_spurious_interrupt_bug(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code);
 dotraplinkage void do_coprocessor_error(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code);
 dotraplinkage void do_alignment_check(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code);


-- Steve