linux-kernel - ERST: how to avoid a dynamic memory allocation in panic case

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Date:	Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:30:08 +0000
From:	Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@....com>
To:	"Huang, Ying (ying.huang@...el.com)" <ying.huang@...el.com>,
	"rjw@...k.pl" <rjw@...k.pl>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin (hpa@...or.com)" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"robert.moore@...el.com" <robert.moore@...el.com>,
	"trenn@...e.de" <trenn@...e.de>,
	"myron.stowe@...hat.com" <myron.stowe@...hat.com>
Subject: ERST: how to avoid a dynamic memory allocation in panic case

[Issue]

Current erst driver is kicked in panic case.
On the other hand, a dynamic memory allocation seems to run in it
with a following code path.

erst_writer -> erst_write -> __erst_write_to_storage -> many of apei_exec_run -> 
ctx->ins_table[entry->instruction].run()

which are functions defined in erst_ins_type table i.e:

apei_exec_read_register -> apei_read -> acpi_os_read_memory64 -> acpi_os_ioremap -> ioremap_cache

which possibly involve IOMMU allocator.

I may cause a failure of  an erst driver if the panic happens in an interrupt context.

[Idea]

If we can remove ioremap_cache() from acpi_os_read_memory() as follows,
It is easy to fix this issue.
But I'm not sure if it is feasible because I can't see the reason of tying acpi_os_ioremap()  from a git log...

Any comment?

<snip>
@@ -918,10 +918,7 @@ acpi_os_read_memory(acpi_physical_address phys_addr, u64 *value, u32 width)
 	virt_addr = acpi_map_vaddr_lookup(phys_addr, size);
 	if (!virt_addr) {
 		rcu_read_unlock();
-		virt_addr = acpi_os_ioremap(phys_addr, size);
-		if (!virt_addr)
-			return AE_BAD_ADDRESS;
-		unmap = true;
+		return AE_BAD_ADDRESS;
 	}
 
 	if (!value)
<snip>

Seiji
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