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Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 19:04:36 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] x86, entry: Switch stacks on a paranoid entry from
userspace
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 05:22:25PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > Less intrusive is certainly true.
>
> Right, I can do it in the meantime and we can always experiment more
> later. Getting rid of _TIF_MCE_NOTIFY is a good thing already.
Yep, it looks pretty simple - not tested yet, it builds though.
---
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h
index 276392f121fb..d74c85def853 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mce.h
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@ enum mcp_flags {
void machine_check_poll(enum mcp_flags flags, mce_banks_t *b);
int mce_notify_irq(void);
-void mce_notify_process(void);
DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct mce, injectm);
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 854053889d4d..9a121e3cdf1e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ struct thread_info {
#define TIF_SYSCALL_EMU 6 /* syscall emulation active */
#define TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT 7 /* syscall auditing active */
#define TIF_SECCOMP 8 /* secure computing */
-#define TIF_MCE_NOTIFY 10 /* notify userspace of an MCE */
+/* unused, was #define TIF_MCE_NOTIFY 10 * notify userspace of an MCE */
#define TIF_USER_RETURN_NOTIFY 11 /* notify kernel of userspace return */
#define TIF_UPROBE 12 /* breakpointed or singlestepping */
#define TIF_NOTSC 16 /* TSC is not accessible in userland */
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ struct thread_info {
#define _TIF_SYSCALL_EMU (1 << TIF_SYSCALL_EMU)
#define _TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT (1 << TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT)
#define _TIF_SECCOMP (1 << TIF_SECCOMP)
-#define _TIF_MCE_NOTIFY (1 << TIF_MCE_NOTIFY)
#define _TIF_USER_RETURN_NOTIFY (1 << TIF_USER_RETURN_NOTIFY)
#define _TIF_UPROBE (1 << TIF_UPROBE)
#define _TIF_NOTSC (1 << TIF_NOTSC)
@@ -140,8 +139,7 @@ struct thread_info {
/* Only used for 64 bit */
#define _TIF_DO_NOTIFY_MASK \
- (_TIF_SIGPENDING | _TIF_MCE_NOTIFY | _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME | \
- _TIF_USER_RETURN_NOTIFY)
+ (_TIF_SIGPENDING | _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME | _TIF_USER_RETURN_NOTIFY)
/* flags to check in __switch_to() */
#define _TIF_WORK_CTXSW \
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
index 61a9668cebfd..0e82c2cc6b0c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
#include <linux/capability.h>
#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
#include <linux/ratelimit.h>
+#include <linux/task_work.h>
#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
#include <linux/kobject.h>
@@ -111,6 +112,8 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct work_struct, mce_work);
static void (*quirk_no_way_out)(int bank, struct mce *m, struct pt_regs *regs);
+static struct callback_head mce_task_work;
+
/*
* CPU/chipset specific EDAC code can register a notifier call here to print
* MCE errors in a human-readable form.
@@ -1157,7 +1160,7 @@ void do_machine_check(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
if (worst == MCE_AR_SEVERITY) {
/* schedule action before return to userland */
mce_save_info(m.addr, m.mcgstatus & MCG_STATUS_RIPV);
- set_thread_flag(TIF_MCE_NOTIFY);
+ task_work_add(current, &mce_task_work, true);
} else if (kill_it) {
force_sig(SIGBUS, current);
}
@@ -1185,14 +1188,13 @@ int memory_failure(unsigned long pfn, int vector, int flags)
#endif
/*
- * Called in process context that interrupted by MCE and marked with
- * TIF_MCE_NOTIFY, just before returning to erroneous userland.
- * This code is allowed to sleep.
+ * Called in process context that interrupted by MCE just before returning to
+ * erroneous userland. This code is allowed to sleep.
* Attempt possible recovery such as calling the high level VM handler to
* process any corrupted pages, and kill/signal current process if required.
* Action required errors are handled here.
*/
-void mce_notify_process(void)
+static void mce_notify_process(struct callback_head *unused)
{
unsigned long pfn;
struct mce_info *mi = mce_find_info();
@@ -1202,8 +1204,6 @@ void mce_notify_process(void)
mce_panic("Lost physical address for unconsumed uncorrectable error", NULL, NULL);
pfn = mi->paddr >> PAGE_SHIFT;
- clear_thread_flag(TIF_MCE_NOTIFY);
-
pr_err("Uncorrected hardware memory error in user-access at %llx",
mi->paddr);
/*
@@ -1704,6 +1704,7 @@ void mcheck_cpu_init(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
__mcheck_cpu_init_timer();
INIT_WORK(this_cpu_ptr(&mce_work), mce_process_work);
init_irq_work(this_cpu_ptr(&mce_irq_work), &mce_irq_work_cb);
+ init_task_work(&mce_task_work, mce_notify_process);
}
/*
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
index ed37a768d0fc..2a33c8f68319 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
@@ -740,12 +740,6 @@ do_notify_resume(struct pt_regs *regs, void *unused, __u32 thread_info_flags)
{
user_exit();
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_MCE
- /* notify userspace of pending MCEs */
- if (thread_info_flags & _TIF_MCE_NOTIFY)
- mce_notify_process();
-#endif /* CONFIG_X86_64 && CONFIG_X86_MCE */
-
if (thread_info_flags & _TIF_UPROBE)
uprobe_notify_resume(regs);
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine.
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