linux-kernel - RE: [RFC PATCH] x86, entry: Switch stacks on a paranoid entry from userspace

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Message-ID: <3908561D78D1C84285E8C5FCA982C28F3293BB97@ORSMSX114.amr.corp.intel.com>
Date:	Fri, 14 Nov 2014 19:37:15 +0000
From:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
CC:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	"Andi Kleen" <andi@...stfloor.org>
Subject: RE: [RFC PATCH] x86, entry: Switch stacks on a paranoid entry from
 userspace

> So far, the only thing I've come up with is that do_machine_check
> seems to be missing exception_enter or the equivalent.  Do you have
> CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING on and/or full nohz enabled?  I don't think
> that this explains my bug, though.

Yes to both:

$ grep CONTEXT_TRACK .config
CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING=y
# CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING_FORCE is not set
CONFIG_HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING=y

$ grep HZ .config
CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON=y
# CONFIG_HZ_PERIODIC is not set
# CONFIG_NO_HZ_IDLE is not set
CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y
# CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_ALL is not set
# CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE is not set
CONFIG_NO_HZ=y
# CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ is not set
# CONFIG_HZ_100 is not set
# CONFIG_HZ_250 is not set
# CONFIG_HZ_300 is not set
CONFIG_HZ_1000=y
CONFIG_HZ=1000
CONFIG_MACHZ_WDT=m

-Tony