linux-kernel - [UNTESTED PATCH] x86, mce: Avoid double entry of deferred errors into the genpool.

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:	Wed, 11 Nov 2015 14:01:51 -0800
From:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:	"Chen, Gong" <gong.chen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	bp@...en8.de, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [UNTESTED PATCH] x86, mce: Avoid double entry of deferred errors into the genpool.

We used to have a special ring buffer for deferred errors that
was used to mark problem pages. We replaced that with a genpool.
Then later converted mce_log() to also use the same genpool. As
a result we end up adding all deferred errors to the genpool twice.

Rearrange this code. Make sure to set the m.severity and m.usable_addr
fields for deferred errors. Then if flags and mca_cfg.dont_log_ce mean
we call mce_log() we are done, because that will add this entry to the
genpool.

If we skipped mce_log(), then we still want to take action for the
deferred error, so add to the genpool.

Changed the name of the boolean "error_logged" to "error_seen", we
should set it whether of not we logged an error because the return
value from machine_check_poll() is used to decide whether storms
have subsided or not.

Reported-by: Chen, Gong <gong.chen.linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c | 24 +++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
index c5b0d562dbf5..6531cb46803c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned, mce_poll_count);
  */
 bool machine_check_poll(enum mcp_flags flags, mce_banks_t *b)
 {
-	bool error_logged = false;
+	bool error_seen = false;
 	struct mce m;
 	int severity;
 	int i;
@@ -601,6 +601,8 @@ bool machine_check_poll(enum mcp_flags flags, mce_banks_t *b)
 		    (m.status & (mca_cfg.ser ? MCI_STATUS_S : MCI_STATUS_UC)))
 			continue;
 
+		error_seen = true;
+
 		mce_read_aux(&m, i);
 
 		if (!(flags & MCP_TIMESTAMP))
@@ -608,17 +610,10 @@ bool machine_check_poll(enum mcp_flags flags, mce_banks_t *b)
 
 		severity = mce_severity(&m, mca_cfg.tolerant, NULL, false);
 
-		/*
-		 * In the cases where we don't have a valid address after all,
-		 * do not add it into the ring buffer.
-		 */
 		if (severity == MCE_DEFERRED_SEVERITY && memory_error(&m)) {
 			if (m.status & MCI_STATUS_ADDRV) {
 				m.severity = severity;
 				m.usable_addr = mce_usable_address(&m);
-
-				if (!mce_gen_pool_add(&m))
-					mce_schedule_work();
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -626,9 +621,16 @@ bool machine_check_poll(enum mcp_flags flags, mce_banks_t *b)
 		 * Don't get the IP here because it's unlikely to
 		 * have anything to do with the actual error location.
 		 */
-		if (!(flags & MCP_DONTLOG) && !mca_cfg.dont_log_ce) {
-			error_logged = true;
+		if (!(flags & MCP_DONTLOG) && !mca_cfg.dont_log_ce)
 			mce_log(&m);
+		else if (m.usable_addr) {
+			/*
+			 * Although we skipped logging this, we still want
+			 * to take action. Add to the pool so the registered
+			 * notifiers will see it.
+			 */
+			if (!mce_gen_pool_add(&m))
+				mce_schedule_work();
 		}
 
 		/*
@@ -644,7 +646,7 @@ bool machine_check_poll(enum mcp_flags flags, mce_banks_t *b)
 
 	sync_core();
 
-	return error_logged;
+	return error_seen;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(machine_check_poll);
 
-- 
2.1.4

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/