linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv5] arm64: Handle el1 synchronous instruction aborts cleanly

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Date:	Fri, 12 Aug 2016 18:05:09 +0100
From:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:	Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
Cc:	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv5] arm64: Handle el1 synchronous instruction aborts
 cleanly

On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 06:25:26PM -0700, Laura Abbott wrote:
> Executing from a non-executable area gives an ugly message:
> 
> lkdtm: Performing direct entry EXEC_RODATA
> lkdtm: attempting ok execution at ffff0000084c0e08
> lkdtm: attempting bad execution at ffff000008880700
> Bad mode in Synchronous Abort handler detected on CPU2, code 0x8400000e -- IABT (current EL)
> CPU: 2 PID: 998 Comm: sh Not tainted 4.7.0-rc2+ #13
> Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
> task: ffff800077e35780 ti: ffff800077970000 task.ti: ffff800077970000
> PC is at lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing+0x0/0x8
> LR is at execute_location+0x74/0x88
> 
> The 'IABT (current EL)' indicates the error but it's a bit cryptic
> without knowledge of the ARM ARM. There is also no indication of the
> specific address which triggered the fault. The increase in kernel
> page permissions makes hitting this case more likely as well.
> Handling the case in the vectors gives a much more familiar looking
> error message:
> 
> lkdtm: Performing direct entry EXEC_RODATA
> lkdtm: attempting ok execution at ffff0000084c0840
> lkdtm: attempting bad execution at ffff000008880680
> Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffff000008880680
> pgd = ffff8000089b2000
> [ffff000008880680] *pgd=00000000489b4003, *pud=0000000048904003, *pmd=0000000000000000
> Internal error: Oops: 8400000e [#1] PREEMPT SMP
> Modules linked in:
> CPU: 1 PID: 997 Comm: sh Not tainted 4.7.0-rc1+ #24
> Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
> task: ffff800077f9f080 ti: ffff800008a1c000 task.ti: ffff800008a1c000
> PC is at lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing+0x0/0x8
> LR is at execute_location+0x74/0x88
> 
> Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>

Applied. Thanks.

-- 
Catalin