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Date:   Wed, 22 Mar 2017 09:33:17 -0700
From:   Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        kernel test robot <xiaolong.ye@...el.com>,
        Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
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Subject: Re: [lkp-robot] [x86] 69218e4799: BUG:kernel_hang_in_boot_stage

On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 12:36 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> * Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com> wrote:
>
>> >  static inline void setup_fixmap_gdt(int cpu)
>> >  {
>> >         __set_fixmap(get_cpu_gdt_ro_index(cpu),
>> > -                    __pa(get_cpu_gdt_rw(cpu)), pg_fixmap_gdt_flags);
>> > +                    slow_virt_to_phys(get_cpu_gdt_rw(cpu)),
>> > +                    pg_fixmap_gdt_flags);
>> >  }
>> >
>> >  /* Load the original GDT from the per-cpu structure */
>> >
>> > This makes UP boot for me, but SMP (2 cpus) is still busted.
>>
>> This change fixed boot for me:
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h
>> index b65155cc3760..4e30707d9f9a 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h
>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h
>> @@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ enum fixed_addresses {
>>         FIX_GDT_REMAP_BEGIN,
>>         FIX_GDT_REMAP_END = FIX_GDT_REMAP_BEGIN + NR_CPUS - 1,
>>
>> -       __end_of_permanent_fixed_addresses,
>> +       __end_of_permanent_fixed_addresses =
>> +               (FIX_GDT_REMAP_END + PTRS_PER_PTE - 1) &
>> +               -PTRS_PER_PTE,
>>
>> Just ensure PKMAP_BASE & FIX_WP_TEST are on a different PMD.
>>
>> I don't think that the right fix but it might help understand the
>> exact root cause.
>
> Could this be related to the permission bits in the PMD itself getting out of sync
> with the PTEs? WP test marks a page writable/unwritable, and maybe we mess up the
> restoration. If they are on separate PMDs then this is worked around because the
> fixmap GDT is on a separate PMD.
>

I don't think so.  I think it's a pair of bugs related to the way that
percpu areas are virtually mapped.

Bug 1: __pa is totally bogus on percpu pointers.  Oddly, we have one
older instance of exactly the same bug (on the same GDT address) in
the kernel.  I'll send a patch.

Bug 2: Nothing syncs a freshly-set-up CPU's percpu area into
initial_page_table.  This makes access to the gdt fail in
startup_32_smp.  This looks like a longstanding bug, and I don't see
what it has to do with Thomas' series.  I'm still mulling over what to
do about it.

--Andy