linux-kernel - [PATCH] powerpc/sysrq: Fix oops whem ppmu is not registered

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Date:   Tue, 19 Sep 2017 11:47:06 +0530
From:   Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     mpe@...erman.id.au, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc:     benh@...nel.crashing.org, paulus@...ba.org,
        maddy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...nel.org,
        kan.liang@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH] powerpc/sysrq: Fix oops whem ppmu is not registered

Kernel crashes if power pmu is not registered and user tries to dump
regs with 'echo p > /proc/sysrq-trigger'. Sample log:

  Unable to handle kernel paging request for data at address 0x00000008
  Faulting instruction address: 0xc0000000000d52f0

  NIP [c0000000000d52f0] perf_event_print_debug+0x10/0x230
  LR [c00000000058a938] sysrq_handle_showregs+0x38/0x50
  Call Trace:
   printk+0x38/0x4c (unreliable)
   __handle_sysrq+0xe4/0x270
   write_sysrq_trigger+0x64/0x80
   proc_reg_write+0x80/0xd0
   __vfs_write+0x40/0x200
   vfs_write+0xc8/0x240
   SyS_write+0x60/0x110
   system_call+0x58/0x6c

Signed-off-by: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> 
---
 arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
index 2e3eb74..9e3da16 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
@@ -793,6 +793,11 @@ void perf_event_print_debug(void)
 	u32 pmcs[MAX_HWEVENTS];
 	int i;
 
+	if (!ppmu) {
+		pr_info("Performance monitor hardware not registered.\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (!ppmu->n_counter)
 		return;
 
-- 
1.8.3.1