linux-kernel - Re: powerpc/sysrq: Fix oops whem ppmu is not registered

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Message-Id: <3xyKGX1f9lz9sRV@ozlabs.org>
Date:   Thu, 21 Sep 2017 11:46:43 +1000 (AEST)
From:   Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
To:     Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc:     maddy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        paulus@...ba.org, kan.liang@...el.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
        mingo@...nel.org
Subject: Re: powerpc/sysrq: Fix oops whem ppmu is not registered

On Tue, 2017-09-19 at 06:17:06 UTC, Ravi Bangoria wrote:
> 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>

Applied to powerpc fixes, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/4917fcb58cc73f6b81455e3c5f9601

cheers