linux-kernel - Re: 4.15.17 regression: bisected: timeout during microcode update

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Message-ID: <20180419134627.GA2387@pc11.op.pod.cz>
Date:   Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:46:27 +0200
From:   Vitezslav Samel <vitezslav@...el.cz>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Cc:     "Raj, Ashok" <ashok.raj@...el.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 4.15.17 regression: bisected: timeout during microcode update

On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 02:18:41PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 02:02:39PM +0200, Vitezslav Samel wrote:
> >   Here it is:
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> > -------------------------------------------------------------
> > microcode: __reload_late: CPU1
> > microcode: __reload_late: CPU3
> > microcode: __reload_late: CPU2
> > microcode: __reload_late: CPU0
> > microcode: __reload_late: CPU1 reloading
> > microcode: __reload_late: CPU3 reloading
> > microcode: __reload_late: CPU2 reloading
> > microcode: __reload_late: CPU0 reloading
> > microcode: __reload_late: CPU3 returning 0x0
> 
> Aaaha, there it is.
> 
> Ok, debug patch v2, please do the same.

  Here it is:

------------------------------------------------------------
microcode: __reload_late: CPU0
microcode: __reload_late: CPU3
microcode: __reload_late: CPU2
microcode: __reload_late: CPU1
microcode: __reload_late: CPU0 reloading
microcode: __reload_late: CPU2 reloading
microcode: __reload_late: CPU1 reloading
microcode: __reload_late: CPU3 reloading
microcode: find_patch: CPU2, NADA
microcode: apply_microcode_intel: CPU2, NFOUND
microcode: __reload_late: CPU2 returning 0x3
microcode: find_patch: CPU1, NADA
microcode: apply_microcode_intel: CPU1, NFOUND
microcode: __reload_late: CPU1 returning 0x3
microcode: find_patch: CPU3, NADA
microcode: apply_microcode_intel: CPU3, NFOUND
microcode: __reload_late: CPU3 returning 0x3
microcode: find_patch: CPU0, NADA
microcode: updated to revision 0x24, date = 2018-01-21
microcode: __reload_late: CPU0 waiting to exit
microcode: Timeout while waiting for CPUs rendezvous, remaining: 3
Kernel panic - not syncing: Timeout during microcode update!

CPU: 0 PID: 11 Comm: migration/0 Not tainted 4.16.3 #1
Hardware name: Supermicro X10SLM-F/X10SLM-F, BIOS 2.2 02/05/2015
Call Trace:
 dump_stack+0x46/0x65
 panic+0xca/0x208
 __reload_late+0x122/0x130
 multi_cpu_stop+0x55/0xa0
 ? cpu_stop_queue_work+0x80/0x80
 cpu_stopper_thread+0x7d/0x100
 ? sort_range+0x20/0x20
 smpboot_thread_fn+0x11f/0x1e0
 kthread+0x101/0x120
 ? __kthread_create_on_node+0x150/0x150
 ? __kthread_create_on_node+0x40/0x150
 ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40
Shutting down cpus with NMI
Kernel Offset: disabled
---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Timeout during microcode update!
------------------------------------------------------------

	Cheers,

		Vita


> 
> Thx.
> 
> ---
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
> index 10c4fc2c91f8..737f93422d0b 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
> @@ -553,6 +553,8 @@ static int __reload_late(void *info)
>  	enum ucode_state err;
>  	int ret = 0;
>  
> +	pr_info("%s: CPU%d\n", __func__, cpu);
> +
>  	/*
>  	 * Wait for all CPUs to arrive. A load will not be attempted unless all
>  	 * CPUs show up.
> @@ -560,6 +562,8 @@ static int __reload_late(void *info)
>  	if (__wait_for_cpus(&late_cpus_in, NSEC_PER_SEC))
>  		return -1;
>  
> +	pr_info("%s: CPU%d reloading\n", __func__, cpu);
> +
>  	spin_lock(&update_lock);
>  	apply_microcode_local(&err);
>  	spin_unlock(&update_lock);
> @@ -571,9 +575,12 @@ static int __reload_late(void *info)
>  	} else if (err == UCODE_UPDATED || err == UCODE_OK) {
>  		ret = 1;
>  	} else {
> +		pr_info("%s: CPU%d returning 0x%x\n", __func__, cpu, err);
>  		return ret;
>  	}
>  
> +	pr_info("%s: CPU%d waiting to exit\n", __func__, cpu);
> +
>  	/*
>  	 * Increase the wait timeout to a safe value here since we're
>  	 * serializing the microcode update and that could take a while on a
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
> index 32b8e5724f96..ad0a19154c40 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
> @@ -727,21 +727,32 @@ static struct microcode_intel *find_patch(struct ucode_cpu_info *uci)
>  {
>  	struct microcode_header_intel *phdr;
>  	struct ucode_patch *iter, *tmp;
> +	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
>  
>  	list_for_each_entry_safe(iter, tmp, &microcode_cache, plist) {
>  
>  		phdr = (struct microcode_header_intel *)iter->data;
>  
> +		pr_info("%s: CPU%d, phdr: 0x%x, uci: 0x%x\n",
> +			__func__, cpu, phdr->rev, uci->cpu_sig.rev);
> +
>  		if (phdr->rev <= uci->cpu_sig.rev)
>  			continue;
>  
> +		pr_info("%s: CPU%d, find_matching_signature: sig: 0x%x, pf: 0x%x\n",
> +			__func__, cpu, uci->cpu_sig.sig, uci->cpu_sig.pf);
> +
>  		if (!find_matching_signature(phdr,
>  					     uci->cpu_sig.sig,
>  					     uci->cpu_sig.pf))
>  			continue;
>  
> +
> +		pr_info("%s: CPU%d, found phdr: 0x%x\n", __func__, cpu, phdr->rev);
>  		return iter->data;
>  	}
> +
> +	pr_info("%s: CPU%d, NADA\n", __func__, cpu);
>  	return NULL;
>  }
>  
> @@ -805,8 +816,10 @@ static enum ucode_state apply_microcode_intel(int cpu)
>  	mc = find_patch(uci);
>  	if (!mc) {
>  		mc = uci->mc;
> -		if (!mc)
> +		if (!mc) {
> +			pr_info("%s: CPU%d, NFOUND\n", __func__, cpu);
>  			return UCODE_NFOUND;
> +		}
>  	}
>  
>  	/*
> 
> -- 
> Regards/Gruss,
>     Boris.
> 
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> --