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Message-ID: <CADYN=9+NZ9w5P0xPak48CHusPOqbru1PdmFBknrKHzqWf0fZsQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2018 12:04:07 +0100
From: Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@...aro.org>
To: james.morse@....com
Cc: will.deacon@....com, jason.wessel@...driver.com,
Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>,
kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] arm64/mm: hit DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON
On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 at 16:30, Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@...aro.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 at 13:37, James Morse <james.morse@....com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Anders,
> >
>
> Hi James,
>
> > (CC: +linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org)
>
> Thanks, I missed that.
>
> >
> > On 31/10/2018 12:13, Anders Roxell wrote:
> > > I'm running an arm64 kernel in a qemu guest and I hit this
> > > DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON and this patch removes the warning. The
> > > interrupts_enabled(reqs) should reflect the irq->enabled state of the
> > > kgdb test process
> >
> > (I know nothing about kgdb, please forgive the stupid questions:)
> >
> > Where does this 'irq->enabled state of the kgdb test process' come from?
> > What happens if it takes an interrupt, then you single-step the
> > interrupt handler? (How can any state in memory get updated...)
> >
> >
> > > when it hit the breakpoint, and that should be the
> > > same as the current->hardirqs_enabled flag
> > >
> > > [ 25.682116] kgdbts:RUN singlestep test 1000 iterations
> > > [ 25.695926] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> > > [ 25.696410] DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(current->hardirqs_enabled)
> > > [ 25.697407] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at ../kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3761 check_flags+0x64/0x198
> > > [ 25.698349] Modules linked in:
> > > [ 25.699144] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G T 4.19.0-next-20181030+ #6
> > > [ 25.699739] Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
> > > [ 25.700359] pstate: 404003c5 (nZcv DAIF +PAN -UAO)
> > > [ 25.700901] pc : check_flags+0x64/0x198
> > > [ 25.701381] lr : check_flags+0x64/0x198
> >
> > > [ 25.710104] Call trace:
> > > [ 25.710553] check_flags+0x64/0x198
> > > [ 25.711023] lock_acquire+0x60/0x248
> > > [ 25.711477] call_step_hook+0x5c/0x190
> > > [ 25.711937] single_step_handler+0x48/0xa0
> > > [ 25.712399] do_debug_exception+0x104/0x160
> > > [ 25.712846] el1_dbg+0x18/0xa8
> > > [ 25.713252] el1_irq+0xa8/0x1c0
> > > [ 25.713709] kgdbts_break_test+0x0/0x40
> > > [ 25.714171] kgdbts_run_tests+0x2b0/0x430
> > > [ 25.714637] configure_kgdbts+0x7c/0xb0
> > > [ 25.715110] init_kgdbts+0x70/0xac
> > > [ 25.715551] do_one_initcall+0x1fc/0x490
> > > [ 25.716010] do_initcall_level+0x458/0x49c
> > > [ 25.716462] do_initcalls+0x60/0xa4
> > > [ 25.716892] do_basic_setup+0x3c/0x68
> > > [ 25.717343] kernel_init_freeable+0x170/0x2b8
> > > [ 25.717860] kernel_init+0x20/0x130
> > > [ 25.718302] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18
> > > [ 25.718712] irq event stamp: 266621
> > > [ 25.719209] hardirqs last enabled at (266621): [<ffffff80081e935c>] do_debug_exception+0x13c/0x160
> > > [ 25.719949] hardirqs last disabled at (266620): [<ffffff8008215a58>] kgdb_roundup_cpus+0x30/0x38
> > > [ 25.720675] softirqs last enabled at (266616): [<ffffff80081e9f24>] __do_softirq+0x4e4/0x52c
> > > [ 25.721374] softirqs last disabled at (266609): [<ffffff8008279694>] irq_exit+0xbc/0x128
> > > [ 25.722050] ---[ end trace ecb2b85abf3c30a2 ]---
> > > [ 25.722537] possible reason: unannotated irqs-off.
> > > [ 25.722960] irq event stamp: 266621
> > >
> > > Rework code to drop the 'if (interrupts_enabled(regs))' before
> > > trace_hardirqs_*() in function do_debug_exception().
> > >
> > > We don't know why current->hardirqs_enabled and interrupts_enabled(regs)
> > > don't match.
> >
> > You took an IRQ from kgdbts_break_test(). This causes the CPU to mask
> > interrupts, we tell trace_hardirqs_off() about this in the entry asm.
> >
> > From arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:
> > | el1_irq:
> > | kernel_entry 1
> > | enable_da_f
> > | #ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS
> > | bl trace_hardirqs_off
> > | #endif
> > |
> > | irq_handler
> >
> >
> > Could you faddr2line 'el1_irq+0xa8/0x1c0'? I bet that is the
> > 'enable_da_f' line which re-enables debug, just _before_ we update call
> > trace_hardirqs_off.
>
> I used objdump and found this:
>
> ffffff800819f600 <el1_irq>:
> ffffff800819f600: a90007e0 stp x0, x1, [sp]
> ...
> ffffff800819f6a0: a9105ff6 stp x22, x23, [sp, #256]
> ffffff800819f6a4: d5034dff msr daifclr, #0xd
> ffffff800819f6a8: 94082970 bl ffffff80083a9c68
> <trace_hardirqs_off>
> ffffff800819f6ac: d0008641 adrp x1, ffffff8009269000
> <cpu_ops+0x108>
> ffffff800819f6b0: f940e021 ldr x1, [x1, #448]
>
>
>
> >
> > The problem is debug exceptions can jump in this gap and see an
> > inconsistent trace_hardirqs_off/regs state.
> >
> >
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
> > > index 7d9571f4ae3d..9afe5a7ba55b 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
> > > +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
> > > @@ -819,11 +819,9 @@ asmlinkage int __exception do_debug_exception(unsigned long addr,
> > > int rv;
> > >
> > > /*
> > > - * Tell lockdep we disabled irqs in entry.S. Do nothing if they were
> > > - * already disabled to preserve the last enabled/disabled addresses.
> > > + * Tell lockdep we disabled irqs in entry.S.
> > > */
> > > - if (interrupts_enabled(regs))
> > > - trace_hardirqs_off();
> > > + trace_hardirqs_off();
> >
> > Taking a debug-exception from irq-unmasked code will cause IRQs to be
> > disabled. This code updates trace_hardirqs_off().
> >
> > But, taking a debug-exception from irq-masked code doesn't change
> > anything. Making this trace_hardirqs_off() unconditional means you now
> > overwrite the original location where irqs were masked.
> >
> >
> > Would making sure debug exceptions can't see current->hardirqs_enabled
> > and interrupts_enabled(regs) as having different states fix this problem?
> >
> > If so moving the 'enable_da_f' line in el1_irq below the #ifdef block
> > should fix it.
>
> reverting this RFC patch and did this patch that you suggested (see below) and
> I couldn't see the DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON.
I'm sorry for my ignorance but, but moving enable_da_f below the
#ifdef block solved
the problem. But I'm not sure that I understand why it solved it. Can
you please elaborate
a bit more ?
Should I move the 'enable_da_f' line in el0_ia below the #ifdef block as well?
Cheers,
Anders
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
> index 039144ecbcb2..c509213b2afc 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
> @@ -614,10 +614,10 @@ ENDPROC(el1_sync)
> .align 6
> el1_irq:
> kernel_entry 1
> - enable_da_f
> #ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS
> bl trace_hardirqs_off
> #endif
> + enable_da_f
>
> irq_handler
>
>
> Cheers,
> Anders
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