linux-kernel - [PATCH v9 23/26] arm64: Handle serror in NMI context

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Date:   Mon, 21 Jan 2019 15:33:42 +0000
From:   Julien Thierry <julien.thierry@....com>
To:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, daniel.thompson@...aro.org,
        joel@...lfernandes.org, marc.zyngier@....com,
        christoffer.dall@....com, james.morse@....com,
        catalin.marinas@....com, will.deacon@....com, mark.rutland@....com,
        Julien Thierry <julien.thierry@....com>,
        Dave Martin <dave.martin@....com>
Subject: [PATCH v9 23/26] arm64: Handle serror in NMI context

Per definition of the daifflags, Serrors can occur during any interrupt
context, that includes NMI contexts. Trying to nmi_enter in an nmi context
will crash.

Skip nmi_enter/nmi_exit when serror occurred during an NMI.

Suggested-by: James Morse <james.morse@....com>
Signed-off-by: Julien Thierry <julien.thierry@....com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc: Dave Martin <dave.martin@....com>
Cc: James Morse <james.morse@....com>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
index 4e2fb87..8ad119c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
@@ -898,13 +898,17 @@ bool arm64_is_fatal_ras_serror(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int esr)
 
 asmlinkage void do_serror(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int esr)
 {
-	nmi_enter();
+	const bool was_in_nmi = in_nmi();
+
+	if (!was_in_nmi)
+		nmi_enter();
 
 	/* non-RAS errors are not containable */
 	if (!arm64_is_ras_serror(esr) || arm64_is_fatal_ras_serror(regs, esr))
 		arm64_serror_panic(regs, esr);
 
-	nmi_exit();
+	if (!was_in_nmi)
+		nmi_exit();
 }
 
 void __pte_error(const char *file, int line, unsigned long val)
-- 
1.9.1