linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.14 44/95] x86/xen: Return from panic notifier

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Date:   Mon,  4 Nov 2019 22:44:42 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, James Dingwall <james@...gwall.me.uk>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4.14 44/95] x86/xen: Return from panic notifier

From: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>

[ Upstream commit c6875f3aacf2a5a913205accddabf0bfb75cac76 ]

Currently execution of panic() continues until Xen's panic notifier
(xen_panic_event()) is called at which point we make a hypercall that
never returns.

This means that any notifier that is supposed to be called later as
well as significant part of panic() code (such as pstore writes from
kmsg_dump()) is never executed.

There is no reason for xen_panic_event() to be this last point in
execution since panic()'s emergency_restart() will call into
xen_emergency_restart() from where we can perform our hypercall.

Nevertheless, we will provide xen_legacy_crash boot option that will
preserve original behavior during crash. This option could be used,
for example, if running kernel dumper (which happens after panic
notifiers) is undesirable.

Reported-by: James Dingwall <james@...gwall.me.uk>
Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt         |  4 +++
 arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c                      | 28 +++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index b67a6cd08ca16..671f518b09eeb 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -4875,6 +4875,10 @@
 				the unplug protocol
 			never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
 
+	xen_legacy_crash	[X86,XEN]
+			Crash from Xen panic notifier, without executing late
+			panic() code such as dumping handler.
+
 	xen_nopvspin	[X86,XEN]
 			Disables the ticketlock slowpath using Xen PV
 			optimizations.
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
index 515d5e4414c29..00fc683a20110 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -259,19 +259,41 @@ void xen_reboot(int reason)
 		BUG();
 }
 
+static int reboot_reason = SHUTDOWN_reboot;
+static bool xen_legacy_crash;
 void xen_emergency_restart(void)
 {
-	xen_reboot(SHUTDOWN_reboot);
+	xen_reboot(reboot_reason);
 }
 
 static int
 xen_panic_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, void *ptr)
 {
-	if (!kexec_crash_loaded())
-		xen_reboot(SHUTDOWN_crash);
+	if (!kexec_crash_loaded()) {
+		if (xen_legacy_crash)
+			xen_reboot(SHUTDOWN_crash);
+
+		reboot_reason = SHUTDOWN_crash;
+
+		/*
+		 * If panic_timeout==0 then we are supposed to wait forever.
+		 * However, to preserve original dom0 behavior we have to drop
+		 * into hypervisor. (domU behavior is controlled by its
+		 * config file)
+		 */
+		if (panic_timeout == 0)
+			panic_timeout = -1;
+	}
 	return NOTIFY_DONE;
 }
 
+static int __init parse_xen_legacy_crash(char *arg)
+{
+	xen_legacy_crash = true;
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("xen_legacy_crash", parse_xen_legacy_crash);
+
 static struct notifier_block xen_panic_block = {
 	.notifier_call = xen_panic_event,
 	.priority = INT_MIN
-- 
2.20.1