linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.3 095/180] powerpc/perf: Disable trace

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Message-Id: <20191216174835.132489608@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Mon, 16 Dec 2019 18:48:55 +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,
        Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Hariharan T.S." <hari@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Subject: [PATCH 5.3 095/180] powerpc/perf: Disable trace_imc pmu

From: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

commit 249fad734a25889a4f23ed014d43634af6798063 upstream.

When a root user or a user with CAP_SYS_ADMIN privilege uses any
trace_imc performance monitoring unit events, to monitor application
or KVM threads, it may result in a checkstop (System crash).

The cause is frequent switching of the "trace/accumulation" mode of
the In-Memory Collection hardware (LDBAR).

This patch disables the trace_imc PMU unit entirely to avoid
triggering the checkstop. A future patch will reenable it at a later
stage once a workaround has been developed.

Fixes: 012ae244845f ("powerpc/perf: Trace imc PMU functions")
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # v5.2+
Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Hariharan T.S. <hari@...ux.ibm.com>
[mpe: Add pr_info_once() so dmesg shows the PMU has been disabled]
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191118034452.9939-1-maddy@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-imc.c |    9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-imc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-imc.c
@@ -285,7 +285,14 @@ static int opal_imc_counters_probe(struc
 			domain = IMC_DOMAIN_THREAD;
 			break;
 		case IMC_TYPE_TRACE:
-			domain = IMC_DOMAIN_TRACE;
+			/*
+			 * FIXME. Using trace_imc events to monitor application
+			 * or KVM thread performance can cause a checkstop
+			 * (system crash).
+			 * Disable it for now.
+			 */
+			pr_info_once("IMC: disabling trace_imc PMU\n");
+			domain = -1;
 			break;
 		default:
 			pr_warn("IMC Unknown Device type \n");