linux-kernel - Re: [perf] fuzzer triggers unchecked MSR access error: WRMSR to 0x318

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Date:   Thu, 29 Jul 2021 11:14:57 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        "Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [perf] fuzzer triggers unchecked MSR access error: WRMSR to 0x318

On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 12:49:43PM -0400, Vince Weaver wrote:
> [32694.087403] unchecked MSR access error: WRMSR to 0x318 (tried to write 0x0000000000000000) at rIP: 0xffffffff8106f854 (native_write_msr+0x4/0x20)
> [32694.101374] Call Trace:
> [32694.103974]  perf_clear_dirty_counters+0x86/0x100

Hmm.. if I read this right that's MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_FIXED_CTR0 + i, given
that FIXED_CTR0 is 0x309 that gives i == 15, which is FIXED_BTS.

I'm thinking something like this ought to cure things.

---
 arch/x86/events/core.c | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c
index 1eb45139fcc6..04edf8017961 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c
@@ -2489,13 +2489,15 @@ void perf_clear_dirty_counters(void)
 		return;
 
 	for_each_set_bit(i, cpuc->dirty, X86_PMC_IDX_MAX) {
-		/* Metrics and fake events don't have corresponding HW counters. */
-		if (is_metric_idx(i) || (i == INTEL_PMC_IDX_FIXED_VLBR))
-			continue;
-		else if (i >= INTEL_PMC_IDX_FIXED)
+		if (i >= INTEL_PMC_IDX_FIXED) {
+			/* Metrics and fake events don't have corresponding HW counters. */
+			if ((i - INTEL_PMC_IDX_FIXED) >= x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed)
+				continue;
+
 			wrmsrl(MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_FIXED_CTR0 + (i - INTEL_PMC_IDX_FIXED), 0);
-		else
+		} else {
 			wrmsrl(x86_pmu_event_addr(i), 0);
+		}
 	}
 
 	bitmap_zero(cpuc->dirty, X86_PMC_IDX_MAX);