linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 1/1] thermal/sysfs: Clear cooling_device_stats_attr

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Date:   Wed, 27 Jul 2022 16:16:46 +0800
From:   Di Shen <cindygm567@...il.com>
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Cc:     Di Shen <di.shen@...soc.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        "Zhang, Rui" <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
        Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
        Amit Kucheria <amitk@...nel.org>,
        Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        jeson.gao@...soc.com, xuewen.yan@...soc.com, ke.wang@...soc.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 1/1] thermal/sysfs: Clear cooling_device_stats_attr_group
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Hi Rafael,
I have tested this patch on our platform, and it works. Later, I will
send the patch v3.
Thanks!
--
Di

On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 3:39 PM Di Shen <cindygm567@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jul 23, 2022 at 2:42 AM Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...ysocki.net> wrote:
> >
> > On Friday, July 22, 2022 7:18:42 PM CEST Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 10:44 AM Di Shen <di.shen@...soc.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > There's a space allocated for cooling_device_stats_attr_group
> > > > within cooling_device_attr_groups. This space is shared by all
> > > > cooling devices.
> > >
> > > That's correct.
> > >
> > > > If the stats structure of one cooling device successfully
> > > > creates stats sysfs. After that, another cooling device fails
> > > > to get max_states in cooling_device_stats_setup(). It can
> > > > return directly without initializing the stats structure, but
> > > > the cooling_device_stats_attr_group is still the attribute
> > > > group of the last cooling device.
> > >
> > > I cannot parse the above, sorry.
> > >
> > > For example, how can a "stats structure of one cooling device" create
> > > anything?   As a data structure, it is a passive entity, so it doesn't
> > > carry out any actions.
> > >
> > > I think (but I am not sure) that you are referring to the error code
> > > path in which the ->get_max_state() callback fails for a cooling
> > > device after cooling_device_stats_setup() has completed successfully
> > > for another one.
> > >
> > > > At this time, read or write stats sysfs nodes can cause kernel
> > > > crash. Like the following, kernel crashed when
> > > > 'cat time_in_state_ms'.
> > > >
> > > > [<5baac8d4>] panic+0x1b4/0x3c8
> > > > [<9d287b0f>] arm_notify_die+0x0/0x78
> > > > [<094fc22c>] __do_kernel_fault+0x94/0xa4
> > > > [<3b4b69a4>] do_page_fault+0xd4/0x364
> > > > [<23793e7a>] do_translation_fault+0x38/0xc0
> > > > [<6e5cc52a>] do_DataAbort+0x4c/0xd0
> > > > [<a28c16b8>] __dabt_svc+0x5c/0xa0
> > > > [<747516ae>] _raw_spin_lock+0x20/0x60
> > > > [<9a9e4cd4>] time_in_state_ms_show+0x28/0x148
> > > > [<cb78325e>] dev_attr_show+0x38/0x64
> > > > [<aea3e364>] sysfs_kf_seq_show+0x8c/0xf0
> > > > [<c0a843ab>] seq_read+0x244/0x620
> > > > [<b316b374>] vfs_read+0xd8/0x218
> > > > [<3aebf5fa>] sys_read+0x80/0xe4
> > > > [<7cf100f5>] ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x28
> > > > [<08cbe22f>] 0xbe8c1198
> > > >
> > > > stats sysfs:
> > > > phone:/sys/class/thermal/cooling_device2/stats # ls
> > > > reset  time_in_state_ms  total_trans  trans_table
> > > >
> > > > The same as cat total_trans, trans_table, and echo reset.
> >
> > So does the (untested) patch below work too?
> >
>
> Yes, I agree with you. I will test it on our platform and give
> a reply later. Thanks.
>
> > ---
> >  drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c |   10 +++++++---
> >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > Index: linux-pm/drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c
> > +++ linux-pm/drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c
> > @@ -813,12 +813,13 @@ static const struct attribute_group cool
> >
> >  static void cooling_device_stats_setup(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev)
> >  {
> > +       const struct attribute_group *stats_attr_group = NULL;
> >         struct cooling_dev_stats *stats;
> >         unsigned long states;
> >         int var;
> >
> >         if (cdev->ops->get_max_state(cdev, &states))
> > -               return;
> > +               goto out;
> >
> >         states++; /* Total number of states is highest state + 1 */
> >
> > @@ -828,7 +829,7 @@ static void cooling_device_stats_setup(s
> >
> >         stats = kzalloc(var, GFP_KERNEL);
> >         if (!stats)
> > -               return;
> > +               goto out;
> >
> >         stats->time_in_state = (ktime_t *)(stats + 1);
> >         stats->trans_table = (unsigned int *)(stats->time_in_state + states);
> > @@ -838,9 +839,12 @@ static void cooling_device_stats_setup(s
> >
> >         spin_lock_init(&stats->lock);
> >
> > +       stats_attr_group = &cooling_device_stats_attr_group;
> > +
> > +out:
> >         /* Fill the empty slot left in cooling_device_attr_groups */
> >         var = ARRAY_SIZE(cooling_device_attr_groups) - 2;
> > -       cooling_device_attr_groups[var] = &cooling_device_stats_attr_group;
> > +       cooling_device_attr_groups[var] = stats_attr_group;
> >  }
> >
> >  static void cooling_device_stats_destroy(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev)
> >
> >
> >
> --
> Best regards,