linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MIPS: process: Remove lazy context flags for new kernel thread

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Message-ID: <ZTvQGs/lEpizUFLh@aurel32.net>
Date:   Fri, 27 Oct 2023 16:58:34 +0200
From:   Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@...ian.org>
To:     Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@...goat.com>
Cc:     linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        tsbogend@...ha.franken.de, syq@...ian.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MIPS: process: Remove lazy context flags for new kernel
 thread

On 2023-10-26 12:17, Jiaxun Yang wrote:
> We received a report from debian infra team, says their build machine
> crashes regularly with:
> 
> [ 4066.698500] do_cpu invoked from kernel context![#1]:
> [ 4066.703455] CPU: 1 PID: 76608 Comm: iou-sqp-76326 Not tainted 5.10.0-21-loongson-3 #1 Debian 5.10.162-1
> [ 4066.712793] Hardware name: Loongson Lemote-3A4000-7A-1w-V1.00-A1901/Lemote-3A4000-7A-1w-V1.00-A1901, BIOS Loongson-PMON-V3.3-20201222 12/22/2020
> [ 4066.725672] $ 0   : 0000000000000000 ffffffff80bf2e48 0000000000000001 9800000200804000
> [ 4066.733642] $ 4   : 9800000105115280 ffffffff80db4728 0000000000000008 0000020080000200
> [ 4066.741607] $ 8   : 0000000000000001 0000000000000001 0000000000000000 0000000002e85400
> [ 4066.749571] $12   : 000000005400cce0 ffffffff80199c00 000000000000036f 000000000000036f
> [ 4066.757536] $16   : 980000010025c080 ffffffff80ec4740 0000000000000000 980000000234b8c0
> [ 4066.765501] $20   : ffffffff80ec5ce0 9800000105115280 98000001051158a0 0000000000000000
> [ 4066.773466] $24   : 0000000000000028 9800000200807e58
> [ 4066.781431] $28   : 9800000200804000 9800000200807d40 980000000234b8c0 ffffffff80bf3074
> [ 4066.789395] Hi    : 00000000000002fb
> [ 4066.792943] Lo    : 00000000428f6816
> [ 4066.796500] epc   : ffffffff802177c0 _save_fp+0x10/0xa0
> [ 4066.801695] ra    : ffffffff80bf3074 __schedule+0x804/0xe08
> [ 4066.807230] Status: 5400cce2 KX SX UX KERNEL EXL
> [ 4066.811917] Cause : 1000002c (ExcCode 0b)
> [ 4066.815899] PrId  : 0014c004 (ICT Loongson-3)
> [ 4066.820228] Modules linked in: asix usbnet mii sg ip6t_REJECT nf_reject_ipv6 ip6table_filter ip6_tables nfnetlink_log nfnetlink xt_hashlimit ipt_REJECT nf_reject_ipv4 xt_NFLOG xt_multiport xt_tcpudp xt_state xt_conntrack nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 libcrc32c iptable_filter sch_fq tcp_bbr fuse drm drm_panel_orientation_quirks configfs ip_tables x_tables autofs4 ext4 crc16 mbcache jbd2 crc32c_generic ohci_pci dm_mod r8169 realtek mdio_devres ohci_hcd ehci_pci of_mdio xhci_pci fixed_phy xhci_hcd ehci_hcd libphy usbcore usb_common
> [ 4066.868085] Process iou-sqp-76326 (pid: 76608, threadinfo=0000000056dd346c, task=000000001209ac62, tls=000000fff18298e0)
> [ 4066.878897] Stack : ffffffff80ec0000 0000000000000000 ffffffff80ec0000 980000010db34100
> [ 4066.886867]         9800000100000004 d253a55201683fdc 9800000105115280 0000000000000000
> [ 4066.894832]         0000000000000000 0000000000000001 980000010db340e8 0000000000000001
> [ 4066.902796]         0000000000000004 0000000000000000 980000010db33d28 ffffffff80bf36d0
> [ 4066.910761]         980000010db340e8 980000010db34100 980000010db340c8 ffffffff8070d740
> [ 4066.918726]         980000010946cc80 9800000104b56c80 980000010db340c0 0000000000000000
> [ 4066.926690]         ffffffff80ec0000 980000010db340c8 980000010025c080 ffffffff80ec5ce0
> [ 4066.934654]         0000000000000000 9800000105115280 ffffffff802c59b8 980000010db34108
> [ 4066.942619]         980000010db34108 2d7071732d756f69 ffff003632333637 d253a55201683fdc
> [ 4066.950585]         ffffffff8070d1c8 980000010db340c0 98000001092276c8 000000007400cce0
> [ 4066.958552]         ...
> [ 4066.960981] Call Trace:
> [ 4066.963414] [<ffffffff802177c0>] _save_fp+0x10/0xa0
> [ 4066.968270] [<ffffffff80bf3074>] __schedule+0x804/0xe08
> [ 4066.973462] [<ffffffff80bf36d0>] schedule+0x58/0x150
> [ 4066.978397] [<ffffffff8070d740>] io_sq_thread+0x578/0x5a0
> [ 4066.983764] [<ffffffff8020518c>] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x14/0x1c
> [ 4066.989823]
> [ 4066.991297] Code: 000c6940  05a10011  00000000 <f4810af0> f4830b10  f4850b30  f4870b50  f4890b70  f48b0b90
> 
> It seems like kernel is trying to save a FP context for a kthread.
> Since we don't use FPU in kernel for now, TIF_USEDFPU must be set
> accidentally for that kthread.
> 
> Inspecting the code it seems like create_io_thread may be invoked
> from threads that have FP context alive, causing TIF_USEDFPU to be
> copied from that context to kthread unexpectedly.
> 
> Move around code blocks to ensure flags regarding lazy hardware
> context get cleared for kernel threads as well.
> 
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Reported-by: Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@...ian.org>
> Signed-off-by: Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@...goat.com>

Thanks for the patch. In the meantime we have found that the problem is
reproducible by building the kitinerary package. The crash happens when
cmake starts the build. It's not impossible that other packages are able
to also trigger the crash, but we haven't identified them yet.

Anyway, I have been able to test a backport of the patch onto the 5.10
kernel (with minor adjustments) and I confirm it fixes the reported
issue.

Tested-by: Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@...ian.org>

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