linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] s390/mm: Fix in_atomic() handling in do_secure_storage

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Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2025 18:27:49 +0200
From: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...ux.ibm.com>
To: Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Janosch Frank <frankja@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ux.ibm.com>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Sven Schnelle <svens@...ux.ibm.com>, Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] s390/mm: Fix in_atomic() handling in
 do_secure_storage_access()

On Tue, Jun 03, 2025 at 03:49:36PM +0200, Heiko Carstens wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/fault.c b/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
> index 3829521450dd..e1ad05bfd28a 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
> +++ b/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
> @@ -441,6 +441,8 @@ void do_secure_storage_access(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  		if (rc)
>  			BUG();
>  	} else {
> +		if (faulthandler_disabled())
> +			return handle_fault_error_nolock(regs, 0);

This could trigger WARN_ON_ONCE() in handle_fault_error_nolock():

		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!si_code))
			si_code = SEGV_MAPERR;

Would this warning be justified in this case (aka user_mode(regs) == true)?

>  		mm = current->mm;
>  		mmap_read_lock(mm);
>  		vma = find_vma(mm, addr);