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[v2,08/12] powerpc/pseries: limit machine check stack to 4GB

Message ID 20200325103410.157573-9-npiggin@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Series powerpc/64: machine check and system reset fixes | expand

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Commit Message

Nicholas Piggin March 25, 2020, 10:34 a.m. UTC
This allows rtas_args to be put on the machine check stack, which
avoids a lot of complications with re-entrancy deadlocks.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Mahesh J Salgaonkar March 27, 2020, 5:24 a.m. UTC | #1
On 2020-03-25 20:34:06 Wed, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
> This allows rtas_args to be put on the machine check stack, which
> avoids a lot of complications with re-entrancy deadlocks.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
> index 3bf03666ee09..ca1041f8a578 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
> @@ -695,6 +695,9 @@ void __init exc_lvl_early_init(void)
>  void __init emergency_stack_init(void)
>  {
>  	u64 limit;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64
> +	u64 mce_limit;
> +#endif
>  	unsigned int i;
> 
>  	/*
> @@ -713,6 +716,16 @@ void __init emergency_stack_init(void)
>  	 */
>  	limit = min(ppc64_bolted_size(), ppc64_rma_size);
> 
> +	/*
> +	 * Machine check on pseries calls rtas, but can't use the static
> +	 * rtas_args due to a machine check hitting while the lock is held.
> +	 * rtas args have to be under 4GB, so the machine check stack is
> +	 * limited to 4GB so args can be put on stack.
> +	 */
> +	mce_limit = limit;
> +	if (firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_LPAR) && mce_limit > 4UL*1024*1024*1024)
> +		mce_limit = 4UL*1024*1024*1024;
> +

Don't you need this as well under CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64 #ifdef ??

Rest looks good.

Reviewed-by: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@linux.ibm.com>

Thanks,
-Mahesh.
Nicholas Piggin April 3, 2020, 10:24 a.m. UTC | #2
Mahesh J Salgaonkar's on March 27, 2020 3:24 pm:
> On 2020-03-25 20:34:06 Wed, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
>> This allows rtas_args to be put on the machine check stack, which
>> avoids a lot of complications with re-entrancy deadlocks.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
>>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
>> index 3bf03666ee09..ca1041f8a578 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
>> @@ -695,6 +695,9 @@ void __init exc_lvl_early_init(void)
>>  void __init emergency_stack_init(void)
>>  {
>>  	u64 limit;
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64
>> +	u64 mce_limit;
>> +#endif
>>  	unsigned int i;
>> 
>>  	/*
>> @@ -713,6 +716,16 @@ void __init emergency_stack_init(void)
>>  	 */
>>  	limit = min(ppc64_bolted_size(), ppc64_rma_size);
>> 
>> +	/*
>> +	 * Machine check on pseries calls rtas, but can't use the static
>> +	 * rtas_args due to a machine check hitting while the lock is held.
>> +	 * rtas args have to be under 4GB, so the machine check stack is
>> +	 * limited to 4GB so args can be put on stack.
>> +	 */
>> +	mce_limit = limit;
>> +	if (firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_LPAR) && mce_limit > 4UL*1024*1024*1024)
>> +		mce_limit = 4UL*1024*1024*1024;
>> +
> 
> Don't you need this as well under CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64 #ifdef ??

Good catch.

Thanks,
Nick
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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
index 3bf03666ee09..ca1041f8a578 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
@@ -695,6 +695,9 @@  void __init exc_lvl_early_init(void)
 void __init emergency_stack_init(void)
 {
 	u64 limit;
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64
+	u64 mce_limit;
+#endif
 	unsigned int i;
 
 	/*
@@ -713,6 +716,16 @@  void __init emergency_stack_init(void)
 	 */
 	limit = min(ppc64_bolted_size(), ppc64_rma_size);
 
+	/*
+	 * Machine check on pseries calls rtas, but can't use the static
+	 * rtas_args due to a machine check hitting while the lock is held.
+	 * rtas args have to be under 4GB, so the machine check stack is
+	 * limited to 4GB so args can be put on stack.
+	 */
+	mce_limit = limit;
+	if (firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_LPAR) && mce_limit > 4UL*1024*1024*1024)
+		mce_limit = 4UL*1024*1024*1024;
+
 	for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
 		paca_ptrs[i]->emergency_sp = alloc_stack(limit, i) + THREAD_SIZE;
 
@@ -721,7 +734,7 @@  void __init emergency_stack_init(void)
 		paca_ptrs[i]->nmi_emergency_sp = alloc_stack(limit, i) + THREAD_SIZE;
 
 		/* emergency stack for machine check exception handling. */
-		paca_ptrs[i]->mc_emergency_sp = alloc_stack(limit, i) + THREAD_SIZE;
+		paca_ptrs[i]->mc_emergency_sp = alloc_stack(mce_limit, i) + THREAD_SIZE;
 #endif
 	}
 }