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authorBreno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>2019-01-16 14:47:44 -0200
committerMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>2019-05-01 23:03:29 +1000
commite620d45065c7b5b8d6ae11217c09c09380103b83 (patch)
treead39d47677517cfe0b822966b6c609b6dd385244 /arch/powerpc/kernel
parent2c474c03505677cfd987d52e8bf42abe8c270529 (diff)
downloadlinux-e620d45065c7b5b8d6ae11217c09c09380103b83.tar.bz2
powerpc/tm: Avoid machine crash on rt_sigreturn()
There is a kernel crash that happens if rt_sigreturn() is called inside a transactional block. This crash happens if the kernel hits an in-kernel page fault when accessing userspace memory, usually through copy_ckvsx_to_user(). A major page fault calls might_sleep() function, which can cause a task reschedule. A task reschedule (switch_to()) reclaim and recheckpoint the TM states, but, in the signal return path, the checkpointed memory was already reclaimed, thus the exception stack has MSR that points to MSR[TS]=0. When the code returns from might_sleep() and a task reschedule happened, then this task is returned with the memory recheckpointed, and CPU MSR[TS] = suspended. This means that there is a side effect at might_sleep() if it is called with CPU MSR[TS] = 0 and the task has regs->msr[TS] != 0. This side effect can cause a TM bad thing, since at the exception entrance, the stack saves MSR[TS]=0, and this is what will be used at RFID, but, the processor has MSR[TS] = Suspended, and this transition will be invalid and a TM Bad thing will be raised, causing the following crash: Unexpected TM Bad Thing exception at c00000000000e9ec (msr 0x8000000302a03031) tm_scratch=800000010280b033 cpu 0xc: Vector: 700 (Program Check) at [c00000003ff1fd70] pc: c00000000000e9ec: fast_exception_return+0x100/0x1bc lr: c000000000032948: handle_rt_signal64+0xb8/0xaf0 sp: c0000004263ebc40 msr: 8000000302a03031 current = 0xc000000415050300 paca = 0xc00000003ffc4080 irqmask: 0x03 irq_happened: 0x01 pid = 25006, comm = sigfuz Linux version 5.0.0-rc1-00001-g3bd6e94bec12 (breno@debian) (gcc version 8.2.0 (Debian 8.2.0-3)) #899 SMP Mon Jan 7 11:30:07 EST 2019 WARNING: exception is not recoverable, can't continue enter ? for help [c0000004263ebc40] c000000000032948 handle_rt_signal64+0xb8/0xaf0 (unreliable) [c0000004263ebd30] c000000000022780 do_notify_resume+0x2f0/0x430 [c0000004263ebe20] c00000000000e844 ret_from_except_lite+0x70/0x74 --- Exception: c00 (System Call) at 00007fffbaac400c SP (7fffeca90f40) is in userspace The solution for this problem is running the sigreturn code with regs->msr[TS] disabled, thus, avoiding hitting the side effect above. This does not seem to be a problem since regs->msr will be replaced by the ucontext value, so, it is being flushed already. In this case, it is flushed earlier. Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org> Acked-by: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc/kernel')
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c27
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
index 6794466f6420..06c299ef6132 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ static long restore_tm_sigcontexts(struct task_struct *tsk,
preempt_disable();
/* pull in MSR TS bits from user context */
- regs->msr = (regs->msr & ~MSR_TS_MASK) | (msr & MSR_TS_MASK);
+ regs->msr |= msr & MSR_TS_MASK;
/*
* Ensure that TM is enabled in regs->msr before we leave the signal
@@ -745,6 +745,31 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE0(rt_sigreturn)
if (MSR_TM_SUSPENDED(mfmsr()))
tm_reclaim_current(0);
+ /*
+ * Disable MSR[TS] bit also, so, if there is an exception in the
+ * code below (as a page fault in copy_ckvsx_to_user()), it does
+ * not recheckpoint this task if there was a context switch inside
+ * the exception.
+ *
+ * A major page fault can indirectly call schedule(). A reschedule
+ * process in the middle of an exception can have a side effect
+ * (Changing the CPU MSR[TS] state), since schedule() is called
+ * with the CPU MSR[TS] disable and returns with MSR[TS]=Suspended
+ * (switch_to() calls tm_recheckpoint() for the 'new' process). In
+ * this case, the process continues to be the same in the CPU, but
+ * the CPU state just changed.
+ *
+ * This can cause a TM Bad Thing, since the MSR in the stack will
+ * have the MSR[TS]=0, and this is what will be used to RFID.
+ *
+ * Clearing MSR[TS] state here will avoid a recheckpoint if there
+ * is any process reschedule in kernel space. The MSR[TS] state
+ * does not need to be saved also, since it will be replaced with
+ * the MSR[TS] that came from user context later, at
+ * restore_tm_sigcontexts.
+ */
+ regs->msr &= ~MSR_TS_MASK;
+
if (__get_user(msr, &uc->uc_mcontext.gp_regs[PT_MSR]))
goto badframe;
if (MSR_TM_ACTIVE(msr)) {