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From: Hoeun Ryu <hoeun.ryu@lge.com.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@nexb.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	"Liu, Changcheng" <changcheng.liu@intel.com>
Cc: Hoeun Ryu <hoeun.ryu@lge.com>,
	Kate Stewart <kstewart@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] nmi_backtrace: use printk_safe_flush_on_panic when triggering backtraces
Date: Fri, 25 May 2018 16:09:19 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1527232247-31693-1-git-send-email-hoeun.ryu@lge.com.com> (raw)

From: Hoeun Ryu <hoeun.ryu@lge.com>

 Use printk_safe_flush_on_panic() in nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace().
nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace() can be called in NMI context. For example the
function is called in watchdog_overflow_callback() if the flag of hardlockup
backtrace (sysctl_hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace) is true and
watchdog_overflow_callback() function is called in NMI context on some
architectures.
 printk_safe_flush() eventually tries to lock logbuf_lock in vprintk_emit() but the
logbuf_lock can be already locked in preempted contexts (task or irq in this case)
or by other CPUs and it may cause deadlocks.
 By using printk_safe_flush_on_panic() instead of printk_safe_flush() in
in nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace(), the backtrace triggering CPU can access the lock
safely as the lock is reinitialized before calling printk_safe_flush().
 The messages in logbuf can be corrupted if the NMI context preempts other contexts
or ignores the lock held by other CPUs writing the buffer.

Signed-off-by: Hoeun Ryu <hoeun.ryu@lge.com>
---
 lib/nmi_backtrace.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/nmi_backtrace.c b/lib/nmi_backtrace.c
index 61a6b5a..0ace3c9 100644
--- a/lib/nmi_backtrace.c
+++ b/lib/nmi_backtrace.c
@@ -78,8 +78,11 @@ void nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace(const cpumask_t *mask,
 	/*
 	 * Force flush any remote buffers that might be stuck in IRQ context
 	 * and therefore could not run their irq_work.
+	 * Call nmi-safe version of printk_safe_flush() because this function can be
+	 * called in NMI context like watchdog_overflow_callback() if
+	 * sysctl_hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace is true.
 	 */
-	printk_safe_flush();
+	printk_safe_flush_on_panic();
 
 	clear_bit_unlock(0, &backtrace_flag);
 	put_cpu();
-- 
2.1.4

                 reply	other threads:[~2018-05-25  7:11 UTC|newest]

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