Re: [PATCH] arm64 : assign page_offset and kvbase based on VA_BITS passed

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On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 3:35 PM HAGIO KAZUHITO(萩尾 一仁)
<k-hagio-ab@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> > On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 11:17 AM HAGIO KAZUHITO(萩尾 一仁)
> > <k-hagio-ab@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Ankur,
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > >       >> assign page_offset and kvbase based on VA_BITS passed
> > > >       >>
> > > >
> > > >       >Thank you for the patch, Ankur.
> > > >       >Can you help to describe the reason in detail? And what happened?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi Lianbo, Raw ramdump without vmcoreinfo doesn't work here.
> > > > read_vmcoreinfo("NUMBER(BA_BITS)") will not work on raw ramdump.
> > > > getting below error
> > > >
> >
> > Thank you for the information, Ankur.
> >
> > > > crash_64: vmlinux and /var/tmp/ramdump_elf_XUtCMT do not match!
> > > > Usage:
> > > > crash [OPTION]... NAMELIST MEMORY-IMAGE[@address <https://github.com/address> ] (dumpfile form)
> > > > crash [OPTION]... [NAMELIST] (live system form)
> > > > Enter "crash_64 -h" for details.
> > > >
> > > > Recent change https://github.com/crash-utility/crash/commit/167d37e347fe35c6f7db826e8539e192c4375564
> > is
> > > > causing this issue, before this change VA_BITS_ACTUAL was used which is passed from cmd line.
> > >
> > > ok, I see, but I'm not sure why your patch uses the (pc->flags2 & SNAP) condition.
> >
> > This seems not  very reasonable, the SNAP flag has a specific use.
> >
> > > The calculation used VA_BITS_ACTUAL (== VA_BITS for ramdump) before the change,
> > > so how about the following patch?
> > >./crash
> > > diff --git a/arm64.c b/arm64.c
> > > index 7069312671cf..da78acbb013f 100644
> > > --- a/arm64.c
> > > +++ b/arm64.c
> > > @@ -4031,6 +4031,9 @@ arm64_calc_VA_BITS(void)
> > >                                 error(FATAL, "cannot determine VA_BITS_ACTUAL\n");
> > >                 }
> > >
> > > +               if (!machdep->machspec->CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS) /* guess */
> > > +                       machdep->machspec->CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS = machedp->machspec->VA_BITS;
> > > +
> >
> > Looks good.
>
> Thanks, but I'm rethinking about their meanings.
>
> The VA_BITS is a macro replaced with CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS in the kernel
> and used to calculate PAGE_OFFSET.
>
> #define VA_BITS                 (CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS)
> #define _PAGE_OFFSET(va)        (-(UL(1) << (va)))
> #define PAGE_OFFSET             (_PAGE_OFFSET(VA_BITS))
>
> It looks like we should set ms->CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS only for the value
> got from the kernel config or vmcoreinfo.  On the other hand, ms->VA_BITS
> can be calculated from other information in crash.
>
Sounds good to me.

> So should we use ms->VA_BITS for ARM64_FLIP_PAGE_OFFSET like this?
>
> diff --git a/arm64.c b/arm64.c
> index 7069312671cf..f33b6c28a3bc 100644
> --- a/arm64.c
> +++ b/arm64.c
> @@ -4031,6 +4031,9 @@ arm64_calc_VA_BITS(void)
>                                 error(FATAL, "cannot determine VA_BITS_ACTUAL\n");
>                 }
>
> +               if (!machdep->machspec->CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS)
> +                       machdep->machspec->VA_BITS = machdep->machspec->CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS;

If the above judgment condition is true, the value of VA_BITS is
always assigned to zero? Could you please describe more details?

Thanks.
Lianbo
> +
>                 /*
>                  * The mm flip commit is introduced before 52-bits VA, which is before the
>                  * commit to export NUMBER(TCR_EL1_T1SZ)
> diff --git a/defs.h b/defs.h
> index cbd45e52f9da..c4438b357259 100644
> --- a/defs.h
> +++ b/defs.h
> @@ -3239,7 +3239,7 @@ typedef signed int s32;
>  #define ARM64_PAGE_OFFSET    ((0xffffffffffffffffUL) \
>                                         << (machdep->machspec->VA_BITS - 1))
>  /* kernels >= v5.4 the kernel VA space is flipped */
> -#define ARM64_FLIP_PAGE_OFFSET (-(1UL) << machdep->machspec->CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS)
> +#define ARM64_FLIP_PAGE_OFFSET (-(1UL) << machdep->machspec->VA_BITS)
>  #define ARM64_FLIP_PAGE_OFFSET_ACTUAL ((0xffffffffffffffffUL) \
>                                         - ((1UL) << machdep->machspec->VA_BITS_ACTUAL) + 1)
>
>
> >
> > >                 /*
> > >                  * The mm flip commit is introduced before 52-bits VA, which is before the
> > >                  * commit to export NUMBER(TCR_EL1_T1SZ)
> > >
> >
> > BTW: Can we also try to get its value from kernel config? But this
> > relies on kernel config: CONFIG_IKCONFIG.
>
> The IKCONFIG_AVAIL flag is set by IKCFG_INIT here:
>
>                         read_in_kernel_config(IKCFG_INIT);
>                         kernel_init();
>                         machdep_init(POST_GDB);
>
> The get_kernel_config() cannot be used in machdep_init(PRE_GDB).
>
> Thanks,
> Kazu
>
>
> >
> > diff --git a/arm64.c b/arm64.c
> > index 7069312..79f9929 100644
> > --- a/arm64.c
> > +++ b/arm64.c
> > @@ -3989,6 +3989,10 @@ arm64_calc_VA_BITS(void)
> >                 value = atol(string);
> >                 free(string);
> >                 machdep->machspec->CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS = value;
> > +       } else if (kt->ikconfig_flags & IKCONFIG_AVAIL) {
> > +               if ((get_kernel_config("CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS",
> > +                       &string)) == IKCONFIG_STR)
> > +                       machdep->machspec->CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS = atol(string);
> >         }
> >
> >         if (kernel_symbol_exists("vabits_actual")) {
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Lianbo
> > > > 3987 static void
> > > > 3988 arm64_calc_VA_BITS(void)
> > > > 3989 {
> > > > 3990     int bitval;
> > > > 3991     struct syment *sp;
> > > > 3992     ulong vabits_actual, value;
> > > > 3993     char *string;
> > > > 3994
> > > > 3995     if ((string = pc->read_vmcoreinfo("NUMBER(VA_BITS)"))) {
> > > > 3996         value = atol(string);
> > > > 3997         free(string);
> > > > 3998         machdep->machspec->CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS = value;
> > > > 3999     }
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >       >Thanks.
> > > >       >Lianbo
> > > >
> > > >       >> Change-Id: I525f3c7fd91e1f06e909c2f4c1749c44c068baea
> > > >       >> Signed-off-by: Ankur Bansal <er.ankurbansal@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:er.ankurbansal@xxxxxxxxx> >
> > > >       >> ---
> > > >       >> arm64.c | 15 +++++++++++----
> > > >       >> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > > >       >>
> > > >       >> diff --git a/arm64.c b/arm64.c
> > > >       >> index 7069312..2dc77f7 100644
> > > >       >> --- a/arm64.c
> > > >       >> +++ b/arm64.c
> > > >       >> @@ -220,10 +220,17 @@ arm64_init(int when)
> > > >       >>
> > > >       >>                 /* vabits_actual introduced after mm flip, so it should be flipped layout */
> > > >       >>                 if (ms->VA_BITS_ACTUAL) {
> > > >       >> -                       ms->page_offset = ARM64_FLIP_PAGE_OFFSET;
> > > >       >> -                       /* useless on arm64 */
> > > >       >> -                       machdep->identity_map_base = ARM64_FLIP_PAGE_OFFSET;
> > > >       >> -                       machdep->kvbase = ARM64_FLIP_PAGE_OFFSET;
> > > >       >> +                       if ((pc->flags2 & SNAP)) {
> > > >       >> +                               ms->page_offset = ARM64_FLIP_PAGE_OFFSET;
> > > >       >> +                               /* useless on arm64 */
> > > >       >> +                               machdep->identity_map_base = ARM64_FLIP_PAGE_OFFSET;
> > > >       >> +                               machdep->kvbase = ARM64_FLIP_PAGE_OFFSET;
> > > >       >> +                       }
> > > >       >> +                       else{
> > > >       >> +                               ms->page_offset = ARM64_FLIP_PAGE_OFFSET_ACTUAL;
> > > >       >> +                               machdep->identity_map_base = ARM64_FLIP_PAGE_OFFSET_ACTUAL;
> > > >       >> +                               machdep->kvbase = ARM64_FLIP_PAGE_OFFSET_ACTUAL;
> > > >       >> +                       }
> > > >       >>                         ms->userspace_top = ARM64_USERSPACE_TOP_ACTUAL;
> > > >       >>                 } else {
> > > >       >>                         ms->page_offset = ARM64_PAGE_OFFSET;
> > > >       >> --
> > > >       >> 2.7.4
> > > >
> > > >
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