Re: Latest crash not working with kernel 4.14.314

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On 2023/05/10 14:02, HAGIO KAZUHITO(萩尾 一仁) wrote:
> On 2023/05/10 10:44, HAGIO KAZUHITO(萩尾 一仁) wrote:
>> On 2023/05/10 4:33, Luiz Capitulino wrote:
>>> On 2023-05-09 03:32, HAGIO KAZUHITO(萩尾 一仁) wrote:
>>>> On 2023/05/02 3:41, Luiz Capitulino wrote:
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm trying to run latest crash (HEAD 2505a65ff54) against kernel
>>>>> 4.14.314 but I'm getting the error below on startup.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is this a known issue? If not, any suggestions on how to debug it?
>>>>
>>>> hmm, I tried the kernel version, but could not reproduce it.
>>>>
>>>> crash> sys
>>>>           KERNEL: /lib/modules/4.14.314/build/vmlinux
>>>>         DUMPFILE: /proc/kcore
>>>>             CPUS: 4
>>>>             DATE: Tue May  9 16:16:14 JST 2023
>>>>           UPTIME: 00:07:02
>>>> LOAD AVERAGE: 0.07, 0.12, 0.07
>>>>            TASKS: 174
>>>>         NODENAME: rhel78b
>>>>          RELEASE: 4.14.314
>>>>          VERSION: #1 SMP Tue May 9 15:28:59 JST 2023
>>>>          MACHINE: x86_64  (3408 Mhz)
>>>>           MEMORY: 4 GB
>>>>
>>>> Could you upload a startup log with "crash -d 8" option?
>>>
>>> I'm attaching a file with this information, thanks a lot for looking
>>> into this.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> -----
>> module: ffffffffa00f8f80
>> <readmem: ffffffffa00f8f80, KVADDR, "module struct", 896, (ROE|Q), 122f800>
>> <readmem: 200e000, PHYSADDR, "pud page", 4096, (FOE), 1c95e00>
>> <read_proc_kcore: addr: 200e000 paddr: 200e000 cnt: 4096>
>> crash: seek error: physical address: 200e000  type: "pud page"
>> -----
>>
>> It seems that the virt to phys conversion for ffffffffa00f8f80 fails
>> because the file offset of the pud page is not found in /proc/kcore.
>>
>> According to read_proc_kcore(), it does
>>      1. p2v for 200e000  i.e. phys:200e000 --> virt:???
>>      2. search /proc/kcore pt_loads for the corresponding file offset to the
>>         virtual address. (as pc->curcmd_flags does not have MEMTYPE_KVADDR.)
>>      3. read the file offset.
>>
>> so, what is the converted virtual address?  For example,
>>
>> --- a/netdump.c
>> +++ b/netdump.c
>> @@ -4362,6 +4362,8 @@ read_proc_kcore(int fd, void *bufptr, int cnt, ulong addr, physaddr_t paddr)
>>            else
>>                    kvaddr =  PTOV((ulong)paddr);
>>     
>> +       fprintf(fp, "kvaddr: %lx\n", kvaddr);
>> +
>>            offset = UNINITIALIZED;
>>            readcnt = cnt;
>>     
> 
> Ah, probably got it.
> 
> The PTOV() above is defined like this:
> 
> #define PTOV(X)               ((unsigned long)(X)+(machdep->kvbase))
> 
>>
>> Your kernel has the following pt_load information, probably it's out of
>> these vaddr ranges?
>>         
>>           offset         vaddr              end             paddr         end     size
>>        7fffff604000 ffffffffff600000-ffffffffff601000 ffffffffffffffff-        0 (1000)
>>        7fff81004000 ffffffff81000000-ffffffff8377f000          1000000-  377f000 (277f000)
>>        490000004000 ffffc90000000000-ffffe90000000000 ffffffffffffffff-        0 (1fffffffffff)
>>        7fffa0004000 ffffffffa0000000-ffffffffff000000 ffffffffffffffff-        0 (5f000000)
>>         88000005000 ffff888000001000-ffff88800009f000             1000-    9f000 (9e000)
>>        6a0000004000 ffffea0000000000-ffffea0000003000 ffffffffffffffff-        0 (3000)
>>         88000104000 ffff888000100000-ffff8880bffe8000           100000- bffe8000 (bfee8000)
>>        6a0000008000 ffffea0000004000-ffffea0003000000 ffffffffffffffff-        0 (2ffc000)
>>         88100004000 ffff888100000000-ffff888fff000000        100000000-fff000000 (eff000000)
>>        6a0004004000 ffffea0004000000-ffffea003ffc0000 ffffffffffffffff-        0 (3bfc0000)
> 
> Your kernel looks configured without CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE.  For such
> kernels, a hard-coded value is used for PAGE_OFFSET and kvbase.  And
> I found that Linux 4.14.84 and later has the recent PAGE_OFFSET.
> 
>           case POST_GDB:
>                   if (!(machdep->flags & RANDOMIZED) &&
>                       ((THIS_KERNEL_VERSION >= LINUX(4,19,5)) ||
>                       ((THIS_KERNEL_VERSION >= LINUX(4,14,84)) &&
>                        (THIS_KERNEL_VERSION < LINUX(4,15,0))))) {
>                           machdep->machspec->page_offset = machdep->flags & VM_5LEVEL ?
>                                   PAGE_OFFSET_5LEVEL_4_20 : PAGE_OFFSET_4LEVEL_4_20;
>                           machdep->kvbase = machdep->machspec->page_offset;
> 
> #define PAGE_OFFSET_4LEVEL_4_20    0xffff888000000000
> 
> But, the THIS_KERNEL_VERSION and LINUX() macros are defined like this:
> 
> #define THIS_KERNEL_VERSION ((kt->kernel_version[0] << 16) + \
>                                (kt->kernel_version[1] << 8) + \
>                                (kt->kernel_version[2]))
> #define LINUX(x,y,z) (((uint)(x) << 16) + ((uint)(y) << 8) + (uint)(z))
> 
> So (THIS_KERNEL_VERSION < LINUX(4,15,0)) is false on Linux 4.14.256 and
> later, and the old PAGE_OFFSET will be used.
> 
> So does this patch work well?

I also confirmed that the issue could be reproduced without CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE,
and this patch fixed it.  so posted a formal patch, please try that.

Thanks,
Kazu

> 
> --- a/defs.h
> +++ b/defs.h
> @@ -807,10 +807,10 @@ struct kernel_table {                   /* kernel data */
>            }                                                            \
>    }
>    
> -#define THIS_KERNEL_VERSION ((kt->kernel_version[0] << 16) + \
> -                            (kt->kernel_version[1] << 8) + \
> +#define THIS_KERNEL_VERSION ((kt->kernel_version[0] << 24) + \
> +                            (kt->kernel_version[1] << 16) + \
>                                (kt->kernel_version[2]))
> -#define LINUX(x,y,z) (((uint)(x) << 16) + ((uint)(y) << 8) + (uint)(z))
> +#define LINUX(x,y,z) (((uint)(x) << 24) + ((uint)(y) << 16) + (uint)(z))
>    
>    #define THIS_GCC_VERSION    ((kt->gcc_version[0] << 16) + \
>                                 (kt->gcc_version[1] << 8) + \
> 
> Thanks,
> Kazu
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