A bug is observed on pseries by taking the following steps on rhel:
-1. drmgr -c mem -r -q 5
-2. echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger
And then, the failure looks like:
kdump: saving to /sysroot//var/crash/127.0.0.1-2020-01-16-02:06:14/
kdump: saving vmcore-dmesg.txt
kdump: saving vmcore-dmesg.txt complete
kdump: saving vmcore
Checking for memory holes : [ 0.0 %] / Checking for memory holes : [100.0 %] | Excluding unnecessary pages : [100.0 %] \ Copying data : [ 0.3 %] - eta: 38s[ 44.337636] hash-mmu: mm: Hashing failure ! EA=0x7fffba400000 access=0x8000000000000004 current=makedumpfile
[ 44.337663] hash-mmu: trap=0x300 vsid=0x13a109c ssize=1 base psize=2 psize 2 pte=0xc000000050000504
[ 44.337677] hash-mmu: mm: Hashing failure ! EA=0x7fffba400000 access=0x8000000000000004 current=makedumpfile
[ 44.337692] hash-mmu: trap=0x300 vsid=0x13a109c ssize=1 base psize=2 psize 2 pte=0xc000000050000504
[ 44.337708] makedumpfile[469]: unhandled signal 7 at 00007fffba400000 nip 00007fffbbc4d7fc lr 000000011356ca3c code 2
[ 44.338548] Core dump to |/bin/false pipe failed
/lib/kdump-lib-initramfs.sh: line 98: 469 Bus error $CORE_COLLECTOR /proc/vmcore $_mp/$KDUMP_PATH/$HOST_IP-$DATEDIR/vmcore-incomplete
kdump: saving vmcore failed
* Root cause *
After analyzing, it turns out that in the current implementation,
when hot-removing lmb, the KOBJ_REMOVE event ejects before the dt updating as
the code __remove_memory() comes before drmem_update_dt().
So in kdump kernel, when read_from_oldmem() resorts to
pSeries_lpar_hpte_insert() to install hpte, but fails with -2 due to
non-exist pfn. And finally, low_hash_fault() raise SIGBUS to process, as it
can be observed "Bus error"
>From a viewpoint of listener and publisher, the publisher notifies the
listener before data is ready. This introduces a problem where udev
launches kexec-tools (due to KOBJ_REMOVE) and loads a stale dt before
updating. And in capture kernel, makedumpfile will access the memory based
on the stale dt info, and hit a SIGBUS error due to an un-existed lmb.
* Fix *
In order to fix this issue, update dt before __remove_memory(), and
accordingly the same rule in hot-add path.
This will introduce extra dt updating payload for each involved lmb when hotplug.
But it should be fine since drmem_update_dt() is memory based operation and
hotplug is not a hot path.
Signed-off-by: Pingfan Liu <kernelfans@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hari Bathini <hbathini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Leonardo Bras <leonardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Libor Pechacek <lpechacek@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Nathan Fontenot <nfont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: kexec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
v1 -> v2: improve commit, and more detail about the SIGBUG failure path
arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c | 15 +++++++++------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c
index 4bd9004..72cd4a5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c
@@ -394,6 +394,9 @@ static int dlpar_remove_lmb(struct drmem_lmb *lmb)
invalidate_lmb_associativity_index(lmb);
lmb_clear_nid(lmb);
lmb->flags &= ~DRCONF_MEM_ASSIGNED;
+ rtas_hp_event = true;
+ drmem_update_dt();
+ rtas_hp_event = false;
__remove_memory(nid, base_addr, block_sz);
@@ -667,6 +670,9 @@ static int dlpar_add_lmb(struct drmem_lmb *lmb)
lmb_set_nid(lmb);
lmb->flags |= DRCONF_MEM_ASSIGNED;
+ rtas_hp_event = true;
+ drmem_update_dt();
+ rtas_hp_event = false;
block_sz = memory_block_size_bytes();
@@ -685,6 +691,9 @@ static int dlpar_add_lmb(struct drmem_lmb *lmb)
invalidate_lmb_associativity_index(lmb);
lmb_clear_nid(lmb);
lmb->flags &= ~DRCONF_MEM_ASSIGNED;
+ rtas_hp_event = true;
+ drmem_update_dt();
+ rtas_hp_event = false;
__remove_memory(nid, base_addr, block_sz);
}
@@ -941,12 +950,6 @@ int dlpar_memory(struct pseries_hp_errorlog *hp_elog)
break;
}
- if (!rc) {
- rtas_hp_event = true;
- rc = drmem_update_dt();
- rtas_hp_event = false;
- }
-
unlock_device_hotplug();
return rc;
}
--
2.7.5
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