On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 11:22:04AM +0800, Chen Zhongjin wrote: > On 2022/5/10 17:46, Chen Zhongjin wrote: > > csdlock_debug uses early_param and static_branch_enable() to enable > > csd_lock_wait feature, which triggers a panic on arm64 with config: > > CONFIG_SPARSEMEM=y > > CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP=n > > > > With CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP=n, __nr_to_section is called in > > static_key_enable() and returns NULL which makes NULL dereference > > because mem_section is initialized in sparse_init() which is later > > than parse_early_param() stage. > > > > For powerpc this is also broken, because early_param stage is > > earlier than jump_label_init() so static_key_enable won't work. > > powerpc throws an warning: "static key 'xxx' used before call > > to jump_label_init()". > > > > Thus, early_param is too early for csd_lock_wait to run > > static_branch_enable(), so changes it to __setup to fix these. > > > > Fixes: 8d0968cc6b8f ("locking/csd_lock: Add boot parameter for controlling CSD lock debugging") > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Reported-by: Chen jingwen <chenjingwen6@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Chen Zhongjin <chenzhongjin@xxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > Change v3 -> v4: > > Fix title and description because this fix is also applied > > to powerpc. > > For more detailed arm64 bug report see: > > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/e8715911-f835-059d-27f8-cc5f5ad30a07@xxxxxxxxxx/t/ > > > > Change v2 -> v3: > > Add module name in title > > > > Change v1 -> v2: > > Fix return 1 for __setup > > --- > > kernel/smp.c | 4 ++-- > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/kernel/smp.c b/kernel/smp.c > > index 65a630f62363..381eb15cd28f 100644 > > --- a/kernel/smp.c > > +++ b/kernel/smp.c > > @@ -174,9 +174,9 @@ static int __init csdlock_debug(char *str) > > if (val) > > static_branch_enable(&csdlock_debug_enabled); > > > > - return 0; > > + return 1; > > } > > -early_param("csdlock_debug", csdlock_debug); > > +__setup("csdlock_debug=", csdlock_debug); > > > > static DEFINE_PER_CPU(call_single_data_t *, cur_csd); > > static DEFINE_PER_CPU(smp_call_func_t, cur_csd_func); > > Ping for review. Thanks! I have pulled it into -rcu for testing and further review. It might well need to go through some other path, though. Thanx, Paul