Re: [PATCH 1/1] arch/fault: don't print logs for simulated poison errors

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On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 2:30 PM John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 5/9/24 1:39 PM, Axel Rasmussen wrote:
> > For real MCEs, various architectures print log messages when poisoned
> > memory is accessed (which results in a SIGBUS). These messages can be
> > important for users to understand the issue.
> >
> > On the other hand, we have the userfaultfd UFFDIO_POISON operation,
> > which can "simulate" memory poisoning. That particular process will get
> > SIGBUS on access to the memory, but this effect is tied to an MM, rather
> > than being global like a real poison event. So, we don't want to log
> > about this case to the global kernel log; instead, let the process
> > itself log or whatever else it wants to do. This avoids spamming the
> > kernel log, and avoids e.g. drowning out real events with simulated
> > ones.
> >
> > To identify this situation, add a new VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_SIM flag. This
> > is expected to be set *in addition to* one of the existing
> > VM_FAULT_HWPOISON or VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_LARGE flags (which are mutually
> > exclusive).
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   arch/parisc/mm/fault.c   | 7 +++++--
> >   arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c  | 6 ++++--
> >   arch/x86/mm/fault.c      | 6 ++++--
> >   include/linux/mm_types.h | 5 +++++
> >   mm/hugetlb.c             | 3 ++-
> >   mm/memory.c              | 2 +-
> >   6 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> >
>
> This completely fixes the uffd-unit-test behavior, I just did a quick
> test run to be sure as well.
>
> Reviewed-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks John!

And, no problem about the other patch, they aren't functionally
dependent, I just hoped to save Andrew dealing with the small merge
conflict. :) I'll base a v2 on mm-unstable directly and that should
clear everything up.

>
> thanks,
> --
> John Hubbard
> NVIDIA
>
>
> > diff --git a/arch/parisc/mm/fault.c b/arch/parisc/mm/fault.c
> > index c39de84e98b0..e5370bcadf27 100644
> > --- a/arch/parisc/mm/fault.c
> > +++ b/arch/parisc/mm/fault.c
> > @@ -400,9 +400,12 @@ void do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long code,
> >   #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE
> >               if (fault & (VM_FAULT_HWPOISON|VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_LARGE)) {
> >                       unsigned int lsb = 0;
> > -                     printk(KERN_ERR
> > +
> > +                     if (!(fault & VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_SIM)) {
> > +                             pr_err(
> >       "MCE: Killing %s:%d due to hardware memory corruption fault at %08lx\n",
> > -                     tsk->comm, tsk->pid, address);
> > +                             tsk->comm, tsk->pid, address);
> > +                     }
> >                       /*
> >                        * Either small page or large page may be poisoned.
> >                        * In other words, VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_LARGE and
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
> > index 53335ae21a40..ac5e8a3c7fba 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
> > @@ -140,8 +140,10 @@ static int do_sigbus(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
> >       if (fault & (VM_FAULT_HWPOISON|VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_LARGE)) {
> >               unsigned int lsb = 0; /* shutup gcc */
> >
> > -             pr_err("MCE: Killing %s:%d due to hardware memory corruption fault at %lx\n",
> > -                     current->comm, current->pid, address);
> > +             if (!(fault & VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_SIM)) {
> > +                     pr_err("MCE: Killing %s:%d due to hardware memory corruption fault at %lx\n",
> > +                             current->comm, current->pid, address);
> > +             }
> >
> >               if (fault & VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_LARGE)
> >                       lsb = hstate_index_to_shift(VM_FAULT_GET_HINDEX(fault));
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
> > index e4f3c7721f45..16d077a3ad14 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
> > @@ -928,9 +928,11 @@ do_sigbus(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code, unsigned long address,
> >               struct task_struct *tsk = current;
> >               unsigned lsb = 0;
> >
> > -             pr_err_ratelimited(
> > +             if (!(fault & VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_SIM)) {
> > +                     pr_err_ratelimited(
> >       "MCE: Killing %s:%d due to hardware memory corruption fault at %lx\n",
> > -                     tsk->comm, tsk->pid, address);
> > +                             tsk->comm, tsk->pid, address);
> > +             }
> >               if (fault & VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_LARGE)
> >                       lsb = hstate_index_to_shift(VM_FAULT_GET_HINDEX(fault));
> >               if (fault & VM_FAULT_HWPOISON)
> > diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
> > index 5240bd7bca33..7f8fc3efc5b2 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
> > @@ -1226,6 +1226,9 @@ typedef __bitwise unsigned int vm_fault_t;
> >    * @VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_LARGE:        Hit poisoned large page. Index encoded
> >    *                          in upper bits
> >    * @VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV:               segmentation fault
> > + * @VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_SIM    Hit poisoned, PTE marker; this indicates a
> > + *                           simulated poison (e.g. via usefaultfd's

I'll also fix this small typo in a v2. :P

> > + *                              UFFDIO_POISON), not a "real" hwerror.
> >    * @VM_FAULT_NOPAGE:                ->fault installed the pte, not return page
> >    * @VM_FAULT_LOCKED:                ->fault locked the returned page
> >    * @VM_FAULT_RETRY:         ->fault blocked, must retry
> > @@ -1245,6 +1248,7 @@ enum vm_fault_reason {
> >       VM_FAULT_HWPOISON       = (__force vm_fault_t)0x000010,
> >       VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_LARGE = (__force vm_fault_t)0x000020,
> >       VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV        = (__force vm_fault_t)0x000040,
> > +     VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_SIM   = (__force vm_fault_t)0x000080,
> >       VM_FAULT_NOPAGE         = (__force vm_fault_t)0x000100,
> >       VM_FAULT_LOCKED         = (__force vm_fault_t)0x000200,
> >       VM_FAULT_RETRY          = (__force vm_fault_t)0x000400,
> > @@ -1270,6 +1274,7 @@ enum vm_fault_reason {
> >       { VM_FAULT_HWPOISON,            "HWPOISON" },   \
> >       { VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_LARGE,      "HWPOISON_LARGE" },     \
> >       { VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV,             "SIGSEGV" },    \
> > +     { VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_SIM,        "HWPOISON_SIM" },       \
> >       { VM_FAULT_NOPAGE,              "NOPAGE" },     \
> >       { VM_FAULT_LOCKED,              "LOCKED" },     \
> >       { VM_FAULT_RETRY,               "RETRY" },      \
> > diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
> > index 65456230cc71..2b4e0173e806 100644
> > --- a/mm/hugetlb.c
> > +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
> > @@ -6485,7 +6485,8 @@ vm_fault_t hugetlb_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> >                               pte_marker_get(pte_to_swp_entry(entry));
> >
> >                       if (marker & PTE_MARKER_POISONED) {
> > -                             ret = VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_LARGE |
> > +                             ret = VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_SIM |
> > +                                   VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_LARGE |
> >                                     VM_FAULT_SET_HINDEX(hstate_index(h));
> >                               goto out_mutex;
> >                       }
> > diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> > index d2155ced45f8..29a833b996ae 100644
> > --- a/mm/memory.c
> > +++ b/mm/memory.c
> > @@ -3910,7 +3910,7 @@ static vm_fault_t handle_pte_marker(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> >
> >       /* Higher priority than uffd-wp when data corrupted */
> >       if (marker & PTE_MARKER_POISONED)
> > -             return VM_FAULT_HWPOISON;
> > +             return VM_FAULT_HWPOISON | VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_SIM;
> >
> >       if (pte_marker_entry_uffd_wp(entry))
> >               return pte_marker_handle_uffd_wp(vmf);
>
>





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