[patch 36/41] panic: add option to dump all CPUs backtraces in panic_print

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From: "Guilherme G. Piccoli" <gpiccoli@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: panic: add option to dump all CPUs backtraces in panic_print

Currently the "panic_print" parameter/sysctl allows some interesting debug
information to be printed during a panic event.  This is useful for
example in cases the user cannot kdump due to resource limits, or if the
user collects panic logs in a serial output (or pstore) and prefers a fast
reboot instead of a kdump.

Happens that currently there's no way to see all CPUs backtraces in a
panic using "panic_print" on architectures that support that.  We do have
"oops_all_cpu_backtrace" sysctl, but although partially overlapping in the
functionality, they are orthogonal in nature: "panic_print" is a panic
tuning (and we have panics without oopses, like direct calls to panic() or
maybe other paths that don't go through oops_enter() function), and the
original purpose of "oops_all_cpu_backtrace" is to provide more
information on oopses for cases in which the users desire to continue
running the kernel even after an oops, i.e., used in non-panic scenarios.

So, we hereby introduce an additional bit for "panic_print" to allow
dumping the CPUs backtraces during a panic event.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211109202848.610874-3-gpiccoli@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Guilherme G. Piccoli <gpiccoli@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Feng Tang <feng.tang@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Iurii Zaikin <yzaikin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Samuel Iglesias Gonsalvez <siglesias@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |    1 +
 Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst     |    1 +
 kernel/panic.c                                  |    4 ++++
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt~panic-add-option-to-dump-all-cpus-backtraces-in-panic_print
+++ a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3726,6 +3726,7 @@
 			bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on
 			bit 4: print ftrace buffer
 			bit 5: print all printk messages in buffer
+			bit 6: print all CPUs backtrace (if available in the arch)
 
 	panic_on_taint=	Bitmask for conditionally calling panic() in add_taint()
 			Format: <hex>[,nousertaint]
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst~panic-add-option-to-dump-all-cpus-backtraces-in-panic_print
+++ a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
@@ -807,6 +807,7 @@ bit 2  print timer info
 bit 3  print locks info if ``CONFIG_LOCKDEP`` is on
 bit 4  print ftrace buffer
 bit 5  print all printk messages in buffer
+bit 6  print all CPUs backtrace (if available in the arch)
 =====  ============================================
 
 So for example to print tasks and memory info on panic, user can::
--- a/kernel/panic.c~panic-add-option-to-dump-all-cpus-backtraces-in-panic_print
+++ a/kernel/panic.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(panic_timeout);
 #define PANIC_PRINT_LOCK_INFO		0x00000008
 #define PANIC_PRINT_FTRACE_INFO		0x00000010
 #define PANIC_PRINT_ALL_PRINTK_MSG	0x00000020
+#define PANIC_PRINT_ALL_CPU_BT		0x00000040
 unsigned long panic_print;
 
 ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(panic_notifier_list);
@@ -152,6 +153,9 @@ static void panic_print_sys_info(void)
 	if (panic_print & PANIC_PRINT_ALL_PRINTK_MSG)
 		console_flush_on_panic(CONSOLE_REPLAY_ALL);
 
+	if (panic_print & PANIC_PRINT_ALL_CPU_BT)
+		trigger_all_cpu_backtrace();
+
 	if (panic_print & PANIC_PRINT_TASK_INFO)
 		show_state();
 
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