Hi Greg, On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 10:36:05AM +0100, gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled > > arch_numa: Restore nid checks before registering a memblock with a node > > to the 6.12-stable tree which can be found at: > http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary > > The filename of the patch is: > arch_numa-restore-nid-checks-before-registering-a-memblock-with-a-node.patch > and it can be found in the queue-6.12 subdirectory. > > If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, > please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. > > > From 180bbad698641873120a48857bb3b9f3166bf684 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2024 09:27:02 +0000 > Subject: arch_numa: Restore nid checks before registering a memblock with a node This fix depends on the commit 9cdc6423acb4 ("memblock: allow zero threshold in validate_numa_converage()"). Do you need me to send it to stable@ separately? > From: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx> > > commit 180bbad698641873120a48857bb3b9f3166bf684 upstream. > > Commit 767507654c22 ("arch_numa: switch over to numa_memblks") > significantly cleaned up the NUMA registration code, but also > dropped a significant check that was refusing to accept to > configure a memblock with an invalid nid. > > On "quality hardware" such as my ThunderX machine, this results > in a kernel that dies immediately: > > [ 0.000000] Booting Linux on physical CPU 0x0000000000 [0x431f0a10] > [ 0.000000] Linux version 6.12.0-00013-g8920d74cf8db (maz@valley-girl) (gcc (Debian 12.2.0-14) 12.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.40) #3872 SMP PREEMPT Wed Nov 27 15:25:49 GMT 2024 > [ 0.000000] KASLR disabled due to lack of seed > [ 0.000000] Machine model: Cavium ThunderX CN88XX board > [ 0.000000] efi: EFI v2.4 by American Megatrends > [ 0.000000] efi: ESRT=0xffce0ff18 SMBIOS 3.0=0xfffb0000 ACPI 2.0=0xffec60000 MEMRESERVE=0xffc905d98 > [ 0.000000] esrt: Reserving ESRT space from 0x0000000ffce0ff18 to 0x0000000ffce0ff50. > [ 0.000000] earlycon: pl11 at MMIO 0x000087e024000000 (options '115200n8') > [ 0.000000] printk: legacy bootconsole [pl11] enabled > [ 0.000000] NODE_DATA(0) allocated [mem 0xff6754580-0xff67566bf] > [ 0.000000] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000000000001d40 > [ 0.000000] Mem abort info: > [ 0.000000] ESR = 0x0000000096000004 > [ 0.000000] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits > [ 0.000000] SET = 0, FnV = 0 > [ 0.000000] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 > [ 0.000000] FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault > [ 0.000000] Data abort info: > [ 0.000000] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004, ISS2 = 0x00000000 > [ 0.000000] CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0 > [ 0.000000] GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0 > [ 0.000000] [0000000000001d40] user address but active_mm is swapper > [ 0.000000] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP > [ 0.000000] Modules linked in: > [ 0.000000] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 6.12.0-00013-g8920d74cf8db #3872 > [ 0.000000] Hardware name: Cavium ThunderX CN88XX board (DT) > [ 0.000000] pstate: a00000c5 (NzCv daIF -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) > [ 0.000000] pc : sparse_init_nid+0x54/0x428 > [ 0.000000] lr : sparse_init+0x118/0x240 > [ 0.000000] sp : ffff800081da3cb0 > [ 0.000000] x29: ffff800081da3cb0 x28: 0000000fedbab10c x27: 0000000000000001 > [ 0.000000] x26: 0000000ffee250f8 x25: 0000000000000001 x24: ffff800082102cd0 > [ 0.000000] x23: 0000000000000001 x22: 0000000000000000 x21: 00000000001fffff > [ 0.000000] x20: 0000000000000001 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: ffffffffffffffff > [ 0.000000] x17: 0000000001b00000 x16: 0000000ffd130000 x15: 0000000000000000 > [ 0.000000] x14: 00000000003e0000 x13: 00000000000001c8 x12: 0000000000000014 > [ 0.000000] x11: ffff800081e82860 x10: ffff8000820fb2c8 x9 : ffff8000820fb490 > [ 0.000000] x8 : 0000000000ffed20 x7 : 0000000000000014 x6 : 00000000001fffff > [ 0.000000] x5 : 00000000ffffffff x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000 > [ 0.000000] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000040 x0 : 0000000000000007 > [ 0.000000] Call trace: > [ 0.000000] sparse_init_nid+0x54/0x428 > [ 0.000000] sparse_init+0x118/0x240 > [ 0.000000] bootmem_init+0x70/0x1c8 > [ 0.000000] setup_arch+0x184/0x270 > [ 0.000000] start_kernel+0x74/0x670 > [ 0.000000] __primary_switched+0x80/0x90 > [ 0.000000] Code: f865d804 d37df060 cb030000 d2800003 (b95d4084) > [ 0.000000] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- > [ 0.000000] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill the idle task! > [ 0.000000] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill the idle task! ]--- > > while previous kernel versions were able to recognise how brain-damaged > the machine is, and only build a fake node. > > Use the memblock_validate_numa_coverage() helper to restore some sanity > and a "working" system. > > Fixes: 767507654c22 ("arch_numa: switch over to numa_memblks") > Suggested-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx> > Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241201092702.3792845-1-maz@xxxxxxxxxx > Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/base/arch_numa.c | 4 ++++ > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/base/arch_numa.c b/drivers/base/arch_numa.c > index e18701676426..c99f2ab105e5 100644 > --- a/drivers/base/arch_numa.c > +++ b/drivers/base/arch_numa.c > @@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ static int __init numa_register_nodes(void) > { > int nid; > > + /* Check the validity of the memblock/node mapping */ > + if (!memblock_validate_numa_coverage(0)) > + return -EINVAL; > + > /* Finally register nodes. */ > for_each_node_mask(nid, numa_nodes_parsed) { > unsigned long start_pfn, end_pfn; > -- > 2.47.1 > > > > Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from maz@xxxxxxxxxx are > > queue-6.12/arch_numa-restore-nid-checks-before-registering-a-memblock-with-a-node.patch > queue-6.12/arm64-ensure-bits-asid-are-masked-out-when-the-kernel-uses-8-bit-asids.patch -- Sincerely yours, Mike.