3.16.52-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 4917fcb58cc73f6b81455e3c5f960144809ddf1a upstream.
Kernel crashes if power pmu is not registered and user tries to dump
regs with 'echo p > /proc/sysrq-trigger'. Sample log:
Unable to handle kernel paging request for data at address 0x00000008
Faulting instruction address: 0xc0000000000d52f0
NIP [c0000000000d52f0] perf_event_print_debug+0x10/0x230
LR [c00000000058a938] sysrq_handle_showregs+0x38/0x50
Call Trace:
printk+0x38/0x4c (unreliable)
__handle_sysrq+0xe4/0x270
write_sysrq_trigger+0x64/0x80
proc_reg_write+0x80/0xd0
__vfs_write+0x40/0x200
vfs_write+0xc8/0x240
SyS_write+0x60/0x110
system_call+0x58/0x6c
Fixes: 5f6d0380c640 ("powerpc/perf: Define perf_event_print_debug() to print PMU register values")
Signed-off-by: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
@@ -755,6 +755,11 @@ void perf_event_print_debug(void)
u32 pmcs[MAX_HWEVENTS];
int i;
+ if (!ppmu) {
+ pr_info("Performance monitor hardware not registered.\n");
+ return;
+ }
+
if (!ppmu->n_counter)
return;