[PATCH 1/4] ARM: context tracking: add exception support

Kevin Hilman khilman at linaro.org
Thu Mar 21 20:33:58 EDT 2013


Hi Russell,

Russell King - ARM Linux <linux at arm.linux.org.uk> writes:

> On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 05:01:58PM -0700, Kevin Hilman wrote:
>> Add ARM support for the context tracking subsystem by instrumenting
>> exception entry/exit points.
>> 
>> Special thanks to Mats Liljegren for testing, collaboration and adding
>> support for exceptions/faults that were missing in early test versions.
>
> Not sure all of these are a good idea or are correct...

Thanks for the review.

>> @@ -405,7 +406,9 @@ asmlinkage void __exception do_undefinstr(struct pt_regs *regs)
>>  	unsigned int instr;
>>  	siginfo_t info;
>>  	void __user *pc;
>> +	enum ctx_state prev_state;
>>  
>> +	prev_state = exception_enter();
>>  	pc = (void __user *)instruction_pointer(regs);
>>  
>>  	if (processor_mode(regs) == SVC_MODE) {
>> @@ -433,8 +436,10 @@ asmlinkage void __exception do_undefinstr(struct pt_regs *regs)
>>  		goto die_sig;
>>  	}
>>  
>> -	if (call_undef_hook(regs, instr) == 0)
>> +	if (call_undef_hook(regs, instr) == 0) {
>> +		exception_exit(prev_state);
>>  		return;
>> +	}
>>  
>>  die_sig:
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_USER
>> @@ -451,12 +456,17 @@ die_sig:
>>  	info.si_addr  = pc;
>>  
>>  	arm_notify_die("Oops - undefined instruction", regs, &info, 0, 6);
>> +	exception_exit(prev_state);
>
> So, FP emulation and VFP support happens via a separate path.  Does this
> also need to be instrumented?

Yes, those will need to be instrumented too. I haven't looked at the
floating point stuff (and am obviously not testing any FP userspace
currently.)  Thanks for the reminder, I'll look at that next (feel free
to point me in the right direction if you have suggestions about where
to best instrument those.  I've not yet looked closely at how either are
handled.)

>>  }
>>  
>>  asmlinkage void do_unexp_fiq (struct pt_regs *regs)
>>  {
>> +	enum ctx_state prev_state;
>> +
>> +	prev_state = exception_enter();
>>  	printk("Hmm.  Unexpected FIQ received, but trying to continue\n");
>>  	printk("You may have a hardware problem...\n");
>> +	exception_exit(prev_state);
>
> Not a good idea.  If we get here chances are things are really broken.
>
>>  }
>>  
>>  /*
>> @@ -467,6 +477,9 @@ asmlinkage void do_unexp_fiq (struct pt_regs *regs)
>>   */
>>  asmlinkage void bad_mode(struct pt_regs *regs, int reason)
>>  {
>> +	enum ctx_state prev_state;
>> +
>> +	prev_state = exception_enter();
>>  	console_verbose();
>>  
>>  	printk(KERN_CRIT "Bad mode in %s handler detected\n", handler[reason]);
>
> Same here.  If we get here, we're probably about to die a horrid death.

Yeah, I was wondering if I should bother with these "about to die"
scenarios.  I'll drop them since they may cause more problems than
they're worth.

>> @@ -746,7 +759,9 @@ baddataabort(int code, unsigned long instr, struct pt_regs *regs)
>>  {
>>  	unsigned long addr = instruction_pointer(regs);
>>  	siginfo_t info;
>> +	enum ctx_state prev_state;
>>  
>> +	prev_state = exception_enter();
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_USER
>>  	if (user_debug & UDBG_BADABORT) {
>>  		printk(KERN_ERR "[%d] %s: bad data abort: code %d instr 0x%08lx\n",
>> @@ -762,6 +777,7 @@ baddataabort(int code, unsigned long instr, struct pt_regs *regs)
>>  	info.si_addr  = (void __user *)addr;
>>  
>>  	arm_notify_die("unknown data abort code", regs, &info, instr, 0);
>> +	exception_exit(prev_state);
>>  }
>>  
>>  void __readwrite_bug(const char *fn)
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
>> index 5dbf13f..759b70d 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
>> @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
>>  #include <linux/sched.h>
>>  #include <linux/highmem.h>
>>  #include <linux/perf_event.h>
>> +#include <linux/context_tracking.h>
>>  
>>  #include <asm/exception.h>
>>  #include <asm/pgtable.h>
>> @@ -424,9 +425,15 @@ do_translation_fault(unsigned long addr, unsigned int fsr,
>>  	pgd_t *pgd, *pgd_k;
>>  	pud_t *pud, *pud_k;
>>  	pmd_t *pmd, *pmd_k;
>> -
>> -	if (addr < TASK_SIZE)
>> -		return do_page_fault(addr, fsr, regs);
>> +	enum ctx_state prev_state;
>> +
>> +	prev_state = exception_enter();
>> +	if (addr < TASK_SIZE) {
>> +		int ret;
>> +		ret = do_page_fault(addr, fsr, regs);
>> +		exception_exit(prev_state);
>> +		return ret;
>> +	}
>>  
>>  	if (user_mode(regs))
>>  		goto bad_area;
>> @@ -472,10 +479,12 @@ do_translation_fault(unsigned long addr, unsigned int fsr,
>>  		goto bad_area;
>>  
>>  	copy_pmd(pmd, pmd_k);
>> +	exception_exit(prev_state);
>>  	return 0;
>>  
>>  bad_area:
>>  	do_bad_area(addr, fsr, regs);
>> +	exception_exit(prev_state);
>>  	return 0;
>>  }
>>  #else					/* CONFIG_MMU */
>> @@ -494,7 +503,12 @@ do_translation_fault(unsigned long addr, unsigned int fsr,
>>  static int
>>  do_sect_fault(unsigned long addr, unsigned int fsr, struct pt_regs *regs)
>>  {
>> +	enum ctx_state prev_state;
>> +
>> +	prev_state = exception_enter();
>>  	do_bad_area(addr, fsr, regs);
>> +	exception_exit(prev_state);
>> +
>>  	return 0;
>>  }
>>  
>> @@ -542,9 +556,11 @@ do_DataAbort(unsigned long addr, unsigned int fsr, struct pt_regs *regs)
>>  {
>>  	const struct fsr_info *inf = fsr_info + fsr_fs(fsr);
>>  	struct siginfo info;
>> +	enum ctx_state prev_state;
>>  
>> +	prev_state = exception_enter();
>>  	if (!inf->fn(addr, fsr & ~FSR_LNX_PF, regs))
>> -		return;
>> +		goto out;
>>  
>>  	printk(KERN_ALERT "Unhandled fault: %s (0x%03x) at 0x%08lx\n",
>>  		inf->name, fsr, addr);
>> @@ -554,6 +570,8 @@ do_DataAbort(unsigned long addr, unsigned int fsr, struct pt_regs *regs)
>>  	info.si_code  = inf->code;
>>  	info.si_addr  = (void __user *)addr;
>>  	arm_notify_die("", regs, &info, fsr, 0);
>> +out:
>> +	exception_exit(prev_state);
>>  }
>>  
>>  void __init
>> @@ -574,9 +592,11 @@ do_PrefetchAbort(unsigned long addr, unsigned int ifsr, struct pt_regs *regs)
>>  {
>>  	const struct fsr_info *inf = ifsr_info + fsr_fs(ifsr);
>>  	struct siginfo info;
>> +	enum ctx_state prev_state;
>>  
>> +	prev_state = exception_enter();
>>  	if (!inf->fn(addr, ifsr | FSR_LNX_PF, regs))
>> -		return;
>> +		goto out;
>>  
>>  	printk(KERN_ALERT "Unhandled prefetch abort: %s (0x%03x) at 0x%08lx\n",
>>  		inf->name, ifsr, addr);
>> @@ -586,6 +606,8 @@ do_PrefetchAbort(unsigned long addr, unsigned int ifsr, struct pt_regs *regs)
>>  	info.si_code  = inf->code;
>>  	info.si_addr  = (void __user *)addr;
>>  	arm_notify_die("", regs, &info, ifsr, 0);
>> +out:
>> +	exception_exit(prev_state);
>>  }
>>  
>>  #ifndef CONFIG_ARM_LPAE
>
> What is the reason for putting all this in the individual functions
> and not in the prefetch/data abort handlers -
> do_PrefetchAbort()/do_DataAbort()?

Ugh, I instrumented the main prefetch/data abort handlers but then added
in some of the individual functions.  I'll drop all the individual ones
that go through the fsr table anyways.  Thanks for catching that.

Kevin




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