[PATCH v1] arm64: efi: Make efi_rt_lock a raw_spinlock

Pierre Gondois pierre.gondois at arm.com
Fri Feb 17 00:23:37 PST 2023


Hello Ard,

On 2/16/23 18:23, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 at 17:43, Pierre Gondois <pierre.gondois at arm.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>> Please ignore this patch for now. While running a kernel with this patch,
>> the following was triggered once (among multiple reboots). IRQ flags might
>> need to be saved, along with this present patch.
>>
> 
> Hello Pierre,
> 
> This is probably related to the Altra firmware bug that we are trying
> to narrow down and work around.
> 
> So when the firmware crashes, it is not entirely unexpected that it
> might do so with the IRQ flags left in a different state, so this we
> should be able to ignore. (Perhaps we should silence that diagnostic
> in this case)
> 
> Could you share the output of dmidecode on this platform?

I forgot to mention, this was tested on an Ampere eMAG. I saw that
commit 550b33cfd445 ("arm64: efi: Force the use of SetVirtualAddressMap()
on Altra machines") was solving a similar issue, but this should not impact
this machine.
I ll try to reproduce it and get more information.

# dmidecode 3.2
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 3.1.1 present.
Table at 0x8FFCAC0000.

Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 26 bytes
BIOS Information
         Vendor: Ampere(TM)
         Version: 1.0
         Release Date: 06/28/2019
         Address: 0xF0000
         Runtime Size: 64 kB
         ROM Size: 8192 kB
         Characteristics:
                 PCI is supported
                 BIOS is upgradeable
                 Boot from CD is supported
                 Selectable boot is supported
                 ACPI is supported
                 UEFI is supported
         BIOS Revision: 5.13
         Firmware Revision: 1.0

Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
         Manufacturer: MiTAC
         Product Name: RAPTOR EV-883832-X3-0001
         Version: PR010
         Serial Number: 2AC2-B91602C
         UUID: dfa0f1d6-835d-11e8-adb0-0cc47ad8d1fc
         Wake-up Type: Power Switch
         SKU Number: EV-883832-X3-OBX-1
         Family: eMAG

Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 15 bytes
Base Board Information
         Manufacturer: MiTAC
         Product Name: RAPTOR
         Version: EV-883832-X3-ED0-1
         Serial Number: 2AC2-B91602C
         Asset Tag: AMPX3A1-A000-0000000000022
         Features:
                 Board is a hosting board
         Location In Chassis: Part Component
         Chassis Handle: 0x0003
         Type: Motherboard
         Contained Object Handles: 0

Handle 0x0003, DMI type 3, 22 bytes
Chassis Information
         Manufacturer: MiTAC
         Type: Rack Mount Chassis
         Lock: Not Present
         Version: RAPTOR-00000000
         Serial Number: A1A1-A000-0000000000022
         Asset Tag: AMPX3A1-A000-0000000000022
         Boot-up State: Safe
         Power Supply State: Safe
         Thermal State: Safe
         Security Status: None
         OEM Information: 0x00000000
         Height: Unspecified
         Number Of Power Cords: 1
         Contained Elements: 0
         SKU Number: EV-883832-X3-OBX-1

Handle 0x0004, DMI type 4, 48 bytes
Processor Information
         Socket Designation: CPU 1
         Type: Central Processor
         Family: ARMv8
         Manufacturer: Ampere(TM)
         ID: 00 00 00 00 02 00 3F 50
         Version: eMAG
         Voltage: 0.9 V
         External Clock: 3000 MHz
         Max Speed: 3300 MHz
         Current Speed: 3000 MHz
         Status: Populated, Enabled
         Upgrade: None
         L1 Cache Handle: 0x0005
         L2 Cache Handle: 0x0006
         L3 Cache Handle: 0x0007
         Serial Number: 00000000000000005011060302FB0988
         Asset Tag: 00000000
         Part Number: 00000000
         Core Count: 32
         Core Enabled: 32
         Thread Count: 32
         Characteristics:
                 64-bit capable
                 Multi-Core
                 Hardware Thread
                 Execute Protection
                 Enhanced Virtualization

[...]




> 
> Obviously, there is a related issue where some process keeps hitting
> on the RTC. Mind testing the below to see if the system is usable
> beyond the EFI problems, and perhaps have a stab at figuring out which
> process keeps hitting on the RTC like that?
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-efi.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-efi.c
> index 1e8bc6cc1e12d855..cc4edb85841e8f67 100644
> --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-efi.c
> +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-efi.c
> @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static int efi_read_time(struct device *dev,
> struct rtc_time *tm)
> 
>          if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
>                  /* should never happen */
> -               dev_err(dev, "can't read time\n");
> +               dev_err_ratelimited(dev, "can't read time\n");
>                  return -EINVAL;
>          }
> 
> 
> 
>>
>> random: crng init done
>> [Firmware Bug]: Unable to handle write to read-only memory in EFI runtime service
>> ------------[ cut here ]------------
>> WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 325 at drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c:113 efi_call_virt_check_flags+0x48/0xb0
>> Modules linked in: btrfs blake2b_generic libcrc32c xor xor_neon raid6_pq crct10dif_ce
>> CPU: 7 PID: 325 Comm: kworker/u64:1 Tainted: G        W I        6.2.0-rc8-rt1-[...]
>> Hardware name: MiTAC RAPTOR EV-883832-X3-0001/RAPTOR, BIOS 1.0 06/28/2019
>> Workqueue: efi_rts_wq efi_call_rts
>> pstate: 00000085 (nzcv daIf -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
>> pc : efi_call_virt_check_flags+0x48/0xb0
>> lr : efi_call_rts+0x240/0x4b0
>> sp : ffff80000def3cf0
>> x29: ffff80000def3cf0 x28: ffff000801d10b05 x27: ffff80000b16d000
>> x26: 0000000000000000 x25: ffff80000b17e4a0 x24: ffff80000c84bd48
>> x23: ffff80000c84bd00 x22: ffff80000c84bd0c x21: 0000000000000080
>> x20: ffff80000a41d0e0 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: ffff80000a22b3a8
>> x17: 0000000000000000 x16: ffff80000d2dc000 x15: 0000000000000000
>> x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000
>> x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : ffff80000927cd60
>> x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000
>> x5 : ffff80000a7d1008 x4 : 0000008ffd1d0018 x3 : 0000000000000000
>> x2 : 0000000000000001 x1 : ffff80000a41d0e0 x0 : 0000000000000080
>> Call trace:
>>    efi_call_virt_check_flags+0x48/0xb0
>>    efi_call_rts+0x240/0x4b0
>>    process_one_work+0x2c8/0x7a0
>>    worker_thread+0x54/0x410
>>    kthread+0x130/0x140
>>    ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
>> irq event stamp: 540538
>> hardirqs last  enabled at (540537): [<ffff80000927d97c>] efi_virtmap_load+0x28c/0x328
>> hardirqs last disabled at (540538): [<ffff8000095c8590>] el1_abort+0x28/0x100
>> softirqs last  enabled at (534078): [<ffff80000819cec8>] __local_bh_enable_ip+0xa8/0x2a8
>> softirqs last disabled at (534066): [<ffff80000934b408>] neigh_managed_work+0x8/0x100
>> ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
>> Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
>> efi: [Firmware Bug]: IRQ flags corrupted (0x00000000=>0x00000080) by EFI set_variable
>> ------------[ cut here ]------------
>> WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 14 at drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c:341 virt_efi_set_variable+0x164/0x1c0
>> Modules linked in: btrfs blake2b_generic libcrc32c xor xor_neon raid6_pq crct10dif_ce
>> CPU: 0 PID: 14 Comm: kworker/0:1 Tainted: G        W I        6.2.0-rc8-rt1-custom-[...]
>> Hardware name: MiTAC RAPTOR EV-883832-X3-0001/RAPTOR, BIOS 1.0 06/28/2019
>> Workqueue: events refresh_nv_rng_seed
>> pstate: 60400005 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
>> pc : virt_efi_set_variable+0x164/0x1c0
>> lr : virt_efi_set_variable+0x150/0x1c0
>> sp : ffff80000c84bcc0
>> x29: ffff80000c84bcc0 x28: ffff008f35feb905 x27: ffff80000b16d000
>> x26: ffff80000b16ced0 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffff80000c344000
>> x23: ffff80000a41b2b0 x22: ffff80000c84bd38 x21: 8000000000000015
>> x20: ffff80000b63ecf8 x19: ffff80000c344480 x18: ffff80000a22b3a8
>> x17: 000000005a8ae2d0 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: ffff80000b16cfb8
>> x14: 0000000000000001 x13: 0000000000000030 x12: 0101010101010101
>> x11: 0000000571f160b9 x10: 0000000000002460 x9 : ffff8000095e2064
>> x8 : ffff80000a7d1008 x7 : 0000000000000004 x6 : ffff80000c84bb28
>> x5 : ffff80000c84c000 x4 : ffff80000c848000 x3 : ffff80000c84bc40
>> x2 : 0000000000000001 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 8000000000000015
>> Call trace:
>>    virt_efi_set_variable+0x164/0x1c0
>>    refresh_nv_rng_seed+0x84/0xb8
>>    process_one_work+0x2c8/0x7a0
>>    worker_thread+0x54/0x410
>>    kthread+0x130/0x140
>>    ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
>> irq event stamp: 35886
>> hardirqs last  enabled at (35885): [<ffff8000095e2050>] _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x40/0xb8
>> hardirqs last disabled at (35886): [<ffff8000095e215c>] _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x94/0x98
>> softirqs last  enabled at (10754): [<ffff80000819cec8>] __local_bh_enable_ip+0xa8/0x2a8
>> softirqs last disabled at (10746): [<ffff800008256de0>] srcu_invoke_callbacks+0x100/0x1a8
>> ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
>> [...]
>> In-situ OAM (IOAM) with IPv6
>> efi: EFI Runtime Services are disabled!
>> efivars: get_next_variable: status=8000000000000007
>> [...]
>> rtc-efi rtc-efi.0: can't read time
>> rtc-efi rtc-efi.0: can't read time
>> rtc-efi rtc-efi.0: can't read time
>> rtc-efi rtc-efi.0: can't read time
>> rtc-efi rtc-efi.0: can't read time
>> rtc-efi rtc-efi.0: can't read time
>> rtc-efi rtc-efi.0: can't read time
>> rtc-efi rtc-efi.0: can't read time
>> rtc-efi rtc-efi.0: can't read time
>> rtc-efi rtc-efi.0: can't read time
>> rtc-efi rtc-efi.0: can't read time
>> rtc-efi rtc-efi.0: can't read time
>> rtc-efi rtc-efi.0: can't read time
>> [...]
>>
>>
>> On 2/15/23 17:10, Pierre Gondois wrote:
>>> Running a rt-kernel base on 6.2.0-rc3-rt1 on an Ampere Altra outputs
>>> the following:
>>>     BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:46
>>>     in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 9, name: kworker/u320:0
>>>     preempt_count: 2, expected: 0
>>>     RCU nest depth: 0, expected: 0
>>>     3 locks held by kworker/u320:0/9:
>>>     #0: ffff3fff8c27d128 ((wq_completion)efi_rts_wq){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work (./include/linux/atomic/atomic-long.h:41)
>>>     #1: ffff80000861bdd0 ((work_completion)(&efi_rts_work.work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work (./include/linux/atomic/atomic-long.h:41)
>>>     #2: ffffdf7e1ed3e460 (efi_rt_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: efi_call_rts (drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c:101)
>>>     Preemption disabled at:
>>>     efi_virtmap_load (./arch/arm64/include/asm/mmu_context.h:248)
>>>     CPU: 0 PID: 9 Comm: kworker/u320:0 Tainted: G        W          6.2.0-rc3-rt1
>>>     Hardware name: WIWYNN Mt.Jade Server System B81.03001.0005/Mt.Jade Motherboard, BIOS 1.08.20220218 (SCP: 1.08.20220218) 2022/02/18
>>>     Workqueue: efi_rts_wq efi_call_rts
>>>     Call trace:
>>>     dump_backtrace (arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:158)
>>>     show_stack (arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:165)
>>>     dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:107 (discriminator 4))
>>>     dump_stack (lib/dump_stack.c:114)
>>>     __might_resched (kernel/sched/core.c:10134)
>>>     rt_spin_lock (kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1769 (discriminator 4))
>>>     efi_call_rts (drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c:101)
>>>     [...]
>>>
>>> This seems to come from commit ff7a167961d1 ("arm64: efi: Execute
>>> runtime services from a dedicated stack") which adds a spinlock. This
>>> spinlock is taken through:
>>> efi_call_rts()
>>> \-efi_call_virt()
>>>     \-efi_call_virt_pointer()
>>>       \-arch_efi_call_virt_setup()
>>>
>>> Make 'efi_rt_lock' a raw_spinlock to avoid being preempted.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Pierre Gondois <pierre.gondois at arm.com>
>>> ---
>>>    arch/arm64/include/asm/efi.h | 6 +++---
>>>    arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c      | 2 +-
>>>    2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/efi.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/efi.h
>>> index 31d13a6001df..37dc2e8c3500 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/efi.h
>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/efi.h
>>> @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ int efi_set_mapping_permissions(struct mm_struct *mm, efi_memory_desc_t *md);
>>>    ({                                                                  \
>>>        efi_virtmap_load();                                             \
>>>        __efi_fpsimd_begin();                                           \
>>> -     spin_lock(&efi_rt_lock);                                        \
>>> +     raw_spin_lock(&efi_rt_lock);                                    \
>>>    })
>>>
>>>    #undef arch_efi_call_virt
>>> @@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ int efi_set_mapping_permissions(struct mm_struct *mm, efi_memory_desc_t *md);
>>>
>>>    #define arch_efi_call_virt_teardown()                                       \
>>>    ({                                                                  \
>>> -     spin_unlock(&efi_rt_lock);                                      \
>>> +     raw_spin_unlock(&efi_rt_lock);                                  \
>>>        __efi_fpsimd_end();                                             \
>>>        efi_virtmap_unload();                                           \
>>>    })
>>>
>>> -extern spinlock_t efi_rt_lock;
>>> +extern raw_spinlock_t efi_rt_lock;
>>>    efi_status_t __efi_rt_asm_wrapper(void *, const char *, ...);
>>>
>>>    #define ARCH_EFI_IRQ_FLAGS_MASK (PSR_D_BIT | PSR_A_BIT | PSR_I_BIT | PSR_F_BIT)
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c
>>> index fab05de2e12d..216933cf47ee 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c
>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c
>>> @@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ asmlinkage efi_status_t efi_handle_corrupted_x18(efi_status_t s, const char *f)
>>>        return s;
>>>    }
>>>
>>> -DEFINE_SPINLOCK(efi_rt_lock);
>>> +DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(efi_rt_lock);
>>>
>>>    asmlinkage u64 *efi_rt_stack_top __ro_after_init;
>>>



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