linux_dsm_epyc7002/include/linux/pstore.h
Seiji Aguchi 9f244e9cfd pstore: Avoid deadlock in panic and emergency-restart path
[Issue]

When pstore is in panic and emergency-restart paths, it may be blocked
in those paths because it simply takes spin_lock.

This is an example scenario which pstore may hang up in a panic path:

 - cpuA grabs psinfo->buf_lock
 - cpuB panics and calls smp_send_stop
 - smp_send_stop sends IRQ to cpuA
 - after 1 second, cpuB gives up on cpuA and sends an NMI instead
 - cpuA is now in an NMI handler while still holding buf_lock
 - cpuB is deadlocked

This case may happen if a firmware has a bug and
cpuA is stuck talking with it more than one second.

Also, this is a similar scenario in an emergency-restart path:

 - cpuA grabs psinfo->buf_lock and stucks in a firmware
 - cpuB kicks emergency-restart via either sysrq-b or hangcheck timer.
   And then, cpuB is deadlocked by taking psinfo->buf_lock again.

[Solution]

This patch avoids the deadlocking issues in both panic and emergency_restart
paths by introducing a function, is_non_blocking_path(), to check if a cpu
can be blocked in current path.

With this patch, pstore is not blocked even if another cpu has
taken a spin_lock, in those paths by changing from spin_lock_irqsave
to spin_trylock_irqsave.

In addition, according to a comment of emergency_restart() in kernel/sys.c,
spin_lock shouldn't be taken in an emergency_restart path to avoid
deadlock. This patch fits the comment below.

<snip>
/**
 *      emergency_restart - reboot the system
 *
 *      Without shutting down any hardware or taking any locks
 *      reboot the system.  This is called when we know we are in
 *      trouble so this is our best effort to reboot.  This is
 *      safe to call in interrupt context.
 */
void emergency_restart(void)
<snip>

Signed-off-by: Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@hds.com>
Acked-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2013-01-11 10:20:50 -08:00

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/*
* Persistent Storage - pstore.h
*
* Copyright (C) 2010 Intel Corporation <tony.luck@intel.com>
*
* This code is the generic layer to export data records from platform
* level persistent storage via a file system.
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
* published by the Free Software Foundation.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*/
#ifndef _LINUX_PSTORE_H
#define _LINUX_PSTORE_H
#include <linux/time.h>
#include <linux/kmsg_dump.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/spinlock.h>
#include <linux/errno.h>
/* types */
enum pstore_type_id {
PSTORE_TYPE_DMESG = 0,
PSTORE_TYPE_MCE = 1,
PSTORE_TYPE_CONSOLE = 2,
PSTORE_TYPE_FTRACE = 3,
PSTORE_TYPE_UNKNOWN = 255
};
struct module;
struct pstore_info {
struct module *owner;
char *name;
spinlock_t buf_lock; /* serialize access to 'buf' */
char *buf;
size_t bufsize;
struct mutex read_mutex; /* serialize open/read/close */
int (*open)(struct pstore_info *psi);
int (*close)(struct pstore_info *psi);
ssize_t (*read)(u64 *id, enum pstore_type_id *type,
int *count, struct timespec *time, char **buf,
struct pstore_info *psi);
int (*write)(enum pstore_type_id type,
enum kmsg_dump_reason reason, u64 *id,
unsigned int part, int count, size_t size,
struct pstore_info *psi);
int (*write_buf)(enum pstore_type_id type,
enum kmsg_dump_reason reason, u64 *id,
unsigned int part, const char *buf, size_t size,
struct pstore_info *psi);
int (*erase)(enum pstore_type_id type, u64 id,
int count, struct timespec time,
struct pstore_info *psi);
void *data;
};
#ifdef CONFIG_PSTORE
extern int pstore_register(struct pstore_info *);
extern bool pstore_cannot_block_path(enum kmsg_dump_reason reason);
#else
static inline int
pstore_register(struct pstore_info *psi)
{
return -ENODEV;
}
static inline bool
pstore_cannot_block_path(enum kmsg_dump_reason reason)
{
return false;
}
#endif
#endif /*_LINUX_PSTORE_H*/