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Aditya Gupta cc46085350 powerpc: update ppc_save_regs to save current r1 in pt_regs 
[ Upstream commit b684c09f09 ]

ppc_save_regs() skips one stack frame while saving the CPU register states.
Instead of saving current R1, it pulls the previous stack frame pointer.

When vmcores caused by direct panic call (such as `echo c >
/proc/sysrq-trigger`), are debugged with gdb, gdb fails to show the
backtrace correctly. On further analysis, it was found that it was because
of mismatch between r1 and NIP.

GDB uses NIP to get current function symbol and uses corresponding debug
info of that function to unwind previous frames, but due to the
mismatching r1 and NIP, the unwinding does not work, and it fails to
unwind to the 2nd frame and hence does not show the backtrace.

GDB backtrace with vmcore of kernel without this patch:

---------
(gdb) bt
 #0  0xc0000000002a53e8 in crash_setup_regs (oldregs=<optimized out>,
    newregs=0xc000000004f8f8d8) at ./arch/powerpc/include/asm/kexec.h:69
 #1  __crash_kexec (regs=<optimized out>) at kernel/kexec_core.c:974
 #2  0x0000000000000063 in ?? ()
 #3  0xc000000003579320 in ?? ()
---------

Further analysis revealed that the mismatch occurred because
"ppc_save_regs" was saving the previous stack's SP instead of the current
r1. This patch fixes this by storing current r1 in the saved pt_regs.

GDB backtrace with vmcore of patched kernel:

--------
(gdb) bt
 #0  0xc0000000002a53e8 in crash_setup_regs (oldregs=0x0, newregs=0xc00000000670b8d8)
    at ./arch/powerpc/include/asm/kexec.h:69
 #1  __crash_kexec (regs=regs@entry=0x0) at kernel/kexec_core.c:974
 #2  0xc000000000168918 in panic (fmt=fmt@entry=0xc000000001654a60 "sysrq triggered crash\n")
    at kernel/panic.c:358
 #3  0xc000000000b735f8 in sysrq_handle_crash (key=<optimized out>) at drivers/tty/sysrq.c:155
 #4  0xc000000000b742cc in __handle_sysrq (key=key@entry=99, check_mask=check_mask@entry=false)
    at drivers/tty/sysrq.c:602
 #5  0xc000000000b7506c in write_sysrq_trigger (file=<optimized out>, buf=<optimized out>,
    count=2, ppos=<optimized out>) at drivers/tty/sysrq.c:1163
 #6  0xc00000000069a7bc in pde_write (ppos=<optimized out>, count=<optimized out>,
    buf=<optimized out>, file=<optimized out>, pde=0xc00000000362cb40) at fs/proc/inode.c:340
 #7  proc_reg_write (file=<optimized out>, buf=<optimized out>, count=<optimized out>,
    ppos=<optimized out>) at fs/proc/inode.c:352
 #8  0xc0000000005b3bbc in vfs_write (file=file@entry=0xc000000006aa6b00,
    buf=buf@entry=0x61f498b4f60 <error: Cannot access memory at address 0x61f498b4f60>,
    count=count@entry=2, pos=pos@entry=0xc00000000670bda0) at fs/read_write.c:582
 #9  0xc0000000005b4264 in ksys_write (fd=<optimized out>,
    buf=0x61f498b4f60 <error: Cannot access memory at address 0x61f498b4f60>, count=2)
    at fs/read_write.c:637
 #10 0xc00000000002ea2c in system_call_exception (regs=0xc00000000670be80, r0=<optimized out>)
    at arch/powerpc/kernel/syscall.c:171
 #11 0xc00000000000c270 in system_call_vectored_common ()
    at arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt_64.S:192
--------

Nick adds:
  So this now saves regs as though it was an interrupt taken in the
  caller, at the instruction after the call to ppc_save_regs, whereas
  previously the NIP was there, but R1 came from the caller's caller and
  that mismatch is what causes gdb's dwarf unwinder to go haywire.

Signed-off-by: Aditya Gupta <adityag@linux.ibm.com>
Fixes: d16a58f885 ("powerpc: Improve ppc_save_regs()")
Reivewed-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://msgid.link/20230615091047.90433-1-adityag@linux.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
History 2023-07-19 16:36:16 +02:00
arch powerpc: update ppc_save_regs to save current r1 in pt_regs 2023-07-19 16:36:16 +02:00
block blk-mq: don't insert passthrough request into sw queue 2023-07-19 16:35:14 +02:00
certs KEYS: Add missing function documentation 2023-04-24 16:15:52 +03:00
crypto KEYS: asymmetric: Copy sig and digest in public_key_verify_signature() 2023-06-02 15:36:23 +02:00
Documentation dt-bindings: arm-smmu: Fix SC8280XP Adreno binding 2023-07-19 16:35:55 +02:00
drivers scsi: ufs: core: mcq: Fix the incorrect OCS value for the device command 2023-07-19 16:36:16 +02:00
fs ovl: update of dentry revalidate flags after copy up 2023-07-19 16:36:07 +02:00
include scsi: ufs: core: mcq: Fix the incorrect OCS value for the device command 2023-07-19 16:36:16 +02:00
init start_kernel: Add __no_stack_protector function attribute 2023-07-19 16:35:05 +02:00
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kernel kcsan: Don't expect 64 bits atomic builtins from 32 bits architectures 2023-07-19 16:36:13 +02:00
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samples samples/bpf: xdp1 and xdp2 reduce XDPBUFSIZE to 60 2023-07-19 16:35:25 +02:00
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sound ASoC: amd: acp: clear pdm dma interrupt mask 2023-07-19 16:36:08 +02:00
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usr initramfs: Check negative timestamp to prevent broken cpio archive 2023-04-16 17:37:01 +09:00
virt KVM: Avoid illegal stage2 mapping on invalid memory slot 2023-06-22 15:14:57 -04:00
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MAINTAINERS Networking fixes for 6.4-rc8, including fixes from ipsec, bpf, 2023-06-22 17:59:51 -07:00
Makefile Linux 6.4.3 2023-07-11 06:31:05 +02:00
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