[Crash-utility] Re: [PATCH] Fix "irq -a" exceeding the memory range issue

Hi Lianbo, On Fri, Jul 12, 2024 at 6:32 PM Lianbo Jiang <lijiang(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > > Hi, Tao > > On 7/5/24 9:26 AM, devel-request(a)lists.crash-utility.osci.io wrote: > > Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2024 17:00:56 +1200 > > From: Tao Liu&lt;ltao(a)redhat.com&gt; > > Subject: [Crash-utility] [PATCH] Fix "irq -a" exceeding the memory > > range issue > > To:devel@lists.crash-utility.osci.io > > Cc: Tao Liu&lt;ltao(a)redhat.com&gt; > > Message-ID:<20240704050056.17375-1-ltao@redhat.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"; x-default=true > > > > Previously without the patch, there was an error observed as follows: > > > > crash> irq -a > > IRQ NAME AFFINITY > > 0 timer 0-191 > > 4 ttyS0 0-23,96-119 > > ... > > 84 smartpqi 72-73,168 > > irq: page excluded: kernel virtual address: ffff97d03ffff000 type: "irq_desc affinity" > > > > The reason is the reading of irq affinity exceeded the memory range, see > > the following debug info: > > > > Thread 1 "crash" hit Breakpoint 1, generic_get_irq_affinity (irq=85) at kernel.c:7373 > > 7375 irq_desc_addr = get_irq_desc_addr(irq); > > (gdb) p/x irq_desc_addr > > $1 = 0xffff97d03f21e800 > > > > crash> struct irq_desc 0xffff97d03f21e800 > > struct irq_desc { > > irq_common_data = { > > state_use_accessors = 425755136, > > node = 3, > > handler_data = 0x0, > > msi_desc = 0xffff97ca51b83480, > > affinity = 0xffff97d03fffee60, > > effective_affinity = 0xffff97d03fffe6c0 > > }, > > > > crash> whatis cpumask_t > > typedef struct cpumask { > > unsigned long bits[128]; > > } cpumask_t; > > SIZE: 1024 > > > > In order to get the affinity, crash will read the memory range 0xffff97d03fffee60 > > ~ 0xffff97d03fffee60 + 1024(0x400) by line: > > > > readmem(affinity_ptr, KVADDR, affinity, len, > > "irq_desc affinity", FAULT_ON_ERROR); > > > > However the reading will exceed the effective memory range: > > > > crash> kmem 0xffff97d03fffee60 > > CACHE OBJSIZE ALLOCATED TOTAL SLABS SSIZE NAME > > ffff97c900044400 32 123297 162944 1273 4k kmalloc-32 > > SLAB MEMORY NODE TOTAL ALLOCATED FREE > > fffffca460ffff80 ffff97d03fffe000 3 128 81 47 > > FREE / [ALLOCATED] > > [ffff97d03fffee60] > > > > PAGE PHYSICAL MAPPING INDEX CNT FLAGS > > fffffca460ffff80 83fffe000 dead000000000001 ffff97d03fffe340 1 d7ffffe0000800 slab > > > > crash> kmem ffff97d03ffff000 > > PAGE PHYSICAL MAPPING INDEX CNT FLAGS > > fffffca460ffffc0 83ffff000 0 0 1 d7ffffe0004000 reserved > > > > crash> dmesg > > ... > > [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000fe000000-0x00000000fe00ffff] reserved > > [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000100000000-0x000000083fffefff] usable > > [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x000000083ffff000-0x000000083fffffff] reserved > > ... > > > > The beginning physical address, aka 0x83fffe000, is located in the usable > > area and is readable, however the later physical address, starting from > > 0x83ffff000, is located in reserved region and not readable. In fact, > > the affinity member is allocated by alloc_cpumask_var_node(), for the 192 CPUs > > system, the allocated size is only 24, and we can see it is within > > the kmalloc-32 slab. So it is incorrect to read 1024 length(given by > > STRUCT_SIZE("cpumask_t")), only 24 is enough. > > > > Since there are plenty of places in crash which takes the value of > > STRUCT_SIZE("cpumask_t"), and works fine for the past, this patch will > > not modify them all, but only this place which encountered the issue. > > > > Signed-off-by: Tao Liu&lt;ltao(a)redhat.com&gt; > > --- > > kernel.c | 9 ++++++--- > > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/kernel.c b/kernel.c > > index 8a9d498..464e877 100644 > > --- a/kernel.c > > +++ b/kernel.c > > @@ -7362,7 +7362,7 @@ void > > generic_get_irq_affinity(int irq) > > { > > ulong irq_desc_addr; > > - long len; > > + long len, len_cpumask; > > ulong affinity_ptr; > > ulong *affinity; > > ulong tmp_addr; > > @@ -7382,8 +7382,11 @@ generic_get_irq_affinity(int irq) > > if (!action) > > return; > > > > - if ((len = STRUCT_SIZE("cpumask_t")) < 0) > > - len = DIV_ROUND_UP(kt->cpus, BITS_PER_LONG) * sizeof(ulong); > > + len = DIV_ROUND_UP(kt->cpus, BITS_PER_LONG) * sizeof(ulong); > > + len_cpumask = STRUCT_SIZE("cpumask_t"); > > + if (len_cpumask > 0) { > > + len = len_cpumask > len ? len : len_cpumask; > > + } > > > > This change looks good, but I still have two comments below: > > [1] Can we drop the evaluation of "STRUCT_SIZE("cpumask_t")" and just > use the size of "DIV_ROUND_UP(kt->cpus, BITS_PER_LONG) * sizeof(ulong)" > ? Are there any regression issues?

I'm not sure about the change, I will run a regression against it. > > [2] There are the similar case in the get_cpumask_buf(), see tools.c, > can you make the same change?

Yes, I will give it a try to see if regressions are found. Thanks, Tao Liu > > ulong * > get_cpumask_buf(void) > { > int cpulen; > if ((cpulen = STRUCT_SIZE("cpumask_t")) < 0) > cpulen = DIV_ROUND_UP(kt->cpus, BITS_PER_LONG) * > sizeof(ulong); > return (ulong *)GETBUF(cpulen); > } > > Any thoughts? > > > Thanks > > Lianbo > > > > affinity = (ulong *)GETBUF(len); > > if (VALID_MEMBER(irq_common_data_affinity)) > > -- 2.40.1 >