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On 03/05/2022, 17:06:41, Michael Ellerman wrote: > Laurent Dufour writes: >> RTAS runs in real mode (MSR[DR] and MSR[IR] unset) and in 32bits >> mode (MSR[SF] unset). > > Probably also worth mentioning that it runs in big endian mode :) > > It is specified in PAPR (R1-7.2.1-6). Sure! > >> The change in MSR is done in enter_rtas() in a relatively complex way, >> since the MSR value could be hardcoded. >> >> Furthermore, a panic has been reported when hitting the watchdog interrupt >> while running in RTAS, this leads to the following stack trace: >> >> [69244.027433][ C24] watchdog: CPU 24 Hard LOCKUP >> [69244.027442][ C24] watchdog: CPU 24 TB:997512652051031, last heartbeat TB:997504470175378 (15980ms ago) >> [69244.027451][ C24] Modules linked in: chacha_generic(E) libchacha(E) xxhash_generic(E) wp512(E) sha3_generic(E) rmd160(E) poly1305_generic(E) libpoly1305(E) michael_mic(E) md4(E) crc32_generic(E) cmac(E) ccm(E) algif_rng(E) twofish_generic(E) twofish_common(E) serpent_generic(E) fcrypt(E) des_generic(E) libdes(E) cast6_generic(E) cast5_generic(E) cast_common(E) camellia_generic(E) blowfish_generic(E) blowfish_common(E) algif_skcipher(E) algif_hash(E) gcm(E) algif_aead(E) af_alg(E) tun(E) rpcsec_gss_krb5(E) auth_rpcgss(E) >> nfsv4(E) dns_resolver(E) rpadlpar_io(EX) rpaphp(EX) xsk_diag(E) tcp_diag(E) udp_diag(E) raw_diag(E) inet_diag(E) unix_diag(E) af_packet_diag(E) netlink_diag(E) nfsv3(E) nfs_acl(E) nfs(E) lockd(E) grace(E) sunrpc(E) fscache(E) netfs(E) af_packet(E) rfkill(E) bonding(E) tls(E) ibmveth(EX) crct10dif_vpmsum(E) rtc_generic(E) drm(E) drm_panel_orientation_quirks(E) fuse(E) configfs(E) backlight(E) ip_tables(E) x_tables(E) dm_service_time(E) sd_mod(E) t10_pi(E) >> [69244.027555][ C24] ibmvfc(EX) scsi_transport_fc(E) vmx_crypto(E) gf128mul(E) btrfs(E) blake2b_generic(E) libcrc32c(E) crc32c_vpmsum(E) xor(E) raid6_pq(E) dm_mirror(E) dm_region_hash(E) dm_log(E) sg(E) dm_multipath(E) dm_mod(E) scsi_dh_rdac(E) scsi_dh_emc(E) scsi_dh_alua(E) scsi_mod(E) >> [69244.027587][ C24] Supported: No, Unreleased kernel >> [69244.027600][ C24] CPU: 24 PID: 87504 Comm: drmgr Kdump: loaded Tainted: G E X 5.14.21-150400.71.1.bz196362_2-default #1 SLE15-SP4 (unreleased) 0d821077ef4faa8dfaf370efb5fdca1fa35f4e2c >> [69244.027609][ C24] NIP: 000000001fb41050 LR: 000000001fb4104c CTR: 0000000000000000 >> [69244.027612][ C24] REGS: c00000000fc33d60 TRAP: 0100 Tainted: G E X (5.14.21-150400.71.1.bz196362_2-default) >> [69244.027615][ C24] MSR: 8000000002981000 CR: 48800002 XER: 20040020 >> [69244.027625][ C24] CFAR: 000000000000011c IRQMASK: 1 >> [69244.027625][ C24] GPR00: 0000000000000003 ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000001 00000000000050dc >> [69244.027625][ C24] GPR04: 000000001ffb6100 0000000000000020 0000000000000001 000000001fb09010 >> [69244.027625][ C24] GPR08: 0000000020000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 >> [69244.027625][ C24] GPR12: 80040000072a40a8 c00000000ff8b680 0000000000000007 0000000000000034 >> [69244.027625][ C24] GPR16: 000000001fbf6e94 000000001fbf6d84 000000001fbd1db0 000000001fb3f008 >> [69244.027625][ C24] GPR20: 000000001fb41018 ffffffffffffffff 000000000000017f fffffffffffff68f >> [69244.027625][ C24] GPR24: 000000001fb18fe8 000000001fb3e000 000000001fb1adc0 000000001fb1cf40 >> [69244.027625][ C24] GPR28: 000000001fb26000 000000001fb460f0 000000001fb17f18 000000001fb17000 >> [69244.027663][ C24] NIP [000000001fb41050] 0x1fb41050 >> [69244.027696][ C24] LR [000000001fb4104c] 0x1fb4104c >> [69244.027699][ C24] Call Trace: >> [69244.027701][ C24] Instruction dump: >> [69244.027723][ C24] XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX >> [69244.027728][ C24] XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX >> [69244.027762][T87504] Oops: Unrecoverable System Reset, sig: 6 [#1] >> [69244.028044][T87504] LE PAGE_SIZE=64K MMU=Hash SMP NR_CPUS=2048 NUMA pSeries >> [69244.028089][T87504] Modules linked in: chacha_generic(E) libchacha(E) xxhash_generic(E) wp512(E) sha3_generic(E) rmd160(E) poly1305_generic(E) libpoly1305(E) michael_mic(E) md4(E) crc32_generic(E) cmac(E) ccm(E) algif_rng(E) twofish_generic(E) twofish_common(E) serpent_generic(E) fcrypt(E) des_generic(E) libdes(E) cast6_generic(E) cast5_generic(E) cast_common(E) camellia_generic(E) blowfish_generic(E) blowfish_common(E) algif_skcipher(E) algif_hash(E) gcm(E) algif_aead(E) af_alg(E) tun(E) rpcsec_gss_krb5(E) auth_rpcgss(E) >> nfsv4(E) dns_resolver(E) rpadlpar_io(EX) rpaphp(EX) xsk_diag(E) tcp_diag(E) udp_diag(E) raw_diag(E) inet_diag(E) unix_diag(E) af_packet_diag(E) netlink_diag(E) nfsv3(E) nfs_acl(E) nfs(E) lockd(E) grace(E) sunrpc(E) fscache(E) netfs(E) af_packet(E) rfkill(E) bonding(E) tls(E) ibmveth(EX) crct10dif_vpmsum(E) rtc_generic(E) drm(E) drm_panel_orientation_quirks(E) fuse(E) configfs(E) backlight(E) ip_tables(E) x_tables(E) dm_service_time(E) sd_mod(E) t10_pi(E) >> [69244.028171][T87504] ibmvfc(EX) scsi_transport_fc(E) vmx_crypto(E) gf128mul(E) btrfs(E) blake2b_generic(E) libcrc32c(E) crc32c_vpmsum(E) xor(E) raid6_pq(E) dm_mirror(E) dm_region_hash(E) dm_log(E) sg(E) dm_multipath(E) dm_mod(E) scsi_dh_rdac(E) scsi_dh_emc(E) scsi_dh_alua(E) scsi_mod(E) >> [69244.028307][T87504] Supported: No, Unreleased kernel >> [69244.028385][T87504] CPU: 24 PID: 87504 Comm: drmgr Kdump: loaded Tainted: G E X 5.14.21-150400.71.1.bz196362_2-default #1 SLE15-SP4 (unreleased) 0d821077ef4faa8dfaf370efb5fdca1fa35f4e2c >> [69244.028408][T87504] NIP: 000000001fb41050 LR: 000000001fb4104c CTR: 0000000000000000 >> [69244.028418][T87504] REGS: c00000000fc33d60 TRAP: 0100 Tainted: G E X (5.14.21-150400.71.1.bz196362_2-default) >> [69244.028429][T87504] MSR: 8000000002981000 CR: 48800002 XER: 20040020 >> [69244.028444][T87504] CFAR: 000000000000011c IRQMASK: 1 >> [69244.028444][T87504] GPR00: 0000000000000003 ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000001 00000000000050dc >> [69244.028444][T87504] GPR04: 000000001ffb6100 0000000000000020 0000000000000001 000000001fb09010 >> [69244.028444][T87504] GPR08: 0000000020000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 >> [69244.028444][T87504] GPR12: 80040000072a40a8 c00000000ff8b680 0000000000000007 0000000000000034 >> [69244.028444][T87504] GPR16: 000000001fbf6e94 000000001fbf6d84 000000001fbd1db0 000000001fb3f008 >> [69244.028444][T87504] GPR20: 000000001fb41018 ffffffffffffffff 000000000000017f fffffffffffff68f >> [69244.028444][T87504] GPR24: 000000001fb18fe8 000000001fb3e000 000000001fb1adc0 000000001fb1cf40 >> [69244.028444][T87504] GPR28: 000000001fb26000 000000001fb460f0 000000001fb17f18 000000001fb17000 >> [69244.028534][T87504] NIP [000000001fb41050] 0x1fb41050 >> [69244.028543][T87504] LR [000000001fb4104c] 0x1fb4104c >> [69244.028549][T87504] Call Trace: >> [69244.028554][T87504] Instruction dump: >> [69244.028561][T87504] XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX >> [69244.028575][T87504] XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX >> [69244.028607][T87504] ---[ end trace 3ddec07f638c34a2 ]--- >> >> This happens because MSR[RI] is unset when entering RTAS but there is no >> valid reason to not set it here. >> >> RTAS is expected to be called with MSR[RI] as specified in PAPR+ section >> "7.2.1 Machine State": >> >> R1–7.2.1–9. If called with MSR[RI] equal to 1, then RTAS must protect its >> own critical regions from recursion by setting the MSRRI bit to 0 when in >> the critical regions. >> >> Fixing this by reviewing the way MSR is compute before calling RTAS. Now a >> hardcoded value meaning real mode, 32 bits and Recoverable Interrupt is >> loaded. >> >> In addition a check is added in do_enter_rtas() to detect calls made with >> MSR[RI] unset, as we are forcing it on later. >> >> This patch has been tested on the following machines: >> Power KVM Guest >> P8 S822L (host Ubuntu kernel 5.11.0-49-generic) >> PowerVM LPAR >> P8 9119-MME (FW860.A1) >> p9 9008-22L (FW950.00) >> P10 9080-HEX (FW1010.00) >> >> Changes in V2: >> - Change comment in code to indicate NMI (Nick's comment) >> - Add reference to PAPR+ in the change log (Michael's comment) >> >> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org >> Suggested-by: Nicholas Piggin >> Signed-off-by: Laurent Dufour >> --- >> arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S | 20 ++++++++------------ >> arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c | 5 +++++ >> 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S >> index 9581906b5ee9..65cb14b56f8d 100644 >> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S >> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S >> @@ -330,22 +330,18 @@ _GLOBAL(enter_rtas) >> clrldi r4,r4,2 /* convert to realmode address */ >> mtlr r4 >> >> - li r0,0 >> - ori r0,r0,MSR_EE|MSR_SE|MSR_BE|MSR_RI >> - andc r0,r6,r0 >> - >> - li r9,1 >> - rldicr r9,r9,MSR_SF_LG,(63-MSR_SF_LG) >> - ori r9,r9,MSR_IR|MSR_DR|MSR_FE0|MSR_FE1|MSR_FP|MSR_RI|MSR_LE >> - andc r6,r0,r9 > > One advantage of the old method is it can adapt to new MSR bits being > set by the kernel. > > For example we used to use RTAS on powernv, and this code didn't need > updating to cater to MSR_HV being set. We will probably never use RTAS > on bare-metal again, so that's OK. > > But your change might break secure virtual machines, because it clears > MSR_S whereas the old code didn't. I think SVMs did use RTAS, but I > don't know whether it matters if it's called with MSR_S set or not? > > Not sure if anyone will remember, or has a working setup they can test. > Maybe for now we just copy MSR_S from the kernel MSR the way the > current code does. I could update the code to deal with MSR[S], but I can't see how I would test that :/ > >> __enter_rtas: >> - sync /* disable interrupts so SRR0/1 */ >> - mtmsrd r0 /* don't get trashed */ >> - >> LOAD_REG_ADDR(r4, rtas) >> ld r5,RTASENTRY(r4) /* get the rtas->entry value */ >> ld r4,RTASBASE(r4) /* get the rtas->base value */ >> + >> + /* RTAS runs in 32bits real mode but let MSR[]RI on as we may hit > > "32-bit big endian real mode" Yep! > >> + * NMI (SRESET or MCE). RTAS should disable RI in its critical >> + * regions (as specified in PAPR+ section 7.2.1). */ >> + LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE(r6, MSR_ME|MSR_RI) >> + >> + li r0,0 >> + mtmsrd r0,1 /* disable RI before using SRR0/1 */ >> >> mtspr SPRN_SRR0,r5 >> mtspr SPRN_SRR1,r6 >> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c >> index 1f42aabbbab3..d7775b8c8853 100644 >> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c >> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c >> @@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ void enter_rtas(unsigned long); >> >> static inline void do_enter_rtas(unsigned long args) >> { >> + unsigned long msr; >> + >> + msr = mfmsr(); >> + BUG_ON(!(msr & MSR_RI)); > > I'm not sure about this. > > We call RTAS in some low-level places, so if we ever hit this BUG_ON > then it might cause us to crash badly, or recursively BUG. > > A WARN_ON_ONCE() might be safer? I'm afraid a BUG_ON is required here. Since MSR[RI] is set on RTAS exit so if it was not set when calling RTAS, that's a real issue and should generate unexpected behaviour. Do you have places in mind where RTAS could be called with !MSR[RI]? Cheers, Laurent.