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From:   Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 28 Oct 2022 21:04:22 +0100
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Subject: Re: boot failure of linux-next due to 1248fb6a8201 ("x86/mm:
 Randomize per-cpu entry area")
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
        x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
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On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 5:41 PM Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 02:29:14PM +0100, Sudip Mukherjee (Codethink) wro=
te:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Our qemu boots were failing since next-20221024, and a git bisect of
> > next-20221028 showed the bad commit as 1248fb6a8201 ("x86/mm: Randomize=
 per-cpu entry area")
> >
> > After reverting the commit I could boot qemu again with next-20221028.
> >
> > This is my config:
> >
> > make defconfig
> > make kvm_guest.config
> > scripts/config -e KCOV -e KCOV_INSTRUMENT_ALL -e KCOV_ENABLE_COMPARISON=
S -e DEBUG_FS -e DEBUG_KMEMLEAK -e DEBUG_INFO -e KALLSYMS -e KALLSYMS_ALL -=
e NAMESPACES -e UTS_NS -e IPC_NS -e PID_NS -e NET_NS -e CGROUP_PIDS -e MEMC=
G -e USER_NS -e CONFIGFS_FS -e SECURITYFS -e KASAN -e KASAN_INLINE -e FAULT=
_INJECTION -e FAULT_INJECTION_DEBUG_FS -e FAULT_INJECTION_USERCOPY -e FAILS=
LAB -e FAIL_PAGE_ALLOC -e FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST -e FAIL_IO_TIMEOUT -e FAIL_FUTE=
X -e LOCKDEP -e PROVE_LOCKING -e DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP -e PROVE_RCU -e DEBUG_V=
M -e REFCOUNT_FULL -e FORTIFY_SOURCE -e HARDENED_USERCOPY -e LOCKUP_DETECTO=
R -e SOFTLOCKUP_DETECTOR -e HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR -e BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PAN=
IC -e DETECT_HUNG_TASK -e WQ_WATCHDOG -e USB_GADGET -e USB_RAW_GADGET -e TU=
N -e KCSAN -d RANDOMIZE_BASE -e MAC80211_HWSIM -e IEEE802154 -e MAC802154 -=
e IEEE802154_DRIVERS -e IEEE802154_HWSIM -e BT -e BT_HCIVHCI
> > echo "CONFIG_DEFAULT_HUNG_TASK_TIMEOUT=3D140" >> .config
> > echo "CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_TIMEOUT=3D100" >> .config
> >
> > I will be happy to test any patch or provide any extra log if needed.
> > Though I am not sure how I will collect extra logs (if needed) as there
> > was no output from qemu.
>
> I see KASAN in your config, does this fix it?
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/166693938482.29415.7034851115705424459.tip-b=
ot2@tip-bot2/

Yes, it does. Thanks.
I can see qemu booting up again. Also, looks like thats already merged
to x86/mm, so I am not sending a Tested-by in reply to that patch.

--=20
Regards
Sudip