From: James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>
To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>,
ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>,
Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>,
Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>,
Xie XiuQi <xiexiuqi@huawei.com>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>,
Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@arm.com>,
Dongjiu Geng <gengdongjiu@huawei.com>,
Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@ah.jp.nec.com>,
kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu,
Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 00/26] APEI in_nmi() rework and SDEI wire-up
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 18:35:03 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f561e55c-3560-6a5a-bd23-5d687227e257@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJZ5v0ibUO7F=+_GBbhEz4nc0jtC=UaK+cOcLCBrXd2pfc0iLg@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Rafael,
On 11/02/2019 11:05, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 3:13 PM James Morse <james.morse@arm.com> wrote:
>> On 08/02/2019 11:40, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, January 29, 2019 7:48:36 PM CET James Morse wrote:
>>>> This series aims to wire-up arm64's fancy new software-NMI notifications
>>>> for firmware-first RAS. These need to use the estatus-queue, which is
>>>> also needed for notifications via emulated-SError. All of these
>>>> things take the 'in_nmi()' path through ghes_copy_tofrom_phys(), and
>>>> so will deadlock if they can interact, which they might.
>>
>>>> Known issues:
>>>> * ghes_copy_tofrom_phys() already takes a lock in NMI context, this
>>>> series moves that around, and makes sure we never try to take the
>>>> same lock from different NMIlike notifications. Since the switch to
>>>> queued spinlocks it looks like the kernel can only be 4 context's
>>>> deep in spinlock, which arm64 could exceed as it doesn't have a
>>>> single architected NMI. This would be fixed by dropping back to
>>>> test-and-set when the nesting gets too deep:
>>>> lore.kernel.org/r/1548215351-18896-1-git-send-email-longman@redhat.com
>>>>
>>>> * Taking an NMI from a KVM guest on arm64 with VHE leaves HCR_EL2.TGE
>>>> clear, meaning AT and TLBI point at the guest, and PAN/UAO are squiffy.
>>>> Only TLBI matters for APEI, and this is fixed by Julien's patch:
>>>> http://lore.kernel.org/r/1548084825-8803-2-git-send-email-julien.thierry@arm.com
>>>>
>>>> * Linux ignores the physical address mask, meaning it doesn't call
>>>> memory_failure() on all the affected pages if firmware or hypervisor
>>>> believe in a different page size. Easy to hit on arm64, (easy to fix too,
>>>> it just conflicts with this series)
>>
>>
>>>> James Morse (26):
>>>> ACPI / APEI: Don't wait to serialise with oops messages when
>>>> panic()ing
>>>> ACPI / APEI: Remove silent flag from ghes_read_estatus()
>>>> ACPI / APEI: Switch estatus pool to use vmalloc memory
>>>> ACPI / APEI: Make hest.c manage the estatus memory pool
>>>> ACPI / APEI: Make estatus pool allocation a static size
>>>> ACPI / APEI: Don't store CPER records physical address in struct ghes
>>>> ACPI / APEI: Remove spurious GHES_TO_CLEAR check
>>>> ACPI / APEI: Don't update struct ghes' flags in read/clear estatus
>>>> ACPI / APEI: Generalise the estatus queue's notify code
>>>> ACPI / APEI: Don't allow ghes_ack_error() to mask earlier errors
>>>> ACPI / APEI: Move NOTIFY_SEA between the estatus-queue and NOTIFY_NMI
>>>> ACPI / APEI: Switch NOTIFY_SEA to use the estatus queue
>>>> KVM: arm/arm64: Add kvm_ras.h to collect kvm specific RAS plumbing
>>>> arm64: KVM/mm: Move SEA handling behind a single 'claim' interface
>>>> ACPI / APEI: Move locking to the notification helper
>>>> ACPI / APEI: Let the notification helper specify the fixmap slot
>>>> ACPI / APEI: Pass ghes and estatus separately to avoid a later copy
>>>> ACPI / APEI: Make GHES estatus header validation more user friendly
>>>> ACPI / APEI: Split ghes_read_estatus() to allow a peek at the CPER
>>>> length
>>>> ACPI / APEI: Only use queued estatus entry during
>>>> in_nmi_queue_one_entry()
>>>> ACPI / APEI: Use separate fixmap pages for arm64 NMI-like
>>>> notifications
>>>> mm/memory-failure: Add memory_failure_queue_kick()
>>>> ACPI / APEI: Kick the memory_failure() queue for synchronous errors
>>>> arm64: acpi: Make apei_claim_sea() synchronise with APEI's irq work
>>>> firmware: arm_sdei: Add ACPI GHES registration helper
>>>> ACPI / APEI: Add support for the SDEI GHES Notification type
>>
>>
>>> I can apply patches in this series up to and including patch [21/26].
>>>
>>> Do you want me to do that?
>>
>> 9-12, 17-19, 21 are missing any review/ack tags, so I wouldn't ask, but as
>> you're offering, yes please!
>>
>>
>>> Patch [22/26] requires an ACK from mm people.
>>>
>>> Patch [23/26] has a problem that randconfig can generate a configuration
>>> in which memory_failure_queue_kick() is not present, so it is necessary
>>> to add a CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE dependency somewhere for things to
>>> work (or define an empty stub for that function in case the symbol is
>>> not set).
>>
>> Damn-it! Thanks, I was just trying to work that report out...
>>
>>
>>> If patches [24-26/26] don't depend on the previous two, I can try to
>>> apply them either, so please let me know.
>>
>> 22-24 depend on each other. Merging 24 without the other two is no-improvement,
>> so I'd like them to be kept together.
>>
>> 25-26 don't depend on 22-24, but came later so that they weren't affected by the
>> same race.
>> (note to self: describe that in the cover letter next time.)
>>
>>
>> If I apply the tag's and Boris' changes and post a tested v9 as 1-21, 25-26, is
>> that easier, or does it cause extra work?
>
> Actually, I went ahead and applied them, since I had the 1-21 ready anyway.
> I applied the Boris' fixups manually which led to a bit of rebasing,
> so please check my linux-next branch.
Looks okay to me, and I ran your branch through the POLL/SEA/SDEI tests I've
been doing for each version so far.
Thanks!
James
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Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-01-29 18:48 [PATCH v8 00/26] APEI in_nmi() rework and SDEI wire-up James Morse
2019-01-29 18:48 ` [PATCH v8 01/26] ACPI / APEI: Don't wait to serialise with oops messages when panic()ing James Morse
2019-01-29 18:48 ` [PATCH v8 02/26] ACPI / APEI: Remove silent flag from ghes_read_estatus() James Morse
2019-01-29 18:48 ` [PATCH v8 03/26] ACPI / APEI: Switch estatus pool to use vmalloc memory James Morse
2019-01-29 18:48 ` [PATCH v8 04/26] ACPI / APEI: Make hest.c manage the estatus memory pool James Morse
2019-02-01 13:20 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-01-29 18:48 ` [PATCH v8 05/26] ACPI / APEI: Make estatus pool allocation a static size James Morse
2019-01-29 18:48 ` [PATCH v8 06/26] ACPI / APEI: Don't store CPER records physical address in struct ghes James Morse
2019-01-29 18:48 ` [PATCH v8 07/26] ACPI / APEI: Remove spurious GHES_TO_CLEAR check James Morse
2019-01-29 18:48 ` [PATCH v8 08/26] ACPI / APEI: Don't update struct ghes' flags in read/clear estatus James Morse
2019-01-29 18:48 ` [PATCH v8 09/26] ACPI / APEI: Generalise the estatus queue's notify code James Morse
2019-02-01 13:46 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-01-29 18:48 ` [PATCH v8 10/26] ACPI / APEI: Don't allow ghes_ack_error() to mask earlier errors James Morse
2019-01-29 18:48 ` [PATCH v8 11/26] ACPI / APEI: Move NOTIFY_SEA between the estatus-queue and NOTIFY_NMI James Morse
2019-01-29 18:48 ` [PATCH v8 12/26] ACPI / APEI: Switch NOTIFY_SEA to use the estatus queue James Morse
2019-01-29 18:48 ` [PATCH v8 13/26] KVM: arm/arm64: Add kvm_ras.h to collect kvm specific RAS plumbing James Morse
2019-01-29 18:48 ` [PATCH v8 14/26] arm64: KVM/mm: Move SEA handling behind a single 'claim' interface James Morse
2019-01-29 18:48 ` [PATCH v8 15/26] ACPI / APEI: Move locking to the notification helper James Morse
2019-01-29 18:48 ` [PATCH v8 16/26] ACPI / APEI: Let the notification helper specify the fixmap slot James Morse
2019-01-29 18:48 ` [PATCH v8 17/26] ACPI / APEI: Pass ghes and estatus separately to avoid a later copy James Morse
2019-01-29 18:48 ` [PATCH v8 18/26] ACPI / APEI: Make GHES estatus header validation more user friendly James Morse
2019-02-01 14:30 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-01-29 18:48 ` [PATCH v8 19/26] ACPI / APEI: Split ghes_read_estatus() to allow a peek at the CPER length James Morse
2019-01-29 18:48 ` [PATCH v8 20/26] ACPI / APEI: Only use queued estatus entry during in_nmi_queue_one_entry() James Morse
2019-01-29 18:48 ` [PATCH v8 21/26] ACPI / APEI: Use separate fixmap pages for arm64 NMI-like notifications James Morse
2019-01-29 18:48 ` [PATCH v8 22/26] mm/memory-failure: Add memory_failure_queue_kick() James Morse
2019-01-29 18:48 ` [PATCH v8 23/26] ACPI / APEI: Kick the memory_failure() queue for synchronous errors James Morse
2019-01-29 18:49 ` [PATCH v8 24/26] arm64: acpi: Make apei_claim_sea() synchronise with APEI's irq work James Morse
2019-01-30 8:56 ` Julien Thierry
2019-01-29 18:49 ` [PATCH v8 25/26] firmware: arm_sdei: Add ACPI GHES registration helper James Morse
2019-01-29 18:49 ` [PATCH v8 26/26] ACPI / APEI: Add support for the SDEI GHES Notification type James Morse
2019-02-08 11:40 ` [PATCH v8 00/26] APEI in_nmi() rework and SDEI wire-up Rafael J. Wysocki
2019-02-08 14:13 ` James Morse
2019-02-11 11:05 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2019-02-11 18:35 ` James Morse [this message]
2019-02-12 22:14 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
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