tjh.dev
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
Linux kernel mirror (for testing)
git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
kernel
os
linux
code
Clone this repository
https://tangled.org/tjh.dev/kernel
git@gordian.tjh.dev:tjh.dev/kernel
For self-hosted knots, clone URLs may differ based on your setup.
Pull parisc architecture fixes from Helge Deller:
"Some reverts of existing patches, which were necessary because of boot
issues due to wrong CPU clock handling and cache issues which led to
userspace segfaults with 32bit kernels. Dave has a whole bunch of
upcoming cache fixes which I then plan to push in the next merge
window.
Other than that just small updates and fixes, e.g. defconfig updates,
spelling fixes, a clocksource fix, boot topology fixes and a fix for
/proc/cpuinfo output to satisfy lscpu"
* tag 'for-5.18/parisc-3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/deller/parisc-linux:
Revert "parisc: Increase parisc_cache_flush_threshold setting"
parisc: Mark cr16 clock unstable on all SMP machines
parisc: Fix typos in comments
parisc: Change MAX_ADDRESS to become unsigned long long
parisc: Merge model and model name into one line in /proc/cpuinfo
parisc: Re-enable GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES for !SMP
parisc: Update 32- and 64-bit defconfigs
parisc: Only list existing CPUs in cpu_possible_mask
Revert "parisc: Fix patch code locking and flushing"
Revert "parisc: Mark sched_clock unstable only if clocks are not syncronized"
Revert "parisc: Mark cr16 CPU clocksource unstable on all SMP machines"
Pull powerpc fixes from Michael Ellerman:
- Fix the DWARF CFI in our VDSO time functions, allowing gdb to
backtrace through them correctly.
- Fix a buffer overflow in the papr_scm driver, only triggerable by
hypervisor input.
- A fix in the recently added QoS handling for VAS (used for
communicating with coprocessors).
Thanks to Alan Modra, Haren Myneni, Kajol Jain, and Segher Boessenkool.
* tag 'powerpc-5.18-4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux:
powerpc/papr_scm: Fix buffer overflow issue with CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE
powerpc/vdso: Fix incorrect CFI in gettimeofday.S
powerpc/pseries/vas: Use QoS credits from the userspace
This reverts commit a58e9d0984e8dad53f17ec73ae3c1cc7f8d88151.
Triggers segfaults with 32-bit kernels on PA8500 machines.
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Pull x86 fix from Thomas Gleixner:
"A fix and an email address update:
- Prevent FPU state corruption.
The condition in irq_fpu_usable() grants FPU usage when the FPU is
not used in the kernel. That's just wrong as it does not take the
fpregs_lock()'ed regions into account. If FPU usage happens within
such a region from interrupt context, then the FPU state gets
corrupted.
That's a long standing bug, which got unearthed by the recent
changes to the random code.
- Josh wants to use his kernel.org email address"
* tag 'x86-urgent-2022-05-08' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
x86/fpu: Prevent FPU state corruption
MAINTAINERS: Update Josh Poimboeuf's email address
With CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE enabled, string functions will also perform
dynamic checks for string size which can panic the kernel, like incase
of overflow detection.
In papr_scm, papr_scm_pmu_check_events function uses stat->stat_id with
string operations, to populate the nvdimm_events_map array. Since
stat_id variable is not NULL terminated, the kernel panics with
CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE enabled at boot time.
Below are the logs of kernel panic:
detected buffer overflow in __fortify_strlen
------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at lib/string_helpers.c:980!
Oops: Exception in kernel mode, sig: 5 [#1]
NIP [c00000000077dad0] fortify_panic+0x28/0x38
LR [c00000000077dacc] fortify_panic+0x24/0x38
Call Trace:
[c0000022d77836e0] [c00000000077dacc] fortify_panic+0x24/0x38 (unreliable)
[c00800000deb2660] papr_scm_pmu_check_events.constprop.0+0x118/0x220 [papr_scm]
[c00800000deb2cb0] papr_scm_probe+0x288/0x62c [papr_scm]
[c0000000009b46a8] platform_probe+0x98/0x150
Fix this issue by using kmemdup_nul() to copy the content of
stat->stat_id directly to the nvdimm_events_map array.
mpe: stat->stat_id comes from the hypervisor, not userspace, so there is
no security exposure.
Fixes: 4c08d4bbc089 ("powerpc/papr_scm: Add perf interface support")
Signed-off-by: Kajol Jain <kjain@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220505153451.35503-1-kjain@linux.ibm.com
The cr16 interval timers are not synchronized across CPUs, even with just
one dual-core CPU. This becomes visible if the machines have a longer
uptime.
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Pull timer fix from Thomas Gleixner:
"A fix and an email address update:
- Mark the NMI safe time accessors notrace to prevent tracer
recursion when they are selected as trace clocks.
- John Stultz has a new email address"
* tag 'timers-urgent-2022-05-08' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
timekeeping: Mark NMI safe time accessors as notrace
MAINTAINERS: Update email address for John Stultz
The FPU usage related to task FPU management is either protected by
disabling interrupts (switch_to, return to user) or via fpregs_lock() which
is a wrapper around local_bh_disable(). When kernel code wants to use the
FPU then it has to check whether it is possible by calling irq_fpu_usable().
But the condition in irq_fpu_usable() is wrong. It allows FPU to be used
when:
!in_interrupt() || interrupted_user_mode() || interrupted_kernel_fpu_idle()
The latter is checking whether some other context already uses FPU in the
kernel, but if that's not the case then it allows FPU to be used
unconditionally even if the calling context interrupted a fpregs_lock()
critical region. If that happens then the FPU state of the interrupted
context becomes corrupted.
Allow in kernel FPU usage only when no other context has in kernel FPU
usage and either the calling context is not hard interrupt context or the
hard interrupt did not interrupt a local bottomhalf disabled region.
It's hard to find a proper Fixes tag as the condition was broken in one way
or the other for a very long time and the eager/lazy FPU changes caused a
lot of churn. Picked something remotely connected from the history.
This survived undetected for quite some time as FPU usage in interrupt
context is rare, but the recent changes to the random code unearthed it at
least on a kernel which had FPU debugging enabled. There is probably a
higher rate of silent corruption as not all issues can be detected by the
FPU debugging code. This will be addressed in a subsequent change.
Fixes: 5d2bd7009f30 ("x86, fpu: decouple non-lazy/eager fpu restore from xsave")
Reported-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Tested-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220501193102.588689270@linutronix.de
As reported by Alan, the CFI (Call Frame Information) in the VDSO time
routines is incorrect since commit ce7d8056e38b ("powerpc/vdso: Prepare
for switching VDSO to generic C implementation.").
DWARF has a concept called the CFA (Canonical Frame Address), which on
powerpc is calculated as an offset from the stack pointer (r1). That
means when the stack pointer is changed there must be a corresponding
CFI directive to update the calculation of the CFA.
The current code is missing those directives for the changes to r1,
which prevents gdb from being able to generate a backtrace from inside
VDSO functions, eg:
Breakpoint 1, 0x00007ffff7f804dc in __kernel_clock_gettime ()
(gdb) bt
#0 0x00007ffff7f804dc in __kernel_clock_gettime ()
#1 0x00007ffff7d8872c in clock_gettime@@GLIBC_2.17 () from /lib64/libc.so.6
#2 0x00007fffffffd960 in ?? ()
#3 0x00007ffff7d8872c in clock_gettime@@GLIBC_2.17 () from /lib64/libc.so.6
Backtrace stopped: frame did not save the PC
Alan helpfully describes some rules for correctly maintaining the CFI information:
1) Every adjustment to the current frame address reg (ie. r1) must be
described, and exactly at the instruction where r1 changes. Why?
Because stack unwinding might want to access previous frames.
2) If a function changes LR or any non-volatile register, the save
location for those regs must be given. The CFI can be at any
instruction after the saves up to the point that the reg is
changed.
(Exception: LR save should be described before a bl. not after)
3) If asychronous unwind info is needed then restores of LR and
non-volatile regs must also be described. The CFI can be at any
instruction after the reg is restored up to the point where the
save location is (potentially) trashed.
Fix the inability to backtrace by adding CFI directives describing the
changes to r1, ie. satisfying rule 1.
Also change the information for LR to point to the copy saved on the
stack, not the value in r0 that will be overwritten by the function
call.
Finally, add CFI directives describing the save/restore of r2.
With the fix gdb can correctly back trace and navigate up and down the stack:
Breakpoint 1, 0x00007ffff7f804dc in __kernel_clock_gettime ()
(gdb) bt
#0 0x00007ffff7f804dc in __kernel_clock_gettime ()
#1 0x00007ffff7d8872c in clock_gettime@@GLIBC_2.17 () from /lib64/libc.so.6
#2 0x0000000100015b60 in gettime ()
#3 0x000000010000c8bc in print_long_format ()
#4 0x000000010000d180 in print_current_files ()
#5 0x00000001000054ac in main ()
(gdb) up
#1 0x00007ffff7d8872c in clock_gettime@@GLIBC_2.17 () from /lib64/libc.so.6
(gdb)
#2 0x0000000100015b60 in gettime ()
(gdb)
#3 0x000000010000c8bc in print_long_format ()
(gdb)
#4 0x000000010000d180 in print_current_files ()
(gdb)
#5 0x00000001000054ac in main ()
(gdb)
Initial frame selected; you cannot go up.
(gdb) down
#4 0x000000010000d180 in print_current_files ()
(gdb)
#3 0x000000010000c8bc in print_long_format ()
(gdb)
#2 0x0000000100015b60 in gettime ()
(gdb)
#1 0x00007ffff7d8872c in clock_gettime@@GLIBC_2.17 () from /lib64/libc.so.6
(gdb)
#0 0x00007ffff7f804dc in __kernel_clock_gettime ()
(gdb)
Fixes: ce7d8056e38b ("powerpc/vdso: Prepare for switching VDSO to generic C implementation.")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v5.11+
Reported-by: Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Reviewed-by: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220502125010.1319370-1-mpe@ellerman.id.au
Various spelling mistakes in comments.
Detected with the help of Coccinelle.
Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@inria.fr>
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Pull irq fix from Thomas Gleixner:
"A fix for the threaded interrupt core.
A quick sequence of request/free_irq() can result in a hang because
the interrupt thread did not reach the thread function and got stopped
in the kthread core already. That leaves a state active counter
arround which makes a invocation of synchronized_irq() on that
interrupt hang forever.
Ensure that the thread reached the thread function in request_irq() to
prevent that"
* tag 'irq-urgent-2022-05-08' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
genirq: Synchronize interrupt thread startup
Mark the CLOCK_MONOTONIC fast time accessors as notrace. These functions are
used in tracing to retrieve timestamps, so they should not recurse.
Fixes: 4498e7467e9e ("time: Parametrize all tk_fast_mono users")
Fixes: f09cb9a1808e ("time: Introduce tk_fast_raw")
Reported-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220426175338.3807ca4f@gandalf.local.home/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220428062432.61063-1-kurt@linutronix.de
Change to my kernel.org email address.
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1abc3de4b00dc6f915ac975a2ec29ed545d96dc4.1651687652.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com
README