Hi Xunlei,

Thanks for the review.

> From: Xunlei Pang [mailto:xp...@redhat.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 12:12 PM
> On 2016/07/05 at 19:33, Hidehiro Kawai wrote:
> > This patch fixes one of the problems reported by Daniel Walker
> > (https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/6/24/44).
> >
> > If crash_kexec_post_notifiers boot option is specified, other CPUs
> > are stopped by smp_send_stop() instead of machine_crash_shutdown()
> > in crash_kexec() path.  This behavior change leads two problems.
> >
> >  Problem 1:
> >  octeon_generic_shutdown() for MIPS OCTEON assumes that other CPUs are
> >  still online and try to stop their watchdog timer.  If
> >  smp_send_stop() is called before octeon_generic_shutdown(), stopping
> >  watchdog timer will fail because other CPUs have been offlined by
> >  smp_send_stop().
> >
> >    panic()
> >      if crash_kexec_post_notifiers == 1
> >        smp_send_stop()
> >        atomic_notifier_call_chain()
> >        kmsg_dump()
> >      crash_kexec()
> >        machine_crash_shutdown()
> >          octeon_generic_shutdown() // shutdown watchdog for ONLINE CPUs
> >
> >  Problem 2:
> >  Most of architectures stop other CPUs in machine_crash_shutdown()
> >  path, and they also do something needed for kdump.  For example,
> >  they save registers, disable virtualization extensions, and so on.
> >  However, if smp_send_stop() stops other CPUs before
> >  machine_crash_shutdown(), we miss those operations.
> >
> > How do we fix these problems?  In the first place, we should stop
> > other CPUs as soon as possible when panic() was called, otherwise
> > other CPUs may wipe out a clue to the cause of the failure.  So, we
> > replace smp_send_stop() with more suitable one for kdump.
> >
> > This patch solves Problem 2 by replacing smp_send_stop() in panic()
> > with panic_smp_send_stop().  This is a weak function which calls
> > smp_send_stop(), and architecture dependent code may override this
> > with appropriate one.  This patch only provides x86-specific version.
> >
> > Changes in V3:
> > - Revise comments, description, and symbol names
> >
> > Changes in V2:
> > - Replace smp_send_stop() call with crash_kexec version which
> >   saves cpu states and cleans up VMX/SVM
> > - Drop a fix for Problem 1 at this moment
> >
> > Reported-by: Daniel Walker <dwal...@fifo99.com>
> > Fixes: f06e5153f4ae (kernel/panic.c: add "crash_kexec_post_notifiers" 
> > option)
> > Signed-off-by: Hidehiro Kawai <hidehiro.kawai...@hitachi.com>
> > Cc: Dave Young <dyo...@redhat.com>
> > Cc: Baoquan He <b...@redhat.com>
> > Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgo...@redhat.com>
> > Cc: Eric Biederman <ebied...@xmission.com>
> > Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhira...@kernel.org>
> > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <t...@linutronix.de>
> > Cc: Ingo Molnar <mi...@redhat.com>
> > Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <h...@zytor.com>
> > Cc: Borislav Petkov <b...@suse.de>
> > Cc: Toshi Kani <toshi.k...@hpe.com>
> > Cc: "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <pet...@infradead.org>
> > Cc: Takao Indoh <indou.ta...@jp.fujitsu.com>
> > Cc: "Lee, Chun-Yi" <joeyli.ker...@gmail.com>
> > Cc: Minfei Huang <mnfhu...@gmail.com>
> > Cc: Andrew Morton <a...@linux-foundation.org>
> > Cc: Michal Hocko <mho...@suse.com>
> > Cc: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuzn...@redhat.com>
> > Cc: Petr Mladek <pmla...@suse.com>
> > Cc: Tejun Heo <t...@kernel.org>
> > Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoim...@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/kernel/crash.c |   14 ++++++++++----
> >  kernel/panic.c          |   43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
> >  2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c b/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
> > index 9ef978d..3305433 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
> > @@ -133,15 +133,21 @@ static void kdump_nmi_callback(int cpu, struct 
> > pt_regs *regs)
> >     disable_local_APIC();
> >  }
> >
> > -static void kdump_nmi_shootdown_cpus(void)
> > +/* Override the weak function in kernel/panic.c */
> > +void panic_smp_send_stop(void)
> >  {
> > -   nmi_shootdown_cpus(kdump_nmi_callback);
> > +   static int cpus_stopped;
> 
> Should be atomic_t type?

panic_smp_send_stop() can be called by only one panicking CPU
(but can be called twice). It is sufficient to be normal variable.

> > +
> > +   if (cpus_stopped)
> > +           return;
> >
> > +   nmi_shootdown_cpus(kdump_nmi_callback);
> >     disable_local_APIC();
> > +   cpus_stopped = 1;
> >  }
> >
> >  #else
> > -static void kdump_nmi_shootdown_cpus(void)
> > +void panic_smp_send_stop(void)
> >  {
> >     /* There are no cpus to shootdown */
> >  }
> > @@ -160,7 +166,7 @@ void native_machine_crash_shutdown(struct pt_regs *regs)
> >     /* The kernel is broken so disable interrupts */
> >     local_irq_disable();
> >
> > -   kdump_nmi_shootdown_cpus();
> > +   panic_smp_send_stop();
> >
> >     /*
> >      * VMCLEAR VMCSs loaded on this cpu if needed.
> > diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
> > index 8aa7449..da8062d2 100644
> > --- a/kernel/panic.c
> > +++ b/kernel/panic.c
> > @@ -71,6 +71,32 @@ void __weak nmi_panic_self_stop(struct pt_regs *regs)
> >     panic_smp_self_stop();
> >  }
> >
> > +/*
> > + * Stop other CPUs in panic.  Architecture dependent code may override this
> > + * with more suitable version.  For example, if the architecture supports
> > + * crash dump, it should save registers of each stopped CPU and disable
> > + * per-CPU features such as virtualization extensions.
> > + */
> > +void __weak panic_smp_send_stop(void)
> > +{
> > +   static int cpus_stopped;
> > +
> > +   /*
> > +    * This function can be called twice in panic path, but obviously
> > +    * we execute this only once.
> > +    */
> > +   if (cpus_stopped)
> > +           return;
> > +
> > +   /*
> > +    * Note smp_send_stop is the usual smp shutdown function, which
> > +    * unfortunately means it may not be hardened to work in a panic
> > +    * situation.
> > +    */
> > +   smp_send_stop();
> > +   cpus_stopped = 1;
> > +}
> > +
> >  atomic_t panic_cpu = ATOMIC_INIT(PANIC_CPU_INVALID);
> >
> >  /*
> > @@ -125,7 +151,7 @@ void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
> >      * Only one CPU is allowed to execute the panic code from here. For
> >      * multiple parallel invocations of panic, all other CPUs either
> >      * stop themself or will wait until they are stopped by the 1st CPU
> > -    * with smp_send_stop().
> > +    * with panic_smp_send_stop().
> >      *
> >      * `old_cpu == PANIC_CPU_INVALID' means this is the 1st CPU which
> >      * comes here, so go ahead.
> > @@ -165,12 +191,7 @@ void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
> >             __crash_kexec(NULL);
> >     }
> >
> > -   /*
> > -    * Note smp_send_stop is the usual smp shutdown function, which
> > -    * unfortunately means it may not be hardened to work in a panic
> > -    * situation.
> > -    */
> > -   smp_send_stop();
> > +   panic_smp_send_stop();
> 
> If crash_kexec_post_notifiers and kdump both are not used, you actually 
> changed the original behaviour,
> it would be better to make it conditionally like:
>     if (crash_kexec_post_notifiers)
>         panic_smp_send_stop(); // renaming it to crash_smp_send_stop() is 
> better?
>     else
>         smp_send_stop();

Dave also pointed about this, and I'll fix it.

Best regards,

Hidehiro Kawai
Hitachi, Ltd. Research & Development Group

> >     /*
> >      * Run any panic handlers, including those that might need to
> > @@ -198,10 +219,10 @@ void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
> >
> >     /*
> >      * We may have ended up stopping the CPU holding the lock (in
> > -    * smp_send_stop()) while still having some valuable data in the console
> > -    * buffer.  Try to acquire the lock then release it regardless of the
> > -    * result.  The release will also print the buffers out.  Locks debug
> > -    * should be disabled to avoid reporting bad unlock balance when
> > +    * panic_smp_send_stop()) while still having some valuable data in the
> > +    * console buffer.  Try to acquire the lock then release it regardless
> > +    * of the result.  The release will also print the buffers out.  Locks
> > +    * debug should be disabled to avoid reporting bad unlock balance when
> >      * panic() is not being callled from OOPS.
> >      */
> >     debug_locks_off();
> >
> >
> >
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