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SubjectRe: [PATCH V3 04/10] arm64: exception: handle Synchronous External Abort
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Hello Punit,

On 10/12/2016 11:46 AM, Punit Agrawal wrote:
> Hi Tyler,
>
> A couple of hopefully not bike shedding comments below.
>
> Tyler Baicar <tbaicar@codeaurora.org> writes:
>
>> SEA exceptions are often caused by an uncorrected hardware
>> error, and are handled when data abort and instruction abort
>> exception classes have specific values for their Fault Status
>> Code.
>> When SEA occurs, before killing the process, go through
>> the handlers registered in the notification list.
>> Update fault_info[] with specific SEA faults so that the
>> new SEA handler is used.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jonathan (Zhixiong) Zhang <zjzhang@codeaurora.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Tyler Baicar <tbaicar@codeaurora.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Naveen Kaje <nkaje@codeaurora.org>
>> ---
>> arch/arm64/include/asm/system_misc.h | 13 ++++++++
>> arch/arm64/mm/fault.c | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>> 2 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/system_misc.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/system_misc.h
>> index 57f110b..90daf4a 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/system_misc.h
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/system_misc.h
>> @@ -64,4 +64,17 @@ extern void (*arm_pm_restart)(enum reboot_mode reboot_mode, const char *cmd);
>>
>> #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
>>
>> +/*
>> + * The functions below are used to register and unregister callbacks
>> + * that are to be invoked when a Synchronous External Abort (SEA)
>> + * occurs. An SEA is raised by certain fault status codes that have
>> + * either data or instruction abort as the exception class, and
>> + * callbacks may be registered to parse or handle such hardware errors.
>> + *
>> + * Registered callbacks are run in an interrupt/atomic context. They
>> + * are not allowed to block or sleep.
>> + */
>> +int sea_register_handler_chain(struct notifier_block *nb);
>> +void sea_unregister_handler_chain(struct notifier_block *nb);
>> +
>> #endif /* __ASM_SYSTEM_MISC_H */
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
>> index 05d2bd7..81cb7ad 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
>> @@ -39,6 +39,22 @@
>> #include <asm/pgtable.h>
>> #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
>>
>> +/*
>> + * GHES SEA handler code may register a notifier call here to
>> + * handle HW error record passed from platform.
>> + */
>> +static ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(sea_handler_chain);
>> +
>> +int sea_register_handler_chain(struct notifier_block *nb)
>> +{
>> + return atomic_notifier_chain_register(&sea_handler_chain, nb);
>> +}
>> +
>> +void sea_unregister_handler_chain(struct notifier_block *nb)
>> +{
>> + atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&sea_handler_chain, nb);
>> +}
>> +
> What do you think of naming the above functions as
> [un]register_synchonous_ext_abort_notifier?
>
> For an API, I find "sea" doesn't quite convey the message.
>
> One more comment below.
Yes, those names seem easier to understand.
>> static const char *fault_name(unsigned int esr);
>>
>> #ifdef CONFIG_KPROBES
>> @@ -480,6 +496,28 @@ static int do_bad(unsigned long addr, unsigned int esr, struct pt_regs *regs)
>> return 1;
>> }
>>
>> +/*
>> + * This abort handler deals with Synchronous External Abort.
>> + * It calls notifiers, and then returns "fault".
>> + */
>> +static int do_sea(unsigned long addr, unsigned int esr, struct pt_regs *regs)
>> +{
>> + struct siginfo info;
>> +
>> + atomic_notifier_call_chain(&sea_handler_chain, 0, NULL);
>> +
>> + pr_err("Synchronous External Abort: %s (0x%08x) at 0x%016lx\n",
>> + fault_name(esr), esr, addr);
>> +
>> + info.si_signo = SIGBUS;
>> + info.si_errno = 0;
>> + info.si_code = 0;
>> + info.si_addr = (void __user *)addr;
>> + arm64_notify_die("", regs, &info, esr);
>> +
>> + return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> static const struct fault_info {
>> int (*fn)(unsigned long addr, unsigned int esr, struct pt_regs *regs);
>> int sig;
>> @@ -502,22 +540,22 @@ static const struct fault_info {
>> { do_page_fault, SIGSEGV, SEGV_ACCERR, "level 1 permission fault" },
>> { do_page_fault, SIGSEGV, SEGV_ACCERR, "level 2 permission fault" },
>> { do_page_fault, SIGSEGV, SEGV_ACCERR, "level 3 permission fault" },
>> - { do_bad, SIGBUS, 0, "synchronous external abort" },
>> + { do_sea, SIGBUS, 0, "synchronous external abort" },
>> { do_bad, SIGBUS, 0, "unknown 17" },
>> { do_bad, SIGBUS, 0, "unknown 18" },
>> { do_bad, SIGBUS, 0, "unknown 19" },
>> - { do_bad, SIGBUS, 0, "synchronous abort (translation table walk)" },
>> - { do_bad, SIGBUS, 0, "synchronous abort (translation table walk)" },
>> - { do_bad, SIGBUS, 0, "synchronous abort (translation table walk)" },
>> - { do_bad, SIGBUS, 0, "synchronous abort (translation table walk)" },
>> - { do_bad, SIGBUS, 0, "synchronous parity error" },
>> + { do_sea, SIGBUS, 0, "level 0 SEA (trans tbl walk)" },
>> + { do_sea, SIGBUS, 0, "level 1 SEA (trans tbl walk)" },
>> + { do_sea, SIGBUS, 0, "level 2 SEA (trans tbl walk)" },
>> + { do_sea, SIGBUS, 0, "level 3 SEA (trans tbl walk)" },
> ^^^
> The comment about naming applies here as well.
>
> Thanks,
> Punit
I'll expand sea here as well. This should make it easier to understand
without knowing the code.

Thanks,
Tyler
>
> [...]
>

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