Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Subject | Re: PROBLEM: Kernel BUG in mfgpt_tick (cs5535-clockevt.c) on ALIX 2c3 - null call | From | Daniel Lezcano <> | Date | Wed, 11 Oct 2017 10:26:22 +0200 |
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On 10/10/2017 23:19, David Kozub wrote: > On Tue, 10 Oct 2017, Daniel Lezcano wrote: > >> On 09/10/2017 21:33, David Kozub wrote: >>> On Mon, 9 Oct 2017, Daniel Lezcano wrote: >>> >>>> On 07/10/2017 23:26, David Kozub wrote: >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> booting up kernel 4.14-rc3 with CS5535_CLOCK_EVENT_SRC on an ALIX 2c3 >>>>> (http://pcengines.ch/alix2c3.htm) dies with: >>>>> >>>>> [ 2.313086] cs5535-smb cs5535-smb: SCx200 device 'CS5535 ACB0' >>>>> registered >>>>> [ 2.338711] cs5535-mfgpt cs5535-mfgpt: registered timer 0 >>>>> [ 2.355676] ledtrig-cpu: registered to indicate activity on CPUs >>>>> [ 2.373745] cs5535-mfgpt cs5535-mfgpt: registered timer 1 >>>>> [ 2.389976] cs5535-clockevt: Registering MFGPT timer as a clock >>>>> event, using IRQ 7 >>>>> [ 2.412687] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference >>>>> at (null) >>>>> [ 2.412698] IP: (null) >>>>> [ 2.412702] *pde = 00000000 >>>>> [ 2.412713] Oops: 0000 [#1] >>>>> [ 2.412716] Modules linked in: >>>>> [ 2.412732] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper Not tainted >>>>> 4.14.0-rc3-humel-test17 #36 >>>>> [ 2.412739] task: c0010000 task.stack: c008e000 >>>>> [ 2.412744] EIP: (null) >>>>> [ 2.412749] EFLAGS: 00210093 CPU: 0 >>>>> [ 2.412758] EAX: c05fb8c0 EBX: c05fb880 ECX: 00000000 EDX: 0000620c >>>>> [ 2.412769] ESI: c0009fd4 EDI: c014e14e EBP: c0009fac ESP: c0009fa8 >>>>> [ 2.412780] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 0000 GS: 0000 SS: 0068 >>>>> [ 2.412790] CR0: 80050033 CR2: 00000000 CR3: 0064f000 CR4: 00000090 >>>>> [ 2.412793] Call Trace: >>>>> [ 2.412800] <IRQ> >>>>> [ 2.412825] ? mfgpt_tick+0x5d/0x81 >>>>> [ 2.412845] __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x56/0xb6 >>>>> [ 2.412864] ? handle_fasteoi_irq+0xf3/0xf3 >>>>> [ 2.412878] handle_irq_event_percpu+0x17/0x3f >>>>> [ 2.412892] handle_irq_event+0x1d/0x29 >>>>> [ 2.412905] handle_level_irq+0x57/0xc6 >>>>> [ 2.412924] handle_irq+0x47/0x52 >>>>> [ 2.412929] </IRQ> >>>>> [ 2.412934] <SOFTIRQ> >>>>> [ 2.412949] do_IRQ+0x32/0x9b >>>>> [ 2.412963] ? __irqentry_text_end+0x7/0x7 >>>>> [ 2.412976] common_interrupt+0x2e/0x34 >>>>> ... >>>>> >>>>> The problem seems to be in drivers/clocksource/cs5535-clockevt.c in >>>>> mfgpt_tick() on line 132: >>>>> ... >>>>> cs5535_clockevent.event_handler(&cs5535_clockevent); >>>>> ... >>>>> cs5535_clockevent.event_handler is null. >>>>> >>>>> Adding some more traces I see mfgpt_tick() gets called before >>>>> clockevents_config_and_register() finishes (invoked from >>>>> cs5535_mfgpt_init() on line 178). So when mfgpt_tick() accessess the >>>>> event_handler, it's NULL. Wrapping the event_handler call on line >>>>> 132 in >>>>> a null pointer check results in a working system. >>>>> >>>>> The issue is present at least also in kernel 4.13.5. In kernel >>>>> versions >>>>> <= 4.1-rc6 the cs5535_clockevent worked OK. Kernels >= 4.1-rc7 never >>>>> booted at all on my ALIX 2c3 (last I tried 4.5, then gave up and tried >>>>> 4.13.5 recently), so I don't know when exactly this issue appeared. >>>>> >>>>> My guess is that the timer interrupt is enabled too early. If I change >>>>> the order of clockevents_config_and_register() and >>>>> cs5535_mfgpt_write(cs5535_event_clock, MFGPT_REG_SETUP, val) in >>>>> cs5535_mfgpt_init() like this: >>>>> ... >>>>> /* Set up the clock event */ >>>>> printk(KERN_INFO DRV_NAME >>>>> ": Registering MFGPT timer as a clock event, using IRQ %d\n", >>>>> timer_irq); >>>>> clockevents_config_and_register(&cs5535_clockevent, MFGPT_HZ, >>>>> 0xF, 0xFFFE); >>>>> >>>>> /* Set the clock scale and enable the event mode for CMP2 */ >>>>> val = MFGPT_SCALE | (3 << 8); >>>>> cs5535_mfgpt_write(cs5535_event_clock, MFGPT_REG_SETUP, val); >>>>> ... >>>>> the system boots and seems to be OK. >>>> >>>> What happens if instead of inverting those two lines, you add >>>> mfgpt_shutdown() early in the init function ? >>> >>> Hi Daniel, >>> >>> I can't call mfgpt_shutdown() before clockevents_config_and_register() >>> as mfgpt_shutdown() wants a struct clock_event_device* which is only >>> available after clockevents_config_and_register(). But I tried calling >>> disable_timer(): >>> >>> @@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ static int __init cs5535_mfgpt_init(void) >>> } >>> cs5535_event_clock = timer; >>> >>> + disable_timer(cs5535_event_clock); >>> + >>> /* Set up the IRQ on the MFGPT side */ >>> if (cs5535_mfgpt_setup_irq(timer, MFGPT_CMP2, &timer_irq)) { >>> printk(KERN_ERR DRV_NAME ": Could not set up IRQ %d\n", >>> >>> which should do the same thing. Unfortunately I still get the same BUG. >>> >>> I added some more traces and I think the IRQ comes just after: >>> ret = setup_irq(timer_irq, &mfgptirq); >> >> Mmh, the interrupt flag tells it is a shared interrupt, bad :/ > > While there is IRQF_SHARED, I think on the ALIX 2c3 the IRQ is not > really shared: > > $ cat /proc/interrupts > CPU0 > 0: 9959 XT-PIC timer > 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade > 4: 1763 XT-PIC ttyS0 > 7: 4648 XT-PIC cs5535-clockevt > 9: 0 XT-PIC ath > 10: 151 XT-PIC eth0 > 11: 0 XT-PIC eth1 > 12: 1 XT-PIC ehci_hcd:usb1, ohci_hcd:usb2 > 14: 4063 XT-PIC pata_cs5536 > 15: 0 XT-PIC eth2 > > (if this is sufficient proof)
After digging a bit, the interrupt can be shared. There is a comment in the drivers/misc/cs5535-mfgpt.c:cs5535_mfgpt_set_irq() function.
Moreover, the kernel can boot with a module parameter to change the irq number. By config, the default is 7 but it could be another interrupt shared with a device.
But your setup, if I refer the output of /proc/interrupts, does not show the interrupt timer is shared.
>> The interrupt handler checks if the interrupt was for the timer. >> >> So here, there are two options: >> >> - the timer is in an inconsistent state, with an interrupt line up and >> enabled. In this case, it should be reseted correctly before going >> further in the init function (disable, ack irq if any, and then request >> irq and register). >> >> .. or .. >> >> - the check at the beginning of the interrupt handler: >> /* See if the interrupt was for us */ >> if (!(val & (MFGPT_SETUP_SETUP | MFGPT_SETUP_CMP2 | >> MFGPT_SETUP_CMP1))) >> return IRQ_NONE; >> >> does not work and we try to handle an interrupt which is not for us. > > If this interrupt is not shared, this option can be ruled out, right?
Yes.
>> That could be any of these two (or both) and I suspect the commit >> 8f9327cbb brings to light this problem as before the interrupt handler >> had the check: >> if (cs5535_tick_mode == CLOCK_EVT_MODE_SHUTDOWN) >> return IRQ_HANDLED; >> >> with: >> >> static unsigned int cs5535_tick_mode = CLOCK_EVT_MODE_SHUTDOWN; > > I agree, in the previous version any early calls would be ignored. > > I see in http://pcengines.ch/pdf/alix2.pdf on page 10 in "Setup > options": "M: toggles MFGPT workaround – may be required to support high > speed timer. See AMD CS5536 data book section 5.16.3 for the gory > details. The system may hang during boot if you get it wrong…" > > I tried toggling the option and it didn't seem to have any effect on > this issue. Furthermore I did a BIOS update and now the menu option is > gone. > > The CD5536 Data Book is here: > https://support.amd.com/TechDocs/33238G_cs5536_db.pdf and that 5.16.3 > issue doesn't seem to be relevant here. > > So I think the following must be happening: > >> - the timer is in an inconsistent state, with an interrupt line up and >> enabled. In this case, it should be reseted correctly before going >> further in the init function (disable, ack irq if any, and then request >> irq and register). > > Should I do something more to verify that it is this case? > > Could you please give me more detailed info on how to reset the IRQ to a > sane sate? Being a kernel noob that summary is not sufficient for me.
The code should be already there in the driver.
Usually, in order to prevent this kind issue, before calling clockevent_config_and_register(), we disable the timer and ack unconditionally any interrupt.
So at the first glance, I would add:
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/cs5535-clockevt.c b/drivers/clocksource/cs5535-clockevt.c index a1df588..87e9581 100644 --- a/drivers/clocksource/cs5535-clockevt.c +++ b/drivers/clocksource/cs5535-clockevt.c @@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ static int __init cs5535_mfgpt_init(void) } cs5535_event_clock = timer;
+ disable_timer(timer); + cs5535_mfgpt_write(timer, MFGPT_REG_COUNTER, 0); + /* Set up the IRQ on the MFGPT side */ if (cs5535_mfgpt_setup_irq(timer, MFGPT_CMP2, &timer_irq)) { printk(KERN_ERR DRV_NAME ": Could not set up IRQ %d\n",
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