From: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>, James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>,
Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Robert Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
acpica-devel@lists.linux.dev, kernel-team@meta.com,
Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2] arm64: Mark kernel as tainted on SAE and SError panic
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 02:42:01 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250716-vmcore_hw_error-v2-1-f187f7d62aba@debian.org> (raw)
Set TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK when SError or Synchronous External Abort (SEA)
interrupts trigger a panic to flag potential hardware faults. This
tainting mechanism aids in debugging and enables correlation of
hardware-related crashes in large-scale deployments.
This change aligns with similar patches[1] that mark machine check
events when the system crashes due to hardware errors.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250702-add_tain-v1-1-9187b10914b9@debian.org/ [1]
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
---
Changes in v2:
- Also taint the kernel on Synchronous External Abort panics (Will Deacon)
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250714-vmcore_hw_error-v1-1-8cf45edb6334@debian.org
---
arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c | 1 +
arch/arm64/mm/fault.c | 1 +
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
index 9bfa5c944379d..7468b22585cef 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
@@ -931,6 +931,7 @@ void __noreturn panic_bad_stack(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long esr, unsigne
void __noreturn arm64_serror_panic(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long esr)
{
+ add_taint(TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK);
console_verbose();
pr_crit("SError Interrupt on CPU%d, code 0x%016lx -- %s\n",
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
index ec0a337891ddf..004106ff4bd03 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
@@ -826,6 +826,7 @@ static int do_sea(unsigned long far, unsigned long esr, struct pt_regs *regs)
*/
siaddr = untagged_addr(far);
}
+ add_taint(TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK);
arm64_notify_die(inf->name, regs, inf->sig, inf->code, siaddr, esr);
return 0;
---
base-commit: d7b8f8e20813f0179d8ef519541a3527e7661d3a
change-id: 20250707-vmcore_hw_error-322429e6c316
Best regards,
--
Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
next reply other threads:[~2025-07-16 9:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-16 9:42 Breno Leitao [this message]
2025-07-16 10:19 ` [PATCH v2] arm64: Mark kernel as tainted on SAE and SError panic Mark Rutland
2025-07-16 10:52 ` Breno Leitao
2025-07-17 9:57 ` Will Deacon
2025-07-17 10:46 ` Will Deacon
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