From: Aboorva Devarajan <aboorvad@linux.ibm.com>
To: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com>,
Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: Aboorva Devarajan <aboorvad@linux.ibm.com>,
Christophe Leroy <chleroy@kernel.org>,
Kajol Jain <kjain@linux.ibm.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] powerpc/hv-gpci: fix preempt count leak in sysfs show paths
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 09:42:56 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260508041256.3447113-1-aboorvad@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
Four sysfs show() callbacks in hv-gpci take get_cpu_var(hv_gpci_reqb)
(which calls preempt_disable()) but only call the matching put_cpu_var()
on the error path under the 'out:' label. Every successful read leaks
one preempt_disable():
processor_bus_topology_show()
processor_config_show()
affinity_domain_via_virtual_processor_show()
affinity_domain_via_domain_show()
(affinity_domain_via_partition_show() was already correct.)
On a CONFIG_PREEMPT=y kernel, repeated reads raise preempt_count and
eventually return to userspace with preemption still disabled. The
next user-mode page fault then hits faulthandler_disabled() == 1,
gets forced to SIGSEGV, and the resulting coredump trips
'BUG: scheduling while atomic' in call_usermodehelper_exec ->
wait_for_completion_state -> schedule:
BUG: scheduling while atomic: <task>/<pid>/0x00000004
...
__schedule_bug+0x6c/0x90
__schedule+0x58c/0x13a0
schedule+0x48/0x1a0
schedule_timeout+0x104/0x170
wait_for_completion_state+0x16c/0x330
call_usermodehelper_exec+0x254/0x2d0
vfs_coredump+0x1050/0x2590
get_signal+0xb9c/0xc80
do_notify_resume+0xf8/0x470
Add an out_success label that calls put_cpu_var() before returning
the byte count, mirroring affinity_domain_via_partition_show().
Fixes: 71f1c39647d8 ("powerpc/hv_gpci: Add sysfs file inside hv_gpci device to show processor bus topology information")
Fixes: 1a160c2a13c6 ("powerpc/hv_gpci: Add sysfs file inside hv_gpci device to show processor config information")
Fixes: 71a7ccb478fc ("powerpc/hv_gpci: Add sysfs file inside hv_gpci device to show affinity domain via virtual processor information")
Fixes: a69a57cac1ec ("powerpc/hv_gpci: Add sysfs file inside hv_gpci device to show affinity domain via domain information")
Signed-off-by: Aboorva Devarajan <aboorvad@linux.ibm.com>
---
arch/powerpc/perf/hv-gpci.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-gpci.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-gpci.c
index 5cac2cf3bd1e5..10c82cf8f5b39 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-gpci.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-gpci.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ static ssize_t processor_bus_topology_show(struct device *dev, struct device_att
0, 0, buf, &n, arg);
if (!ret)
- return n;
+ goto out_success;
if (ret != H_PARAMETER)
goto out;
@@ -244,12 +244,14 @@ static ssize_t processor_bus_topology_show(struct device *dev, struct device_att
starting_index, 0, buf, &n, arg);
if (!ret)
- return n;
+ goto out_success;
if (ret != H_PARAMETER)
goto out;
}
+out_success:
+ put_cpu_var(hv_gpci_reqb);
return n;
out:
@@ -278,7 +280,7 @@ static ssize_t processor_config_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute
0, 0, buf, &n, arg);
if (!ret)
- return n;
+ goto out_success;
if (ret != H_PARAMETER)
goto out;
@@ -312,12 +314,14 @@ static ssize_t processor_config_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute
starting_index, 0, buf, &n, arg);
if (!ret)
- return n;
+ goto out_success;
if (ret != H_PARAMETER)
goto out;
}
+out_success:
+ put_cpu_var(hv_gpci_reqb);
return n;
out:
@@ -346,7 +350,7 @@ static ssize_t affinity_domain_via_virtual_processor_show(struct device *dev,
0, 0, buf, &n, arg);
if (!ret)
- return n;
+ goto out_success;
if (ret != H_PARAMETER)
goto out;
@@ -382,12 +386,14 @@ static ssize_t affinity_domain_via_virtual_processor_show(struct device *dev,
starting_index, secondary_index, buf, &n, arg);
if (!ret)
- return n;
+ goto out_success;
if (ret != H_PARAMETER)
goto out;
}
+out_success:
+ put_cpu_var(hv_gpci_reqb);
return n;
out:
@@ -416,7 +422,7 @@ static ssize_t affinity_domain_via_domain_show(struct device *dev, struct device
0, 0, buf, &n, arg);
if (!ret)
- return n;
+ goto out_success;
if (ret != H_PARAMETER)
goto out;
@@ -448,12 +454,14 @@ static ssize_t affinity_domain_via_domain_show(struct device *dev, struct device
starting_index, 0, buf, &n, arg);
if (!ret)
- return n;
+ goto out_success;
if (ret != H_PARAMETER)
goto out;
}
+out_success:
+ put_cpu_var(hv_gpci_reqb);
return n;
out:
--
2.54.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-05-08 4:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-08 4:12 Aboorva Devarajan [this message]
2026-05-11 1:37 ` [PATCH] powerpc/hv-gpci: fix preempt count leak in sysfs show paths Ritesh Harjani
2026-05-14 5:24 ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-05-14 5:20 ` Shrikanth Hegde
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