From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: sjg@chromium.org (Simon Glass) Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:47:47 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] ARM: BUG() dies silently In-Reply-To: <1301602523-9906-1-git-send-email-omar.ramirez@ti.com> References: <1301602523-9906-1-git-send-email-omar.ramirez@ti.com> Message-ID: To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org You might try the generic bug patch and see if it also fixes this problem - Simon On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Omar Ramirez Luna wrote: > There are some cases where the code generated for BUG() results > into an infinite while loop without causing a null dereference, > this ends on a kernel being stuck on a loop and the user without > a clue of what happened. > > E.g.: lib/scatterlist.c : __sg_alloc_table > > ? ? ? ?BUG_ON(nents > max_ents); > ?438: ? 9a000000 ? ? ? ?bls ? ? 440 <__sg_alloc_table+0x20> > ?43c: ? eafffffe ? ? ? ?b ? ? ? 43c <__sg_alloc_table+0x1c> > > Adding volatile makes the compiler to avoid optimizations on this > code, which makes the panic to occur: > > ? ? ? ?BUG_ON(nents > max_ents); > ?438: ? 9a000002 ? ? ? ?bls ? ? 448 <__sg_alloc_table+0x28> > ?43c: ? e3a03000 ? ? ? ?mov ? ? r3, #0 > ?440: ? e5833000 ? ? ? ?str ? ? r3, [r3] > ?444: ? eafffffc ? ? ? ?b ? ? ? 43c <__sg_alloc_table+0x1c> > > Seen with gnu/linux cs arm-2010q1-202 and arm2010.09-50. > > Signed-off-by: Omar Ramirez Luna > --- > > If needed I can change: > ./arch/arm/mach-clps711x/include/mach/io.h: > ? ? ? ?#define __raw_readsb(p,d,l) ?do { *(int *)0 = 0; } while (0) > ./arch/arm/mach-clps711x/include/mach/io.h: > ? ? ? ?#define __raw_readsl(p,d,l) ?do { *(int *)0 = 0; } while (0) > ./arch/arm/mach-clps711x/include/mach/io.h: > ? ? ? ?#define __raw_writesb(p,d,l) do { *(int *)0 = 0; } while (0) > ./arch/arm/mach-clps711x/include/mach/io.h: > ? ? ? ?#define __raw_writesl(p,d,l) do { *(int *)0 = 0; } while (0) > ./arch/arm/kernel/traps.c: ? ? ?*(int *)0 = 0; > > > ?arch/arm/include/asm/bug.h | ? ?2 +- > ?1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/bug.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/bug.h > index 4d88425..a58d863 100644 > --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/bug.h > +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/bug.h > @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ extern void __bug(const char *file, int line) __attribute__((noreturn)); > ?#else > > ?/* this just causes an oops */ > -#define BUG() ? ? ? ? ?do { *(int *)0 = 0; } while (1) > +#define BUG() ? ? ? ? ?do { *(volatile int *)0 = 0; } while(1) > > ?#endif > > -- > 1.7.1 > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo at vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at ?http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at ?http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >