Re: [PATCH] kexec/crash: no crash update when kexec in progress

[Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>]

Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com> writes:
> The following errors are observed when kexec is done with SMT=off on
> powerpc.
>
> [  358.458385] Removing IBM Power 842 compression device
> [  374.795734] kexec_core: Starting new kernel
> [  374.795748] kexec: Waking offline cpu 1.
> [  374.875695] crash hp: kexec_trylock() failed, elfcorehdr may be inaccurate
> [  374.935833] kexec: Waking offline cpu 2.
> [  375.015664] crash hp: kexec_trylock() failed, elfcorehdr may be inaccurate
> snip..
> [  375.515823] kexec: Waking offline cpu 6.
> [  375.635667] crash hp: kexec_trylock() failed, elfcorehdr may be inaccurate
> [  375.695836] kexec: Waking offline cpu 7.

Are they actually errors though? Do they block the actual kexec from
happening? Or are they just warnings in dmesg?

Because the fix looks like it could be racy.

cheers

> During kexec, the offline CPUs are brought online, which triggers the
> crash hotplug handler `crash_handle_hotplug_event()` to update the kdump
> image. Given that the system is on the kexec path and the kexec lock is
> taken, the `crash_handle_hotplug_event()` function fails to take the
> same lock to update the kdump image, resulting in the above error
> messages.
>
> To fix this, let's return from `crash_handle_hotplug_event()` if kexec
> is in progress.
>
> The same applies to the `crash_check_hotplug_support()` function.
> Return 0 if kexec is in progress.
>
> Cc: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
> Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org
> Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: x86@kernel.org
> Reported-by: Sachin P Bappalige <sachinpb@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  kernel/crash_core.c | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/crash_core.c b/kernel/crash_core.c
> index 63cf89393c6e..d37a16d5c3a1 100644
> --- a/kernel/crash_core.c
> +++ b/kernel/crash_core.c
> @@ -502,6 +502,9 @@ int crash_check_hotplug_support(void)
>  {
>  	int rc = 0;
>  
> +	if (kexec_in_progress)
> +		return 0;
> +
>  	crash_hotplug_lock();
>  	/* Obtain lock while reading crash information */
>  	if (!kexec_trylock()) {
> @@ -537,6 +540,9 @@ static void crash_handle_hotplug_event(unsigned int hp_action, unsigned int cpu,
>  {
>  	struct kimage *image;
>  
> +	if (kexec_in_progress)
> +		return;
> +
>  	crash_hotplug_lock();
>  	/* Obtain lock while changing crash information */
>  	if (!kexec_trylock()) {
> -- 
> 2.45.2
>
>
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