Re: [PATCH] optee: Disable shm cache when booting the crash kernel

Tyler Hicks
2021-05-17T20:24:17Z

On 2021-05-12 07:50:30, Jens Wiklander wrote:
> On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 2:23 AM Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@linux.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 2021-05-10 09:31:51, Jens Wiklander wrote:
> > > On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 3:17 PM Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@linux.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On 2021-05-07 11:23:17, Jens Wiklander wrote:
> > > > > On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 9:00 AM Allen Pais <apais@linux.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > On 07-May-2021, at 9:28 AM, Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@linux.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The .shutdown hook is not called after a kernel crash when a kdump
> > > > > > > kernel is pre-loaded. A kexec into the kdump kernel takes place as
> > > > > > > quickly as possible without allowing drivers to clean up.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > That means that the OP-TEE shared memory cache, which was initialized by
> > > > > > > the kernel that crashed, is still in place when the kdump kernel is
> > > > > > > booted. As the kdump kernel is shutdown, the .shutdown hook is called,
> > > > > > > which calls optee_disable_shm_cache(), and OP-TEE's
> > > > > > > OPTEE_SMC_DISABLE_SHM_CACHE API returns virtual addresses that are not
> > > > > > > mapped for the kdump kernel since the cache was set up by the previous
> > > > > > > kernel. Trying to dereference the tee_shm pointer or otherwise translate
> > > > > > > the address results in a fault that cannot be handled:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffff4317b9c09744
> > > > > > > Mem abort info:
> > > > > > > ESR = 0x96000004
> > > > > > > EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
> > > > > > > SET = 0, FnV = 0
> > > > > > > EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
> > > > > > > Data abort info:
> > > > > > > ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004
> > > > > > > CM = 0, WnR = 0
> > > > > > > swapper pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000970b1e000
> > > > > > > [ffff4317b9c09744] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000
> > > > > > > Internal error: Oops: 96000004 [#1] SMP
> > > > > > > Modules linked in: bnxt_en pcie_iproc_platform pcie_iproc diagbe(O)
> > > > > > > CPU: 4 PID: 1 Comm: systemd-shutdow Tainted: G O 5.10.19.8 #1
> > > > > > > Hardware name: Redacted (DT)
> > > > > > > pstate: 60400005 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO BTYPE=--)
> > > > > > > pc : tee_shm_free (/usr/src/kernel/drivers/tee/tee_shm.c:363)
> > > > > > > lr : optee_disable_shm_cache (/usr/src/kernel/drivers/tee/optee/call.c:441)
> > > > > > > sp : ffff80001005bb70
> > > > > > > x29: ffff80001005bb70 x28: ffff608e74648e00
> > > > > > > x27: ffff80001005bb98 x26: dead000000000100
> > > > > > > x25: ffff80001005bbb8 x24: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
> > > > > > > x23: ffff608e74cf8818 x22: ffff608e738be600
> > > > > > > x21: ffff80001005bbc8 x20: ffff608e738be638
> > > > > > > x19: ffff4317b9c09700 x18: ffffffffffffffff
> > > > > > > x17: 0000000000000041 x16: ffffba61b5171764
> > > > > > > x15: 0000000000000004 x14: 0000000000000fff
> > > > > > > x13: ffffba61b5c9dfc8 x12: 0000000000000003
> > > > > > > x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000
> > > > > > > x9 : ffffba61b5413824 x8 : 00000000ffff4317
> > > > > > > x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000
> > > > > > > x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000
> > > > > > > x3 : 0000000000000000 x2 : ffff4317b9c09700
> > > > > > > x1 : 00000000ffff4317 x0 : ffff4317b9c09700
> > > > > > > Call trace:
> > > > > > > tee_shm_free (/usr/src/kernel/drivers/tee/tee_shm.c:363)
> > > > > > > optee_disable_shm_cache (/usr/src/kernel/drivers/tee/optee/call.c:441)
> > > > > > > optee_shutdown (/usr/src/kernel/drivers/tee/optee/core.c:636)
> > > > > > > platform_drv_shutdown (/usr/src/kernel/drivers/base/platform.c:800)
> > > > > > > device_shutdown (/usr/src/kernel/include/linux/device.h:758 /usr/src/kernel/drivers/base/core.c:4078)
> > > > > > > kernel_restart (/usr/src/kernel/kernel/reboot.c:221 /usr/src/kernel/kernel/reboot.c:248)
> > > > > > > __arm64_sys_reboot (/usr/src/kernel/kernel/reboot.c:349 /usr/src/kernel/kernel/reboot.c:312 /usr/src/kernel/kernel/reboot.c:312)
> > > > > > > do_el0_svc (/usr/src/kernel/arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:56 /usr/src/kernel/arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:158 /usr/src/kernel/arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:197)
> > > > > > > el0_svc (/usr/src/kernel/arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:368)
> > > > > > > el0_sync_handler (/usr/src/kernel/arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:428)
> > > > > > > el0_sync (/usr/src/kernel/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:671)
> > > > > > > Code: aa0003f3 b5000060 12800003 14000002 (b9404663)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > When booting the kdump kernel, drain the shared memory cache while being
> > > > > > > careful to not translate the addresses returned from
> > > > > > > OPTEE_SMC_DISABLE_SHM_CACHE. Once the invalid cache objects are drained
> > > > > > > and the cache is disabled, proceed with re-enabling the cache so that we
> > > > > > > aren't dealing with invalid addresses while shutting down the kdump
> > > > > > > kernel.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@linux.microsoft.com>
> > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > This patch fixes a crash introduced by "optee: fix tee out of memory
> > > > > > > failure seen during kexec reboot"[1]. However, I don't think that the
> > > > > > > original two patch series[2] plus this patch is the full solution to
> > > > > > > properly handling OP-TEE shared memory across kexec.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > While testing this fix, I did about 10 kexec reboots and then triggered
> > > > > > > a kernel crash by writing 'c' to /proc/sysrq-trigger. The kdump kernel
> > > > > > > became unresponsive during boot while steadily streaming the following
> > > > > > > errors to the serial console:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > arm-smmu 64000000.mmu: Blocked unknown Stream ID 0x2000; boot with "arm-smmu.disable_bypass=0" to allow, but this may have security implications
> > > > > > > arm-smmu 64000000.mmu: GFSR 0x00000002, GFSYNR0 0x00000002, GFSYNR1 0x00002000, GFSYNR2 0x00000000
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I suspect that this is related to the problems of OP-TEE shared memory
> > > > > > > handling across kexec. My current hunch is that while we've disabled the
> > > > > > > shared memory cache with this patch, we haven't unregistered all of the
> > > > > > > addresses that the previous kernel (which crashed) had registered with
> > > > > > > OP-TEE and that perhaps OP-TEE OS is still trying to make use those
> > > > > > > addresses?
> > > >
> > > > @Jens did you have any thoughts on what could be happening here with the
> > > > arm-smmu errors? Do I need to try to unregister the cached shared memory
> > > > addresses when booting the kdump kernel, rather than just disabling the
> > > > caches?
> > >
> > > No idea. There's no support for SMMU in upstream OP-TEE. Just
> > > disabling the caches should be good enough. You could try to never
> > > enable the cache so see if it makes any difference.
> >
> > I think this is unrelated to OP-TEE and more to do with ongoing DMA
> > activity when the kernel has crashed and we've done an emergency kexec
> > into the kdump kernel which didn't shutdown the SMMU. The SoC I'm using
> > has a v2 SMMU and I think something similar to commit 3f54c447df34
> > ("iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Don't disable SMMU in kdump kernel") is needed for
> > the v1/v2 SMMU driver. I've prototyped a patch that disables the SMMU
> > interrupts (GFIE and GCFGFIE) in the kdump kernel and testing has looked
> > good so far. I'll send that out as a separate patch after a little more
> > testing.
> >
> > However, with that change and my earlier change to disable the shm cache
> > during boot, I'm periodically seeing a different issue while the kdump
> > kernel is coming up. I'm pretty certain it was already there before but
> > I wasn't seeing it as often since the SMMU warnings were so "loud".
> >
> > The kernel waits indefinitely for a secure world thread and boot hangs
> > completely:
> >
> > [ 243.359489] INFO: task swapper/0:1 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
> > [ 243.366141] Not tainted 5.4.83-microsoft-standard #1
> > [ 243.371802] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
> > [ 243.379882] swapper/0 D 0 1 0 0x00000028
> > [ 243.385543] Call trace:
> > [ 243.388080] __switch_to+0xc8/0x118
> > [ 243.391683] __schedule+0x2e0/0x700
> > [ 243.395280] schedule+0x38/0xb8
> > [ 243.398522] schedule_timeout+0x258/0x388
> > [ 243.402659] wait_for_completion+0x16c/0x4b8
> > [ 243.407067] optee_cq_wait_for_completion+0x28/0xa8
> > [ 243.412100] optee_disable_shm_cache+0xb8/0xf8
> > [ 243.416685] optee_probe+0x560/0x61c
> > [ 243.420375] platform_drv_probe+0x58/0xa8
> > [ 243.424512] really_probe+0xe0/0x338
> > [ 243.428202] driver_probe_device+0x5c/0xf0
> > [ 243.432427] device_driver_attach+0x74/0x80
> > [ 243.436744] __driver_attach+0x64/0xe0
> > [ 243.440611] bus_for_each_dev+0x84/0xd8
> > [ 243.444570] driver_attach+0x30/0x40
> > [ 243.448258] bus_add_driver+0x188/0x1e8
> > [ 243.452215] driver_register+0x64/0x110
> > [ 243.456172] __platform_driver_register+0x54/0x60
> > [ 243.461027] optee_driver_init+0x20/0x28
> > [ 243.465075] do_one_initcall+0x54/0x24c
> > [ 243.469034] kernel_init_freeable+0x1e8/0x2c0
> > [ 243.473529] kernel_init+0x18/0x118
> > [ 243.477128] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18
> >
> > I'm unable to trigger a sysrq over the serial console of this remote
> > machine so I don't yet know what the other threads on the system are
> > doing during this time. I'll hack something together tomorrow to get a
> > better idea.
> >
> > The blocked task warning reminded me of when you said this earlier:
> >
> > > Bear in mind that there are other times where we can't recover from a
> > > kernel crash. For instance if a thread is executing in OP-TEE in
> > > secure world.
> >
> > I suspect that it is related to what I'm seeing with this blocked task. Can you
> > expand on why we can't recover from a kernel crash if a thread is
> > executing in the secure world?
>
> Threads in OP-TEE are scheduled by Linux so if a thread is executing
> it may be preempted. In OP-TEE that's a suspended thread waiting to be
> resumed. If the kernel restarts at this moment that thread will be
> lost in a suspended state. It may actually explain what you're seeing
> above. optee_disable_shm_cache() is supposed to try until all threads
> in OP-TEE are free, that means no suspended threads either.

I think everything is alright when the shutdown path is able to call
optee_disable_shm_cache() because we know that there are no suspended
threads hanging around. This is the case on the normal reboot and
shutdown paths but not the case after a panic with an emergency reboot
into the kdump kernel. I verified that I'm seeing
OPTEE_SMC_RETURN_ETHREAD_LIMIT returned from the secure world during
these hangs.

> These suspended threads are a bit dangerous to a restarted kernel in
> case they are resumed as they may very well be using some old shared
> memory objects where the physical memory now is used for some other
> purpose. Cleaning out those threads might be tricky since we can't
> just reset the secure world state, instead I believe that they will
> need to be given enough CPU time to eventually complete. However, this
> is a case which we haven't tested in OP-TEE so there's a risk of
> running into some not so well tested error paths.

The kdump kernel runs from a pre-reserved area of memory. Therefore, I
don't think that there's a chance of the secure world touching physical
memory that's being used by the kdump kernel. The problem is that the
kdump kernel doesn't have access to the optee_wait_queue of the kernel
that crashed. If I understand the RPC scheduling logic correctly, that
means that the kdump kernel cannot schedule those suspended threads
during boot. I think the only safe option is going to be to bail out of
optee_probe(), with -ENODEV, if is_kdump_kernel() returns true.

I tried to skip setting up the shm cache when booting the kdump kernel
but saw the same hang in an optee_open_session() -> optee_do_call_with_arg()
calling sequence.

Tyler

>
> Cheers,
> Jens
>