Re: [PATCH v8 1/2] cacheinfo: Allocate memory during CPU hotplug if not done from the primary CPU

[Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>]

On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 04:22:46PM -0800, Ricardo Neri wrote:
> Commit 5944ce092b97 ("arch_topology: Build cacheinfo from primary CPU")
> adds functionality that architectures can use to optionally allocate and
> build cacheinfo early during boot. Commit 6539cffa9495 ("cacheinfo: Add
> arch specific early level initializer") lets secondary CPUs correct (and
> reallocate memory) cacheinfo data if needed.
> 
> If the early build functionality is not used and cacheinfo does not need
> correction, memory for cacheinfo is never allocated. x86 does not use the
> early build functionality. Consequently, during the cacheinfo CPU hotplug
> callback, last_level_cache_is_valid() attempts to dereference a NULL
> pointer:
> 
>      BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000100
>      #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
>      #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not present page
>      PGD 0 P4D 0
>      Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEPMT SMP NOPTI
>      CPU: 0 PID 19 Comm: cpuhp/0 Not tainted 6.4.0-rc2 #1
>      RIP: 0010: last_level_cache_is_valid+0x95/0xe0a
> 
> Allocate memory for cacheinfo during the cacheinfo CPU hotplug callback if
> not done earlier.
> 
> Moreover, before determining the validity of the last-level cache info,
> ensure that it has been allocated. Simply checking for non-zero
> cache_leaves() is not sufficient, as some architectures (e.g., Intel
> processors) have non-zero cache_leaves() before allocation.
> 
> Dereferencing NULL cacheinfo can occur in update_per_cpu_data_slice_size().
> This function iterates over all online CPUs. However, a CPU may have come
> online recently, but its cacheinfo may not have been allocated yet.
> 
> While here, remove an unnecessary indentation in allocate_cache_info().
> 
> Reviewed-by: Andreas Herrmann <aherrmann@suse.de>
> Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@suse.com>
> Reviewed-by: Radu Rendec <rrendec@redhat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>

In case old tags are deemed null 😄,

Reviewed-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>

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Regards,
Sudeep