Re: [BUG] lkvm crash on crashkernel boot

From: Kirill A. Shutemov
Date: Thu Oct 25 2012 - 08:25:47 EST


On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 10:17:27AM +0300, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 6:27 PM, Kirill A. Shutemov
> <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've tried to play with kexec using lkvm. Unfortunately, lkvm crashes when
> > I try to switch to crashkernel.
> >
> > I use Linus tree + penberg/kvmtool/next + one x86 mm patch[1].
> >
> > Kernel is defconfig + kvmconfig. I use the same kernel image for system and
> > crash env.
> >
> > Host:
> >
> > % lkvm run --cpus 1 -m 1024 --params 'crashkernel=256M loglevel=8'
> >
> > Guest:
> >
> > # kexec -p bzImage --reuse-cmdline
> > # echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger
> > ...
> > [ 0.947984] loop: module loaded
> > [ 0.950078] virtio-pci 0000:00:01.0: irq 40 for MSI/MSI-X
> > [ 0.950925] virtio-pci 0000:00:01.0: irq 41 for MSI/MSI-X
> > [ 0.952944] virtio-pci 0000:00:01.0: irq 42 for MSI/MSI-X
> > zsh: segmentation fault (core dumped) lkvm run --cpus 1 -m 1024 --params 'crashkernel=256M loglevel=8'
>
> This seems to work OK on my machine.
>
> > Guest kernel is somewhere in virtio_net initialization (for the second
> > time). I'm too lazy to find exact line.
> >
> > Backtrace:
> >
> > 0 irq__add_msix_route (kvm=kvm@entry=0xbf8010, msg=0xe3d090) at x86/irq.c:210
> > #1 0x000000000041b3bf in virtio_pci__specific_io_out.isra.5 (offset=<optimized out>,
> > data=<optimized out>, kvm=0xbf8010) at virtio/pci.c:150
> > #2 virtio_pci__io_out.9406 (ioport=<optimized out>, kvm=0xbf8010, port=<optimized out>,
> > data=<optimized out>, size=<optimized out>) at virtio/pci.c:208
> > #3 0x000000000040f8c3 in kvm__emulate_io (count=<optimized out>, size=2, direction=1,
> > data=<optimized out>, port=25108, kvm=0xbf8010) at ioport.c:165
> > #4 kvm_cpu__start (cpu=<optimized out>) at x86/include/kvm/kvm-cpu-arch.h:41
> > #5 0x0000000000416ca2 in kvm_cpu_thread.2824 (arg=<optimized out>) at builtin-run.c:176
> > #6 0x00007f701ebd0b50 in start_thread (arg=<optimized out>) at pthread_create.c:304
> > #7 0x00007f701e1fe70d in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:112
> > #8 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
>
> Looks like vpci->msix_table might not be initialized properly. Sasha,
> Asias, care to take a look at this?

vec is 0xFFFF in virtio_pci__specific_io_out() on crash.

Let's add proper bounds checking there. It doesn't not solves the issue
with booting crashkernel, but fix lkvm crash.

With the patch below I've got:

[ 0.988004] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[ 0.988550] 9pnet: Installing 9P2000 support
[ 0.989006] virtio-pci 0000:00:02.0: irq 40 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 0.989889] virtio-pci 0000:00:02.0: irq 41 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 0.991117] virtio-pci 0000:00:02.0: irq 40 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 0.991716] virtio-pci 0000:00:02.0: irq 41 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 0.993028] 9pnet_virtio: probe of virtio1 failed with error -2
[ 0.993811] virtio-pci 0000:00:03.0: irq 40 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 0.993895] virtio-pci 0000:00:03.0: irq 41 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 0.995186] virtio-pci 0000:00:03.0: irq 40 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 0.995899] virtio-pci 0000:00:03.0: irq 41 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 0.997030] 9pnet_virtio: probe of virtio2 failed with error -2
[ 0.997891] Key type dns_resolver registered
[ 0.998536] PM: Hibernation image not present or could not be loaded.
[ 0.998902] registered taskstats version 1
[ 1.001163] Magic number: 0:241:128
[ 1.001887] console [netcon0] enabled
[ 1.002881] netconsole: network logging started
[ 1.175863] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 13.017445] ALSA device list:
[ 13.017834] No soundcards found.
[ 13.018382] md: Waiting for all devices to be available before
autodetect
[ 13.019090] md: If you don't use raid, use raid=noautodetect
[ 13.019867] md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
[ 13.020280] md: Scanned 0 and added 0 devices.
[ 13.020728] md: autorun ...
[ 13.021008] md: ... autorun DONE.
[ 13.021405] 9pnet_virtio: no channels available
[ 13.021958] VFS: Cannot open root device "root" or unknown-block(0,0):
error -2
[ 13.022749] Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the
available partitions:
[ 13.023641] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
unknown-block(0,0)
[ 13.024462] Pid: 1, comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.7.0-rc2+ #20
[ 13.024638] Call Trace:
[ 13.024638] [<ffffffff8174ae94>] panic+0xb6/0x1b5
[ 13.024638] [<ffffffff81cc7e0c>] mount_block_root+0x183/0x221
[ 13.024638] [<ffffffff81cc7fa4>] mount_root+0xfa/0x105
[ 13.024638] [<ffffffff81cc80ec>] prepare_namespace+0x13d/0x16a
[ 13.024638] [<ffffffff81729ee6>] kernel_init+0x1c6/0x2e0
[ 13.024638] [<ffffffff81cc75af>] ? do_early_param+0x8c/0x8c
[ 13.024638] [<ffffffff81729d20>] ? rest_init+0x70/0x70
[ 13.024638] [<ffffffff8175db2c>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0
[ 13.024638] [<ffffffff81729d20>] ? rest_init+0x70/0x70
[ 13.024638] Rebooting in 1 seconds.. Warning: serial8250__exit failed.


# KVM session ended normally.

diff --git a/tools/kvm/virtio/pci.c b/tools/kvm/virtio/pci.c
index b6ac571..b5c0dfb 100644
--- a/tools/kvm/virtio/pci.c
+++ b/tools/kvm/virtio/pci.c
@@ -145,15 +145,21 @@ static bool virtio_pci__specific_io_out(struct kvm *kvm, struct virtio_device *v
if (type == VIRTIO_PCI_O_MSIX) {
switch (offset) {
case VIRTIO_MSI_CONFIG_VECTOR:
- vec = vpci->config_vector = ioport__read16(data);
+ vec = ioport__read16(data);
+ if (vec >= sizeof(vpci->msix_table))
+ return false;

+ vpci->config_vector = vec;
gsi = irq__add_msix_route(kvm, &vpci->msix_table[vec].msg);

vpci->config_gsi = gsi;
break;
case VIRTIO_MSI_QUEUE_VECTOR:
- vec = vpci->vq_vector[vpci->queue_selector] = ioport__read16(data);
+ vec = ioport__read16(data);
+ if (vec >= sizeof(vpci->msix_table))
+ return false;

+ vpci->vq_vector[vpci->queue_selector] = vec;
gsi = irq__add_msix_route(kvm, &vpci->msix_table[vec].msg);
vpci->gsis[vpci->queue_selector] = gsi;
if (vdev->ops->notify_vq_gsi)
--
Kirill A. Shutemov

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