Re: [PATCH] perf,x86: fix kernel crash with PEBS/BTS after suspend/resume

From: Parag Warudkar
Date: Sat Mar 16 2013 - 12:11:46 EST


On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This patch fixes a kernel crash when using precise sampling (PEBS)
> after a suspend/resume. Turns out the CPU notifier code is not invoked
> on CPU0 (BP). Therefore, the DS_AREA (used by PEBS) is not restored properly
> by the kernel and keeps it power-on/resume value of 0 causing any PEBS
> measurement to crash when running on CPU0.
>
> The workaround is to add a hook in the actual resume code to restore
> the DS Area MSR value. It is invoked for all CPUS. So for all but CPU0,
> the DS_AREA will be restored twice but this is harmless.
>
> Reported-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c
> index 826054a..0e9bdd3 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c
> @@ -729,3 +729,11 @@ void intel_ds_init(void)
> }
> }
> }
> +
> +void perf_restore_debug_store(void)
> +{
> + if (!x86_pmu.bts && !x86_pmu.pebs)
> + return;
> +
> + init_debug_store_on_cpu(smp_processor_id());
> +}

This seems to trigger a WARN_ON during suspend/resume.

[ 1479.919313] WARNING: at kernel/smp.c:244
smp_call_function_single+0x11b/0x170()
[ 1479.919314] Hardware name: iMac12,1
[ 1479.919347] Modules linked in: nfsd auth_rpcgss nfs_acl lockd
sunrpc ip6table_filter ip6_tables ebtable_nat ebtables ipt_MASQUERADE
iptable_nat nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4
xt_conntrack nf_conntrack xt_CHECKSUM iptable_mangle bridge stp llc
be2iscsi iscsi_boot_sysfs bnx2i cnic uio cxgb4i cxgb4 cxgb3i cxgb3
mdio libcxgbi ib_iser rdma_cm ib_addr iw_cm ib_cm ib_sa ib_mad ib_core
iscsi_tcp libiscsi_tcp libiscsi rfcomm bnep scsi_transport_iscsi
nls_utf8 hfsplus arc4 ath9k ath9k_common ath9k_hw ath mac80211
snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_codec_cirrus snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec
snd_hwdep vhost_net uvcvideo cfg80211 btusb tun macvtap macvlan
snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_pcm coretemp bluetooth tg3 snd_page_alloc
kvm_intel videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops snd_timer videobuf2_core
snd crc32c_intel
[ 1479.919361] kvm iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support videodev rfkill ptp
media ghash_clmulni_intel joydev soundcore lpc_ich pcspkr applesmc
input_polldev mfd_core i2c_i801 microcode pps_core apple_bl
binfmt_misc uinput hid_logitech_dj usb_storage radeon i915 ttm
i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper drm firewire_ohci firewire_core crc_itu_t
i2c_core video
[ 1479.919364] Pid: 3246, comm: pm-suspend Not tainted 3.9.0-rc2+ #2
[ 1479.919364] Call Trace:
[ 1479.919370] [<ffffffff8105e9df>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0
[ 1479.919374] [<ffffffff8131ed40>] ? __rdmsr_on_cpu+0x50/0x50
[ 1479.919376] [<ffffffff8105ea3a>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20
[ 1479.919377] [<ffffffff810be0eb>] smp_call_function_single+0x11b/0x170
[ 1479.919379] [<ffffffff8131efd3>] wrmsr_on_cpu+0x43/0x50
[ 1479.919382] [<ffffffff81028d59>] init_debug_store_on_cpu+0x39/0x40
[ 1479.919384] [<ffffffff81029731>] perf_restore_debug_store+0x21/0x30
[ 1479.919387] [<ffffffff815363a5>] restore_processor_state+0x225/0x230
[ 1479.919390] [<ffffffff81036da7>] acpi_suspend_lowlevel+0xf7/0x120
[ 1479.919393] [<ffffffff8136075b>] acpi_suspend_enter+0x3b/0xb7
[ 1479.919395] [<ffffffff810a84ef>] suspend_devices_and_enter+0x37f/0x430
[ 1479.919397] [<ffffffff810a873a>] pm_suspend+0x19a/0x230
[ 1479.919399] [<ffffffff810a7577>] state_store+0x87/0xf0
[ 1479.919402] [<ffffffff812fba7f>] kobj_attr_store+0xf/0x20
[ 1479.919405] [<ffffffff81210078>] sysfs_write_file+0xd8/0x150
[ 1479.919408] [<ffffffff8119bccc>] vfs_write+0xac/0x180
[ 1479.919410] [<ffffffff8119c012>] sys_write+0x52/0xa0
[ 1479.919412] [<ffffffff8166369e>] ? do_page_fault+0xe/0x10
[ 1479.919414] [<ffffffff81667cd9>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
[ 1479.919415] ---[ end trace 2af7ebe5ffee87a9 ]---
[ 1479.919416] ACPI: Low-level resume complete

--Parag
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