Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Fix a bug in __div64_32 if divisor is zero

From: Guohua Zhong
Date: Sat Aug 22 2020 - 12:07:00 EST


>> When cat /proc/pid/stat, do_task_stat will call into cputime_adjust,
>> which call stack is like this:
>>
>> [17179954.674326]BookE Watchdog detected hard LOCKUP on cpu 0
>> [17179954.674331]dCPU: 0 PID: 1262 Comm: TICK Tainted: P W O 4.4.176 #1
>> [17179954.674339]dtask: dc9d7040 task.stack: d3cb4000
>> [17179954.674344]NIP: c001b1a8 LR: c006a7ac CTR: 00000000
>> [17179954.674349]REGS: e6fe1f10 TRAP: 3202 Tainted: P W O (4.4.176)
>> [17179954.674355]MSR: 00021002 <CE,ME> CR: 28002224 XER: 00000000
>> [17179954.674364]
>> GPR00: 00000016 d3cb5cb0 dc9d7040 d3cb5cc0 00000000 0000025d ffe15b24 ffffffff
>> GPR08: de86aead 00000000 000003ff ffffffff 28002222 0084d1c0 00000000 ffffffff
>> GPR16: b5929ca0 b4bb7a48 c0863c08 0000048d 00000062 00000062 00000000 0000000f
>> GPR24: 00000000 d3cb5d08 d3cb5d60 d3cb5d64 00029002 d3e9c214 fffff30e d3e9c20c
>> [17179954.674410]NIP [c001b1a8] __div64_32+0x60/0xa0
>> [17179954.674422]LR [c006a7ac] cputime_adjust+0x124/0x138
>> [17179954.674434]Call Trace:
>> [17179961.832693]Call Trace:
>> [17179961.832695][d3cb5cb0] [c006a6dc] cputime_adjust+0x54/0x138 (unreliable)
>> [17179961.832705][d3cb5cf0] [c006a818] task_cputime_adjusted+0x58/0x80
>> [17179961.832713][d3cb5d20] [c01dab44] do_task_stat+0x298/0x870
>> [17179961.832720][d3cb5de0] [c01d4948] proc_single_show+0x60/0xa4
>> [17179961.832728][d3cb5e10] [c01963d8] seq_read+0x2d8/0x52c
>> [17179961.832736][d3cb5e80] [c01702fc] __vfs_read+0x40/0x114
>> [17179961.832744][d3cb5ef0] [c0170b1c] vfs_read+0x9c/0x10c
>> [17179961.832751][d3cb5f10] [c0171440] SyS_read+0x68/0xc4
>> [17179961.832759][d3cb5f40] [c0010a40] ret_from_syscall+0x0/0x3c
>>
>> do_task_stat->task_cputime_adjusted->cputime_adjust->scale_stime->div_u64
>> ->div_u64_rem->do_div->__div64_32
>>
>> In some corner case, stime + utime = 0 if overflow. Even in v5.8.2 kernel
>> the cputime has changed from unsigned long to u64 data type. About 200
>> days, the lowwer 32 bit will be 0x00000000. Because divisor for __div64_32
>> is unsigned long data type,which is 32 bit for powepc 32, the bug still
>> exists.
>>
>> So it is also a bug in the cputime_adjust which does not check if
>> stime + utime = 0
>>
>> time = scale_stime((__force u64)stime, (__force u64)rtime,
>> (__force u64)(stime + utime));
>>
>> The commit 3dc167ba5729 ("sched/cputime: Improve cputime_adjust()") in
>> mainline kernel may has fixed this case. But it is also better to check
>> if divisor is 0 in __div64_32 for other situation.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Guohua Zhong <zhongguohua1@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Fixes:14cf11af6cf6 "( powerpc: Merge enough to start building in arch/powerpc.)"
>> Fixes:94b212c29f68 "( powerpc: Move ppc64 boot wrapper code over to arch/powerpc)"
>> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v2.6.15+
>> ---
>> arch/powerpc/boot/div64.S | 4 ++++
>> arch/powerpc/lib/div64.S | 4 ++++
>> 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/div64.S b/arch/powerpc/boot/div64.S
>> index 4354928ed62e..39a25b9712d1 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/boot/div64.S
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/div64.S
>> @@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
>>
>> .globl __div64_32
>> __div64_32:
>> + li r9,0
>> + cmplw r4,r9 # check if divisor r4 is zero
>> + beq 5f # jump to label 5 if r4(divisor) is zero
>> lwz r5,0(r3) # get the dividend into r5/r6
>> lwz r6,4(r3)
>> cmplw r5,r4
>> @@ -52,6 +55,7 @@ __div64_32:
>> 4: stw r7,0(r3) # return the quotient in *r3
>> stw r8,4(r3)
>> mr r3,r6 # return the remainder in r3
>> +5: # return if divisor r4 is zero
>> blr
>>
>> /*
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/div64.S b/arch/powerpc/lib/div64.S
>> index 3d5426e7dcc4..1cc9bcabf678 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/lib/div64.S
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/div64.S
>> @@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
>> #include <asm/processor.h>
>>
>> _GLOBAL(__div64_32)
>> + li r9,0

>You don't need to load r9 with 0, use cmplwi instead.

I will change cmplw to cmplwi in next patch as your suggestion. Thanks

>> + cmplw r4,r9 # check if divisor r4 is zero
>> + beq 5f # jump to label 5 if r4(divisor) is zero

>You should leave space between the compare and the branch (i.e. have
>other instructions inbetween when possible), so that the processor can
>prepare the branching and do a good prediction. Same as the compare
>below, you see that there are two other instructions between the cmplw
>are the blt. You can eventually use another cr field than cr0 in order
>to nest several test/branches.
>Also because on recent powerpc32, instructions are fetched and executed
>two by two.

Good advice!

OK, let two lwz instructions between campare and branch as below:

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/div64.S b/arch/powerpc/lib/div64.S
index 3d5426e7dcc4..570774d9782d 100644
li r8,0
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/div64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/div64.S
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@
#include <asm/processor.h>

_GLOBAL(__div64_32)
+ cmplwi r4,0 # check if divisor r4 is zero
lwz r5,0(r3) # get the dividend into r5/r6
lwz r6,4(r3)
+ beq 5f # jump to label 5 if r4(divisor) is zero
cmplw r5,r4
li r7,0
li r8,0
lines 97-110
4: stw r7,0(r3) # return the quotient in *r3
stw r8,4(r3)
mr r3,r6 # return the remainder in r3
- blr
+5: blr # return if divisor r4 is zero

>> lwz r5,0(r3) # get the dividend into r5/r6
>> lwz r6,4(r3)
>> cmplw r5,r4
>> @@ -52,4 +55,5 @@ _GLOBAL(__div64_32)
>> 4: stw r7,0(r3) # return the quotient in *r3
>> stw r8,4(r3)
>> mr r3,r6 # return the remainder in r3
>> +5: # return if divisor r4 is zero
>> blr
>>

Guohua