Re: 5.11 regression: "ia64: add support for TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL" breaks ia64 boot

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Wed Mar 03 2021 - 06:03:39 EST


On 3/2/21 4:27 PM, Sergei Trofimovich wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Mar 2021 15:31:13 -0700
> Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On 3/2/21 3:07 PM, Sergei Trofimovich wrote:
>>> On Tue, 23 Feb 2021 08:08:30 +0000
>>> Sergei Trofimovich <slyich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:43:58 -0700
>>>> Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2/22/21 5:41 PM, Jens Axboe wrote:
>>>>>> On 2/22/21 5:34 PM, Jens Axboe wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2/22/21 4:53 PM, Sergei Trofimovich wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Mon, 22 Feb 2021 16:34:50 -0700
>>>>>>>> Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 2/22/21 4:05 PM, Sergei Trofimovich wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Hia Jens!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Tried 5.11 on rx3600 box and noticed it has
>>>>>>>>>> a problem handling init (5.10 booted fine):
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> INIT: version 2.98 booting
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> OpenRC 0.42.1 is starting up Gentoo Linux (ia64)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> mkdir `/run/openrc': Read-only file system
>>>>>>>>>> mkdir `/run/openrc/starting': No such file or directory
>>>>>>>>>> mkdir `/run/openrc/started': No such file or directory
>>>>>>>>>> mkdir `/run/openrc/stopping': No such file or directory
>>>>>>>>>> mkdir `/run/openrc/inactive': No such file or directory
>>>>>>>>>> mkdir `/run/openrc/wasinactive': No such file or directory
>>>>>>>>>> mkdir `/run/openrc/failed': No such file or directory
>>>>>>>>>> mkdir `/run/openrc/hotplugged': No such file or directory
>>>>>>>>>> mkdir `/run/openrc/daemons': No such file or directory
>>>>>>>>>> mkdir `/run[ 14.595059] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x0000000b
>>>>>>>>>> [ 14.599059] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x0000000b ]---
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I suspect we build bad signal stack frame for userspace.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> With a bit of #define DEBUG_SIG 1 enabled the signals are SIGCHLD:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> [ 34.969771] SIG deliver (gendepends.sh:69): sig=17 sp=60000fffff6aeaa0 ip=a000000000040740 handler=000000004b4c59b6
>>>>>>>>>> [ 34.969948] SIG deliver (init:1): sig=17 sp=60000fffff1ccc50 ip=a000000000040740 handler=000000004638b9e5
>>>>>>>>>> [ 34.969948] SIG deliver (gendepends.sh:69): sig=17 sp=60000fffff6adf90 ip=a000000000040740 handler=000000004b4c59b6
>>>>>>>>>> [ 34.973948] SIG deliver (init:1): sig=17 sp=60000fffff1cc140 ip=a000000000040740 handler=000000004638b9e5
>>>>>>>>>> [ 34.973948] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x0000000b
>>>>>>>>>> [ 34.973948] SIG deliver (gendepends.sh:69): sig=17 sp=60000fffff6ad480 ip=a000000000040740 handler=000000004b4c59b6
>>>>>>>>>> [ 34.973948] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x0000000b ]---
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Bisect points at:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> commit b269c229b0e89aedb7943c06673b56b6052cf5e5
>>>>>>>>>> Author: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>>> Date: Fri Oct 9 14:49:43 2020 -0600
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ia64: add support for TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Wire up TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL handling for ia64.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Cc: linux-ia64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>>> [axboe: added fixes from Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>]
>>>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/thread_info.h
>>>>>>>>>> index 64a1011f6812..51d20cb37706 100644
>>>>>>>>>> --- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/thread_info.h
>>>>>>>>>> +++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/thread_info.h
>>>>>>>>>> @@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ struct thread_info {
>>>>>>>>>> #define TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE 2 /* syscall trace active */
>>>>>>>>>> #define TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT 3 /* syscall auditing active */
>>>>>>>>>> #define TIF_SINGLESTEP 4 /* restore singlestep on return to user mode */
>>>>>>>>>> +#define TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL 5 /* signal notification exist */
>>>>>>>>>> #define TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME 6 /* resumption notification requested */
>>>>>>>>>> #define TIF_MEMDIE 17 /* is terminating due to OOM killer */
>>>>>>>>>> #define TIF_MCA_INIT 18 /* this task is processing MCA or INIT */
>>>>>>>>>> @@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ struct thread_info {
>>>>>>>>>> #define _TIF_SINGLESTEP (1 << TIF_SINGLESTEP)
>>>>>>>>>> #define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEAUDIT (_TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE|_TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT|_TIF_SINGLESTEP)
>>>>>>>>>> #define _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME (1 << TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME)
>>>>>>>>>> +#define _TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL (1 << TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL)
>>>>>>>>>> #define _TIF_SIGPENDING (1 << TIF_SIGPENDING)
>>>>>>>>>> #define _TIF_NEED_RESCHED (1 << TIF_NEED_RESCHED)
>>>>>>>>>> #define _TIF_MCA_INIT (1 << TIF_MCA_INIT)
>>>>>>>>>> @@ -124,7 +126,7 @@ struct thread_info {
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> /* "work to do on user-return" bits */
>>>>>>>>>> #define TIF_ALLWORK_MASK (_TIF_SIGPENDING|_TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME|_TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT|\
>>>>>>>>>> - _TIF_NEED_RESCHED|_TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
>>>>>>>>>> + _TIF_NEED_RESCHED|_TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE|_TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL)
>>>>>>>>>> /* like TIF_ALLWORK_BITS but sans TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE or TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT */
>>>>>>>>>> #define TIF_WORK_MASK (TIF_ALLWORK_MASK&~(_TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE|_TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT))
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c
>>>>>>>>>> index 6b61a703bcf5..8d4e1cab9190 100644
>>>>>>>>>> --- a/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c
>>>>>>>>>> +++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c
>>>>>>>>>> @@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ do_notify_resume_user(sigset_t *unused, struct sigscratch *scr, long in_syscall)
>>>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> /* deal with pending signal delivery */
>>>>>>>>>> - if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING)) {
>>>>>>>>>> + if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING) ||
>>>>>>>>>> + test_thread_flag(TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL)) {
>>>>>>>>>> local_irq_enable(); /* force interrupt enable */
>>>>>>>>>> ia64_do_signal(scr, in_syscall);
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> which looks benign, but it enables a bit of conditional
>>>>>>>>>> TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL handling I don't understand.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Can you help me get what is the interaction between
>>>>>>>>>> TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL and TIF_SIGPENDING for
>>>>>>>>>> simple processes without io_uring use case?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I wonder if it's ia64_do_signal()' generates a signal
>>>>>>>>>> delivery when it should not.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Can you test:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> https://marc.info/?l=linux-ia64&m=161187407609443&w=1
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> with the addition mentioned here:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Not enough:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> mkdir `/run/openrc': Read-only file system
>>>>>>>> mkdir `/run/openrc/starting': No such file or directory
>>>>>>>> mkdir `/run/openrc/started': No such file or directory
>>>>>>>> mkdir `/run/openrc/stopping': No such file or directory
>>>>>>>> mkdir `/run/openrc/inactive': No such file or directory
>>>>>>>> mkdir `/run/openrc/wasinactive': No such file or directory
>>>>>>>> mkdir `/run/openrc/failed': No such file or directory
>>>>>>>> mkdir `/run/openrc/hotplugged': No such file or directory
>>>>>>>> mkdir `/run/openrc/daemons': No such file or directory
>>>>>>>> [ 14.554357] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x0000000b
>>>>>>>> [ 14.554357] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x0000000b ]---
>>>>>>>> mkdir `/run/openrc/options': No such file or directory
>>>>>>>> mkdir `/run/openrc/exclusive': No such file or directory
>>>>>>>> mkdir `/run/openrc/scheduled': No such file or directory
>>>>>>>> mkdir `/run/openrc/tmp': No such file or directory
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> https://marc.info/?l=linux-ia64&m=161187470709706&w=1
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> if needed?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Two patches above do fix the boot \o/ But have a lot of spam about
>>>>>>>> 'signal 0' delivery to a bunch of processes:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> * Mounting /proc ...
>>>>>>>> [ ok ]
>>>>>>>> * Mounting /run ...
>>>>>>>> * /run/openrc: creating directory
>>>>>>>> * /run/lock: creating directory
>>>>>>>> * /run/lock: correcting owner
>>>>>>>> * Caching service dependencies ...
>>>>>>>> [ ok ]
>>>>>>>> * Mounting /sys ...
>>>>>>>> [ ok ]
>>>>>>>> * Mounting debug filesystem ...
>>>>>>>> [ ok ]
>>>>>>>> * Mounting efivarfs filesystem ...
>>>>>>>> [ ok ]
>>>>>>>> * sysfs: caught unknown signal 0
>>>>>>>> * openrc: caught unknown signal 0
>>>>>>>> * Mounting cgroup filesystem ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That's an improvement! Let me take a look at this tonight and see if I
>>>>>>> can figure out what's going on. But yes, it's the ia64 signal delivery
>>>>>>> being just different enough from the norm that it apparently triggers
>>>>>>> some weirdness.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is this any better?
>>>>>
>>>>> And if that one works, can you try this basic variant?
>>>>
>>>> Both patches boot successfully without 'caught unknown signal 0' spam \o/
>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/signal.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/signal.c
>>>>> index e67b22fc3c60..c1b299760bf7 100644
>>>>> --- a/arch/ia64/kernel/signal.c
>>>>> +++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/signal.c
>>>>> @@ -341,7 +341,8 @@ ia64_do_signal (struct sigscratch *scr, long in_syscall)
>>>>> * need to push through a forced SIGSEGV.
>>>>> */
>>>>> while (1) {
>>>>> - get_signal(&ksig);
>>>>> + if (!get_signal(&ksig))
>>>>> + break;
>>>>>
>>>>> /*
>>>>> * get_signal() may have run a debugger (via notify_parent())
>>>>>
>>>
>>> Should I send the patch in `git am`-able form or the patch
>>> already queued up in some other form?
>>
>> I'll be happy to queue it up. I take it you tried the above one-liner and it
>> works for you. Just trying to get some clarity on what was tried so I can
>> queue it up appropriately.
>
> Yes, 1.5 liner with
>
>>>>> - get_signal(&ksig);
>>>>> + if (!get_signal(&ksig))
>>>>> + break;
>
> made 5.11 boot successfully.
>
> Tested-by: Sergei Trofimovich <slyich@xxxxxxxxx>

Awesome! Queued it up:

https://git.kernel.dk/cgit/linux-block/commit/?h=misc-5.12&id=f5f4fc4649ae542b1a25670b17aaf3cbb6187acc

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Jens Axboe