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authorTim Hockin <thockin@google.com>2007-07-21 17:10:36 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-07-21 18:37:10 -0700
commite02e68d31e2d436197386997727b216fee9c4623 (patch)
tree97160f82b8deaf6e83d988844d5b410baa4e3ab4 /arch/x86_64/kernel
parentf528e7ba28492e363a64c80c414ded4cadf48f89 (diff)
x86_64: support poll() on /dev/mcelog
Background: /dev/mcelog is typically polled manually. This is less than optimal for situations where accurate accounting of MCEs is important. Calling poll() on /dev/mcelog does not work. Description: This patch adds support for poll() to /dev/mcelog. This results in immediate wakeup of user apps whenever the poller finds MCEs. Because the exception handler can not take any locks, it can not call the wakeup itself. Instead, it uses a thread_info flag (TIF_MCE_NOTIFY) which is caught at the next return from interrupt or exit from idle, calling the mce_user_notify() routine. This patch also disables the "fake panic" path of the mce_panic(), because it results in printk()s in the exception handler and crashy systems. This patch also does some small cleanup for essentially unused variables, and moves the user notification into the body of the poller, so it is only called once per poll, rather than once per CPU. Result: Applications can now poll() on /dev/mcelog. When an error is logged (whether through the poller or through an exception) the applications are woken up promptly. This should not affect any previous behaviors. If no MCEs are being logged, there is no overhead. Alternatives: I considered simply supporting poll() through the poller and not using TIF_MCE_NOTIFY at all. However, the time between an uncorrectable error happening and the user application being notified is *the*most* critical window for us. Many uncorrectable errors can be logged to the network if given a chance. I also considered doing the MCE poll directly from the idle notifier, but decided that was overkill. Testing: I used an error-injecting DIMM to create lots of correctable DRAM errors and verified that my user app is woken up in sync with the polling interval. I also used the northbridge to inject uncorrectable ECC errors, and verified (printk() to the rescue) that the notify routine is called and the user app does wake up. I built with PREEMPT on and off, and verified that my machine survives MCEs. [wli@holomorphy.com: build fix] Signed-off-by: Tim Hockin <thockin@google.com> Signed-off-by: William Irwin <bill.irwin@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86_64/kernel')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86_64/kernel/entry.S6
-rw-r--r--arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c105
-rw-r--r--arch/x86_64/kernel/signal.c7
3 files changed, 78 insertions, 40 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/x86_64/kernel/entry.S
index a67f87bf401..830cfc6ee8c 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/entry.S
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ sysret_careful:
sysret_signal:
TRACE_IRQS_ON
sti
- testl $(_TIF_SIGPENDING|_TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME|_TIF_SINGLESTEP),%edx
+ testl $(_TIF_SIGPENDING|_TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME|_TIF_SINGLESTEP|_TIF_MCE_NOTIFY),%edx
jz 1f
/* Really a signal */
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ int_very_careful:
jmp int_restore_rest
int_signal:
- testl $(_TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME|_TIF_SIGPENDING|_TIF_SINGLESTEP),%edx
+ testl $(_TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME|_TIF_SIGPENDING|_TIF_SINGLESTEP|_TIF_MCE_NOTIFY),%edx
jz 1f
movq %rsp,%rdi # &ptregs -> arg1
xorl %esi,%esi # oldset -> arg2
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ retint_careful:
jmp retint_check
retint_signal:
- testl $(_TIF_SIGPENDING|_TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME|_TIF_SINGLESTEP),%edx
+ testl $(_TIF_SIGPENDING|_TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME|_TIF_SINGLESTEP|_TIF_MCE_NOTIFY),%edx
jz retint_swapgs
TRACE_IRQS_ON
sti
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c
index 77fee481be4..968613572b9 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
#include <linux/capability.h>
#include <linux/cpu.h>
#include <linux/percpu.h>
+#include <linux/poll.h>
+#include <linux/thread_info.h>
#include <linux/ctype.h>
#include <linux/kmod.h>
#include <linux/kdebug.h>
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@
#include <asm/mce.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/smp.h>
+#include <asm/idle.h>
#define MISC_MCELOG_MINOR 227
#define NR_BANKS 6
@@ -39,8 +42,7 @@ static int mce_dont_init;
static int tolerant = 1;
static int banks;
static unsigned long bank[NR_BANKS] = { [0 ... NR_BANKS-1] = ~0UL };
-static unsigned long console_logged;
-static int notify_user;
+static unsigned long notify_user;
static int rip_msr;
static int mce_bootlog = 1;
static atomic_t mce_events;
@@ -48,6 +50,8 @@ static atomic_t mce_events;
static char trigger[128];
static char *trigger_argv[2] = { trigger, NULL };
+static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(mce_wait);
+
/*
* Lockless MCE logging infrastructure.
* This avoids deadlocks on printk locks without having to break locks. Also
@@ -94,8 +98,7 @@ void mce_log(struct mce *mce)
mcelog.entry[entry].finished = 1;
wmb();
- if (!test_and_set_bit(0, &console_logged))
- notify_user = 1;
+ set_bit(0, &notify_user);
}
static void print_mce(struct mce *m)
@@ -128,6 +131,10 @@ static void print_mce(struct mce *m)
static void mce_panic(char *msg, struct mce *backup, unsigned long start)
{
int i;
+
+ if (tolerant >= 3)
+ return;
+
oops_begin();
for (i = 0; i < MCE_LOG_LEN; i++) {
unsigned long tsc = mcelog.entry[i].tsc;
@@ -139,10 +146,7 @@ static void mce_panic(char *msg, struct mce *backup, unsigned long start)
}
if (backup)
print_mce(backup);
- if (tolerant >= 3)
- printk("Fake panic: %s\n", msg);
- else
- panic(msg);
+ panic(msg);
}
static int mce_available(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
@@ -167,17 +171,6 @@ static inline void mce_get_rip(struct mce *m, struct pt_regs *regs)
}
}
-static void do_mce_trigger(void)
-{
- static atomic_t mce_logged;
- int events = atomic_read(&mce_events);
- if (events != atomic_read(&mce_logged) && trigger[0]) {
- /* Small race window, but should be harmless. */
- atomic_set(&mce_logged, events);
- call_usermodehelper(trigger, trigger_argv, NULL, UMH_NO_WAIT);
- }
-}
-
/*
* The actual machine check handler
*/
@@ -251,12 +244,8 @@ void do_machine_check(struct pt_regs * regs, long error_code)
}
/* Never do anything final in the polling timer */
- if (!regs) {
- /* Normal interrupt context here. Call trigger for any new
- events. */
- do_mce_trigger();
+ if (!regs)
goto out;
- }
/* If we didn't find an uncorrectable error, pick
the last one (shouldn't happen, just being safe). */
@@ -288,6 +277,9 @@ void do_machine_check(struct pt_regs * regs, long error_code)
do_exit(SIGBUS);
}
+ /* notify userspace ASAP */
+ set_thread_flag(TIF_MCE_NOTIFY);
+
out:
/* Last thing done in the machine check exception to clear state. */
wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_MCG_STATUS, 0);
@@ -344,37 +336,67 @@ static void mcheck_timer(struct work_struct *work)
on_each_cpu(mcheck_check_cpu, NULL, 1, 1);
/*
- * It's ok to read stale data here for notify_user and
- * console_logged as we'll simply get the updated versions
- * on the next mcheck_timer execution and atomic operations
- * on console_logged act as synchronization for notify_user
- * writes.
+ * Alert userspace if needed. If we logged an MCE, reduce the
+ * polling interval, otherwise increase the polling interval.
*/
- if (notify_user && console_logged) {
+ if (mce_notify_user()) {
+ next_interval = max(next_interval/2, HZ/100);
+ } else {
+ next_interval = min(next_interval*2, check_interval*HZ);
+ }
+
+ schedule_delayed_work(&mcheck_work, next_interval);
+}
+
+/*
+ * This is only called from process context. This is where we do
+ * anything we need to alert userspace about new MCEs. This is called
+ * directly from the poller and also from entry.S and idle, thanks to
+ * TIF_MCE_NOTIFY.
+ */
+int mce_notify_user(void)
+{
+ clear_thread_flag(TIF_MCE_NOTIFY);
+ if (test_and_clear_bit(0, &notify_user)) {
static unsigned long last_print;
unsigned long now = jiffies;
- /* if we logged an MCE, reduce the polling interval */
- next_interval = max(next_interval/2, HZ/100);
- notify_user = 0;
- clear_bit(0, &console_logged);
+ wake_up_interruptible(&mce_wait);
+ if (trigger[0])
+ call_usermodehelper(trigger, trigger_argv, NULL,
+ UMH_NO_WAIT);
+
if (time_after_eq(now, last_print + (check_interval*HZ))) {
last_print = now;
printk(KERN_INFO "Machine check events logged\n");
}
- } else {
- next_interval = min(next_interval*2, check_interval*HZ);
+
+ return 1;
}
+ return 0;
+}
- schedule_delayed_work(&mcheck_work, next_interval);
+/* see if the idle task needs to notify userspace */
+static int
+mce_idle_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb, unsigned long action, void *junk)
+{
+ /* IDLE_END should be safe - interrupts are back on */
+ if (action == IDLE_END && test_thread_flag(TIF_MCE_NOTIFY))
+ mce_notify_user();
+
+ return NOTIFY_OK;
}
+static struct notifier_block mce_idle_notifier = {
+ .notifier_call = mce_idle_callback,
+};
static __init int periodic_mcheck_init(void)
{
next_interval = check_interval * HZ;
if (next_interval)
schedule_delayed_work(&mcheck_work, next_interval);
+ idle_notifier_register(&mce_idle_notifier);
return 0;
}
__initcall(periodic_mcheck_init);
@@ -566,6 +588,14 @@ static ssize_t mce_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, size_t usize, loff
return err ? -EFAULT : buf - ubuf;
}
+static unsigned int mce_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
+{
+ poll_wait(file, &mce_wait, wait);
+ if (rcu_dereference(mcelog.next))
+ return POLLIN | POLLRDNORM;
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int mce_ioctl(struct inode *i, struct file *f,unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
{
int __user *p = (int __user *)arg;
@@ -592,6 +622,7 @@ static const struct file_operations mce_chrdev_ops = {
.open = mce_open,
.release = mce_release,
.read = mce_read,
+ .poll = mce_poll,
.ioctl = mce_ioctl,
};
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/signal.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/signal.c
index 290f5d8037c..4886afcd628 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/signal.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
#include <asm/i387.h>
#include <asm/proto.h>
#include <asm/ia32_unistd.h>
+#include <asm/mce.h>
/* #define DEBUG_SIG 1 */
@@ -472,6 +473,12 @@ do_notify_resume(struct pt_regs *regs, void *unused, __u32 thread_info_flags)
clear_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP);
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_MCE
+ /* notify userspace of pending MCEs */
+ if (thread_info_flags & _TIF_MCE_NOTIFY)
+ mce_notify_user();
+#endif /* CONFIG_X86_MCE */
+
/* deal with pending signal delivery */
if (thread_info_flags & (_TIF_SIGPENDING|_TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
do_signal(regs);