linux/arch/powerpc
Ravi Bangoria f41d84dddc powerpc/perf: Dereference BHRB entries safely
It's theoretically possible that branch instructions recorded in
BHRB (Branch History Rolling Buffer) entries have already been
unmapped before they are processed by the kernel. Hence, trying to
dereference such memory location will result in a crash. eg:

    Unable to handle kernel paging request for data at address 0xd000000019c41764
    Faulting instruction address: 0xc000000000084a14
    NIP [c000000000084a14] branch_target+0x4/0x70
    LR [c0000000000eb828] record_and_restart+0x568/0x5c0
    Call Trace:
    [c0000000000eb3b4] record_and_restart+0xf4/0x5c0 (unreliable)
    [c0000000000ec378] perf_event_interrupt+0x298/0x460
    [c000000000027964] performance_monitor_exception+0x54/0x70
    [c000000000009ba4] performance_monitor_common+0x114/0x120

Fix it by deferefencing the addresses safely.

Fixes: 691231846c ("powerpc/perf: Fix setting of "to" addresses for BHRB")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v3.10+
Suggested-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
[mpe: Use probe_kernel_read() which is clearer, tweak change log]
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
2017-12-13 20:29:20 +11:00
..
boot powerpc updates for 4.15 2017-11-16 12:47:46 -08:00
configs powerpc/configs: Enable I2C_CHARDEV for pseries and powernv 2017-10-22 12:08:31 +02:00
crypto License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
include Revert "powerpc: Do not call ppc_md.panic in fadump panic notifier" 2017-12-05 23:21:46 +11:00
kernel powerpc/64s: Initialize ISAv3 MMU registers before setting partition table 2017-12-06 23:32:43 +11:00
kvm * x86 bugfixes: APIC, nested virtualization, IOAPIC 2017-11-30 08:15:19 -08:00
lib powerpc fixes for 4.15 #2 2017-11-24 19:40:12 -10:00
math-emu License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
mm powerpc fixes for 4.15 #3 2017-12-01 08:40:17 -05:00
net powerpc updates for 4.15 2017-11-16 12:47:46 -08:00
oprofile treewide: setup_timer() -> timer_setup() 2017-11-21 15:57:07 -08:00
perf powerpc/perf: Dereference BHRB entries safely 2017-12-13 20:29:20 +11:00
platforms Revert "powerpc: Do not call ppc_md.panic in fadump panic notifier" 2017-12-05 23:21:46 +11:00
purgatory License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
sysdev powerpc updates for 4.15 2017-11-16 12:47:46 -08:00
tools License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
xmon powerpc/xmon: Don't print hashed pointers in xmon 2017-12-07 00:27:01 +11:00
Kconfig powerpc updates for 4.15 2017-11-16 12:47:46 -08:00
Kconfig.debug powerpc updates for 4.15 2017-11-16 12:47:46 -08:00
Makefile Merge branch 'fixes' into next 2017-08-23 22:20:10 +10:00
Makefile.postlink License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00