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Daniel Thompson c07d353380 kdb: Fix handling of kallsyms_symbol_next() return value
kallsyms_symbol_next() returns a boolean (true on success). Currently
kdb_read() tests the return value with an inequality that
unconditionally evaluates to true.

This is fixed in the obvious way and, since the conditional branch is
supposed to be unreachable, we also add a WARN_ON().

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>
Cc: linux-stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2017-12-06 16:12:43 -06:00
Petr Mladek 34aaff40b4 kdb: call vkdb_printf() from vprintk_default() only when wanted
kdb_trap_printk allows to pass normal printk() messages to kdb via
vkdb_printk().  For example, it is used to get backtrace using the
classic show_stack(), see kdb_show_stack().

vkdb_printf() tries to avoid a potential infinite loop by disabling the
trap.  But this approach is racy, for example:

CPU1					CPU2

vkdb_printf()
  // assume that kdb_trap_printk == 0
  saved_trap_printk = kdb_trap_printk;
  kdb_trap_printk = 0;

					kdb_show_stack()
					  kdb_trap_printk++;

Problem1: Now, a nested printk() on CPU0 calls vkdb_printf()
	  even when it should have been disabled. It will not
	  cause a deadlock but...

   // using the outdated saved value: 0
   kdb_trap_printk = saved_trap_printk;

					  kdb_trap_printk--;

Problem2: Now, kdb_trap_printk == -1 and will stay like this.
   It means that all messages will get passed to kdb from
   now on.

This patch removes the racy saved_trap_printk handling.  Instead, the
recursion is prevented by a check for the locked CPU.

The solution is still kind of racy.  A non-related printk(), from
another process, might get trapped by vkdb_printf().  And the wanted
printk() might not get trapped because kdb_printf_cpu is assigned.  But
this problem existed even with the original code.

A proper solution would be to get_cpu() before setting kdb_trap_printk
and trap messages only from this CPU.  I am not sure if it is worth the
effort, though.

In fact, the race is very theoretical.  When kdb is running any of the
commands that use kdb_trap_printk there is a single active CPU and the
other CPUs should be in a holding pen inside kgdb_cpu_enter().

The only time this is violated is when there is a timeout waiting for
the other CPUs to report to the holding pen.

Finally, note that the situation is a bit schizophrenic.  vkdb_printf()
explicitly allows recursion but only from KDB code that calls
kdb_printf() directly.  On the other hand, the generic printk()
recursion is not allowed because it might cause an infinite loop.  This
is why we could not hide the decision inside vkdb_printf() easily.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1480412276-16690-4-git-send-email-pmladek@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Cc: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>
Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2016-12-14 16:04:08 -08:00
Petr Mladek d5d8d3d0d4 kdb: properly synchronize vkdb_printf() calls with other CPUs
kdb_printf_lock does not prevent other CPUs from entering the critical
section because it is ignored when KDB_STATE_PRINTF_LOCK is set.

The problematic situation might look like:

CPU0					CPU1

vkdb_printf()
  if (!KDB_STATE(PRINTF_LOCK))
    KDB_STATE_SET(PRINTF_LOCK);
    spin_lock_irqsave(&kdb_printf_lock, flags);

					vkdb_printf()
					  if (!KDB_STATE(PRINTF_LOCK))

BANG: The PRINTF_LOCK state is set and CPU1 is entering the critical
section without spinning on the lock.

The problem is that the code tries to implement locking using two state
variables that are not handled atomically.  Well, we need a custom
locking because we want to allow reentering the critical section on the
very same CPU.

Let's use solution from Petr Zijlstra that was proposed for a similar
scenario, see
https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161018171513.734367391@infradead.org

This patch uses the same trick with cmpxchg().  The only difference is
that we want to handle only recursion from the same context and
therefore we disable interrupts.

In addition, KDB_STATE_PRINTF_LOCK is removed.  In fact, we are not able
to set it a non-racy way.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1480412276-16690-3-git-send-email-pmladek@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>
Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2016-12-14 16:04:08 -08:00
Petr Mladek d1bd8ead12 kdb: remove unused kdb_event handling
kdb_event state variable is only set but never checked in the kernel
code.

http://www.spinics.net/lists/kdb/msg01733.html suggests that this
variable affected WARN_CONSOLE_UNLOCKED() in the original
implementation.  But this check never went upstream.

The semantic is unclear and racy.  The value is updated after the
kdb_printf_lock is acquired and after it is released.  It should be
symmetric at minimum.  The value should be manipulated either inside or
outside the locked area.

Fortunately, it seems that the original function is gone and we could
simply remove the state variable.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1480412276-16690-2-git-send-email-pmladek@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Suggested-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>
Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2016-12-14 16:04:08 -08:00
Petr Mladek 497957576c printk/kdb: handle more message headers
Commit 4bcc595ccd ("printk: reinstate KERN_CONT for printing
continuation lines") allows to define more message headers for a single
message.  The motivation is that continuous lines might get mixed.
Therefore it make sense to define the right log level for every piece of
a cont line.

This patch introduces printk_skip_headers() that will skip all headers
and uses it in the kdb code instead of printk_skip_level().

This approach helps to fix other printk_skip_level() users
independently.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1478695291-12169-3-git-send-email-pmladek@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Cc: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.com>
Cc: Chris Mason <clm@fb.com>
Cc: Josef Bacik <jbacik@fb.com>
Cc: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2016-12-12 18:55:09 -08:00
Daniel Thompson 32d375f6f2 kdb: Const qualifier for kdb_getstr's prompt argument
All current callers of kdb_getstr() can pass constant pointers via the
prompt argument. This patch adds a const qualification to make explicit
the fact that this is safe.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2015-02-19 12:39:03 -06:00
Daniel Thompson fb6daa7520 kdb: Provide forward search at more prompt
Currently kdb allows the output of comamnds to be filtered using the
| grep feature. This is useful but does not permit the output emitted
shortly after a string match to be examined without wading through the
entire unfiltered output of the command. Such a feature is particularly
useful to navigate function traces because these traces often have a
useful trigger string *before* the point of interest.

This patch reuses the existing filtering logic to introduce a simple
forward search to kdb that can be triggered from the more prompt.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2015-02-19 12:39:03 -06:00
Daniel Thompson f7d4ca8bbf kdb: Avoid printing KERN_ levels to consoles
Currently when kdb traps printk messages then the raw log level prefix
(consisting of '\001' followed by a numeral) does not get stripped off
before the message is issued to the various I/O handlers supported by
kdb. This causes annoying visual noise as well as causing problems
grepping for ^. It is also a change of behaviour compared to normal usage
of printk() usage. For example <SysRq>-h ends up with different output to
that of kdb's "sr h".

This patch addresses the problem by stripping log levels from messages
before they are issued to the I/O handlers. printk() which can also
act as an i/o handler in some cases is special cased; if the caller
provided a log level then the prefix will be preserved when sent to
printk().

The addition of non-printable characters to the output of kdb commands is a
regression, albeit and extremely elderly one, introduced by commit
04d2c8c83d ("printk: convert the format for KERN_<LEVEL> to a 2 byte
pattern"). Note also that this patch does *not* restore the original
behaviour from v3.5. Instead it makes printk() from within a kdb command
display the message without any prefix (i.e. like printk() normally does).

Signed-off-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2015-02-19 12:39:02 -06:00
Borislav Petkov a8fe19ebfb kernel/printk: use symbolic defines for console loglevels
... instead of naked numbers.

Stuff in sysrq.c used to set it to 8 which is supposed to mean above
default level so set it to DEBUG instead as we're terminating/killing all
tasks and we want to be verbose there.

Also, correct the check in x86_64_start_kernel which should be >= as
we're clearly issuing the string there for all debug levels, not only
the magical 10.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2014-06-04 16:54:17 -07:00
Jason Wessel 17b572e820 kdb,vt_console: Fix missed data due to pager overruns
It is possible to miss data when using the kdb pager.  The kdb pager
does not pay attention to the maximum column constraint of the screen
or serial terminal.  This result is not incrementing the shown lines
correctly and the pager will print more lines that fit on the screen.
Obviously that is less than useful when using a VGA console where you
cannot scroll back.

The pager will now look at the kdb_buffer string to see how many
characters are printed.  It might not be perfect considering you can
output ASCII that might move the cursor position, but it is a
substantially better approximation for viewing dmesg and trace logs.

This also means that the vt screen needs to set the kdb COLUMNS
variable.

Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2012-10-12 06:37:35 -05:00
Jason Wessel 07cd27bbd4 kdb: Remove cpu from the more prompt
Having the CPU in the more prompt is completely redundent vs the
standard kdb prompt, and it also wastes 32 bytes on the stack.

Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2012-07-31 08:16:43 -05:00
Jason Wessel 78724b8ef8 kdb: Fix smatch warning on dbg_io_ops->is_console
The Smatch tool warned that the change from commit b8adde8dd
(kdb: Avoid using dbg_io_ops until it is initialized) should
add another null check later in the kdb_printf().

It is worth noting that the second use of dbg_io_ops->is_console
is protected by the KDB_PAGER state variable which would only
get set when kdb is fully active and initialized.  If we
ever encounter changes or defects in the KDB_PAGER state
we do not want to crash the kernel in a kdb_printf/printk.

CC: Tim Bird <tim.bird@am.sony.com>
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2012-03-29 17:41:23 -05:00
Tim Bird b8adde8dde kdb: Avoid using dbg_io_ops until it is initialized
This fixes a bug with setting a breakpoint during kdb initialization
(from kdb_cmds).  Any call to kdb_printf() before the initialization
of the kgdboc serial console driver (which happens much later during
bootup than kdb_init), results in kernel panic due to the use of
dbg_io_ops before it is initialized.

Signed-off-by: Tim Bird <tim.bird@am.sony.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2012-03-22 15:07:16 -05:00
Jason Wessel 37f86b469d kdb,kgdb: Allow arbitrary kgdb magic knock sequences
The first packet that gdb sends when the kernel is in kdb mode seems
to change with every release of gdb.  Instead of continuing to add
many different gdb packets, change kdb to automatically look for any
thing that looks like a gdb packet.

Example 1 cold start test:
echo g > /proc/sysrq-trigger
$D#44+

Example 2 cold start test:
echo g > /proc/sysrq-trigger
$3#33

The second one should re-enter kdb's shell right away and is purely a
test.

Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2011-08-01 13:23:59 -05:00
Jason Wessel d613d828e8 kdb: Remove all references to DOING_KGDB2
The DOING_KGDB2 was originally a state variable for one of the two
ways to automatically transition from kdb to kgdb.  Purge all these
variables and just use one single state for the transition.

Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2011-08-01 13:23:59 -05:00
Jason Wessel f679c4985b kdb,kgdb: Implement switch and pass buffer from kdb -> gdb
When switching from kdb mode to kgdb mode packets were getting lost
depending on the size of the fifo queue of the serial chip.  When gdb
initially connects if it is in kdb mode it should entirely send any
character buffer over to the gdbstub when switching connections.

Previously kdb was zero'ing out the character buffer and this could
lead to gdb failing to connect at all, or a lengthy pause could occur
on the initial connect.

Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2011-08-01 13:23:59 -05:00
Jason Wessel f7030bbc44 kdb: Allow kernel loadable modules to add kdb shell functions
In order to allow kernel modules to dynamically add a command to the
kdb shell the kdb_register, kdb_register_repeat, kdb_unregister, and
kdb_printf need to be exported as GPL symbols.

Any kernel module that adds a dynamic kdb shell function should only
need to include linux/kdb.h.

Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2010-10-22 15:34:11 -05:00
Jason Wessel d37d39ae3b printk,kdb: capture printk() when in kdb shell
Certain calls from the kdb shell will call out to printk(), and any of
these calls should get vectored back to the kdb_printf() so that the
kdb pager and processing can be used, as well as to properly channel
I/O to the polled I/O devices.

CC: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Acked-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2010-05-20 21:04:27 -05:00
Jason Wessel efe2f29e32 kgdboc,kdb: Allow kdb to work on a non open console port
If kdb is open on a serial port that is not actually a console make
sure to call the poll routines to emit and receive characters.

Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Acked-by: Martin Hicks <mort@sgi.com>
2010-05-20 21:04:26 -05:00
Jason Wessel a0de055cf6 kgdb: gdb "monitor" -> kdb passthrough
One of the driving forces behind integrating another front end (kdb)
to the debug core is to allow front end commands to be accessible via
gdb's monitor command.  It is true that you could write gdb macros to
get certain data, but you may want to just use gdb to access the
commands that are available in the kdb front end.

This patch implements the Rcmd gdb stub packet.  In gdb you access
this with the "monitor" command.  For instance you could type "monitor
help", "monitor lsmod" or "monitor ps A" etc...

There is no error checking or command restrictions on what you can and
cannot access at this point.  Doing something like trying to set
breakpoints with the monitor command is going to cause nothing but
problems.  Perhaps in the future only the commands that are actually
known to work with the gdb monitor command will be available.

Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2010-05-20 21:04:24 -05:00
Jason Wessel 5d5314d679 kdb: core for kgdb back end (1 of 2)
This patch contains only the kdb core.  Because the change set was
large, it was split.  The next patch in the series includes the
instrumentation into the core kernel which are mainly helper functions
for kdb.

This work is directly derived from kdb v4.4 found at:

ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/kdb/download/v4.4/

The kdb internals have been re-organized to make them mostly platform
independent and to connect everything to the debug core which is used by
gdbstub (which has long been known as kgdb).

The original version of kdb was 58,000 lines worth of changes to
support x86.  From that implementation only the kdb shell, and basic
commands for memory access, runcontrol, lsmod, and dmesg where carried
forward.

This is a generic implementation which aims to cover all the current
architectures using the kgdb core: ppc, arm, x86, mips, sparc, sh and
blackfin.  More archictectures can be added by implementing the
architecture specific kgdb functions.

[mort@sgi.com: Compile fix with hugepages enabled]
[mort@sgi.com: Clean breakpoint code renaming kdba_ -> kdb_]
[mort@sgi.com: fix new line after printing registers]
[mort@sgi.com: Remove the concept of global vs. local breakpoints]
[mort@sgi.com: Rework kdb_si_swapinfo to use more generic name]
[mort@sgi.com: fix the information dump macros, remove 'arch' from the names]
[sfr@canb.auug.org.au: include fixup to include linux/slab.h]

CC: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Hicks <mort@sgi.com>
2010-05-20 21:04:20 -05:00