Revision 6fd4b15603124c1b56e03db29b41ec39d8a077b9 authored by Steve Cornelius on 15 June 2015, 23:52:56 UTC, committed by Herbert Xu on 16 June 2015, 06:20:38 UTC
Multiple function in asynchronous hashing use a saved-state block, a.k.a. struct caam_hash_state, which holds a stash of information between requests (init/update/final). Certain values in this state block are loaded for processing using an inline-if, and when this is done, the potential for uninitialized data can pose conflicts. Therefore, this patch improves initialization of state data to prevent false assignments using uninitialized data in the state block. This patch addresses the following traceback, originating in ahash_final_ctx(), although a problem like this could certainly exhibit other symptoms: kernel BUG at arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c:465! Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000 pgd = 80004000 [00000000] *pgd=00000000 Internal error: Oops: 805 [#1] PREEMPT SMP Modules linked in: CPU: 0 Not tainted (3.0.15-01752-gdd441b9-dirty #40) PC is at __bug+0x1c/0x28 LR is at __bug+0x18/0x28 pc : [<80043240>] lr : [<8004323c>] psr: 60000013 sp : e423fd98 ip : 60000013 fp : 0000001c r10: e4191b84 r9 : 00000020 r8 : 00000009 r7 : 88005038 r6 : 00000001 r5 : 2d676572 r4 : e4191a60 r3 : 00000000 r2 : 00000001 r1 : 60000093 r0 : 00000033 Flags: nZCv IRQs on FIQs on Mode SVC_32 ISA ARM Segment kernel Control: 10c53c7d Table: 1000404a DAC: 00000015 Process cryptomgr_test (pid: 1306, stack limit = 0xe423e2f0) Stack: (0xe423fd98 to 0xe4240000) fd80: 11807fd1 80048544 fda0: 88005000 e4191a00 e5178040 8039dda0 00000000 00000014 2d676572 e4191008 fdc0: 88005018 e4191a60 00100100 e4191a00 00000000 8039ce0c e423fea8 00000007 fde0: e4191a00 e4227000 e5178000 8039ce18 e419183c 80203808 80a94a44 00000006 fe00: 00000000 80207180 00000000 00000006 e423ff08 00000000 00000007 e5178000 fe20: e41918a4 80a949b4 8c4844e2 00000000 00000049 74227000 8c4844e2 00000e90 fe40: 0000000e 74227e90 ffff8c58 80ac29e0 e423fed4 8006a350 8c81625c e423ff5c fe60: 00008576 e4002500 00000003 00030010 e4002500 00000003 e5180000 e4002500 fe80: e5178000 800e6d24 007fffff 00000000 00000010 e4001280 e4002500 60000013 fea0: 000000d0 804df078 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 fec0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 fee0: 00000000 00000000 e4227000 e4226000 e4753000 e4752000 e40a5000 e40a4000 ff00: e41e7000 e41e6000 00000000 00000000 00000000 e423ff14 e423ff14 00000000 ff20: 00000400 804f9080 e5178000 e4db0b40 00000000 e4db0b80 0000047c 00000400 ff40: 00000000 8020758c 00000400 ffffffff 0000008a 00000000 e4db0b40 80206e00 ff60: e4049dbc 00000000 00000000 00000003 e423ffa4 80062978 e41a8bfc 00000000 ff80: 00000000 e4049db4 00000013 e4049db0 00000013 00000000 00000000 00000000 ffa0: e4db0b40 e4db0b40 80204cbc 00000013 00000000 00000000 00000000 80204cfc ffc0: e4049da0 80089544 80040a40 00000000 e4db0b40 00000000 00000000 00000000 ffe0: e423ffe0 e423ffe0 e4049da0 800894c4 80040a40 80040a40 00000000 00000000 [<80043240>] (__bug+0x1c/0x28) from [<80048544>] (___dma_single_dev_to_cpu+0x84) [<80048544>] (___dma_single_dev_to_cpu+0x84/0x94) from [<8039dda0>] (ahash_fina) [<8039dda0>] (ahash_final_ctx+0x180/0x428) from [<8039ce18>] (ahash_final+0xc/0) [<8039ce18>] (ahash_final+0xc/0x10) from [<80203808>] (crypto_ahash_op+0x28/0xc) [<80203808>] (crypto_ahash_op+0x28/0xc0) from [<80207180>] (test_hash+0x214/0x5) [<80207180>] (test_hash+0x214/0x5b8) from [<8020758c>] (alg_test_hash+0x68/0x8c) [<8020758c>] (alg_test_hash+0x68/0x8c) from [<80206e00>] (alg_test+0x7c/0x1b8) [<80206e00>] (alg_test+0x7c/0x1b8) from [<80204cfc>] (cryptomgr_test+0x40/0x48) [<80204cfc>] (cryptomgr_test+0x40/0x48) from [<80089544>] (kthread+0x80/0x88) [<80089544>] (kthread+0x80/0x88) from [<80040a40>] (kernel_thread_exit+0x0/0x8) Code: e59f0010 e1a01003 eb126a8d e3a03000 (e5833000) ---[ end trace d52a403a1d1eaa86 ]--- Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Steve Cornelius <steve.cornelius@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: Victoria Milhoan <vicki.milhoan@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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REPORTING-BUGS
Background
==========
The upstream Linux kernel maintainers only fix bugs for specific kernel
versions. Those versions include the current "release candidate" (or -rc)
kernel, any "stable" kernel versions, and any "long term" kernels.
Please see https://www.kernel.org/ for a list of supported kernels. Any
kernel marked with [EOL] is "end of life" and will not have any fixes
backported to it.
If you've found a bug on a kernel version isn't listed on kernel.org,
contact your Linux distribution or embedded vendor for support.
Alternatively, you can attempt to run one of the supported stable or -rc
kernels, and see if you can reproduce the bug on that. It's preferable
to reproduce the bug on the latest -rc kernel.
How to report Linux kernel bugs
===============================
Identify the problematic subsystem
----------------------------------
Identifying which part of the Linux kernel might be causing your issue
increases your chances of getting your bug fixed. Simply posting to the
generic linux-kernel mailing list (LKML) may cause your bug report to be
lost in the noise of a mailing list that gets 1000+ emails a day.
Instead, try to figure out which kernel subsystem is causing the issue,
and email that subsystem's maintainer and mailing list. If the subsystem
maintainer doesn't answer, then expand your scope to mailing lists like
LKML.
Identify who to notify
----------------------
Once you know the subsystem that is causing the issue, you should send a
bug report. Some maintainers prefer bugs to be reported via bugzilla
(https://bugzilla.kernel.org), while others prefer that bugs be reported
via the subsystem mailing list.
To find out where to send an emailed bug report, find your subsystem or
device driver in the MAINTAINERS file. Search in the file for relevant
entries, and send your bug report to the person(s) listed in the "M:"
lines, making sure to Cc the mailing list(s) in the "L:" lines. When the
maintainer replies to you, make sure to 'Reply-all' in order to keep the
public mailing list(s) in the email thread.
If you know which driver is causing issues, you can pass one of the driver
files to the get_maintainer.pl script:
perl scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f <filename>
If it is a security bug, please copy the Security Contact listed in the
MAINTAINERS file. They can help coordinate bugfix and disclosure. See
Documentation/SecurityBugs for more information.
If you can't figure out which subsystem caused the issue, you should file
a bug in kernel.org bugzilla and send email to
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, referencing the bugzilla URL. (For more
information on the linux-kernel mailing list see
http://www.tux.org/lkml/).
Tips for reporting bugs
-----------------------
If you haven't reported a bug before, please read:
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html
http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
It's REALLY important to report bugs that seem unrelated as separate email
threads or separate bugzilla entries. If you report several unrelated
bugs at once, it's difficult for maintainers to tease apart the relevant
data.
Gather information
------------------
The most important information in a bug report is how to reproduce the
bug. This includes system information, and (most importantly)
step-by-step instructions for how a user can trigger the bug.
If the failure includes an "OOPS:", take a picture of the screen, capture
a netconsole trace, or type the message from your screen into the bug
report. Please read "Documentation/oops-tracing.txt" before posting your
bug report. This explains what you should do with the "Oops" information
to make it useful to the recipient.
This is a suggested format for a bug report sent via email or bugzilla.
Having a standardized bug report form makes it easier for you not to
overlook things, and easier for the developers to find the pieces of
information they're really interested in. If some information is not
relevant to your bug, feel free to exclude it.
First run the ver_linux script included as scripts/ver_linux, which
reports the version of some important subsystems. Run this script with
the command "sh scripts/ver_linux".
Use that information to fill in all fields of the bug report form, and
post it to the mailing list with a subject of "PROBLEM: <one line
summary from [1.]>" for easy identification by the developers.
[1.] One line summary of the problem:
[2.] Full description of the problem/report:
[3.] Keywords (i.e., modules, networking, kernel):
[4.] Kernel information
[4.1.] Kernel version (from /proc/version):
[4.2.] Kernel .config file:
[5.] Most recent kernel version which did not have the bug:
[6.] Output of Oops.. message (if applicable) with symbolic information
resolved (see Documentation/oops-tracing.txt)
[7.] A small shell script or example program which triggers the
problem (if possible)
[8.] Environment
[8.1.] Software (add the output of the ver_linux script here)
[8.2.] Processor information (from /proc/cpuinfo):
[8.3.] Module information (from /proc/modules):
[8.4.] Loaded driver and hardware information (/proc/ioports, /proc/iomem)
[8.5.] PCI information ('lspci -vvv' as root)
[8.6.] SCSI information (from /proc/scsi/scsi)
[8.7.] Other information that might be relevant to the problem
(please look in /proc and include all information that you
think to be relevant):
[X.] Other notes, patches, fixes, workarounds:
Follow up
=========
Expectations for bug reporters
------------------------------
Linux kernel maintainers expect bug reporters to be able to follow up on
bug reports. That may include running new tests, applying patches,
recompiling your kernel, and/or re-triggering your bug. The most
frustrating thing for maintainers is for someone to report a bug, and then
never follow up on a request to try out a fix.
That said, it's still useful for a kernel maintainer to know a bug exists
on a supported kernel, even if you can't follow up with retests. Follow
up reports, such as replying to the email thread with "I tried the latest
kernel and I can't reproduce my bug anymore" are also helpful, because
maintainers have to assume silence means things are still broken.
Expectations for kernel maintainers
-----------------------------------
Linux kernel maintainers are busy, overworked human beings. Some times
they may not be able to address your bug in a day, a week, or two weeks.
If they don't answer your email, they may be on vacation, or at a Linux
conference. Check the conference schedule at LWN.net for more info:
https://lwn.net/Calendar/
In general, kernel maintainers take 1 to 5 business days to respond to
bugs. The majority of kernel maintainers are employed to work on the
kernel, and they may not work on the weekends. Maintainers are scattered
around the world, and they may not work in your time zone. Unless you
have a high priority bug, please wait at least a week after the first bug
report before sending the maintainer a reminder email.
The exceptions to this rule are regressions, kernel crashes, security holes,
or userspace breakage caused by new kernel behavior. Those bugs should be
addressed by the maintainers ASAP. If you suspect a maintainer is not
responding to these types of bugs in a timely manner (especially during a
merge window), escalate the bug to LKML and Linus Torvalds.
Thank you!
[Some of this is taken from Frohwalt Egerer's original linux-kernel FAQ]
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