[Crash-utility] [PATCH] ppc64: fix 'bt' command for vmcore captured with fadump.

Dave Anderson anderson at redhat.com
Tue Jan 24 18:23:47 UTC 2017



----- Original Message -----
> 
> 
> On Monday 23 January 2017 11:43 PM, Dave Anderson wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >>
> >> On Saturday 21 January 2017 02:00 AM, Dave Anderson wrote:
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>
> >>> ... [cut] ...
> >>>
> >>>>> Also, the exception frame doesn't even show the [bracketed] type of
> >>>>> exception
> >>>>> that occurred -- it's just a register dump followed by the remainder of
> >>>>> the
> >>>>> backtrace.  Upon a quick glance, it's not obvious that they are even
> >>>>> active
> >>>>> tasks.  And traditionally, all of the other architectures have always
> >>>>> dumped
> >>>>> a full trace.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I'm not sure what the mechanism is for shutting down the non-active
> >>>>> FADUMP tasks, so that's why I asked if you could restrict this change
> >>>>> to just those types of dumps.  (For that matter, is it even possible to
> >>>>> differentiate a real kdump from an FADUMP dumpfile --  aside from a
> >>>> Hi Dave,
> >>>>
> >>>> Differentiating a kdump and fadump dumpfile is not possible except that
> >>>> the
> >>>> stack search would invariably fail and ptregs are guaranteed to be saved
> >>>> by
> >>>> firmware in case of fadump. Posted v2 that doesn't change bt output for
> >>>> anything
> >>>> but active tasks in case of fadump..
> >>> Ok, so let me get this straight.  The only difference I see with the v2
> >>> patch
> >>> is that fadump non-panicking active tasks change from something like
> >>> this:
> >>>     
> >>>     PID: 0      TASK: c000000000e7f6d0  CPU: 0   COMMAND: "swapper"
> >>>      #0 [c000000000f2ba30] (null) at 3aae291c67  (unreliable)
> >>>      #1 [c000000000f2bae0] .tick_dev_program_event at c0000000000d16fc
> >>>      #2 [c000000000f2bb90] .__hrtimer_start_range_ns at c0000000000c4bcc
> >>>      #3 [c000000000f2bcb0] .tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick at c0000000000d2d30
> >>>      #4 [c000000000f2bdc0] .cpu_idle at c000000000015bf0
> >>>      #5 [c000000000f2be70] .rest_init at c000000000009de4
> >>>      #6 [c000000000f2bef0] .start_kernel at c000000000850eb4
> >>>      #7 [c000000000f2bf90] .start_here_common at c0000000000083d8
> >>>     
> >>> to this:
> >>>     
> >>>     PID: 0      TASK: c000000000e7f6d0  CPU: 0   COMMAND: "swapper"
> >>>      #0 [c000000000f2bd50] (null) at 0  (unreliable)
> >>>      #1 [c000000000f2bdc0] .cpu_idle at c000000000015bf0
> >>>      #2 [c000000000f2be70] .rest_init at c000000000009de4
> >>>      #3 [c000000000f2bef0] .start_kernel at c000000000850eb4
> >>>      #4 [c000000000f2bf90] .start_here_common at c0000000000083d8
> >>>     
> >>> But with your v1 patch, you also dumped the exception frame:
> >>>     
> >>>     PID: 0      TASK: c000000000e7f6d0  CPU: 0   COMMAND: "swapper"
> >>>      R0:  0000000000000000    R1:  c000000000f2bd50    R2:
> >>>      c000000000f27628
> >>>      R3:  0000000000000000    R4:  0000000000000000    R5:
> >>>      8000000002144400
> >>>      R6:  800000001314c4f8    R7:  0000000000000000    R8:
> >>>      0000000000000000
> >>>      R9:  ffffffffffffffff    R10: 0000000000000000    R11:
> >>>      80003fbff901700c
> >>>      R12: 0000000000000000    R13: c000000000ff2500    R14:
> >>>      0000000001a3fa58
> >>>      R15: 00000000002230a8    R16: 0000000000223150    R17:
> >>>      0000000000223144
> >>>      R18: 0000000000c8a098    R19: 0000000002b13a58    R20:
> >>>      0000000000000000
> >>>      R21: 0000000002b135d8    R22: 0000000002b13530    R23:
> >>>      0000000002280000
> >>>      R24: 0000000002b135f0    R25: c000000000fd5c48    R26:
> >>>      c0000000010942f0
> >>>      R27: c0000000010942f0    R28: c0000000005fd168    R29:
> >>>      0000000000000008
> >>>      R30: c000000000eb1d68    R31: c000000000f28080
> >>>      NIP: c000000000055730    MSR: 8000000000009032    OR3:
> >>>      0000000000000000
> >>>      CTR: 0000000000000000    LR:  c000000000057350    XER:
> >>>      0000000000000000
> >>>      CCR: 0000000024000048    MQ:  0000000000000000    DAR:
> >>>      000001000ad763b0
> >>>      DSISR: 0000000000000000     Syscall Result: 0000000000000000
> >>>      NIP [c000000000055730] .plpar_hcall_norets
> >>>      LR  [c000000000057350] .pseries_shared_idle_sleep
> >>>      #0 [c000000000f2bd50] (null) at 0  (unreliable)
> >>>      #1 [c000000000f2bdc0] .cpu_idle at c000000000015bf0
> >>>      #2 [c000000000f2be70] .rest_init at c000000000009de4
> >>>      #3 [c000000000f2bef0] .start_kernel at c000000000850eb4
> >>>      #4 [c000000000f2bf90] .start_here_common at c0000000000083d8
> >>>     
> >>> Again, I don't understand how the non-panicking active tasks are stopped
> >>> by the fadump facility, but is it because you cannot differentiate kdumps
> >>> from fadumps that you don't show the exception frame with the v2 patch?
> >> Hi Dave,
> >>
> >> The crashing cpu makes rtas call ibm,os-term to the firmware which
> >> saves the regs info of all online cpus. AFAIK, there is no exception frame
> >> marker (which we are using to detect one) set for this stack frames
> >> by the kernel. With v1, I was printing the registers without looking for
> >> exception frame marker, if the registers are saved..
> >>
> >>> Would it be possible to also show the exception frame type in brackets
> >>> and
> >>> the register dump for those fadump non-panicking active tasks?
> >>>
> >> Hmmm.. Let me have a hard look at this.
> >> Will try and improve this..
> > Hari,
> >
> > I was tinkering around with ppc64_get_dumpfile_stack_frame() from your v2
> > patch,
> > and this seems to work:
> >
> >          else {
> >                  *ksp = pt_regs->gpr[1];
> >                  if (IS_KVADDR(*ksp)) {
> >                          readmem(*ksp+16, KVADDR, nip, sizeof(ulong),
> >                                  "Regs NIP value", FAULT_ON_ERROR);
> > +                       ppc64_print_regs(pt_regs);
> >                          return TRUE;
> >                  } else {
> >                          if (IN_TASK_VMA(bt_in->task, *ksp))
> >                                  fprintf(fp, "%0lx: Task is running in user
> >                                  space\n",
> >                                          bt_in->task);
> >                          else
> >                                  fprintf(fp, "%0lx: Invalid Stack Pointer
> >                                  %0lx\n",
> >                                          bt_in->task, *ksp);
> >                          *nip = pt_regs->nip;
> >                          ppc64_print_regs(pt_regs);
> >                          return FALSE;
> >                  }
> >          }
> >
> > And if the task were to have been running in userspace, it already dumps
> > the
> > registers in the "else" section above.
> >
> > I see that the regs->trap is 0, so I understand now that there's nothing to
> > translate w/respect to the exception frame type, but a follow-up
> > translation
> > of the NIP and LR would at least show that there was some kind of hypercall
> > involved.  (Whether it can be firmly determined whether FADUMP was
> > responsible
> > is another question)
> >
> >
> 
> Hi Dave,
> 
> I did think of it but I was wary considering two register prints like below,
> if there is an exception frame..
> 
>      PID: 2121   TASK: c0000001af90c600  CPU: 2   COMMAND: "sshd"
>       R0:  c0000000003e5280    R1:  c0000001ae047a30    R2:
> c000000000fd5a00
>       R3:  0000000000000001    R4:  000000000000019e    R5:
> 000000000000000f
>       R6:  0000000000000004    R7:  c0000001ae047bb8    R8:
> 00000000000b3d9f
>       R9:  00000000000000f0    R10: 0000000000000678    R11:
> c0000000008e0f38
>       R12: c0000000003e6310    R13: c00000000b781200    R14:
> 0000000000000000
>       R15: 0000000000000000    R16: 000001000b7dad70    R17:
> 000000005dfd3c08
>       R18: 000000005dfd2838    R19: 00003ffff81eb620    R20:
> 000000005df74128
>       R21: 000001000b7d89a0    R22: 000000000000de4c    R23:
> 000000005df73b30
>       R24: 000000005dfd3c88    R25: 00003ffff81eb428    R26:
> c0000001ae047bb8
>       R27: c0000001b17f4d80    R28: c000000000c60580    R29:
> 000000000000019e
>       R30: 000000000000000f    R31: 000000000000090b
>       NIP: 00003fffb6ac8400    MSR: 800000000000d033    OR3:
> 0000000000000000
>       CTR: c0000000003e6310    LR:  c0000000003e493c    XER:
> 0000000020000000
>       CCR: 0000000024004824    MQ:  0000000000000000    DAR:
> 000001000b7e1640
>       DSISR: 0000000002000000     Syscall Result: 0000000000000000
>       #0 [c0000001ae047a30] (null) at c0000000fd783c00  (unreliable)
>       #1 [c0000001ae047a70] avc_has_perm at c0000000003e5280
>       #2 [c0000001ae047b60] sock_has_perm at c0000000003e6238
>       #3 [c0000001ae047be0] security_socket_sendmsg at c0000000003e28fc
>       #4 [c0000001ae047c30] sock_sendmsg at c00000000072d53c
>       #5 [c0000001ae047c60] sock_write_iter at c00000000072d644
>       #6 [c0000001ae047d00] __vfs_write at c0000000002ed97c
>       #7 [c0000001ae047d90] vfs_write at c0000000002ef328
>       #8 [c0000001ae047de0] sys_write at c0000000002f0f00
>       #9 [c0000001ae047e30] system_call at c00000000000b184
>       System Call [c00] exception frame:
>       R0:  0000000000000004    R1:  00003ffff81eb220    R2:
> 00003fffb6b99800
>       R3:  0000000000000003    R4:  000001000b80e3c0    R5:
> 0000000000000034
>       R6:  00003ffff81eb2e4    R7:  000000000000021e    R8:
> 0000000000000000
>       R9:  0000000000000000    R10: 0000000000000000    R11:
> 0000000000000000
>       R12: 0000000000000000    R13: 00003fffb6497730    R14:
> 0000000000000000
>       R15: 0000000000000000    R16: 000001000b7dad70    R17:
> 000000005dfd3c08
>       R18: 000000005dfd2838    R19: 00003ffff81eb620    R20:
> 000000005df74128
>       R21: 000001000b7d89a0    R22: 000000000000de4c    R23:
> 000000005df73b30
>       R24: 000000005dfd3c88    R25: 00003ffff81eb428    R26:
> 00003ffff81eb430
>       R27: 00003ffff81eb420    R28: 00003ffff81eb424    R29:
> 00003ffff81eb2e4
>       R30: 000001000b80e3c0    R31: 0000000000000034
>       NIP: 00003fffb6ac8400    MSR: 800000000000d033    OR3:
> 0000000000000003
>       CTR: 0000000000000000    LR:  000000005df1c3e4    XER:
> 0000000000000000
>       CCR: 0000000044004824    MQ:  0000000000000001    DAR:
> 00003fffb729c590
>       DSISR: 000000000a000000     Syscall Result: 0000000000000000
> 
> 
> instead of this..
> 
>      PID: 2121   TASK: c0000001af90c600  CPU: 2   COMMAND: "sshd"
>       #0 [c0000001ae047a30] (null) at c0000000fd783c00  (unreliable)
>       #1 [c0000001ae047a70] avc_has_perm at c0000000003e5280
>       #2 [c0000001ae047b60] sock_has_perm at c0000000003e6238
>       #3 [c0000001ae047be0] security_socket_sendmsg at c0000000003e28fc
>       #4 [c0000001ae047c30] sock_sendmsg at c00000000072d53c
>       #5 [c0000001ae047c60] sock_write_iter at c00000000072d644
>       #6 [c0000001ae047d00] __vfs_write at c0000000002ed97c
>       #7 [c0000001ae047d90] vfs_write at c0000000002ef328
>       #8 [c0000001ae047de0] sys_write at c0000000002f0f00
>       #9 [c0000001ae047e30] system_call at c00000000000b184
>       System Call [c00] exception frame:
>       R0:  0000000000000004    R1:  00003ffff81eb220    R2:
> 00003fffb6b99800
>       R3:  0000000000000003    R4:  000001000b80e3c0    R5:
> 0000000000000034
>       R6:  00003ffff81eb2e4    R7:  000000000000021e    R8:
> 0000000000000000
>       R9:  0000000000000000    R10: 0000000000000000    R11:
> 0000000000000000
>       R12: 0000000000000000    R13: 00003fffb6497730    R14:
> 0000000000000000
>       R15: 0000000000000000    R16: 000001000b7dad70    R17:
> 000000005dfd3c08
>       R18: 000000005dfd2838    R19: 00003ffff81eb620    R20:
> 000000005df74128
>       R21: 000001000b7d89a0    R22: 000000000000de4c    R23:
> 000000005df73b30
>       R24: 000000005dfd3c88    R25: 00003ffff81eb428    R26:
> 00003ffff81eb430
>       R27: 00003ffff81eb420    R28: 00003ffff81eb424    R29:
> 00003ffff81eb2e4
>       R30: 000001000b80e3c0    R31: 0000000000000034
>       NIP: 00003fffb6ac8400    MSR: 800000000000d033    OR3:
> 0000000000000003
>       CTR: 0000000000000000    LR:  000000005df1c3e4    XER:
> 0000000000000000
>       CCR: 0000000044004824    MQ:  0000000000000001    DAR:
> 00003fffb729c590
>       DSISR: 000000000a000000     Syscall Result: 0000000000000000
> 
> 
> On second thought, that may not be bad after all??
> So, I am ok with the change you propose.

Hmmm, except that in the "sshd" sample showing the firmware-generated eframe, 
and which the task was presumably running in kernel space when firmware took
over (?), it has a userspace NIP of 00003fffb6ac8400.  What's happening there?

Dave




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