Hi Niklas, thanks - I'll adjust the justification slightly and will reference your comment - especially regarding the test and the now upstream acceptance.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1874055 Title: [UBUNTU 20.04] s390x/pci: s390_pci_mmio_write/read fail when MIO instructions are available Status in Ubuntu on IBM z Systems: Triaged Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: SRU Justification: ================== [Impact] * Code that is using s390_pci_mmio_write/read system calls on a z15 (that comes with enhanced PCI load/store instructions), fails with "Unable to handle kernel pointer dereference in virtual kernel address space". * This issue happens if enablement for z15 PCI enhancements is in place and where customers run workloads which access PCI adapters from user space, like RoCE/RDMA. * To solve this, the system call implementation needs to be improved to execute the enhanced PCI load/store instructions on behalf of the user space application, making use of the mappings into its virtual address space. [Fix] * f058599e22d59e594e5aae1dc10560568d8f4a8b f058599e22d5 "s390/pci: Fix s390_mmio_read/write with MIO" [Test Case] * Setting up a z15 with at least one PCI card (like RoCE) using an operating system that includes support and enablement for z15 (line 20.04). * A little user space program can be written to provoke this error situation using the RoCE adapter. * Verification needs to be done by IBM on z15 hardware. [Regression Potential] * There is some regression potential with having code changes in the zPCI sub-system. * However, the zPCI system is s390x only and the patch was accepted upstream (next-20200515). * Nevertheless, it could be that PCI hardware get harmed, but PCI hardware is not as wide-spread on s390x than ccw hardware components. * Only z15 hardware is affected - no other s390x hardware thatis supported by Ubuntu. __________ One of the PCI enhancements on Z15 are the enhanced PCI load/store instructions which can be executed directly from user space code. When these instructions are available and preexisting user space code still uses the old s390_pci_mmio_write/read system calls, the system calls fail with an "Unable to handle kernel pointer dereference in virtual kernel address space" in the kernel. This issue affects distributions which have the enablement for Z15 PCI enhancements and where customers run workloads which accesses PCI adapters from user space, e.g. RDMA applications. To solve this, the system call implementation needs to be enhanced to provide to execute enhanced PCI load/store instructions on behalf of the user space application making use of the mappings into its virtual address space To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-z-systems/+bug/1874055/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
