On Thu, 21 Sep 2017 12:04:34 +1000 Michael Neuling <[email protected]> wrote:
> On POWER9 DD2.1 and below, it's possible to get Machine Check > Exception (MCE) where only DSISR bit 33 is set. This will result in > the linux MCE handler seeing an unknown event, which triggers linux to > crash. > > We change this by detecting unknown events in the MCE handler and > marking them as handled so that we no longer crash. We do this only on > chip revisions known to have this problem. > > MCE that occurs like this is spurious, so we don't need to do anything > in terms of servicing it. If there is something that needs to be > serviced, the CPU will raise the MCE again with the correct DSISR so > that it can be serviced properly. > > Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <[email protected]> > --- > v2 update commit message based on Balbir's comments > --- > arch/powerpc/kernel/mce_power.c | 15 +++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/mce_power.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/mce_power.c > index b76ca198e0..72ec667136 100644 > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/mce_power.c > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/mce_power.c > @@ -595,6 +595,7 @@ static long mce_handle_error(struct pt_regs *regs, > uint64_t addr; > uint64_t srr1 = regs->msr; > long handled; > + unsigned long pvr; > > if (SRR1_MC_LOADSTORE(srr1)) > handled = mce_handle_derror(regs, dtable, &mce_err, &addr); > @@ -604,6 +605,20 @@ static long mce_handle_error(struct pt_regs *regs, > if (!handled && mce_err.error_type == MCE_ERROR_TYPE_UE) > handled = mce_handle_ue_error(regs); > > + /* > + * On POWER9 DD2.1 and below, it's possible to get machine > + * check where only DSISR bit 33 is set. This will result in > + * the MCE handler seeing an unknown event and us crashing. > + * Change this to mark as handled on these revisions. > + */ > + pvr = mfspr(SPRN_PVR); > + if (((PVR_VER(pvr) == PVR_POWER9) && > + (PVR_CFG(pvr) == 2) && > + (PVR_MIN(pvr) <= 1)) || cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_POWER9_DD1)) > + /* DD2.1 and below */ > + if (mce_err.error_type == MCE_ERROR_TYPE_UNKNOWN) > + handled = 1; I might be missing something, but can you just do if (regs->dsisr == 0x40000000) return 1; In __machine_check_early_realmode_p9() ? Thanks, Nick
