linux/kernel
Douglas Anderson 7d92bda271 kgdb: don't use a notifier to enter kgdb at panic; call directly
Right now kgdb/kdb hooks up to debug panics by registering for the panic
notifier.  This works OK except that it means that kgdb/kdb gets called
_after_ the CPUs in the system are taken offline.  That means that if
anything important was happening on those CPUs (like something that might
have contributed to the panic) you can't debug them.

Specifically I ran into a case where I got a panic because a task was
"blocked for more than 120 seconds" which was detected on CPU 2.  I nicely
got shown stack traces in the kernel log for all CPUs including CPU 0,
which was running 'PID: 111 Comm: kworker/0:1H' and was in the middle of
__mmc_switch().

I then ended up at the kdb prompt where switched over to kgdb to try to
look at local variables of the process on CPU 0.  I found that I couldn't.
Digging more, I found that I had no info on any tasks running on CPUs
other than CPU 2 and that asking kdb for help showed me "Error: no saved
data for this cpu".  This was because all the CPUs were offline.

Let's move the entry of kdb/kgdb to a direct call from panic() and stop
using the generic notifier.  Putting a direct call in allows us to order
things more properly and it also doesn't seem like we're breaking any
abstractions by calling into the debugger from the panic function.

Daniel said:

: This patch changes the way kdump and kgdb interact with each other.
: However it would seem rather odd to have both tools simultaneously armed
: and, even if they were, the user still has the option to use panic_timeout
: to force a kdump to happen.  Thus I think the change of order is
: acceptable.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190703170354.217312-1-dianders@chromium.org
Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>
Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com>
Cc: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@huawei.com>
Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com>
Cc: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2019-09-25 17:51:40 -07:00
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bpf Merge branch 'work.mount3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-09-24 12:33:34 -07:00
cgroup Merge branch 'for-5.4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2019-09-17 15:57:22 -07:00
configs
debug kgdb: don't use a notifier to enter kgdb at panic; call directly 2019-09-25 17:51:40 -07:00
dma powerpc updates for 5.4 2019-09-20 11:48:06 -07:00
events uprobe: collapse THP pmd after removing all uprobes 2019-09-24 15:54:11 -07:00
gcov um: Enable CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS 2019-09-15 21:37:13 +02:00
irq Power management updates for 5.4-rc1 2019-09-17 19:15:14 -07:00
livepatch livepatch: Nullify obj->mod in klp_module_coming()'s error path 2019-08-19 13:03:37 +02:00
locking Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-09-16 17:25:49 -07:00
power Merge branches 'pm-opp', 'pm-qos', 'acpi-pm', 'pm-domains' and 'pm-tools' 2019-09-17 09:49:19 +02:00
printk Merge branch 'for-5.4' into for-linus 2019-09-16 12:54:25 +02:00
rcu Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-09-16 17:25:49 -07:00
sched mm: remove quicklist page table caches 2019-09-24 15:54:09 -07:00
time Power management updates for 5.4-rc1 2019-09-17 19:15:14 -07:00
trace powerpc updates for 5.4 2019-09-20 11:48:06 -07:00
.gitignore Provide in-kernel headers to make extending kernel easier 2019-04-29 16:48:03 +02:00
acct.c acct_on(): don't mess with freeze protection 2019-04-04 21:04:13 -04:00
async.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 441 2019-06-05 17:37:17 +02:00
audit_fsnotify.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 157 2019-05-30 11:26:37 -07:00
audit_tree.c fsnotify: switch send_to_group() and ->handle_event to const struct qstr * 2019-04-26 13:51:03 -04:00
audit_watch.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 156 2019-05-30 11:26:35 -07:00
audit.c audit/stable-5.3 PR 20190702 2019-07-08 18:55:42 -07:00
audit.h audit/stable-5.3 PR 20190702 2019-07-08 18:55:42 -07:00
auditfilter.c audit/stable-5.3 PR 20190702 2019-07-08 18:55:42 -07:00
auditsc.c audit: enforce op for string fields 2019-05-28 17:46:43 -04:00
backtracetest.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 441 2019-06-05 17:37:17 +02:00
bounds.c
capability.c LSM: add SafeSetID module that gates setid calls 2019-01-25 11:22:43 -08:00
compat.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 500 2019-06-19 17:09:55 +02:00
configs.c kernel/configs: Replace GPL boilerplate code with SPDX identifier 2019-07-30 18:34:15 +02:00
context_tracking.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
cpu_pm.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 282 2019-06-05 17:36:37 +02:00
cpu.c cpu/hotplug: Cache number of online CPUs 2019-07-25 15:48:01 +02:00
crash_core.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 230 2019-06-19 17:09:06 +02:00
crash_dump.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
cred.c Merge branch 'access-creds' 2019-07-25 08:36:29 -07:00
delayacct.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 25 2019-05-21 11:52:39 +02:00
dma.c
elfcore.c kernel/elfcore.c: include proper prototypes 2019-09-25 17:51:39 -07:00
exec_domain.c
exit.c core-process-v5.4 2019-09-16 09:28:19 -07:00
extable.c extable: Add function to search only kernel exception table 2019-08-21 22:23:48 +10:00
fail_function.c fail_function: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions 2019-06-03 15:49:06 +02:00
fork.c fork: improve error message for corrupted page tables 2019-09-25 17:51:40 -07:00
freezer.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
futex.c hrtimer/treewide: Use hrtimer_sleeper_start_expires() 2019-08-01 17:43:16 +02:00
gen_kheaders.sh kheaders: include only headers into kheaders_data.tar.xz 2019-07-09 10:10:52 +09:00
groups.c
hung_task.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
iomem.c mm/nvdimm: add is_ioremap_addr and use that to check ioremap address 2019-07-12 11:05:40 -07:00
irq_work.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
jump_label.c jump_label: Don't warn on __exit jump entries 2019-08-29 15:10:10 +01:00
kallsyms.c kallsyms: Don't let kallsyms_lookup_size_offset() fail on retrieving the first symbol 2019-08-27 16:19:56 +01:00
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer treewide: Add SPDX license identifier - Makefile/Kconfig 2019-05-21 10:50:46 +02:00
Kconfig.hz treewide: Add SPDX license identifier - Makefile/Kconfig 2019-05-21 10:50:46 +02:00
Kconfig.locks treewide: Add SPDX license identifier - Makefile/Kconfig 2019-05-21 10:50:46 +02:00
Kconfig.preempt sched/rt, Kconfig: Unbreak def/oldconfig with CONFIG_PREEMPT=y 2019-07-22 18:05:11 +02:00
kcov.c kcov: convert kcov.refcount to refcount_t 2019-03-07 18:32:02 -08:00
kexec_core.c kexec: bail out upon SIGKILL when allocating memory. 2019-09-25 17:51:40 -07:00
kexec_elf.c kexec_elf: support 32 bit ELF files 2019-09-06 23:58:44 +02:00
kexec_file.c Merge branch 'next-integrity' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/zohar/linux-integrity 2019-07-08 20:28:59 -07:00
kexec_internal.h
kexec.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 230 2019-06-19 17:09:06 +02:00
kheaders.c kheaders: Move from proc to sysfs 2019-05-24 20:16:01 +02:00
kmod.c
kprobes.c Tracing updates: 2019-09-20 11:19:48 -07:00
ksysfs.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 170 2019-05-30 11:26:39 -07:00
kthread.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
latencytop.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 441 2019-06-05 17:37:17 +02:00
Makefile Kbuild updates for v5.4 2019-09-20 08:36:47 -07:00
module_signing.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 36 2019-05-24 17:27:11 +02:00
module-internal.h treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 36 2019-05-24 17:27:11 +02:00
module.c module: remove unneeded casts in cmp_name() 2019-09-11 21:41:56 +02:00
notifier.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
nsproxy.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 441 2019-06-05 17:37:17 +02:00
padata.c padata: remove cpu_index from the parallel_queue 2019-09-13 21:15:41 +10:00
panic.c kgdb: don't use a notifier to enter kgdb at panic; call directly 2019-09-25 17:51:40 -07:00
params.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 156 2019-05-30 11:26:35 -07:00
pid_namespace.c proc/sysctl: add shared variables for range check 2019-07-18 17:08:07 -07:00
pid.c kernel/pid.c: convert struct pid count to refcount_t 2019-07-16 19:23:24 -07:00
profile.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
ptrace.c ptrace: add PTRACE_GET_SYSCALL_INFO request 2019-07-16 19:23:24 -07:00
range.c
reboot.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
relay.c Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-03-12 13:27:20 -07:00
resource.c mm/memory_hotplug.c: use PFN_UP / PFN_DOWN in walk_system_ram_range() 2019-09-24 15:54:09 -07:00
rseq.c signal: Remove task parameter from force_sig 2019-05-27 09:36:28 -05:00
seccomp.c signal: Remove the signal number and task parameters from force_sig_info 2019-05-29 09:31:44 -05:00
signal.c core-process-v5.4 2019-09-16 09:28:19 -07:00
smp.c smp: Warn on function calls from softirq context 2019-07-20 11:27:16 +02:00
smpboot.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c Merge branch 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-07-08 11:01:13 -07:00
stackleak.c
stacktrace.c stacktrace: Constify 'entries' arguments 2019-07-25 15:43:26 +02:00
stop_machine.c stop_machine: Fix stop_cpus_in_progress ordering 2019-08-08 09:09:30 +02:00
sys_ni.c arch: handle arches who do not yet define clone3 2019-06-21 01:54:53 +02:00
sys.c Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-09-17 12:35:15 -07:00
sysctl_binary.c kernel/sysctl: add panic_print into sysctl 2019-01-04 13:13:47 -08:00
sysctl.c arm64, mm: move generic mmap layout functions to mm 2019-09-24 15:54:11 -07:00
task_work.c
taskstats.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 157 2019-05-30 11:26:37 -07:00
test_kprobes.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 25 2019-05-21 11:52:39 +02:00
torture.c torture: Remove exporting of internal functions 2019-08-01 14:30:22 -07:00
tracepoint.c The main changes in this release include: 2019-07-18 11:51:00 -07:00
tsacct.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 157 2019-05-30 11:26:37 -07:00
ucount.c proc/sysctl: add shared variables for range check 2019-07-18 17:08:07 -07:00
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
up.c smp: Remove smp_call_function() and on_each_cpu() return values 2019-06-23 14:26:26 +02:00
user_namespace.c Keyrings namespacing 2019-07-08 19:36:47 -07:00
user-return-notifier.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
user.c Keyrings namespacing 2019-07-08 19:36:47 -07:00
utsname_sysctl.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 441 2019-06-05 17:37:17 +02:00
utsname.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 441 2019-06-05 17:37:17 +02:00
watchdog_hld.c kernel/watchdog_hld.c: hard lockup message should end with a newline 2019-04-19 09:46:05 -07:00
watchdog.c watchdog: Mark watchdog_hrtimer to expire in hard interrupt context 2019-08-01 20:51:20 +02:00
workqueue_internal.h sched/core, workqueues: Distangle worker accounting from rq lock 2019-04-16 16:55:15 +02:00
workqueue.c workqueue: require CPU hotplug read exclusion for apply_workqueue_attrs 2019-09-13 21:15:40 +10:00