When a kthread calls call_usermodehelper() the steps are:
1. allocate current->mm
2. load_elf_binary()
3. populate current->thread.regs
While doing this, interrupts are not disabled. If there is a perf
interrupt in the middle of this process (i.e. step 1 has completed
but not yet reached to step 3) and if perf tries to read userspace
regs, kernel oops with following log:
Unable to handle kernel paging request for data at address 0x00000000
Faulting instruction address: 0xc0000000000da0fc
...
Call Trace:
perf_output_sample_regs+0x6c/0xd0
perf_output_sample+0x4e4/0x830
perf_event_output_forward+0x64/0x90
__perf_event_overflow+0x8c/0x1e0
record_and_restart+0x220/0x5c0
perf_event_interrupt+0x2d8/0x4d0
performance_monitor_exception+0x54/0x70
performance_monitor_common+0x158/0x160
--- interrupt: f01 at avtab_search_node+0x150/0x1a0
LR = avtab_search_node+0x100/0x1a0
...
load_elf_binary+0x6e8/0x15a0
search_binary_handler+0xe8/0x290
do_execveat_common.isra.14+0x5f4/0x840
call_usermodehelper_exec_async+0x170/0x210
ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x7c
Fix it by setting abi to PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_ABI_NONE when userspace
pt_regs are not set.
Fixes: ed4a4ef85c ("powerpc/perf: Add support for sampling interrupt register state")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.7+
Signed-off-by: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
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