Re: [PATCH] riscv: entry: Fixup do_trap_break from kernel side

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Sat, Jul 01, 2023 at 10:57:07PM -0400, guoren@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Guo Ren <guoren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The irqentry_nmi_enter/exit would force the current context into in_interrupt.
> That would trigger the kernel to dead panic, but the kdb still needs "ebreak" to
> debug the kernel.
> 
> Move irqentry_nmi_enter/exit to exception_enter/exit could correct handle_break
> of the kernel side.

This doesn't explain much if anything :/

I'm confused (probably because I don't know RISC-V very well), what's
EBREAK and how does it happen?

Specifically, if EBREAK can happen inside an local_irq_disable() region,
then the below change is actively wrong. Any exception/interrupt that
can happen while local_irq_disable() must be treated like an NMI.

If that makes kdb unhappy, fix kdb.

> Fixes: f0bddf50586d ("riscv: entry: Convert to generic entry")
> Reported-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Guo Ren <guoren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Guo Ren <guoren@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
>  arch/riscv/kernel/traps.c | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/traps.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/traps.c
> index efc6b649985a..ed0eb9452f9e 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/traps.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/traps.c
> @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
>  #include <linux/irq.h>
>  #include <linux/kexec.h>
>  #include <linux/entry-common.h>
> +#include <linux/context_tracking.h>
>  
>  #include <asm/asm-prototypes.h>
>  #include <asm/bug.h>
> @@ -257,11 +258,11 @@ asmlinkage __visible __trap_section void do_trap_break(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  
>  		irqentry_exit_to_user_mode(regs);
>  	} else {
> -		irqentry_state_t state = irqentry_nmi_enter(regs);
> +		enum ctx_state prev_state = exception_enter();
>  
>  		handle_break(regs);
>  
> -		irqentry_nmi_exit(regs, state);
> +		exception_exit(prev_state);
>  	}
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 2.36.1
>