linux/arch/x86
Sean Christopherson 18ea35c5ed x86/fault: Decode and print #PF oops in human readable form
Linus pointed out that deciphering the raw #PF error code and printing
a more human readable message are two different things, and also that
printing the negative cases is mostly just noise[1].  For example, the
USER bit doesn't mean the fault originated in user code and stating
that an oops wasn't due to a protection keys violation isn't interesting
since an oops on a keys violation is a one-in-a-million scenario.

Remove the per-bit decoding of the error code and instead print:
  - the raw error code
  - why the fault occurred
  - the effective privilege level of the access
  - the type of access
  - whether the fault originated in user code or kernel code

This provides the user with the information needed to triage 99.9% of
oopses without polluting the log with useless information or conflating
the error_code with the CPL.

Sample output:

    BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address = 0000000000000008
    #PF: supervisor-privileged instruction fetch from kernel code
    #PF: error_code(0x0010) - not-present page

    BUG: unable to handle page fault for address = ffffbeef00000000
    #PF: supervisor-privileged instruction fetch from kernel code
    #PF: error_code(0x0010) - not-present page

    BUG: unable to handle page fault for address = ffffc90000230000
    #PF: supervisor-privileged write access from kernel code
    #PF: error_code(0x000b) - reserved bit violation

[1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=whk_fsnxVMvF1T2fFCaP2WrvSybABrLQCWLJyCvHw6NKA@mail.gmail.com

Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181221213657.27628-3-sean.j.christopherson@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2019-04-19 19:31:16 +02:00
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boot x86/boot: Fix incorrect ifdeffery scope 2019-03-27 14:00:51 +01:00
configs Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2019-03-07 19:25:37 -08:00
crypto crypto: x86/poly1305 - Clear key material from stack in SSE2 variant 2019-02-28 14:17:59 +08:00
entry pidfd patches for v5.1-rc1 2019-03-16 13:47:14 -07:00
events perf/x86/intel: Make dev_attr_allow_tsx_force_abort static 2019-03-17 08:40:18 +01:00
hyperv x86/hyperv: Prevent potential NULL pointer dereference 2019-03-21 12:24:39 +01:00
ia32 a.out: remove core dumping support 2019-03-05 10:00:35 -08:00
include A collection of x86 and ARM bugfixes, and some improvements to documentation. 2019-03-31 08:55:59 -07:00
kernel x86/resctrl: Remove unused variable 2019-03-24 22:09:27 +01:00
kvm KVM: x86: update %rip after emulating IO 2019-03-28 17:29:04 +01:00
lib x86/lib: Fix indentation issue, remove extra tab 2019-03-21 12:24:38 +01:00
math-emu Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
mm x86/fault: Decode and print #PF oops in human readable form 2019-04-19 19:31:16 +02:00
net x32: bpf: implement jitting of JMP32 2019-01-26 13:33:02 -08:00
oprofile
pci x86/PCI: Fixup RTIT_BAR of Intel Denverton Trace Hub 2019-02-07 08:43:58 -06:00
platform x86/realmode: Make set_real_mode_mem() static inline 2019-03-29 10:16:27 +01:00
power mm: remove include/linux/bootmem.h 2018-10-31 08:54:16 -07:00
purgatory
ras
realmode x86/realmode: Make set_real_mode_mem() static inline 2019-03-29 10:16:27 +01:00
tools x86: Clean up 'sizeof x' => 'sizeof(x)' 2018-10-29 07:13:28 +01:00
um Merge branch 'timers-2038-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-03-05 14:08:26 -08:00
video
xen Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2019-03-12 10:39:53 -07:00
.gitignore
Kbuild KVM: x86: Allow Qemu/KVM to use PVH entry point 2018-12-13 13:41:49 -05:00
Kconfig x86/smp: Enforce CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU when SMP=y 2019-03-28 13:34:58 +01:00
Kconfig.cpu
Kconfig.debug efi/x86: Convert x86 EFI earlyprintk into generic earlycon implementation 2019-02-04 08:27:30 +01:00
Makefile x86/retpolines: Disable switch jump tables when retpolines are enabled 2019-03-28 13:39:48 +01:00
Makefile_32.cpu
Makefile.um x86, powerpc: Remove -funit-at-a-time compiler option entirely 2018-12-09 11:55:32 +01:00