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A thread started via eg. user_mode_thread() runs in the kernel to begin with and then may later return to userspace. While it's running in the kernel it has a pt_regs at the base of its kernel stack, but that pt_regs is all zeroes. If the thread oopses in that state, it leads to an ugly stack trace with a big block of zero GPRs, as reported by Joel: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.5.0-rc7-00004-gf7757129e3de-dirty #3 Hardware name: IBM PowerNV (emulated by qemu) POWER9 0x4e1200 opal:v7.0 PowerNV Call Trace: [c0000000036afb00] [c0000000010dd058] dump_stack_lvl+0x6c/0x9c (unreliable) [c0000000036afb30] [c00000000013c524] panic+0x178/0x424 [c0000000036afbd0] [c000000002005100] mount_root_generic+0x250/0x324 [c0000000036afca0] [c0000000020057d0] prepare_namespace+0x2d4/0x344 [c0000000036afd20] [c0000000020049c0] kernel_init_freeable+0x358/0x3ac [c0000000036afdf0] [c0000000000111b0] kernel_init+0x30/0x1a0 [c0000000036afe50] [c00000000000debc] ret_from_kernel_user_thread+0x14/0x1c --- interrupt: 0 at 0x0 NIP: 0000000000000000 LR: 0000000000000000 CTR: 0000000000000000 REGS: c0000000036afe80 TRAP: 0000 Not tainted (6.5.0-rc7-00004-gf7757129e3de-dirty) MSR: 0000000000000000 <> CR: 00000000 XER: 00000000 CFAR: 0000000000000000 IRQMASK: 0 GPR00: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 GPR04: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 GPR08: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 GPR12: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 GPR16: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 GPR20: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 GPR24: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 GPR28: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 NIP [0000000000000000] 0x0 LR [0000000000000000] 0x0 --- interrupt: 0 The all-zero pt_regs looks ugly and conveys no useful information, other than its presence. So detect that case and just show the presence of the frame by printing the interrupt marker, eg: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.5.0-rc3-00126-g18e9506562a0-dirty #301 Hardware name: IBM pSeries (emulated by qemu) POWER9 (raw) 0x4e1202 0xf000005 of:SLOF,HEAD hv:linux,kvm pSeries Call Trace: [c000000003aabb00] [c000000001143db8] dump_stack_lvl+0x6c/0x9c (unreliable) [c000000003aabb30] [c00000000014c624] panic+0x178/0x424 [c000000003aabbd0] [c0000000020050fc] mount_root_generic+0x250/0x324 [c000000003aabca0] [c0000000020057cc] prepare_namespace+0x2d4/0x344 [c000000003aabd20] [c0000000020049bc] kernel_init_freeable+0x358/0x3ac [c000000003aabdf0] [c0000000000111b0] kernel_init+0x30/0x1a0 [c000000003aabe50] [c00000000000debc] ret_from_kernel_user_thread+0x14/0x1c --- interrupt: 0 at 0x0 To avoid ever suppressing a valid pt_regs make sure the pt_regs has a zero MSR and TRAP value, and is located at the very base of the stack. Fixes: 6895dfc04741 ("powerpc: copy_thread fill in interrupt frame marker and back chain") Reported-by: Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au> Reported-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://msgid.link/20230824064210.907266-1-mpe@ellerman.id.au
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.