x86/fpu: Fix NULL dereference in avx512_status()
Problem ------- With CONFIG_X86_DEBUG_FPU enabled, reading /proc/[kthread]/arch_status causes a warning and a NULL pointer dereference. This is because the AVX-512 timestamp code uses x86_task_fpu() but doesn't check it for NULL. CONFIG_X86_DEBUG_FPU addles that function for kernel threads (PF_KTHREAD specifically), making it return NULL. The point of the warning was to ensure that kernel threads only access task->fpu after going through kernel_fpu_begin()/_end(). Note: all kernel tasks exposed in /proc have a valid task->fpu. Solution -------- One option is to silence the warning and check for NULL from x86_task_fpu(). However, that warning is fairly fresh and seems like a defense against misuse of the FPU state in kernel threads. Instead, stop outputting AVX-512_elapsed_ms for kernel threads altogether. The data was garbage anyway because avx512_timestamp is only updated for user threads, not kernel threads. If anyone ever wants to track kernel thread AVX-512 use, they can come back later and do it properly, separate from this bug fix. [ dhansen: mostly rewrite changelog ] Fixes: 22aafe3b ("x86/fpu: Remove init_task FPU state dependencies, add debugging warning for PF_KTHREAD tasks") Co-developed-by:Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@intel.com> Signed-off-by:
Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@intel.com> Signed-off-by:
Fushuai Wang <wangfushuai@baidu.com> Signed-off-by:
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250811185044.2227268-1-sohil.mehta%40intel.com
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