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Commit 31cd31c9 authored by Fushuai Wang's avatar Fushuai Wang Committed by Dave Hansen
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x86/fpu: Fix NULL dereference in avx512_status()



Problem
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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
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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: default avatarSohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarSohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarFushuai Wang <wangfushuai@baidu.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250811185044.2227268-1-sohil.mehta%40intel.com
parent 4fa7d880
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