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arm64/boot: Disable trapping of PMZR_EL0 writes to EL2grafted
__init_el2_fgt2() writes one mask to both HDFGRTR2_EL2 and HDFGWTR2_EL2. PMZR_EL0 is write-only, so its trap bit, nPMZR_EL0, exists only in HDFGWTR2_EL2 and is therefore never set: a PMZR_EL0 write from the host traps to EL2, where the nVHE hypervisor has no handler and BUG()s. The kernel never writes PMZR_EL0, but kernel.perf_user_access=1 has the PMU driver set PMUSERENR_EL0.UEN for a task with a user-read event, so a write from EL0 reaches the trap and takes the host down without a panic message. Accumulate the HDFGWTR2_EL2 bits separately, as __init_el2_fgt() already does for HDFGWTR_EL2, and set nPMZR_EL0 with the other FEAT_PMUv3p9 bits. Fixes: 858c7bfcb35e1 ("arm64/boot: Enable EL2 requirements for FEAT_PMUv3p9") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev> Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+============================
+Configurable Error Injection
+============================
+
+Overview
+--------
+
+Configurable error injection allows injecting specific block layer status codes
+for sector ranges of a block device. Errors can be injected unconditionally, or
+with a given probability.
+
+To use configurable error injection, CONFIG_BLK_ERROR_INJECTION must be enabled.
+
+The only interface is the error_injection debugfs file, which is created for
+each registered gendisk. Writes to this file are used to create or delete rules
+and reads return a list of the current error injection sites.
+
+Options
+-------
+
+The following options specify the operations:
+
+=================== =======================================================
+add add a new rule
+removeall remove all existing rules
+=================== =======================================================
+
+The following options specify the details of the rule for the add operation:
+
+=================== =======================================================
+op=<string> block layer operation this rule applies to. This uses
+ the XYZ for each REQ_OP_XYZ operation, e.g. READ, WRITE
+ or DISCARD. Mandatory.
+status=<string> Status to return. This uses XYZ for each BLK_STS_XYZ
+ code, e.g. IOERR or MEDIUM. Mandatory.
+start=<number> First block layer sector the rule applies to.
+ Optional, defaults to 0.
+nr_sectors=<number> Number of sectors this rule applies.
+ Optional, defaults to the remainder of the device.
+chance=<number> Only return a failure with a likelihood of 1/chance.
+ Optional, defaults to 1 (always).
+=================== =======================================================
+
+Example
+-------
+
+Return BLK_STS_IOERR for one in 10 reads of sector 0 of /dev/nvme0n1:
+
+ $ echo 'add,op=READ,start=0,status=IOERR,chance=10' > /sys/kernel/debug/block/nvme0n1/error_injection
+
+Return BLK_STS_MEDIUM for every write to /dev/nvme0n1:
+
+ $ echo 'add,op=WRITE,start=0,status=MEDIUM' > /sys/kernel/debug/block/nvme0n1/error_injection
+
+Remove all rules for /dev/nvme0n1:
+
+ $ echo 'removeall' > /sys/kernel/debug/block/nvme0n1/error_injection