2016-11-03 13:58:49

by Heiko Carstens

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Subject: [PATCH] percpu: use notrace variant of preempt_disable/preempt_enable

Commit 345ddcc882d8 ("ftrace: Have set_ftrace_pid use the bitmap like
events do") added a couple of this_cpu_read calls to the ftrace code.

On x86 this is not a problem, since it has single instructions to read
percpu data. Other architectures which use the generic variant now
have additional preempt_disable and preempt_enable calls in the core
ftrace code. This may lead to recursive calls and in result to a dead
machine, e.g. if preemption and debugging options are enabled.

To fix this use the notrace variant of preempt_disable and
preempt_enable within the generic percpu code.

Reported-and-bisected-by: Sebastian Ott <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Sebastian Ott <[email protected]>
Fixes: 345ddcc882d8 ("ftrace: Have set_ftrace_pid use the bitmap like events do")
Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <[email protected]>
---
include/asm-generic/percpu.h | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/percpu.h b/include/asm-generic/percpu.h
index 40e887068da2..0504ef8f3aa3 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/percpu.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/percpu.h
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ do { \
#define this_cpu_generic_read(pcp) \
({ \
typeof(pcp) __ret; \
- preempt_disable(); \
+ preempt_disable_notrace(); \
__ret = raw_cpu_generic_read(pcp); \
- preempt_enable(); \
+ preempt_enable_notrace(); \
__ret; \
})

--
2.8.4


2016-11-07 17:27:29

by Steven Rostedt

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] percpu: use notrace variant of preempt_disable/preempt_enable

On Thu, 3 Nov 2016 14:58:38 +0100
Heiko Carstens <[email protected]> wrote:

> Commit 345ddcc882d8 ("ftrace: Have set_ftrace_pid use the bitmap like
> events do") added a couple of this_cpu_read calls to the ftrace code.
>
> On x86 this is not a problem, since it has single instructions to read
> percpu data. Other architectures which use the generic variant now
> have additional preempt_disable and preempt_enable calls in the core
> ftrace code. This may lead to recursive calls and in result to a dead
> machine, e.g. if preemption and debugging options are enabled.
>
> To fix this use the notrace variant of preempt_disable and
> preempt_enable within the generic percpu code.
>
> Reported-and-bisected-by: Sebastian Ott <[email protected]>
> Tested-by: Sebastian Ott <[email protected]>
> Fixes: 345ddcc882d8 ("ftrace: Have set_ftrace_pid use the bitmap like events do")
> Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <[email protected]>

Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>

Feel free to push this in your tree.

-- Steve

> ---
> include/asm-generic/percpu.h | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/asm-generic/percpu.h b/include/asm-generic/percpu.h
> index 40e887068da2..0504ef8f3aa3 100644
> --- a/include/asm-generic/percpu.h
> +++ b/include/asm-generic/percpu.h
> @@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ do { \
> #define this_cpu_generic_read(pcp) \
> ({ \
> typeof(pcp) __ret; \
> - preempt_disable(); \
> + preempt_disable_notrace(); \
> __ret = raw_cpu_generic_read(pcp); \
> - preempt_enable(); \
> + preempt_enable_notrace(); \
> __ret; \
> })
>

2016-11-08 09:59:01

by Martin Schwidefsky

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] percpu: use notrace variant of preempt_disable/preempt_enable

On Mon, 7 Nov 2016 12:27:16 -0500
Steven Rostedt <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, 3 Nov 2016 14:58:38 +0100
> Heiko Carstens <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Commit 345ddcc882d8 ("ftrace: Have set_ftrace_pid use the bitmap like
> > events do") added a couple of this_cpu_read calls to the ftrace code.
> >
> > On x86 this is not a problem, since it has single instructions to read
> > percpu data. Other architectures which use the generic variant now
> > have additional preempt_disable and preempt_enable calls in the core
> > ftrace code. This may lead to recursive calls and in result to a dead
> > machine, e.g. if preemption and debugging options are enabled.
> >
> > To fix this use the notrace variant of preempt_disable and
> > preempt_enable within the generic percpu code.
> >
> > Reported-and-bisected-by: Sebastian Ott <[email protected]>
> > Tested-by: Sebastian Ott <[email protected]>
> > Fixes: 345ddcc882d8 ("ftrace: Have set_ftrace_pid use the bitmap like events do")
> > Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <[email protected]>
>
> Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>
>
> Feel free to push this in your tree.

Ok, will do. Thanks.

--
blue skies,
Martin.

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