Re: [PATCH v2 3/9] rcu,tracing: Create trace_rcu_{enter,exit}()

Paul E. McKenney
2020-02-18T20:18:07Z

On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 12:46:09PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Feb 2020 13:33:35 +0900
> Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 17 Feb 2020 08:31:12 -0800
> > "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > BTW, if you consider the x86 specific code is in the generic file,
> > > > we can move NOKPROBE_SYMBOL() in arch/x86/kernel/traps.c.
> > > > (Sorry, I've hit this idea right now)
> > >
> > > Might this affect other architectures with NMIs and probe-like things?
> > > If so, it might make sense to leave it where it is.
> >
> > Yes, git grep shows that arm64 is using rcu_nmi_enter() in
> > debug_exception_enter().
> > OK, let's keep it, but maybe it is good to update the comment for
> > arm64 too. What about following?
> >
> > +/*
> > + * All functions in do_int3() on x86, do_debug_exception() on arm64 must be
> > + * marked NOKPROBE before kprobes handler is called.
> > + * ist_enter() on x86 and debug_exception_enter() on arm64 which is called
> > + * before kprobes handle happens to call rcu_nmi_enter() which means
> > + * that rcu_nmi_enter() must be marked NOKRPOBE.
> > + */
> >
>
> Ah, why don't we just say...
>
> /*
> * All functions called in the breakpoint trap handler (e.g. do_int3()
> * on x86), must not allow kprobes until the kprobe breakpoint handler
> * is called, otherwise it can cause an infinite recursion.
> * On some archs, rcu_nmi_enter() is called in the breakpoint handler
> * before the kprobe breakpoint handler is called, thus it must be
> * marked as NOKPROBE.
> */
>
> And that way we don't make this an arch specific comment.

That looks good to me. Masami, does this work for you?

Thanx, Paul