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* [RFC PATCH] block: disable IRQs until data is written to relay
@ 2008-05-30 11:04 Carl Henrik Lunde
  2008-05-30 11:44 ` [RFC PATCH] block: disable IRQs until data is written to relay channel Jens Axboe
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From: Carl Henrik Lunde @ 2008-05-30 11:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-btrace

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Hi,

Can you review this patch?  I'm new to locking in the Linux kernel
so I may be misssing something.

I think we must disable IRQs between relay_reserve and initializing
the data; consider the following scenario where task 1 and task 2
runs on the same CPU:

task 1: trace_note_message  task 2: interrupt  userspace (blktrace)
--------------------------  -----------------  --------------------
__trace_note_message                           read(relay)
relay_reserve                                  <blocks ...> 
<interrupted: I/O completion>

                            __blk_add_trace
                            relay_reserve
                            <buffers switched,
                             wake user>
                                               <reads uninitialized
                                                trace_note_message>
                            <done>
<runs again>
memcpy() - too late

-- 
Carl Henrik

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From 30fce97a2d7c02ba265eceed59592dbdc9c34f26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carl Henrik Lunde <chlunde@ping.uio.no>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 12:57:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] block: disable IRQs until data is written to relay channel

As we may run relay_reserve from interrupt context we must always disable
IRQs.  This is because a call to relay_reserve may expose previously written
data to use space.

Updated new message code and an old but related comment.

Signed-off-by: Carl Henrik Lunde <chlunde@ping.uio.no>
---
 block/blktrace.c |   10 ++++------
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blktrace.c b/block/blktrace.c
index 7ae87cc..8d3a277 100644
--- a/block/blktrace.c
+++ b/block/blktrace.c
@@ -79,16 +79,17 @@ void __trace_note_message(struct blk_trace *bt, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	int n;
 	va_list args;
+	unsigned long flags;
 	char *buf;
 
-	preempt_disable();
+	local_irq_save(flags);
 	buf = per_cpu_ptr(bt->msg_data, smp_processor_id());
 	va_start(args, fmt);
 	n = vscnprintf(buf, BLK_TN_MAX_MSG, fmt, args);
 	va_end(args);
 
 	trace_note(bt, 0, BLK_TN_MESSAGE, buf, n);
-	preempt_enable();
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__trace_note_message);
 
@@ -158,10 +159,7 @@ void __blk_add_trace(struct blk_trace *bt, sector_t sector, int bytes,
 	/*
 	 * A word about the locking here - we disable interrupts to reserve
 	 * some space in the relay per-cpu buffer, to prevent an irq
-	 * from coming in and stepping on our toes. Once reserved, it's
-	 * enough to get preemption disabled to prevent read of this data
-	 * before we are through filling it. get_cpu()/put_cpu() does this
-	 * for us
+	 * from coming in and stepping on our toes.
 	 */
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 
-- 
1.5.4.3


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* Re: [RFC PATCH] block: disable IRQs until data is written to relay  channel
  2008-05-30 11:04 [RFC PATCH] block: disable IRQs until data is written to relay Carl Henrik Lunde
@ 2008-05-30 11:44 ` Jens Axboe
  2008-06-11 12:32 ` Carl Henrik Lunde
  2008-06-11 13:06 ` Jens Axboe
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Jens Axboe @ 2008-05-30 11:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-btrace

On Fri, May 30 2008, Carl Henrik Lunde wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Can you review this patch?  I'm new to locking in the Linux kernel
> so I may be misssing something.
> 
> I think we must disable IRQs between relay_reserve and initializing
> the data; consider the following scenario where task 1 and task 2
> runs on the same CPU:
> 
> task 1: trace_note_message  task 2: interrupt  userspace (blktrace)
> --------------------------  -----------------  --------------------
> __trace_note_message                           read(relay)
> relay_reserve                                  <blocks ...> 
> <interrupted: I/O completion>
> 
>                             __blk_add_trace
>                             relay_reserve
>                             <buffers switched,
>                              wake user>
>                                                <reads uninitialized
>                                                 trace_note_message>
>                             <done>
> <runs again>
> memcpy() - too late
> 
> -- 
> Carl Henrik

> From 30fce97a2d7c02ba265eceed59592dbdc9c34f26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Carl Henrik Lunde <chlunde@ping.uio.no>
> Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 12:57:47 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] block: disable IRQs until data is written to relay channel
> 
> As we may run relay_reserve from interrupt context we must always disable
> IRQs.  This is because a call to relay_reserve may expose previously written
> data to use space.
> 
> Updated new message code and an old but related comment.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Carl Henrik Lunde <chlunde@ping.uio.no>
> ---
>  block/blktrace.c |   10 ++++------
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/block/blktrace.c b/block/blktrace.c
> index 7ae87cc..8d3a277 100644
> --- a/block/blktrace.c
> +++ b/block/blktrace.c
> @@ -79,16 +79,17 @@ void __trace_note_message(struct blk_trace *bt, const char *fmt, ...)
>  {
>  	int n;
>  	va_list args;
> +	unsigned long flags;
>  	char *buf;
>  
> -	preempt_disable();
> +	local_irq_save(flags);
>  	buf = per_cpu_ptr(bt->msg_data, smp_processor_id());
>  	va_start(args, fmt);
>  	n = vscnprintf(buf, BLK_TN_MAX_MSG, fmt, args);
>  	va_end(args);
>  
>  	trace_note(bt, 0, BLK_TN_MESSAGE, buf, n);
> -	preempt_enable();
> +	local_irq_restore(flags);

Good spotting, applied! Thanks.

-- 
Jens Axboe


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* Re: [RFC PATCH] block: disable IRQs until data is written to relay channel
  2008-05-30 11:04 [RFC PATCH] block: disable IRQs until data is written to relay Carl Henrik Lunde
  2008-05-30 11:44 ` [RFC PATCH] block: disable IRQs until data is written to relay channel Jens Axboe
@ 2008-06-11 12:32 ` Carl Henrik Lunde
  2008-06-11 13:06 ` Jens Axboe
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Carl Henrik Lunde @ 2008-06-11 12:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-btrace

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 13:44, Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> wrote:
> On Fri, May 30 2008, Carl Henrik Lunde wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Can you review this patch?  I'm new to locking in the Linux kernel
>> so I may be misssing something.
>>
>> I think we must disable IRQs between relay_reserve and initializing
>> the data; consider the following scenario where task 1 and task 2
>> runs on the same CPU:
>>
>> task 1: trace_note_message  task 2: interrupt  userspace (blktrace)
>> --------------------------  -----------------  --------------------
>> __trace_note_message                           read(relay)
>> relay_reserve                                  <blocks ...>
>> <interrupted: I/O completion>
>>
>>                             __blk_add_trace
>>                             relay_reserve
>>                             <buffers switched,
>>                              wake user>
>>                                                <reads uninitialized
>>                                                 trace_note_message>
>>                             <done>
>> <runs again>
>> memcpy() - too late
>>
>> --
>> Carl Henrik
>
>> From 30fce97a2d7c02ba265eceed59592dbdc9c34f26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Carl Henrik Lunde <chlunde@ping.uio.no>
>> Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 12:57:47 +0200
>> Subject: [PATCH] block: disable IRQs until data is written to relay channel
>>
>> As we may run relay_reserve from interrupt context we must always disable
>> IRQs.  This is because a call to relay_reserve may expose previously written
>> data to use space.
>>
>> Updated new message code and an old but related comment.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Carl Henrik Lunde <chlunde@ping.uio.no>
>> ---
>>  block/blktrace.c |   10 ++++------
>>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/block/blktrace.c b/block/blktrace.c
>> index 7ae87cc..8d3a277 100644
>> --- a/block/blktrace.c
>> +++ b/block/blktrace.c
>> @@ -79,16 +79,17 @@ void __trace_note_message(struct blk_trace *bt, const char *fmt, ...)
>>  {
>>       int n;
>>       va_list args;
>> +     unsigned long flags;
>>       char *buf;
>>
>> -     preempt_disable();
>> +     local_irq_save(flags);
>>       buf = per_cpu_ptr(bt->msg_data, smp_processor_id());
>>       va_start(args, fmt);
>>       n = vscnprintf(buf, BLK_TN_MAX_MSG, fmt, args);
>>       va_end(args);
>>
>>       trace_note(bt, 0, BLK_TN_MESSAGE, buf, n);
>> -     preempt_enable();
>> +     local_irq_restore(flags);
>
> Good spotting, applied! Thanks.

Hmm, applied where?

-- 
Carl Henrik

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* Re: [RFC PATCH] block: disable IRQs until data is written to relay channel
  2008-05-30 11:04 [RFC PATCH] block: disable IRQs until data is written to relay Carl Henrik Lunde
  2008-05-30 11:44 ` [RFC PATCH] block: disable IRQs until data is written to relay channel Jens Axboe
  2008-06-11 12:32 ` Carl Henrik Lunde
@ 2008-06-11 13:06 ` Jens Axboe
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Jens Axboe @ 2008-06-11 13:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-btrace

On Wed, Jun 11 2008, Carl Henrik Lunde wrote:
> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 13:44, Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, May 30 2008, Carl Henrik Lunde wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Can you review this patch?  I'm new to locking in the Linux kernel
> >> so I may be misssing something.
> >>
> >> I think we must disable IRQs between relay_reserve and initializing
> >> the data; consider the following scenario where task 1 and task 2
> >> runs on the same CPU:
> >>
> >> task 1: trace_note_message  task 2: interrupt  userspace (blktrace)
> >> --------------------------  -----------------  --------------------
> >> __trace_note_message                           read(relay)
> >> relay_reserve                                  <blocks ...>
> >> <interrupted: I/O completion>
> >>
> >>                             __blk_add_trace
> >>                             relay_reserve
> >>                             <buffers switched,
> >>                              wake user>
> >>                                                <reads uninitialized
> >>                                                 trace_note_message>
> >>                             <done>
> >> <runs again>
> >> memcpy() - too late
> >>
> >> --
> >> Carl Henrik
> >
> >> From 30fce97a2d7c02ba265eceed59592dbdc9c34f26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> >> From: Carl Henrik Lunde <chlunde@ping.uio.no>
> >> Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 12:57:47 +0200
> >> Subject: [PATCH] block: disable IRQs until data is written to relay channel
> >>
> >> As we may run relay_reserve from interrupt context we must always disable
> >> IRQs.  This is because a call to relay_reserve may expose previously written
> >> data to use space.
> >>
> >> Updated new message code and an old but related comment.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Carl Henrik Lunde <chlunde@ping.uio.no>
> >> ---
> >>  block/blktrace.c |   10 ++++------
> >>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/block/blktrace.c b/block/blktrace.c
> >> index 7ae87cc..8d3a277 100644
> >> --- a/block/blktrace.c
> >> +++ b/block/blktrace.c
> >> @@ -79,16 +79,17 @@ void __trace_note_message(struct blk_trace *bt, const char *fmt, ...)
> >>  {
> >>       int n;
> >>       va_list args;
> >> +     unsigned long flags;
> >>       char *buf;
> >>
> >> -     preempt_disable();
> >> +     local_irq_save(flags);
> >>       buf = per_cpu_ptr(bt->msg_data, smp_processor_id());
> >>       va_start(args, fmt);
> >>       n = vscnprintf(buf, BLK_TN_MAX_MSG, fmt, args);
> >>       va_end(args);
> >>
> >>       trace_note(bt, 0, BLK_TN_MESSAGE, buf, n);
> >> -     preempt_enable();
> >> +     local_irq_restore(flags);
> >
> > Good spotting, applied! Thanks.
> 
> Hmm, applied where?

Still local, I'll get it pushed out for 2.6.26 final for sure.

-- 
Jens Axboe


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