[PATCH 10/11 v3] ftrace: Reverse what the RECURSION flag means in the ftrace_ops

[PATCH 10/11 v3] ftrace: Reverse what the RECURSION flag means in the ftrace_ops

[Steven Rostedt]

From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>

Now that all callbacks are recursion safe, reverse the meaning of the
RECURSION flag and rename it from RECURSION_SAFE to simply RECURSION.
Now only callbacks that request to have recursion protecting it will
have the added trampoline to do so.

Also remove the outdated comment about "PER_CPU" when determining to
use the ftrace_ops_assist_func.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201028115613.742454631@goodmis.org

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Cc: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Cc: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
 Documentation/trace/ftrace-uses.rst | 82 +++++++++++++++++++++--------
 include/linux/ftrace.h              | 12 ++---
 kernel/trace/fgraph.c               |  3 +-
 kernel/trace/ftrace.c               | 20 ++++---
 kernel/trace/trace_events.c         |  1 -
 kernel/trace/trace_functions.c      |  2 +-
 kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c       |  7 +--
 kernel/trace/trace_stack.c          |  1 -
 8 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace-uses.rst b/Documentation/trace/ftrace-uses.rst
index a4955f7e3d19..86cd14b8e126 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace-uses.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace-uses.rst
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ The ftrace context
   This requires extra care to what can be done inside a callback. A callback
   can be called outside the protective scope of RCU.
 
-The ftrace infrastructure has some protections against recursions and RCU
-but one must still be very careful how they use the callbacks.
+There are helper functions to help against recursion, and making sure
+RCU is watching. These are explained below.
 
 
 The ftrace_ops structure
@@ -108,6 +108,50 @@ The prototype of the callback function is as follows (as of v4.14):
 	at the start of the function where ftrace was tracing. Otherwise it
 	either contains garbage, or NULL.
 
+Protect your callback
+=====================
+
+As functions can be called from anywhere, and it is possible that a function
+called by a callback may also be traced, and call that same callback,
+recursion protection must be used. There are two helper functions that
+can help in this regard. If you start your code with:
+
+	int bit;
+
+	bit = ftrace_test_recursion_trylock();
+	if (bit < 0)
+		return;
+
+and end it with:
+
+	ftrace_test_recursion_unlock(bit);
+
+The code in between will be safe to use, even if it ends up calling a
+function that the callback is tracing. Note, on success,
+ftrace_test_recursion_trylock() will disable preemption, and the
+ftrace_test_recursion_unlock() will enable it again (if it was previously
+enabled).
+
+Alternatively, if the FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION flag is set on the ftrace_ops
+(as explained below), then a helper trampoline will be used to test
+for recursion for the callback and no recursion test needs to be done.
+But this is at the expense of a slightly more overhead from an extra
+function call.
+
+If your callback accesses any data or critical section that requires RCU
+protection, it is best to make sure that RCU is "watching", otherwise
+that data or critical section will not be protected as expected. In this
+case add:
+
+	if (!rcu_is_watching())
+		return;
+
+Alternatively, if the FTRACE_OPS_FL_RCU flag is set on the ftrace_ops
+(as explained below), then a helper trampoline will be used to test
+for rcu_is_watching for the callback and no other test needs to be done.
+But this is at the expense of a slightly more overhead from an extra
+function call.
+
 
 The ftrace FLAGS
 ================
@@ -128,26 +172,20 @@ FTRACE_OPS_FL_SAVE_REGS_IF_SUPPORTED
 	will not fail with this flag set. But the callback must check if
 	regs is NULL or not to determine if the architecture supports it.
 
-FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION_SAFE
-	By default, a wrapper is added around the callback to
-	make sure that recursion of the function does not occur. That is,
-	if a function that is called as a result of the callback's execution
-	is also traced, ftrace will prevent the callback from being called
-	again. But this wrapper adds some overhead, and if the callback is
-	safe from recursion, it can set this flag to disable the ftrace
-	protection.
-
-	Note, if this flag is set, and recursion does occur, it could cause
-	the system to crash, and possibly reboot via a triple fault.
-
-	It is OK if another callback traces a function that is called by a
-	callback that is marked recursion safe. Recursion safe callbacks
-	must never trace any function that are called by the callback
-	itself or any nested functions that those functions call.
-
-	If this flag is set, it is possible that the callback will also
-	be called with preemption enabled (when CONFIG_PREEMPTION is set),
-	but this is not guaranteed.
+FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION
+	By default, it is expected that the callback can handle recursion.
+	But if the callback is not that worried about overehead, then
+	setting this bit will add the recursion protection around the
+	callback by calling a helper function that will do the recursion
+	protection and only call the callback if it did not recurse.
+
+	Note, if this flag is not set, and recursion does occur, it could
+	cause the system to crash, and possibly reboot via a triple fault.
+
+	Not, if this flag is set, then the callback will always be called
+	with preemption disabled. If it is not set, then it is possible
+	(but not guaranteed) that the callback will be called in
+	preemptable context.
 
 FTRACE_OPS_FL_IPMODIFY
 	Requires FTRACE_OPS_FL_SAVE_REGS set. If the callback is to "hijack"
diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace.h b/include/linux/ftrace.h
index 0e4164a7f56d..806196345c3f 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace.h
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ ftrace_func_t ftrace_ops_get_func(struct ftrace_ops *ops);
 /*
  * FTRACE_OPS_FL_* bits denote the state of ftrace_ops struct and are
  * set in the flags member.
- * CONTROL, SAVE_REGS, SAVE_REGS_IF_SUPPORTED, RECURSION_SAFE, STUB and
+ * CONTROL, SAVE_REGS, SAVE_REGS_IF_SUPPORTED, RECURSION, STUB and
  * IPMODIFY are a kind of attribute flags which can be set only before
  * registering the ftrace_ops, and can not be modified while registered.
  * Changing those attribute flags after registering ftrace_ops will
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ ftrace_func_t ftrace_ops_get_func(struct ftrace_ops *ops);
  *            passing regs to the handler.
  *            Note, if this flag is set, the SAVE_REGS flag will automatically
  *            get set upon registering the ftrace_ops, if the arch supports it.
- * RECURSION_SAFE - The ftrace_ops can set this to tell the ftrace infrastructure
- *            that the call back has its own recursion protection. If it does
- *            not set this, then the ftrace infrastructure will add recursion
- *            protection for the caller.
+ * RECURSION - The ftrace_ops can set this to tell the ftrace infrastructure
+ *            that the call back needs recursion protection. If it does
+ *            not set this, then the ftrace infrastructure will assume
+ *            that the callback can handle recursion on its own.
  * STUB   - The ftrace_ops is just a place holder.
  * INITIALIZED - The ftrace_ops has already been initialized (first use time
  *            register_ftrace_function() is called, it will initialized the ops)
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ enum {
 	FTRACE_OPS_FL_DYNAMIC			= BIT(1),
 	FTRACE_OPS_FL_SAVE_REGS			= BIT(2),
 	FTRACE_OPS_FL_SAVE_REGS_IF_SUPPORTED	= BIT(3),
-	FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION_SAFE		= BIT(4),
+	FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION			= BIT(4),
 	FTRACE_OPS_FL_STUB			= BIT(5),
 	FTRACE_OPS_FL_INITIALIZED		= BIT(6),
 	FTRACE_OPS_FL_DELETED			= BIT(7),
diff --git a/kernel/trace/fgraph.c b/kernel/trace/fgraph.c
index 5658f13037b3..73edb9e4f354 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/fgraph.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/fgraph.c
@@ -334,8 +334,7 @@ unsigned long ftrace_graph_ret_addr(struct task_struct *task, int *idx,
 
 static struct ftrace_ops graph_ops = {
 	.func			= ftrace_stub,
-	.flags			= FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION_SAFE |
-				   FTRACE_OPS_FL_INITIALIZED |
+	.flags			= FTRACE_OPS_FL_INITIALIZED |
 				   FTRACE_OPS_FL_PID |
 				   FTRACE_OPS_FL_STUB,
 #ifdef FTRACE_GRAPH_TRAMP_ADDR
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 8185f7240095..39f2bba89b76 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ enum {
 
 struct ftrace_ops ftrace_list_end __read_mostly = {
 	.func		= ftrace_stub,
-	.flags		= FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION_SAFE | FTRACE_OPS_FL_STUB,
+	.flags		= FTRACE_OPS_FL_STUB,
 	INIT_OPS_HASH(ftrace_list_end)
 };
 
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ static void unregister_ftrace_profiler(void)
 #else
 static struct ftrace_ops ftrace_profile_ops __read_mostly = {
 	.func		= function_profile_call,
-	.flags		= FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION_SAFE | FTRACE_OPS_FL_INITIALIZED,
+	.flags		= FTRACE_OPS_FL_INITIALIZED,
 	INIT_OPS_HASH(ftrace_profile_ops)
 };
 
@@ -1040,8 +1040,7 @@ struct ftrace_ops global_ops = {
 	.local_hash.notrace_hash	= EMPTY_HASH,
 	.local_hash.filter_hash		= EMPTY_HASH,
 	INIT_OPS_HASH(global_ops)
-	.flags				= FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION_SAFE |
-					  FTRACE_OPS_FL_INITIALIZED |
+	.flags				= FTRACE_OPS_FL_INITIALIZED |
 					  FTRACE_OPS_FL_PID,
 };
 
@@ -2382,7 +2381,7 @@ static void call_direct_funcs(unsigned long ip, unsigned long pip,
 
 struct ftrace_ops direct_ops = {
 	.func		= call_direct_funcs,
-	.flags		= FTRACE_OPS_FL_IPMODIFY | FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION_SAFE
+	.flags		= FTRACE_OPS_FL_IPMODIFY
 			  | FTRACE_OPS_FL_DIRECT | FTRACE_OPS_FL_SAVE_REGS
 			  | FTRACE_OPS_FL_PERMANENT,
 	/*
@@ -6864,8 +6863,7 @@ void ftrace_init_trace_array(struct trace_array *tr)
 
 struct ftrace_ops global_ops = {
 	.func			= ftrace_stub,
-	.flags			= FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION_SAFE |
-				  FTRACE_OPS_FL_INITIALIZED |
+	.flags			= FTRACE_OPS_FL_INITIALIZED |
 				  FTRACE_OPS_FL_PID,
 };
 
@@ -7023,11 +7021,11 @@ NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(ftrace_ops_assist_func);
 ftrace_func_t ftrace_ops_get_func(struct ftrace_ops *ops)
 {
 	/*
-	 * If the function does not handle recursion, needs to be RCU safe,
-	 * or does per cpu logic, then we need to call the assist handler.
+	 * If the function does not handle recursion or needs to be RCU safe,
+	 * then we need to call the assist handler.
 	 */
-	if (!(ops->flags & FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION_SAFE) ||
-	    ops->flags & FTRACE_OPS_FL_RCU)
+	if (ops->flags & (FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION |
+			  FTRACE_OPS_FL_RCU))
 		return ftrace_ops_assist_func;
 
 	return ops->func;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 47a71f96e5bc..244abbcd1db5 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -3712,7 +3712,6 @@ function_test_events_call(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
 static struct ftrace_ops trace_ops __initdata  =
 {
 	.func = function_test_events_call,
-	.flags = FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION_SAFE,
 };
 
 static __init void event_trace_self_test_with_function(void)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_functions.c b/kernel/trace/trace_functions.c
index 943756c01190..89c414ce1388 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_functions.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_functions.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ int ftrace_allocate_ftrace_ops(struct trace_array *tr)
 
 	/* Currently only the non stack version is supported */
 	ops->func = function_trace_call;
-	ops->flags = FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION_SAFE | FTRACE_OPS_FL_PID;
+	ops->flags = FTRACE_OPS_FL_PID;
 
 	tr->ops = ops;
 	ops->private = tr;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c b/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
index 4738ad48a667..8ee3c0bb5d8a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
@@ -150,17 +150,14 @@ static void trace_selftest_test_dyn_func(unsigned long ip,
 
 static struct ftrace_ops test_probe1 = {
 	.func			= trace_selftest_test_probe1_func,
-	.flags			= FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION_SAFE,
 };
 
 static struct ftrace_ops test_probe2 = {
 	.func			= trace_selftest_test_probe2_func,
-	.flags			= FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION_SAFE,
 };
 
 static struct ftrace_ops test_probe3 = {
 	.func			= trace_selftest_test_probe3_func,
-	.flags			= FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION_SAFE,
 };
 
 static void print_counts(void)
@@ -448,11 +445,11 @@ static void trace_selftest_test_recursion_safe_func(unsigned long ip,
 
 static struct ftrace_ops test_rec_probe = {
 	.func			= trace_selftest_test_recursion_func,
+	.flags			= FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION,
 };
 
 static struct ftrace_ops test_recsafe_probe = {
 	.func			= trace_selftest_test_recursion_safe_func,
-	.flags			= FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION_SAFE,
 };
 
 static int
@@ -561,7 +558,7 @@ static void trace_selftest_test_regs_func(unsigned long ip,
 
 static struct ftrace_ops test_regs_probe = {
 	.func		= trace_selftest_test_regs_func,
-	.flags		= FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION_SAFE | FTRACE_OPS_FL_SAVE_REGS,
+	.flags		= FTRACE_OPS_FL_SAVE_REGS,
 };
 
 static int
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
index c408423e5d65..969db526a563 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
@@ -318,7 +318,6 @@ stack_trace_call(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
 static struct ftrace_ops trace_ops __read_mostly =
 {
 	.func = stack_trace_call,
-	.flags = FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION_SAFE,
 };
 
 static ssize_t
-- 
2.28.0

[PATCH 11/11 v3] ftrace: Add recording of functions that caused recursion

[Steven Rostedt]

From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>

This adds CONFIG_FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION that will record to a file
"recursed_functions" all the functions that caused recursion while a
callback to the function tracer was running.

Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Guo Ren <guoren@kernel.org>
Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: x86@kernel.org
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Anton Vorontsov <anton@enomsg.org>
Cc: Colin Cross <ccross@android.com>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>
Cc: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Cc: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
Cc: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-csky@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Cc: live-patching@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---

Changes since v2:

 - Use trace_recursion flags in current for protecting recursion of recursion recording
 - Make the recursion logic a little cleaner
 - Export GPL the recursion recording

 Documentation/trace/ftrace-uses.rst   |   6 +-
 arch/csky/kernel/probes/ftrace.c      |   2 +-
 arch/parisc/kernel/ftrace.c           |   2 +-
 arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes-ftrace.c  |   2 +-
 arch/s390/kernel/ftrace.c             |   2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/ftrace.c      |   2 +-
 fs/pstore/ftrace.c                    |   2 +-
 include/linux/trace_recursion.h       |  29 +++-
 kernel/livepatch/patch.c              |   2 +-
 kernel/trace/Kconfig                  |  25 +++
 kernel/trace/Makefile                 |   1 +
 kernel/trace/ftrace.c                 |   4 +-
 kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c       |   2 +-
 kernel/trace/trace_functions.c        |   2 +-
 kernel/trace/trace_output.c           |   6 +-
 kernel/trace/trace_output.h           |   1 +
 kernel/trace/trace_recursion_record.c | 236 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 17 files changed, 306 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 kernel/trace/trace_recursion_record.c

diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace-uses.rst b/Documentation/trace/ftrace-uses.rst
index 86cd14b8e126..5981d5691745 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace-uses.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace-uses.rst
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ can help in this regard. If you start your code with:
 
 	int bit;
 
-	bit = ftrace_test_recursion_trylock();
+	bit = ftrace_test_recursion_trylock(ip, parent_ip);
 	if (bit < 0)
 		return;
 
@@ -130,7 +130,9 @@ The code in between will be safe to use, even if it ends up calling a
 function that the callback is tracing. Note, on success,
 ftrace_test_recursion_trylock() will disable preemption, and the
 ftrace_test_recursion_unlock() will enable it again (if it was previously
-enabled).
+enabled). The instruction pointer (ip) and its parent (parent_ip) is passed to
+ftrace_test_recursion_trylock() to record where the recursion happened
+(if CONFIG_FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION is set).
 
 Alternatively, if the FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION flag is set on the ftrace_ops
 (as explained below), then a helper trampoline will be used to test
diff --git a/arch/csky/kernel/probes/ftrace.c b/arch/csky/kernel/probes/ftrace.c
index 5eb2604fdf71..f30b179924ef 100644
--- a/arch/csky/kernel/probes/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/csky/kernel/probes/ftrace.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ void kprobe_ftrace_handler(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
 	struct kprobe *p;
 	struct kprobe_ctlblk *kcb;
 
-	bit = ftrace_test_recursion_trylock();
+	bit = ftrace_test_recursion_trylock(ip, parent_ip);
 	if (bit < 0)
 		return;
 
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/ftrace.c
index 13d85042810a..1c5d3732bda2 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ void kprobe_ftrace_handler(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
 	struct kprobe *p;
 	int bit;
 
-	bit = ftrace_test_recursion_trylock();
+	bit = ftrace_test_recursion_trylock(ip, parent_ip);
 	if (bit < 0)
 		return;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes-ftrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes-ftrace.c
index 5df8d50c65ae..fdfee39938ea 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes-ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes-ftrace.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ void kprobe_ftrace_handler(unsigned long nip, unsigned long parent_nip,
 	struct kprobe_ctlblk *kcb;
 	int bit;
 
-	bit = ftrace_test_recursion_trylock();
+	bit = ftrace_test_recursion_trylock(nip, parent_nip);
 	if (bit < 0)
 		return;
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/s390/kernel/ftrace.c
index 8f31c726537a..657c1ab45408 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ void kprobe_ftrace_handler(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
 	struct kprobe *p;
 	int bit;
 
-	bit = ftrace_test_recursion_trylock();
+	bit = ftrace_test_recursion_trylock(ip, parent_ip);
 	if (bit < 0)
 		return;
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/ftrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/ftrace.c
index a40a6cdfcca3..954d930a7127 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/ftrace.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ void kprobe_ftrace_handler(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
 	struct kprobe_ctlblk *kcb;
 	int bit;
 
-	bit = ftrace_test_recursion_trylock();
+	bit = ftrace_test_recursion_trylock(ip, parent_ip);
 	if (bit < 0)
 		return;
 
diff --git a/fs/pstore/ftrace.c b/fs/pstore/ftrace.c
index 816210fc5d3a..adb0935eb062 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/ftrace.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/ftrace.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static void notrace pstore_ftrace_call(unsigned long ip,
 	if (unlikely(oops_in_progress))
 		return;
 
-	bit = ftrace_test_recursion_trylock();
+	bit = ftrace_test_recursion_trylock(ip, parent_ip);
 	if (bit < 0)
 		return;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/trace_recursion.h b/include/linux/trace_recursion.h
index ac3d73484cb2..228cc56ed66e 100644
--- a/include/linux/trace_recursion.h
+++ b/include/linux/trace_recursion.h
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ enum {
 	 * not be correct. Allow for a single recursion to cover this case.
 	 */
 	TRACE_TRANSITION_BIT,
+
+	/* Used to prevent recursion recording from recursing. */
+	TRACE_RECORD_RECURSION_BIT,
 };
 
 #define trace_recursion_set(bit)	do { (current)->trace_recursion |= (1<<(bit)); } while (0)
@@ -142,7 +145,22 @@ static __always_inline int trace_get_context_bit(void)
 			pc & HARDIRQ_MASK ? TRACE_CTX_IRQ : TRACE_CTX_SOFTIRQ;
 }
 
-static __always_inline int trace_test_and_set_recursion(int start, int max)
+#ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION
+extern void ftrace_record_recursion(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip);
+# define do_ftrace_record_recursion(ip, pip)				\
+	do {								\
+		if (!trace_recursion_test(TRACE_RECORD_RECURSION_BIT)) { \
+			trace_recursion_set(TRACE_RECORD_RECURSION_BIT); \
+			ftrace_record_recursion(ip, pip);		\
+			trace_recursion_clear(TRACE_RECORD_RECURSION_BIT); \
+		}							\
+	} while (0)
+#else
+# define do_ftrace_record_recursion(ip, pip)	do { } while (0)
+#endif
+
+static __always_inline int trace_test_and_set_recursion(unsigned long ip, unsigned long pip,
+							int start, int max)
 {
 	unsigned int val = current->trace_recursion;
 	int bit;
@@ -158,8 +176,10 @@ static __always_inline int trace_test_and_set_recursion(int start, int max)
 		 * a switch between contexts. Allow for a single recursion.
 		 */
 		bit = TRACE_TRANSITION_BIT;
-		if (trace_recursion_test(bit))
+		if (trace_recursion_test(bit)) {
+			do_ftrace_record_recursion(ip, pip);
 			return -1;
+		}
 		trace_recursion_set(bit);
 		barrier();
 		return bit + 1;
@@ -199,9 +219,10 @@ static __always_inline void trace_clear_recursion(int bit)
  * Returns: -1 if a recursion happened.
  *           >= 0 if no recursion
  */
-static __always_inline int ftrace_test_recursion_trylock(void)
+static __always_inline int ftrace_test_recursion_trylock(unsigned long ip,
+							 unsigned long parent_ip)
 {
-	return trace_test_and_set_recursion(TRACE_FTRACE_START, TRACE_FTRACE_MAX);
+	return trace_test_and_set_recursion(ip, parent_ip, TRACE_FTRACE_START, TRACE_FTRACE_MAX);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/patch.c b/kernel/livepatch/patch.c
index 15480bf3ce88..875c5dbbdd33 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/patch.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/patch.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static void notrace klp_ftrace_handler(unsigned long ip,
 
 	ops = container_of(fops, struct klp_ops, fops);
 
-	bit = ftrace_test_recursion_trylock();
+	bit = ftrace_test_recursion_trylock(ip, parent_ip);
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(bit < 0))
 		return;
 	/*
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index a4020c0b4508..9b11c096d139 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -727,6 +727,31 @@ config TRACE_EVAL_MAP_FILE
 
 	If unsure, say N.
 
+config FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION
+	bool "Record functions that recurse in function tracing"
+	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
+	help
+	  All callbacks that attach to the function tracing have some sort
+	  of protection against recursion. Even though the protection exists,
+	  it adds overhead. This option will create a file in the tracefs
+	  file system called "recursed_functions" that will list the functions
+	  that triggered a recursion.
+
+	  This will add more overhead to cases that have recursion.
+
+	  If unsure, say N
+
+config FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION_SIZE
+	int "Max number of recursed functions to record"
+	default	128
+	depends on FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION
+	help
+	  This defines the limit of number of functions that can be
+	  listed in the "recursed_functions" file, that lists all
+	  the functions that caused a recursion to happen.
+	  This file can be reset, but the limit can not change in
+	  size at runtime.
+
 config GCOV_PROFILE_FTRACE
 	bool "Enable GCOV profiling on ftrace subsystem"
 	depends on GCOV_KERNEL
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Makefile b/kernel/trace/Makefile
index e153be351548..7e44cea89fdc 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/trace/Makefile
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_EVENTS) += trace_dynevent.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PROBE_EVENTS) += trace_probe.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_UPROBE_EVENTS) += trace_uprobe.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BOOTTIME_TRACING) += trace_boot.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION) += trace_recursion_record.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRACEPOINT_BENCHMARK) += trace_benchmark.o
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 39f2bba89b76..03aad2b5cd5e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -6918,7 +6918,7 @@ __ftrace_ops_list_func(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
 	struct ftrace_ops *op;
 	int bit;
 
-	bit = trace_test_and_set_recursion(TRACE_LIST_START, TRACE_LIST_MAX);
+	bit = trace_test_and_set_recursion(ip, parent_ip, TRACE_LIST_START, TRACE_LIST_MAX);
 	if (bit < 0)
 		return;
 
@@ -6993,7 +6993,7 @@ static void ftrace_ops_assist_func(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
 {
 	int bit;
 
-	bit = trace_test_and_set_recursion(TRACE_LIST_START, TRACE_LIST_MAX);
+	bit = trace_test_and_set_recursion(ip, parent_ip, TRACE_LIST_START, TRACE_LIST_MAX);
 	if (bit < 0)
 		return;
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
index a2b9fddb8148..1b202e28dfaa 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ perf_ftrace_function_call(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
 	if ((unsigned long)ops->private != smp_processor_id())
 		return;
 
-	bit = ftrace_test_recursion_trylock();
+	bit = ftrace_test_recursion_trylock(ip, parent_ip);
 	if (bit < 0)
 		return;
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_functions.c b/kernel/trace/trace_functions.c
index 89c414ce1388..646eda6c44a5 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_functions.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_functions.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ function_trace_call(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
 	if (unlikely(!tr->function_enabled))
 		return;
 
-	bit = ftrace_test_recursion_trylock();
+	bit = ftrace_test_recursion_trylock(ip, parent_ip);
 	if (bit < 0)
 		return;
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
index 000e9dc224c6..92b1575ae0ca 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
@@ -353,8 +353,8 @@ static inline const char *kretprobed(const char *name)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_KRETPROBES */
 
-static void
-seq_print_sym(struct trace_seq *s, unsigned long address, bool offset)
+void
+trace_seq_print_sym(struct trace_seq *s, unsigned long address, bool offset)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS
 	char str[KSYM_SYMBOL_LEN];
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ seq_print_ip_sym(struct trace_seq *s, unsigned long ip, unsigned long sym_flags)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	seq_print_sym(s, ip, sym_flags & TRACE_ITER_SYM_OFFSET);
+	trace_seq_print_sym(s, ip, sym_flags & TRACE_ITER_SYM_OFFSET);
 
 	if (sym_flags & TRACE_ITER_SYM_ADDR)
 		trace_seq_printf(s, " <" IP_FMT ">", ip);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_output.h b/kernel/trace/trace_output.h
index 2f742b74e7e6..4c954636caf0 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_output.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_output.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ extern int
 seq_print_ip_sym(struct trace_seq *s, unsigned long ip,
 		unsigned long sym_flags);
 
+extern void trace_seq_print_sym(struct trace_seq *s, unsigned long address, bool offset);
 extern int trace_print_context(struct trace_iterator *iter);
 extern int trace_print_lat_context(struct trace_iterator *iter);
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_recursion_record.c b/kernel/trace/trace_recursion_record.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b2edac1fe156
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_recursion_record.c
@@ -0,0 +1,236 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#include <linux/seq_file.h>
+#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/ftrace.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+
+#include "trace_output.h"
+
+struct recursed_functions {
+	unsigned long		ip;
+	unsigned long		parent_ip;
+};
+
+static struct recursed_functions recursed_functions[CONFIG_FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION_SIZE];
+static atomic_t nr_records;
+
+/*
+ * Cache the last found function. Yes, updates to this is racey, but
+ * so is memory cache ;-)
+ */
+static unsigned long cached_function;
+
+void ftrace_record_recursion(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip)
+{
+	int index = 0;
+	int i;
+	unsigned long old;
+
+ again:
+	/* First check the last one recorded */
+	if (ip == cached_function)
+		return;
+
+	i = atomic_read(&nr_records);
+	/* nr_records is -1 when clearing records */
+	smp_mb__after_atomic();
+	if (i < 0)
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * If there's two writers and this writer comes in second,
+	 * the cmpxchg() below to update the ip will fail. Then this
+	 * writer will try again. It is possible that index will now
+	 * be greater than nr_records. This is because the writer
+	 * that succeeded has not updated the nr_records yet.
+	 * This writer could keep trying again until the other writer
+	 * updates nr_records. But if the other writer takes an
+	 * interrupt, and that interrupt locks up that CPU, we do
+	 * not want this CPU to lock up due to the recursion protection,
+	 * and have a bug report showing this CPU as the cause of
+	 * locking up the computer. To not lose this record, this
+	 * writer will simply use the next position to update the
+	 * recursed_functions, and it will update the nr_records
+	 * accordingly.
+	 */
+	if (index < i)
+		index = i;
+	if (index >= CONFIG_FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION_SIZE)
+		return;
+
+	for (i = index - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+		if (recursed_functions[i].ip == ip) {
+			cached_function = ip;
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+
+	cached_function = ip;
+
+	/*
+	 * We only want to add a function if it hasn't been added before.
+	 * Add to the current location before incrementing the count.
+	 * If it fails to add, then increment the index (save in i)
+	 * and try again.
+	 */
+	old = cmpxchg(&recursed_functions[index].ip, 0, ip);
+	if (old != 0) {
+		/* Did something else already added this for us? */
+		if (old == ip)
+			return;
+		/* Try the next location (use i for the next index) */
+		index++;
+		goto again;
+	}
+
+	recursed_functions[index].parent_ip = parent_ip;
+
+	/*
+	 * It's still possible that we could race with the clearing
+	 *    CPU0                                    CPU1
+	 *    ----                                    ----
+	 *                                       ip = func
+	 *  nr_records = -1;
+	 *  recursed_functions[0] = 0;
+	 *                                       i = -1
+	 *                                       if (i < 0)
+	 *  nr_records = 0;
+	 *  (new recursion detected)
+	 *      recursed_functions[0] = func
+	 *                                            cmpxchg(recursed_functions[0],
+	 *                                                    func, 0)
+	 *
+	 * But the worse that could happen is that we get a zero in
+	 * the recursed_functions array, and it's likely that "func" will
+	 * be recorded again.
+	 */
+	i = atomic_read(&nr_records);
+	smp_mb__after_atomic();
+	if (i < 0)
+		cmpxchg(&recursed_functions[index].ip, ip, 0);
+	else if (i <= index)
+		atomic_cmpxchg(&nr_records, i, index + 1);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ftrace_record_recursion);
+
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(recursed_function_lock);
+static struct trace_seq *tseq;
+
+static void *recursed_function_seq_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
+{
+	void *ret = NULL;
+	int index;
+
+	mutex_lock(&recursed_function_lock);
+	index = atomic_read(&nr_records);
+	if (*pos < index) {
+		ret = &recursed_functions[*pos];
+	}
+
+	tseq = kzalloc(sizeof(*tseq), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!tseq)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	trace_seq_init(tseq);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void *recursed_function_seq_next(struct seq_file *m, void *v, loff_t *pos)
+{
+	int index;
+	int p;
+
+	index = atomic_read(&nr_records);
+	p = ++(*pos);
+
+	return p < index ? &recursed_functions[p] : NULL;
+}
+
+static void recursed_function_seq_stop(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
+{
+	kfree(tseq);
+	mutex_unlock(&recursed_function_lock);
+}
+
+static int recursed_function_seq_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
+{
+	struct recursed_functions *record = v;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (record) {
+		trace_seq_print_sym(tseq, record->parent_ip, true);
+		trace_seq_puts(tseq, ":\t");
+		trace_seq_print_sym(tseq, record->ip, true);
+		trace_seq_putc(tseq, '\n');
+		ret = trace_print_seq(m, tseq);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static const struct seq_operations recursed_function_seq_ops = {
+	.start  = recursed_function_seq_start,
+	.next   = recursed_function_seq_next,
+	.stop   = recursed_function_seq_stop,
+	.show   = recursed_function_seq_show
+};
+
+static int recursed_function_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	mutex_lock(&recursed_function_lock);
+	/* If this file was opened for write, then erase contents */
+	if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) && (file->f_flags & O_TRUNC)) {
+		/* disable updating records */
+		atomic_set(&nr_records, -1);
+		smp_mb__after_atomic();
+		memset(recursed_functions, 0, sizeof(recursed_functions));
+		smp_wmb();
+		/* enable them again */
+		atomic_set(&nr_records, 0);
+	}
+	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ)
+		ret = seq_open(file, &recursed_function_seq_ops);
+	mutex_unlock(&recursed_function_lock);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static ssize_t recursed_function_write(struct file *file,
+				       const char __user *buffer,
+				       size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	return count;
+}
+
+static int recursed_function_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ)
+		seq_release(inode, file);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations recursed_functions_fops = {
+	.open           = recursed_function_open,
+	.write		= recursed_function_write,
+	.read           = seq_read,
+	.llseek         = seq_lseek,
+	.release        = recursed_function_release,
+};
+
+__init static int create_recursed_functions(void)
+{
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+
+	dentry = trace_create_file("recursed_functions", 0644, NULL, NULL,
+				   &recursed_functions_fops);
+	if (!dentry)
+		pr_warn("WARNING: Failed to create recursed_functions\n");
+	return 0;
+}
+
+fs_initcall(create_recursed_functions);
-- 
2.28.0

Re: [PATCH 11/11 v3] ftrace: Add recording of functions that caused recursion

[Petr Mladek]

On Thu 2020-11-05 21:32:46, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> 
> This adds CONFIG_FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION that will record to a file
> "recursed_functions" all the functions that caused recursion while a
> callback to the function tracer was running.
> 
> Changes since v2:
> 
>  - Use trace_recursion flags in current for protecting recursion of recursion recording
>  - Make the recursion logic a little cleaner
>  - Export GPL the recursion recording

JFYI, the code reading and writing the cache looks good to me.

It is still possible that some entries might stay unused (filled
with zeroes) but it should be hard to hit in practice. It
is good enough from my POV.

I do not give Reviewed-by tag just because I somehow do not have power
to review the entire patch carefully enough at the moment.

Best Regards,
Petr

Re: [PATCH 11/11 v3] ftrace: Add recording of functions that caused recursion

[Steven Rostedt]

On Fri, 6 Nov 2020 14:13:17 +0100
Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> wrote:

> JFYI, the code reading and writing the cache looks good to me.
> 
> It is still possible that some entries might stay unused (filled
> with zeroes) but it should be hard to hit in practice. It
> is good enough from my POV.

You mean the part that was commented?

> 
> I do not give Reviewed-by tag just because I somehow do not have power
> to review the entire patch carefully enough at the moment.

No problem. Thanks for looking at it.

I'm adding a link to this thread, so if someone wants proof you helped out
on this code, you can have them follow the links ;-)

Anyway, even if I push this to linux-next where I stop rebasing code
(because of test coverage), I do rebase for adding tags. So if you ever get
around at looking at this code, I can add that tag later (before the next
merge window), or if you find something, I could fix it with a new patch and
give you a Reported-by.

-- Steve

Re: [PATCH 11/11 v3] ftrace: Add recording of functions that caused recursion

[Petr Mladek]

On Fri 2020-11-06 08:41:31, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Nov 2020 14:13:17 +0100
> Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> wrote:
> 
> > JFYI, the code reading and writing the cache looks good to me.
> > 
> > It is still possible that some entries might stay unused (filled
> > with zeroes) but it should be hard to hit in practice. It
> > is good enough from my POV.
> 
> You mean the part that was commented?

Yeah, it is the comment problem when nr_records is pushed forward.

> > 
> > I do not give Reviewed-by tag just because I somehow do not have power
> > to review the entire patch carefully enough at the moment.
> 
> No problem. Thanks for looking at it.
> 
> I'm adding a link to this thread, so if someone wants proof you helped out
> on this code, you can have them follow the links ;-)
> 
> Anyway, even if I push this to linux-next where I stop rebasing code
> (because of test coverage), I do rebase for adding tags. So if you ever get
> around at looking at this code, I can add that tag later (before the next
> merge window), or if you find something, I could fix it with a new patch and
> give you a Reported-by.

Good to know.

Best Regards,
Petr