Re: [PATCH v2] tracing: Make sure RCU is watching before calling a stack trace

["Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 09:38:09AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> 
> From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> 
> As stack tracing now requires "rcu watching", force RCU to be watching when
> recording a stack trace.
> 
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170512172449.879684501@goodmis.org
> 
> Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> ---
> 
> Changes since v1:
> 
>    My testing discovered that the stack trace can be called with
>    interrupts enabled, which is a no no to have when calling
>    rcu_irq_enter(). When interrupts are enabled, as with being in an
>    NMI, RCU will also be watching.
> 
> kernel/trace/trace.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
> index fcc9a2d..34a98ba 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
> @@ -2568,7 +2568,31 @@ static inline void ftrace_trace_stack(struct trace_array *tr,
>  void __trace_stack(struct trace_array *tr, unsigned long flags, int skip,
>  		   int pc)
>  {
> -	__ftrace_trace_stack(tr->trace_buffer.buffer, flags, skip, pc, NULL);
> +	struct ring_buffer *buffer = tr->trace_buffer.buffer;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * When an NMI triggers, RCU is enabled via rcu_nmi_enter()
> +	 * Also, RCU is always enabled when interrupts are.
> +	 */
> +	if (!irqs_disabled() || in_nmi()) {

You lost me on this one.  RCU might not be watching if irqs are
enabled, for example, in the idle loop.  What am I missing here?

						Thanx, Paul

> +		__ftrace_trace_stack(buffer, flags, skip, pc, NULL);
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * It is possible that a function is being traced in a
> +	 * location that RCU is not watching. A call to
> +	 * rcu_irq_enter() will make sure that it is, but there's
> +	 * a few internal rcu functions that could be traced
> +	 * where that wont work either. In those cases, we just
> +	 * do nothing.
> +	 */
> +	if (unlikely(rcu_irq_enter_disabled()))
> +		return;
> +
> +	rcu_irq_enter();
> +	__ftrace_trace_stack(buffer, flags, skip, pc, NULL);
> +	rcu_irq_exit();
>  }
> 
>  /**
> -- 
> 2.9.3
>