Re: [RFC PATCH tip/master] kprobes: Use synchronize_rcu_tasks() for optprobe wit CONFIG_PREEMPT

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

On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 08:15:55AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> > --- a/kernel/kprobes.c
> > +++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
> > @@ -377,6 +377,23 @@ static inline void copy_kprobe(struct kprobe *ap, struct kprobe *p)
> >  static bool kprobes_allow_optimization;
> >  
> >  /*
> > + * Synchronizing wait on trampline code for interrupted tasks/threads.
> > + * Since the threads running on dynamically allocated trampline code
> > + * can be interrupted, kprobes has to wait for those tasks back on
> > + * track and scheduled. If the kernel is preemptive, the thread can be
> > + * preempted by other tasks on the trampoline too. For such case, this
> > + * calls synchronize_rcu_tasks() to wait for those tasks back on track.
> > + */
> > +static void synchronize_on_trampoline(void)
> > +{
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
> > +	synchronize_rcu_tasks();
> > +#else
> > +	synchronize_sched();
> > +#endif
> > +}
> 
> So that's really unacceptably ugly.
> 
> Paul, I still question the need to have tasks-RCU as a Kconfig distinction, 
> _especially_ if its API usage results in such ugly secondary #ifdefs...
> 
> Why isn't there a single synchronize_rcu_tasks() API function, which does what is 
> expected, where the _RCU_ code figures out how to implement it?
> 
> I.e.:
> 
>  - There should be no user configurable TASKS_RCU Kconfig setting - at most a
>    helper Kconfig that is automatically selected by the RCU code itself.
> 
>  - Both ftrace andkprobes would use a simple synchronize_rcu_tasks() call.
> 
> Thanks,

How about the following (untested) patch?

This is against -rcu's rcu/dev branch, FWIW.

And I am also queuing patches with other cleanups, including do_exit(),
enabled by this approach.

							Thanx, Paul

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commit 9ab47fba45cea06e223e524d392621b64c174720
Author: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:   Thu May 25 08:05:00 2017 -0700

    rcu: Drive TASKS_RCU directly off of PREEMPT
    
    The actual use of TASKS_RCU is only when PREEMPT, otherwise RCU-sched
    is used instead.  This commit therefore makes synchronize_rcu_tasks()
    and call_rcu_tasks() available always, but mapped to synchronize_sched()
    and call_rcu_sched(), respectively, when !PREEMPT.  This approach also
    allows some #ifdefs to be removed from rcutorture.
    
    Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
    Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

---

 include/linux/rcupdate.h |    6 ++++--
 kernel/rcu/Kconfig       |    3 +--
 kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c  |   17 +----------------
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index f816fc72b51e..c3f380befdd7 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ void call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func);
 void call_rcu_bh(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func);
 void call_rcu_sched(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func);
 void synchronize_sched(void);
-void call_rcu_tasks(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func);
-void synchronize_rcu_tasks(void);
 void rcu_barrier_tasks(void);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
@@ -176,10 +174,14 @@ extern struct srcu_struct tasks_rcu_exit_srcu;
 		rcu_all_qs(); \
 		rcu_note_voluntary_context_switch_lite(t); \
 	} while (0)
+void call_rcu_tasks(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func);
+void synchronize_rcu_tasks(void);
 #else /* #ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU */
 #define TASKS_RCU(x) do { } while (0)
 #define rcu_note_voluntary_context_switch_lite(t)	do { } while (0)
 #define rcu_note_voluntary_context_switch(t)		rcu_all_qs()
+#define call_rcu_tasks call_rcu_sched
+#define synchronize_rcu_tasks synchronize_sched
 #endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU */
 
 /**
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/Kconfig b/kernel/rcu/Kconfig
index be90c945063f..9210379c0353 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/rcu/Kconfig
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ config TREE_SRCU
 	  This option selects the full-fledged version of SRCU.
 
 config TASKS_RCU
-	bool
-	default n
+	def_bool PREEMPT
 	select SRCU
 	help
 	  This option enables a task-based RCU implementation that uses
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
index aedc8f2ad955..273032dc8f2d 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
@@ -659,8 +659,6 @@ static struct rcu_torture_ops sched_ops = {
 	.name		= "sched"
 };
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU
-
 /*
  * Definitions for RCU-tasks torture testing.
  */
@@ -698,24 +696,11 @@ static struct rcu_torture_ops tasks_ops = {
 	.name		= "tasks"
 };
 
-#define RCUTORTURE_TASKS_OPS &tasks_ops,
-
 static bool __maybe_unused torturing_tasks(void)
 {
 	return cur_ops == &tasks_ops;
 }
 
-#else /* #ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU */
-
-#define RCUTORTURE_TASKS_OPS
-
-static bool __maybe_unused torturing_tasks(void)
-{
-	return false;
-}
-
-#endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU */
-
 /*
  * RCU torture priority-boost testing.  Runs one real-time thread per
  * CPU for moderate bursts, repeatedly registering RCU callbacks and
@@ -1712,7 +1697,7 @@ rcu_torture_init(void)
 	int firsterr = 0;
 	static struct rcu_torture_ops *torture_ops[] = {
 		&rcu_ops, &rcu_bh_ops, &rcu_busted_ops, &srcu_ops, &srcud_ops,
-		&sched_ops, RCUTORTURE_TASKS_OPS
+		&sched_ops, &tasks_ops,
 	};
 
 	if (!torture_init_begin(torture_type, verbose, &torture_runnable))