Re: [PATCH v5 03/11] tracing/user_events: Use remote writes for event enablement

Beau Belgrave
2022-12-05T22:27:12Z

On Mon, Dec 05, 2022 at 04:28:03PM -0500, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> On 2022-12-05 16:00, Beau Belgrave wrote:
> [...]
> > #ifdef CONFIG_USER_EVENTS
> > struct user_event_mm {
> > + struct list_head link;
> > + struct list_head enablers;
> > + struct mm_struct *mm;
> > + struct user_event_mm *next;
> > + refcount_t refcnt;
> > + refcount_t tasks;
> > };
> > -#endif
> > +extern void user_event_mm_dup(struct task_struct *t,
> > + struct user_event_mm *old_mm);
> > +
> > +extern void user_event_mm_remove(struct task_struct *t);
> > +
> > +static inline void user_events_fork(struct task_struct *t,
> > + unsigned long clone_flags)
> > +{
> > + struct user_event_mm *old_mm;
> > +
> > + if (!t || !current->user_event_mm)
> > + return;
> > +
> > + old_mm = current->user_event_mm;
> > +
> > + if (clone_flags & CLONE_VM) {
> > + t->user_event_mm = old_mm;
> > + refcount_inc(&old_mm->tasks);
> > + return;
> > + }
> > +
> > + user_event_mm_dup(t, old_mm);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline void user_events_execve(struct task_struct *t)
> > +{
> > + if (!t || !t->user_event_mm)
> > + return;
> > +
> > + user_event_mm_remove(t);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline void user_events_exit(struct task_struct *t)
> > +{
> > + if (!t || !t->user_event_mm)
> > + return;
> > +
> > + user_event_mm_remove(t);
> > +}
>
> So this is adding user_event_mm_remove() calls on each execve and each
> process exit, correct ?
>

Yes, as long as the process has registered a user_event. If it has not,
nothing happens.

> [...]
>
>
> > +
> > +void user_event_mm_remove(struct task_struct *t)
> > +{
> > + struct user_event_mm *mm;
> > + unsigned long flags;
> > +
> > + might_sleep();
> > +
> > + mm = t->user_event_mm;
> > + t->user_event_mm = NULL;
> > +
> > + /* Clone will increment the tasks, only remove if last clone */
> > + if (!refcount_dec_and_test(&mm->tasks))
> > + return;
> > +
> > + /* Remove the mm from the list, so it can no longer be enabled */
> > + spin_lock_irqsave(&user_event_mms_lock, flags);
> > + list_del_rcu(&mm->link);
> > + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&user_event_mms_lock, flags);
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * Put for mm must be done after RCU sync to handle new refs in
> > + * between the list_del_rcu() and now. This ensures any get refs
> > + * during rcu_read_lock() are accounted for during list removal.
> > + *
> > + * CPU A | CPU B
> > + * ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > + * user_event_mm_remove() | rcu_read_lock();
> > + * list_del_rcu() | list_for_each_entry_rcu();
> > + * synchronize_rcu() | refcount_inc();
> > + * . | rcu_read_unlock();
> > + * user_event_mm_put() | .
> > + */
> > + synchronize_rcu();
>
> This means a synchronize_rcu() is added on each execve and each process exit
> ? I am really worried about the performance impact of this big hammer
> synchronization in those key points of process lifetime.
>

Agreed, I can move this into a call_rcu() at the cost of an alloc.
Perhaps that will work better? I could have these in memcaches.

Thanks,
-Beau

> Thanks,
>
> Mathieu
>
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * We need to wait for currently occurring writes to stop within
> > + * the mm. This is required since exit_mm() snaps the current rss
> > + * stats and clears them. On the final mmdrop(), check_mm() will
> > + * report a bug if these increment.
> > + *
> > + * All writes/pins are done under mmap_read lock, take the write
> > + * lock to ensure in-progress faults have completed. Faults that
> > + * are pending but yet to run will check the task count and skip
> > + * the fault since the mm is going away.
> > + */
> > + mmap_write_lock(mm->mm);
> > + mmap_write_unlock(mm->mm);
> > +
> > + /* MM is still alive, but won't be updated anymore */
> > + user_event_mm_put(mm);
> > +}
> > +
> > +void user_event_mm_dup(struct task_struct *t, struct user_event_mm *old_mm)
> > {
> > - int i = user->index;
> > + struct user_event_mm *mm = user_event_mm_create(t);
> > + struct user_event_enabler *enabler;
> > +
> > + if (!mm)
> > + return;
> > +
> > + rcu_read_lock();
> > - user->group->register_page_data[MAP_STATUS_BYTE(i)] |= MAP_STATUS_MASK(i);
> > + list_for_each_entry_rcu(enabler, &old_mm->enablers, link)
> > + if (!user_event_enabler_dup(enabler, mm))
> > + goto error;
> > +
> > + rcu_read_unlock();
> > +
> > + return;
> > +error:
> > + rcu_read_unlock();
> > + user_event_mm_remove(t);
> > }
> --
> Mathieu Desnoyers
> EfficiOS Inc.
> https://www.efficios.com