From: Tao Chen <chen.dylane@linux.dev>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: mingo@redhat.com, acme@kernel.org, namhyung@kernel.org,
mark.rutland@arm.com, alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com,
jolsa@kernel.org, irogers@google.com, adrian.hunter@intel.com,
kan.liang@linux.intel.com, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org,
Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v5 2/3] perf: Add atomic operation in get_recursion_context
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:26:42 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3d26b162-d218-41ec-b5ab-3657eaffadf6@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251110085210.GV3245006@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net>
在 2025/11/10 16:52, Peter Zijlstra 写道:
> On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 12:35:58AM +0800, Tao Chen wrote:
>> From BPF side, preemption usually is enabled. Yonghong said, it is
>> possible that both tasks (at process level) may reach right before
>> "recursion[rctx]++;". In such cases, both tasks will be able to get
>> buffer and this is not right.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
>> Signed-off-by: Tao Chen <chen.dylane@linux.dev>
>> ---
>
> Nope, this function really is meant to be used with preemption disabled.
> If BPF doesn't abide, fix that.
>
Ok, let us use preempt_disable in bpf stackmap, thanks. I will change it
in v6.
>> kernel/events/internal.h | 5 +----
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/events/internal.h b/kernel/events/internal.h
>> index d9cc5708309..684bde972ba 100644
>> --- a/kernel/events/internal.h
>> +++ b/kernel/events/internal.h
>> @@ -214,12 +214,9 @@ static inline int get_recursion_context(u8 *recursion)
>> {
>> unsigned char rctx = interrupt_context_level();
>>
>> - if (recursion[rctx])
>> + if (cmpxchg(&recursion[rctx], 0, 1) != 0)
>> return -1;
>>
>> - recursion[rctx]++;
>> - barrier();
>> -
>> return rctx;
>> }
>>
>> --
>> 2.48.1
>>
--
Best Regards
Tao Chen
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-10 9:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-09 16:35 [PATCH bpf-next v5 0/3] Pass external callchain entry to get_perf_callchain Tao Chen
2025-11-09 16:35 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 1/3] perf: Refactor get_perf_callchain Tao Chen
2025-11-09 16:58 ` bot+bpf-ci
2025-11-10 9:31 ` Tao Chen
2025-11-09 16:35 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 2/3] perf: Add atomic operation in get_recursion_context Tao Chen
2025-11-10 8:52 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-11-10 9:26 ` Tao Chen [this message]
2025-11-09 16:35 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 3/3] bpf: Hold the perf callchain entry until used completely Tao Chen
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