Re: [PATCH bpf-next 1/2] cpuidle/rcu: Making arch_cpu_idle and rcu_idle_exit noinstr

Paul E. McKenney
2022-05-18T16:21:34Z

On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 12:13:45PM +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 01:49:22PM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> > On Sun, May 15, 2022 at 09:25:35PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > On Sun, May 15, 2022 at 10:36:52PM +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> > > > Making arch_cpu_idle and rcu_idle_exit noinstr. Both functions run
> > > > in rcu 'not watching' context and if there's tracer attached to
> > > > them, which uses rcu (e.g. kprobe multi interface) it will hit RCU
> > > > warning like:
> > > >
> > > > [ 3.017540] WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
> > > > ...
> > > > [ 3.018363] kprobe_multi_link_handler+0x68/0x1c0
> > > > [ 3.018364] ? kprobe_multi_link_handler+0x3e/0x1c0
> > > > [ 3.018366] ? arch_cpu_idle_dead+0x10/0x10
> > > > [ 3.018367] ? arch_cpu_idle_dead+0x10/0x10
> > > > [ 3.018371] fprobe_handler.part.0+0xab/0x150
> > > > [ 3.018374] 0xffffffffa00080c8
> > > > [ 3.018393] ? arch_cpu_idle+0x5/0x10
> > > > [ 3.018398] arch_cpu_idle+0x5/0x10
> > > > [ 3.018399] default_idle_call+0x59/0x90
> > > > [ 3.018401] do_idle+0x1c3/0x1d0
> > > >
> > > > The call path is following:
> > > >
> > > > default_idle_call
> > > > rcu_idle_enter
> > > > arch_cpu_idle
> > > > rcu_idle_exit
> > > >
> > > > The arch_cpu_idle and rcu_idle_exit are the only ones from above
> > > > path that are traceble and cause this problem on my setup.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
> > >
> > > From an RCU viewpoint:
> > >
> > > Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
> > >
> > > [ I considered asking for an instrumentation_on() in rcu_idle_exit(),
> > > but there is no point given that local_irq_restore() isn't something
> > > you instrument anyway. ]
> >
> > So local_irq_save() in the beginning of rcu_idle_exit() is unsafe because
> > it is instrumentable by the function (graph) tracers and the irqsoff tracer.
> >
> > Also it calls into lockdep that might make use of RCU.
> >
> > That's why rcu_idle_exit() is not noinstr yet. See this patch:
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220503100051.2799723-4-frederic@kernel.org/
>
> I see, could we mark it at least with notrace meanwhile?

For the RCU part, how about as follows?

If this approach is reasonable, my guess would be that Frederic will pull
it into his context-tracking series, perhaps using a revert of this patch
to maintain sanity in the near term.

If this approach is unreasonable, well, that is Murphy for you!

For the x86 idle part, my feeling is still that the rcu_idle_enter()
and rcu_idle_exit() need to be pushed deeper into the code. Perhaps
an ongoing process as the idle loop continues to be dug deeper?

Thanx, Paul

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commit cd338be719a0a692e0d50e1a8438e1f6c7165d9c
Author: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Date: Tue May 17 21:00:04 2022 -0700

rcu: Apply noinstr to rcu_idle_enter() and rcu_idle_exit()

This commit applies the "noinstr" tag to the rcu_idle_enter() and
rcu_idle_exit() functions, which are invoked from portions of the idle
loop that cannot be instrumented. These tags require reworking the
rcu_eqs_enter() and rcu_eqs_exit() functions that these two functions
invoke in order to cause them to use normal assertions rather than
lockdep. In addition, within rcu_idle_exit(), the raw versions of
local_irq_save() and local_irq_restore() are used, again to avoid issues
with lockdep in uninstrumented code.

This patch is based in part on an earlier patch by Jiri Olsa, discussions
with Peter Zijlstra and Frederic Weisbecker, earlier changes by Thomas
Gleixner, and off-list discussions with Yonghong Song.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220515203653.4039075-1-jolsa@kernel.org/
Reported-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 222d59299a2af..02233b17cce0e 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -635,8 +635,8 @@ static noinstr void rcu_eqs_enter(bool user)
return;
}

- lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
instrumentation_begin();
+ lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
trace_rcu_dyntick(TPS("Start"), rdp->dynticks_nesting, 0, atomic_read(&rdp->dynticks));
WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG) && !user && !is_idle_task(current));
rcu_preempt_deferred_qs(current);
@@ -663,9 +663,9 @@ static noinstr void rcu_eqs_enter(bool user)
* If you add or remove a call to rcu_idle_enter(), be sure to test with
* CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG=y.
*/
-void rcu_idle_enter(void)
+void noinstr rcu_idle_enter(void)
{
- lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG) && !raw_irqs_disabled());
rcu_eqs_enter(false);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_idle_enter);
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ static void noinstr rcu_eqs_exit(bool user)
struct rcu_data *rdp;
long oldval;

- lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG) && !raw_irqs_disabled());
rdp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data);
oldval = rdp->dynticks_nesting;
WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG) && oldval < 0);
@@ -900,13 +900,13 @@ static void noinstr rcu_eqs_exit(bool user)
* If you add or remove a call to rcu_idle_exit(), be sure to test with
* CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG=y.
*/
-void rcu_idle_exit(void)
+void noinstr rcu_idle_exit(void)
{
unsigned long flags;

- local_irq_save(flags);
+ raw_local_irq_save(flags);
rcu_eqs_exit(false);
- local_irq_restore(flags);
+ raw_local_irq_restore(flags);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_idle_exit);