While testing the tracer preemptoff, I hit this strange trace:
# cmd pid ||||| time | caller
# \ / ||||| \ | /
<...>-259 0...1 0us : schedule <-worker_thread
<...>-259 0d..1 0us : rcu_note_context_switch <-__schedule
<...>-259 0d..1 0us : rcu_sched_qs <-rcu_note_context_switch
<...>-259 0d..1 0us : rcu_preempt_qs <-rcu_note_context_switch
<...>-259 0d..1 0us : _raw_spin_lock <-__schedule
<...>-259 0d..1 0us : preempt_count_add <-_raw_spin_lock
<...>-259 0d..2 0us : do_raw_spin_lock <-_raw_spin_lock
<...>-259 0d..2 1us : deactivate_task <-__schedule
<...>-259 0d..2 1us : update_rq_clock.part.84 <-deactivate_task
<...>-259 0d..2 1us : dequeue_task_fair <-deactivate_task
<...>-259 0d..2 1us : dequeue_entity <-dequeue_task_fair
<...>-259 0d..2 1us : update_curr <-dequeue_entity
<...>-259 0d..2 1us : update_min_vruntime <-update_curr
<...>-259 0d..2 1us : cpuacct_charge <-update_curr
<...>-259 0d..2 1us : __rcu_read_lock <-cpuacct_charge
<...>-259 0d..2 1us : __rcu_read_unlock <-cpuacct_charge
<...>-259 0d..2 1us : clear_buddies <-dequeue_entity
<...>-259 0d..2 1us : account_entity_dequeue <-dequeue_entity
<...>-259 0d..2 2us : update_min_vruntime <-dequeue_entity
<...>-259 0d..2 2us : update_cfs_shares <-dequeue_entity
<...>-259 0d..2 2us : hrtick_update <-dequeue_task_fair
<...>-259 0d..2 2us : wq_worker_sleeping <-__schedule
<...>-259 0d..2 2us : kthread_data <-wq_worker_sleeping
<...>-259 0d..2 2us : pick_next_task_fair <-__schedule
<...>-259 0d..2 2us : check_cfs_rq_runtime <-pick_next_task_fair
<...>-259 0d..2 2us : pick_next_entity <-pick_next_task_fair
<...>-259 0d..2 2us : clear_buddies <-pick_next_entity
<...>-259 0d..2 2us : pick_next_entity <-pick_next_task_fair
<...>-259 0d..2 2us : clear_buddies <-pick_next_entity
<...>-259 0d..2 2us : set_next_entity <-pick_next_task_fair
<...>-259 0d..2 3us : put_prev_entity <-pick_next_task_fair
<...>-259 0d..2 3us : check_cfs_rq_runtime <-put_prev_entity
<...>-259 0d..2 3us : set_next_entity <-pick_next_task_fair
gnome-sh-1031 0d..2 3us : finish_task_switch <-__schedule
gnome-sh-1031 0d..2 3us : _raw_spin_unlock_irq <-finish_task_switch
gnome-sh-1031 0d..2 3us : do_raw_spin_unlock <-_raw_spin_unlock_irq
gnome-sh-1031 0...2 3us!: preempt_count_sub <-_raw_spin_unlock_irq
gnome-sh-1031 0...1 582us : do_raw_spin_lock <-_raw_spin_lock
gnome-sh-1031 0...1 583us : _raw_spin_unlock <-drm_gem_object_lookup
gnome-sh-1031 0...1 583us : do_raw_spin_unlock <-_raw_spin_unlock
gnome-sh-1031 0...1 583us : preempt_count_sub <-_raw_spin_unlock
gnome-sh-1031 0...1 584us : _raw_spin_unlock <-drm_gem_object_lookup
gnome-sh-1031 0...1 584us+: trace_preempt_on <-drm_gem_object_lookup
gnome-sh-1031 0...1 603us : <stack trace>
=> preempt_count_sub
=> _raw_spin_unlock
=> drm_gem_object_lookup
=> i915_gem_madvise_ioctl
=> drm_ioctl
=> do_vfs_ioctl
=> SyS_ioctl
=> entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath
As I'm tracing preemption disabled, it seemed incorrect that the trace
would go across a schedule and report not being in the scheduler.
Looking into this I discovered the problem.
schedule() calls preempt_disable() but the preempt_schedule() calls
preempt_enable_notrace(). What happened above was that the gnome-shell
task was preempted on another CPU, migrated over to the idle cpu. The
tracer stared with idle calling schedule(), which called
preempt_disable(), but then gnome-shell finished, and it enabled
preemption with preempt_enable_notrace() that does stop the trace, even
though preemption was enabled.
The purpose of the preempt_disable_notrace() in the preempt_schedule()
is to prevent function tracing from going into an infinite loop.
Because function tracing can trace the preempt_enable/disable() calls
that are traced. The problem with function tracing is:
NEED_RESCHED set
preempt_schedule()
preempt_disable()
preempt_count_inc()
function trace (before incrementing preempt count)
preempt_disable_notrace()
preempt_enable_notrace()
sees NEED_RESCHED set
preempt_schedule() (repeat)
Now by breaking out the preempt off/on tracing into their own code:
preempt_disable_check() and preempt_enable_check(), we can add these to
the preempt_schedule() code. As preemption would then be disabled, even
if they were to be traced by the function tracer, the disabled
preemption would prevent the recursion.
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>
---
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 9503d590e5ef..a925e1d2c4cd 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -3023,6 +3023,17 @@ notrace unsigned long get_parent_ip(unsigned long addr)
#if defined(CONFIG_PREEMPT) && (defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT) || \
defined(CONFIG_PREEMPT_TRACER))
+static inline void preempt_disable_check(int val)
+{
+ if (preempt_count() == val) {
+ unsigned long ip = get_parent_ip(CALLER_ADDR1);
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT
+ current->preempt_disable_ip = ip;
+#endif
+ trace_preempt_off(CALLER_ADDR0, ip);
+ }
+}
+
void preempt_count_add(int val)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT
@@ -3040,17 +3051,17 @@ void preempt_count_add(int val)
DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON((preempt_count() & PREEMPT_MASK) >=
PREEMPT_MASK - 10);
#endif
- if (preempt_count() == val) {
- unsigned long ip = get_parent_ip(CALLER_ADDR1);
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT
- current->preempt_disable_ip = ip;
-#endif
- trace_preempt_off(CALLER_ADDR0, ip);
- }
+ preempt_disable_check(val);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(preempt_count_add);
NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(preempt_count_add);
+static inline void preempt_enable_check(int val)
+{
+ if (preempt_count() == val)
+ trace_preempt_on(CALLER_ADDR0, get_parent_ip(CALLER_ADDR1));
+}
+
void preempt_count_sub(int val)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT
@@ -3067,13 +3078,15 @@ void preempt_count_sub(int val)
return;
#endif
- if (preempt_count() == val)
- trace_preempt_on(CALLER_ADDR0, get_parent_ip(CALLER_ADDR1));
+ preempt_enable_check(val);
__preempt_count_sub(val);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(preempt_count_sub);
NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(preempt_count_sub);
+#else
+static inline void preempt_disable_check(int val) { }
+static inline void preempt_enable_check(int val) { }
#endif
/*
@@ -3349,7 +3362,14 @@ static void __sched notrace preempt_schedule_common(void)
{
do {
preempt_disable_notrace();
+ /*
+ * Function tracer requires disabling preemption before
+ * tracing functions. But we still want to trace
+ * preemption off locations.
+ */
+ preempt_disable_check(1);
__schedule(true);
+ preempt_enable_check(1);
preempt_enable_no_resched_notrace();
/*
@@ -3403,6 +3423,12 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __sched notrace
preempt_schedule_notrace(void)
do {
preempt_disable_notrace();
/*
+ * Function tracer requires disabling preemption before
+ * tracing functions. But we still want to trace
+ * preemption off locations.
+ */
+ preempt_disable_check(1);
+ /*
* Needs preempt disabled in case user_exit() is traced
* and the tracer calls preempt_enable_notrace() causing
* an infinite recursion.
@@ -3411,6 +3437,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __sched notrace
preempt_schedule_notrace(void)
__schedule(true);
exception_exit(prev_ctx);
+ preempt_enable_check(1);
preempt_enable_no_resched_notrace();
} while (need_resched());
}
