----- On Oct 26, 2020, at 6:43 PM, Alexei Starovoitov
[email protected] wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 03:53:47PM -0400, Michael Jeanson wrote:
>> -#define __DO_TRACE(tp, proto, args, cond, rcuidle) \
>> +#define __DO_TRACE(tp, proto, args, cond, rcuidle, tp_flags)
>> \
>> do { \
>> struct tracepoint_func *it_func_ptr; \
>> void *it_func; \
>> void *__data; \
>> int __maybe_unused __idx = 0; \
>> + bool maysleep = (tp_flags) & TRACEPOINT_MAYSLEEP; \
>> \
>> if (!(cond)) \
>> return; \
>> @@ -170,8 +178,13 @@ static inline struct tracepoint
>> *tracepoint_ptr_deref(tracepoint_ptr_t *p)
>> /* srcu can't be used from NMI */ \
>> WARN_ON_ONCE(rcuidle && in_nmi()); \
>> \
>> - /* keep srcu and sched-rcu usage consistent */ \
>> - preempt_disable_notrace(); \
>> + if (maysleep) { \
>> + might_sleep(); \
>
> The main purpose of the patch set is to access user memory in tracepoints,
> right?
Yes, exactly.
> In such case I suggest to use stronger might_fault() here.
> We used might_sleep() in sleepable bpf and it wasn't enough to catch
> a combination where sleepable hook was invoked while mm->mmap_lock was
> taken which may cause a deadlock.
Good point! We will do that for the next round.
By the way, we named this "sleepable" tracepoint (with flag
TRACEPOINT_MAYSLEEP),
but we are open to a better name. Would TRACEPOINT_MAYFAULT be more descriptive
?
(a "faultable" tracepoint sounds weird though)
Thanks,
Mathieu
>
>> + rcu_read_lock_trace(); \
>> + } else { \
>> + /* keep srcu and sched-rcu usage consistent */ \
>> + preempt_disable_notrace(); \
> > + } \
--
Mathieu Desnoyers
EfficiOS Inc.
http://www.efficios.com
