On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 14:18:46 -0600 Christoph Lameter <[email protected]> wrote:

> [Patch depends on another patch in this series that introduces raw_cpu_ops]
> 
> We define a check function in order to avoid trouble with the
> include files. Then the higher level __this_cpu macros are
> modified to invoke the preemption check.
> 
> --- linux.orig/lib/smp_processor_id.c 2014-01-30 14:40:50.936519233 -0600
> +++ linux/lib/smp_processor_id.c      2014-01-30 14:40:50.936519233 -0600
> @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
>  #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
>  #include <linux/sched.h>
>  
> -notrace unsigned int debug_smp_processor_id(void)
> +notrace static unsigned int check_preemption_disabled(char *what)
>  {
>       int this_cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
>  
> @@ -38,9 +38,9 @@
>       if (!printk_ratelimit())
>               goto out_enable;
>  
> -     printk(KERN_ERR "BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [%08x] "
> -                     "code: %s/%d\n",
> -                     preempt_count() - 1, current->comm, current->pid);
> +     printk(KERN_ERR "BUG: using %s in preemptible [%08x] code: %s/%d\n",
> +             what, preempt_count() - 1, current->comm, current->pid);
> +
>       print_symbol("caller is %s\n", (long)__builtin_return_address(0));
>       dump_stack();

I wonder if there's any point in printing __builtin_return_address. 
Doesn't dump_stack() tell us the same thing?

> @@ -50,5 +50,17 @@
>       return this_cpu;
>  }
>  
> +notrace unsigned int debug_smp_processor_id(void)
> +{
> +     return check_preemption_disabled("smp_processor_id()");
> +}
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(debug_smp_processor_id);
>  
> +notrace void __this_cpu_preempt_check(const char *op)
> +{
> +     char text[40];
> +
> +     snprintf(text, sizeof(text), "__this_cpu_%s()", op);
> +     check_preemption_disabled(text);
> +}

I'd like to see a comment here telling scared readers why this can
never overflow text[].

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