Anton Blanchard wrote: > Hi, > >> This is a dead loop: >> >> trace_hcall_entry() -> trace_clock_global() -> trace_hcall_entry() .. >> >> And this is a PPC specific bug. Hope some ppc guys will fix it? >> Or we kill trace_clock_global() if no one actually uses it.. > > Nasty! How does the patch below look? I had to disable irqs otherwise > we would sometimes drop valid events (if we take an interrupt anywhere > in the region where depth is elevated, then the entire interrupt will > be blocked from calling hcall tracepoints. >
Thanks! Subrata, could you test the patch below? > Anton > -- > > Subject: [PATCH] powerpc: Fix hcall tracepoint recursion > > Spinlocks on shared processor partitions use H_YIELD to notify the > hypervisor we are waiting on another virtual CPU. Unfortunately this means > the hcall tracepoints can recurse. > > The patch below adds a percpu depth and checks it on both the entry and > exit hcall tracepoints. > > Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <an...@samba.org> > --- > > Index: powerpc.git/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c > =================================================================== > --- powerpc.git.orig/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c 2010-10-21 > 17:32:00.980003644 +1100 > +++ powerpc.git/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c 2010-10-21 > 17:34:54.942681273 +1100 > @@ -701,6 +701,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(arch_free_page); > /* NB: reg/unreg are called while guarded with the tracepoints_mutex */ > extern long hcall_tracepoint_refcount; > > +/* > + * Since the tracing code might execute hcalls we need to guard against > + * recursion. One example of this are spinlocks calling H_YIELD on > + * shared processor partitions. > + */ > +static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, hcall_trace_depth); > + > void hcall_tracepoint_regfunc(void) > { > hcall_tracepoint_refcount++; > @@ -713,12 +720,42 @@ void hcall_tracepoint_unregfunc(void) > > void __trace_hcall_entry(unsigned long opcode, unsigned long *args) > { > + unsigned long flags; > + unsigned int *depth; > + > + local_irq_save(flags); > + > + depth = &__get_cpu_var(hcall_trace_depth); > + > + if (*depth) > + goto out; > + > + (*depth)++; > trace_hcall_entry(opcode, args); > + (*depth)--; > + > +out: > + local_irq_restore(flags); > } > > void __trace_hcall_exit(long opcode, unsigned long retval, > unsigned long *retbuf) > { > + unsigned long flags; > + unsigned int *depth; > + > + local_irq_save(flags); > + > + depth = &__get_cpu_var(hcall_trace_depth); > + > + if (*depth) > + goto out; > + > + (*depth)++; > trace_hcall_exit(opcode, retval, retbuf); > + (*depth)--; > + > +out: > + local_irq_restore(flags); > } > #endif > > _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev