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Subject[PATCH 04/21] context_tracking: Add a note about noinstr VS unsafe context tracking functions
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Some context tracking functions enter or exit into/from RCU idle mode
while using trace-able and lockdep-aware IRQs (un-)masking. This could
be easily solved with using raw versions of local_irq_*() but we would
then lose some precious debugging informations.

Another possible way to solve this may consist in using rude RCU-tasks
in lockdep and irqsoff tracing.

In any case and until this get solved, those functions can't get
tagged as noinstr even though they should.

Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay <quic_neeraju@quicinc.com>
Cc: Uladzislau Rezki <uladzislau.rezki@sony.com>
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Cc: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenz@kernel.org>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Cc: Xiongfeng Wang <wangxiongfeng2@huawei.com>
Cc: Yu Liao<liaoyu15@huawei.com>
Cc: Phil Auld <pauld@redhat.com>
Cc: Paul Gortmaker<paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Cc: Alex Belits <abelits@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
---
kernel/context_tracking.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/context_tracking.c b/kernel/context_tracking.c
index 36a98c48aedc..1f44b0461d14 100644
--- a/kernel/context_tracking.c
+++ b/kernel/context_tracking.c
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ void noinstr __context_tracking_enter(enum ctx_state state)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__context_tracking_enter);

+/*
+ * FIXME: This function should be noinstr but the below local_irq_restore() is
+ * unsafe because it involves illegal RCU uses through tracing and lockdep. This
+ * must be fixed first.
+ */
void context_tracking_enter(enum ctx_state state)
{
unsigned long flags;
@@ -125,6 +130,10 @@ void context_tracking_enter(enum ctx_state state)
NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(context_tracking_enter);
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(context_tracking_enter);

+/*
+ * FIXME: This function should be noinstr but it unsafely calls local_irq_restore(),
+ * involving illegal RCU uses through tracing and lockdep. This must be fixed first.
+ */
void context_tracking_user_enter(void)
{
user_enter();
@@ -168,6 +177,11 @@ void noinstr __context_tracking_exit(enum ctx_state state)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__context_tracking_exit);

+/*
+ * FIXME: This function should be noinstr but the below local_irq_save() is
+ * unsafe because it involves illegal RCU uses through tracing and lockdep. This
+ * must be fixed first.
+ */
void context_tracking_exit(enum ctx_state state)
{
unsigned long flags;
@@ -182,6 +196,10 @@ void context_tracking_exit(enum ctx_state state)
NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(context_tracking_exit);
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(context_tracking_exit);

+/*
+ * FIXME: This function should be noinstr but it unsafely calls local_irq_save(),
+ * involving illegal RCU uses through tracing and lockdep. This must be fixed first.
+ */
void context_tracking_user_exit(void)
{
user_exit();
--
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