linux-kernel - [patch 127/176] powerpc: Fix hcall tracepoint recursion

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Date:	Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:21:35 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Anton Blanchard <anton@...ba.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Subject: [patch 127/176] powerpc: Fix hcall tracepoint recursion

2.6.36-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

------------------

From: Anton Blanchard <anton@...ba.org>

commit 57cdfdf829a850a317425ed93c6a576c9ee6329c upstream.

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 <anton@...ba.org>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c |   37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)

--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
@@ -680,6 +680,13 @@ 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++;
@@ -692,12 +699,42 @@ 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


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