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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:35:44 +0900
From: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
"zhangwei(Jovi)" <jovi.zhangwei@...wei.com>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
"yrl.pp-manager.tt@...achi.com" <yrl.pp-manager.tt@...achi.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] tracing/kprobes: Kill probe_enable_lock
(2013/06/20 5:30), Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 06/18, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>>
>> On 06/18, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
>>>
>>> Oh, I agree with removing probe_enable_lock itself :)
>>> I just concerned only about the exceptional case of __init test
>>> function, which can mislead someone to use enable/disable_trace_probe
>>> at other racy point.
>>
>> Ah, understand.
>>
>> OK, I'll send v2 with the updated comments plus the additional patch
>> tomorrow.
>
> So. I'll resend this series, will you ack the v2 below?
>
> I only added a couple of comments, the interdiff is
>
> @@ -1202,6 +1202,12 @@ kretprobe_perf_func(struct trace_probe *
> }
> #endif /* CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS */
>
> +/*
> + * called by perf_trace_init() or __ftrace_set_clr_event() under event_mutex.
> + *
> + * kprobe_trace_self_tests_init() does enable_trace_probe/disable_trace_probe
> + * lockless, but we can't race with this __init function.
> + */
> static __kprobes
> int kprobe_register(struct ftrace_event_call *event,
> enum trace_reg type, void *data)
> @@ -1367,6 +1373,10 @@ find_trace_probe_file(struct trace_probe
> return NULL;
> }
>
> +/*
> + * Nobody but us can call enable_trace_probe/disable_trace_probe at this
> + * stage, we can do this lockless.
> + */
> static __init int kprobe_trace_self_tests_init(void)
> {
> int ret, warn = 0;
Looks good for me :)
>
> 3/3 was updated too, but the only change is s/list_add_rcu/list_add_tail_rcu/,
> I won't spam the list but preserve your ack unless you object.
OK, I think it's a minor change.
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Subject: [PATCH v2] tracing/kprobes: Kill probe_enable_lock
>
> enable_trace_probe() and disable_trace_probe() should not worry about
> serialization, the caller (perf_trace_init or __ftrace_set_clr_event)
> holds event_mutex.
>
> They are also called by kprobe_trace_self_tests_init(), but this __init
> function can't race with itself or trace_events.c
>
> And note that this code depended on event_mutex even before 41a7dd420c
> which introduced probe_enable_lock. In fact it assumes that the caller
> kprobe_register() can never race with itself. Otherwise, say, tp->flags
> manipulations are racy.
>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
Thank you!
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
> ---
> kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
> 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
> index c0af476..3432652 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
> @@ -183,16 +183,15 @@ static struct trace_probe *find_trace_probe(const char *event,
> return NULL;
> }
>
> +/*
> + * This and enable_trace_probe/disable_trace_probe rely on event_mutex
> + * held by the caller, __ftrace_set_clr_event().
> + */
> static int trace_probe_nr_files(struct trace_probe *tp)
> {
> - struct ftrace_event_file **file;
> + struct ftrace_event_file **file = rcu_dereference_raw(tp->files);
> int ret = 0;
>
> - /*
> - * Since all tp->files updater is protected by probe_enable_lock,
> - * we don't need to lock an rcu_read_lock.
> - */
> - file = rcu_dereference_raw(tp->files);
> if (file)
> while (*(file++))
> ret++;
> @@ -200,8 +199,6 @@ static int trace_probe_nr_files(struct trace_probe *tp)
> return ret;
> }
>
> -static DEFINE_MUTEX(probe_enable_lock);
> -
> /*
> * Enable trace_probe
> * if the file is NULL, enable "perf" handler, or enable "trace" handler.
> @@ -211,8 +208,6 @@ enable_trace_probe(struct trace_probe *tp, struct ftrace_event_file *file)
> {
> int ret = 0;
>
> - mutex_lock(&probe_enable_lock);
> -
> if (file) {
> struct ftrace_event_file **new, **old;
> int n = trace_probe_nr_files(tp);
> @@ -223,7 +218,7 @@ enable_trace_probe(struct trace_probe *tp, struct ftrace_event_file *file)
> GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!new) {
> ret = -ENOMEM;
> - goto out_unlock;
> + goto out;
> }
> memcpy(new, old, n * sizeof(struct ftrace_event_file *));
> new[n] = file;
> @@ -247,10 +242,7 @@ enable_trace_probe(struct trace_probe *tp, struct ftrace_event_file *file)
> else
> ret = enable_kprobe(&tp->rp.kp);
> }
> -
> - out_unlock:
> - mutex_unlock(&probe_enable_lock);
> -
> + out:
> return ret;
> }
>
> @@ -283,8 +275,6 @@ disable_trace_probe(struct trace_probe *tp, struct ftrace_event_file *file)
> {
> int ret = 0;
>
> - mutex_lock(&probe_enable_lock);
> -
> if (file) {
> struct ftrace_event_file **new, **old;
> int n = trace_probe_nr_files(tp);
> @@ -293,7 +283,7 @@ disable_trace_probe(struct trace_probe *tp, struct ftrace_event_file *file)
> old = rcu_dereference_raw(tp->files);
> if (n == 0 || trace_probe_file_index(tp, file) < 0) {
> ret = -EINVAL;
> - goto out_unlock;
> + goto out;
> }
>
> if (n == 1) { /* Remove the last file */
> @@ -304,7 +294,7 @@ disable_trace_probe(struct trace_probe *tp, struct ftrace_event_file *file)
> GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!new) {
> ret = -ENOMEM;
> - goto out_unlock;
> + goto out;
> }
>
> /* This copy & check loop copies the NULL stopper too */
> @@ -327,10 +317,7 @@ disable_trace_probe(struct trace_probe *tp, struct ftrace_event_file *file)
> else
> disable_kprobe(&tp->rp.kp);
> }
> -
> - out_unlock:
> - mutex_unlock(&probe_enable_lock);
> -
> + out:
> return ret;
> }
>
> @@ -1215,6 +1202,12 @@ kretprobe_perf_func(struct trace_probe *tp, struct kretprobe_instance *ri,
> }
> #endif /* CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS */
>
> +/*
> + * called by perf_trace_init() or __ftrace_set_clr_event() under event_mutex.
> + *
> + * kprobe_trace_self_tests_init() does enable_trace_probe/disable_trace_probe
> + * lockless, but we can't race with this __init function.
> + */
> static __kprobes
> int kprobe_register(struct ftrace_event_call *event,
> enum trace_reg type, void *data)
> @@ -1380,6 +1373,10 @@ find_trace_probe_file(struct trace_probe *tp, struct trace_array *tr)
> return NULL;
> }
>
> +/*
> + * Nobody but us can call enable_trace_probe/disable_trace_probe at this
> + * stage, we can do this lockless.
> + */
> static __init int kprobe_trace_self_tests_init(void)
> {
> int ret, warn = 0;
>
--
Masami HIRAMATSU
IT Management Research Dept. Linux Technology Center
Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory
E-mail: masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com
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