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Date:   Thu, 10 Nov 2016 16:13:04 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Joel Fernandes <joelaf@...gle.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Anton Vorontsov <anton@...msg.org>,
        Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] ramoops: Split ftrace buffer space into per-CPU zones

On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 12:34 AM, Joel Fernandes <joelaf@...gle.com> wrote:
> If FTRACE_PER_CPU flag is passed to ramoops pdata, split the space into
> multiple zones depending on the number of CPUs.
>
> This speeds up the performance of function tracing by about 280% in my tests as
> we avoid the locking. The trade off being lesser space available per CPU.  Let
> the ramoops user decide which option they want based on pdata flag.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <joelaf@...gle.com>
> ---
>  fs/pstore/ram.c            | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>  include/linux/pstore_ram.h |  3 ++
>  2 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/pstore/ram.c b/fs/pstore/ram.c
> index 5caa512..5e96f78 100644
> --- a/fs/pstore/ram.c
> +++ b/fs/pstore/ram.c
> @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(ramoops_ecc,
>  struct ramoops_context {
>         struct persistent_ram_zone **przs;
>         struct persistent_ram_zone *cprz;
> -       struct persistent_ram_zone *fprz;
> +       struct persistent_ram_zone **fprzs;
>         struct persistent_ram_zone *mprz;
>         phys_addr_t phys_addr;
>         unsigned long size;
> @@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ struct ramoops_context {
>         size_t ftrace_size;
>         size_t pmsg_size;
>         int dump_oops;
> +       int flags;
>         struct persistent_ram_ecc_info ecc_info;
>         unsigned int max_dump_cnt;
>         unsigned int dump_write_cnt;
> @@ -219,9 +220,17 @@ static ssize_t ramoops_pstore_read(u64 *id, enum pstore_type_id *type,
>         if (!prz_ok(prz))
>                 prz = ramoops_get_next_prz(&cxt->cprz, &cxt->console_read_cnt,
>                                            1, id, type, PSTORE_TYPE_CONSOLE, 0);
> -       if (!prz_ok(prz))
> -               prz = ramoops_get_next_prz(&cxt->fprz, &cxt->ftrace_read_cnt,
> -                                          1, id, type, PSTORE_TYPE_FTRACE, 0);
> +       if (!prz_ok(prz)) {
> +               int max = (cxt->flags & FTRACE_PER_CPU) ? nr_cpu_ids : 1;
> +               while (cxt->ftrace_read_cnt < max && !prz) {
> +                       prz = ramoops_get_next_prz(cxt->fprzs,
> +                                       &cxt->ftrace_read_cnt, max, id, type,
> +                                       PSTORE_TYPE_FTRACE, 0);
> +                       if (!prz_ok(prz))
> +                               continue;
> +               }
> +       }
> +
>         if (!prz_ok(prz))
>                 prz = ramoops_get_next_prz(&cxt->mprz, &cxt->pmsg_read_cnt,
>                                            1, id, type, PSTORE_TYPE_PMSG, 0);
> @@ -283,9 +292,23 @@ static int notrace ramoops_pstore_write_buf(enum pstore_type_id type,
>                 persistent_ram_write(cxt->cprz, buf, size, PSTORE_RAM_LOCK);
>                 return 0;
>         } else if (type == PSTORE_TYPE_FTRACE) {
> -               if (!cxt->fprz)
> +               int zonenum, lock;
> +
> +               if (!cxt->fprzs)
>                         return -ENOMEM;
> -               persistent_ram_write(cxt->fprz, buf, size, PSTORE_RAM_LOCK);
> +               /*
> +                * If per-cpu buffers, don't lock. Otherwise there's only
> +                * 1 zone for ftrace (zone 0) and all CPUs share it, so lock.
> +                */
> +               if (cxt->flags & FTRACE_PER_CPU) {
> +                       zonenum = smp_processor_id();
> +                       lock = PSTORE_RAM_NOLOCK;
> +               } else {
> +                       zonenum = 0;
> +                       lock = PSTORE_RAM_LOCK;
> +               }
> +
> +               persistent_ram_write(cxt->fprzs[zonenum], buf, size, lock);
>                 return 0;
>         } else if (type == PSTORE_TYPE_PMSG) {
>                 pr_warn_ratelimited("ramoops: warning: PMSG shouldn't call %s\n",
> @@ -352,6 +375,7 @@ static int ramoops_pstore_erase(enum pstore_type_id type, u64 id, int count,
>  {
>         struct ramoops_context *cxt = psi->data;
>         struct persistent_ram_zone *prz;
> +       int max;
>
>         switch (type) {
>         case PSTORE_TYPE_DMESG:
> @@ -363,7 +387,10 @@ static int ramoops_pstore_erase(enum pstore_type_id type, u64 id, int count,
>                 prz = cxt->cprz;
>                 break;
>         case PSTORE_TYPE_FTRACE:
> -               prz = cxt->fprz;
> +               max = (cxt->flags & FTRACE_PER_CPU) ? nr_cpu_ids : 1;
> +               if (id >= max)
> +                       return -EINVAL;
> +               prz = cxt->fprzs[id];
>                 break;
>         case PSTORE_TYPE_PMSG:
>                 prz = cxt->mprz;
> @@ -394,14 +421,23 @@ static void ramoops_free_przs(struct ramoops_context *cxt)
>  {
>         int i;
>
> -       if (!cxt->przs)
> -               return;
> +       /* Free dump PRZs */
> +       if (cxt->przs) {
> +               for (i = 0; i < cxt->max_dump_cnt; i++)
> +                       persistent_ram_free(cxt->przs[i]);
>
> -       for (i = 0; i < cxt->max_dump_cnt; i++)
> -               persistent_ram_free(cxt->przs[i]);
> +               kfree(cxt->przs);
> +               cxt->max_dump_cnt = 0;
> +       }
>
> -       kfree(cxt->przs);
> -       cxt->max_dump_cnt = 0;
> +       /* Free ftrace PRZs */
> +       if (cxt->fprzs) {
> +               int nr = (cxt->flags & FTRACE_PER_CPU) ? nr_cpu_ids : 1;
> +
> +               for (i = 0; i < nr; i++)
> +                       persistent_ram_free(cxt->fprzs[i]);
> +               kfree(cxt->fprzs);
> +       }
>  }
>
>  static int ramoops_init_przs(struct device *dev, struct ramoops_context *cxt,
> @@ -618,6 +654,7 @@ static int ramoops_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>         cxt->ftrace_size = pdata->ftrace_size;
>         cxt->pmsg_size = pdata->pmsg_size;
>         cxt->dump_oops = pdata->dump_oops;
> +       cxt->flags = pdata->flags;
>         cxt->ecc_info = pdata->ecc_info;
>
>         paddr = cxt->phys_addr;
> @@ -633,8 +670,9 @@ static int ramoops_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>         if (err)
>                 goto fail_init_cprz;
>
> -       err = ramoops_init_prz(dev, cxt, &cxt->fprz, &paddr, cxt->ftrace_size,
> -                              LINUX_VERSION_CODE);
> +       err = ramoops_init_przs(dev, cxt, &cxt->fprzs, &paddr, cxt->ftrace_size,
> +                               (cxt->flags & FTRACE_PER_CPU) ? nr_cpu_ids : 1,
> +                               LINUX_VERSION_CODE);
>         if (err)
>                 goto fail_init_fprz;
>
> @@ -698,7 +736,6 @@ fail_clear:
>         cxt->pstore.bufsize = 0;
>         persistent_ram_free(cxt->mprz);
>  fail_init_mprz:
> -       persistent_ram_free(cxt->fprz);
>  fail_init_fprz:
>         persistent_ram_free(cxt->cprz);
>  fail_init_cprz:
> @@ -717,7 +754,6 @@ static int ramoops_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>         cxt->pstore.bufsize = 0;
>
>         persistent_ram_free(cxt->mprz);
> -       persistent_ram_free(cxt->fprz);
>         persistent_ram_free(cxt->cprz);
>         ramoops_free_przs(cxt);
>
> @@ -759,6 +795,8 @@ static void ramoops_register_dummy(void)
>         dummy_data->ftrace_size = ramoops_ftrace_size;
>         dummy_data->pmsg_size = ramoops_pmsg_size;
>         dummy_data->dump_oops = dump_oops;
> +       dummy_data->flags = FTRACE_PER_CPU;
> +
>         /*
>          * For backwards compatibility ramoops.ecc=1 means 16 bytes ECC
>          * (using 1 byte for ECC isn't much of use anyway).
> diff --git a/include/linux/pstore_ram.h b/include/linux/pstore_ram.h
> index 69f3487..122f78d 100644
> --- a/include/linux/pstore_ram.h
> +++ b/include/linux/pstore_ram.h
> @@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ ssize_t persistent_ram_ecc_string(struct persistent_ram_zone *prz,
>   * @mem_address        physical memory address to contain ramoops
>   */
>
> +#define FTRACE_PER_CPU BIT(0)
> +
>  struct ramoops_platform_data {
>         unsigned long   mem_size;
>         phys_addr_t     mem_address;
> @@ -95,6 +97,7 @@ struct ramoops_platform_data {
>         unsigned long   ftrace_size;
>         unsigned long   pmsg_size;
>         int             dump_oops;
> +       int             flags;
>         struct persistent_ram_ecc_info ecc_info;
>  };
>
> --
> 2.7.4
>

Is there a case for not setting FTRACE_PER_CPU?

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Nexus Security

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