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Date:	Thu, 1 May 2008 17:50:38 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, lucho@...kov.net,
	ericvh@...il.com, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix flags length in net 9p




On Fri, 2 May 2008, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:

> On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 02:19:19PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Thu, 1 May 2008 17:08:05 -0400 (EDT)
> > Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Some files in the net/9p directory uses "int" for flags. This can
> > > cause hard to find bugs on some architectures. This patch converts the
> > > flags to use "long" instead.
> >
> > gargh.
> >
> > > This bug was discovered by doing an allyesconfig make on the -rt kernel
> > > where checks are done to ensure all flags are of size sizeof(long).
> >
> > I was about to suggest that we do something like that...
> >
> > I wonder how messy it is.  I long ago lost the ability to follow the
> > convolutions in include/linux/spinlock*.h :(  gotta patch?
>
> Me, me, take me back!
>
>
> commit ee3ce191e8eaa4cc15c51a28b34143b36404c4f5
> Author: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
> Date:   Sat Nov 25 11:09:36 2006 -0800
>
>     [PATCH] Enforce "unsigned long flags;" when spinlocking
>
>     Make it break or warn if you pass to spin_lock_irqsave() and friends
>     something different from "unsigned long flags;".  Suprisingly large amount
>     of these was caught by recent commit
>     c53421b18f205c5f97c604ae55c6a921f034b0f6 and others.
>
>     Idea is largely from FRV typechecking. Suggestions from Andrew Morton.
>     All stupid typos in first version fixed.
>
>     Passes allmodconfig on i386, x86_64, alpha, arm as well as my usual config.
>
>     Note #1: checking with sparse is still needed, because a driver can save
>     	 and pass around flags or something. So far patch is very intrusive.
>     Note #2: techically, we should break only if
>     		sizeof(flags) < sizeof(unsigned long),
>     	 however, the more pain for getting suspicious code into kernel,
>     	 the better.
>
>     Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
>     Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
>     Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
>     Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/irqflags.h b/include/linux/irqflags.h
> index 412e025..4fe740b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/irqflags.h
> +++ b/include/linux/irqflags.h
> @@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
>  #ifndef _LINUX_TRACE_IRQFLAGS_H
>  #define _LINUX_TRACE_IRQFLAGS_H
>
> +#define BUILD_CHECK_IRQ_FLAGS(flags)					\
> +	do {								\
> +		BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(flags) != sizeof(unsigned long));	\
> +		typecheck(unsigned long, flags);			\
> +	} while (0)
> +
>  #ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS
>    extern void trace_hardirqs_on(void);
>    extern void trace_hardirqs_off(void);
> @@ -50,10 +56,15 @@
>  #define local_irq_disable() \
>  	do { raw_local_irq_disable(); trace_hardirqs_off(); } while (0)
>  #define local_irq_save(flags) \
> -	do { raw_local_irq_save(flags); trace_hardirqs_off(); } while (0)
> +	do {					\
> +		BUILD_CHECK_IRQ_FLAGS(flags);	\
> +		raw_local_irq_save(flags);	\
> +		trace_hardirqs_off();		\
> +	} while (0)
>
>  #define local_irq_restore(flags)				\
>  	do {							\
> +		BUILD_CHECK_IRQ_FLAGS(flags);			\
>  		if (raw_irqs_disabled_flags(flags)) {		\
>  			raw_local_irq_restore(flags);		\
>  			trace_hardirqs_off();			\
> @@ -69,8 +80,16 @@
>   */
>  # define raw_local_irq_disable()	local_irq_disable()
>  # define raw_local_irq_enable()		local_irq_enable()
> -# define raw_local_irq_save(flags)	local_irq_save(flags)
> -# define raw_local_irq_restore(flags)	local_irq_restore(flags)
> +# define raw_local_irq_save(flags)		\
> +	do {					\
> +		BUILD_CHECK_IRQ_FLAGS(flags);	\
> +		local_irq_save(flags);		\
> +	} while (0)
> +# define raw_local_irq_restore(flags)		\
> +	do {					\
> +		BUILD_CHECK_IRQ_FLAGS(flags);	\
> +		local_irq_restore(flags);	\
> +	} while (0)
>  #endif /* CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT */
>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
> @@ -80,7 +99,11 @@
>  		raw_safe_halt();				\
>  	} while (0)
>
> -#define local_save_flags(flags)		raw_local_save_flags(flags)
> +#define local_save_flags(flags)			\
> +	do {					\
> +		BUILD_CHECK_IRQ_FLAGS(flags);	\
> +		raw_local_save_flags(flags);	\
> +	} while (0)
>
>  #define irqs_disabled()						\
>  ({								\
> @@ -90,7 +113,11 @@
>  	raw_irqs_disabled_flags(flags);				\
>  })
>
> -#define irqs_disabled_flags(flags)	raw_irqs_disabled_flags(flags)
> +#define irqs_disabled_flags(flags)	\
> +({					\
> +	BUILD_CHECK_IRQ_FLAGS(flags);	\
> +	raw_irqs_disabled_flags(flags);	\
> +})
>  #endif		/* CONFIG_X86 */
>
>  #endif
> diff --git a/include/linux/spinlock.h b/include/linux/spinlock.h
> index b800d2d..54ad370 100644
> --- a/include/linux/spinlock.h
> +++ b/include/linux/spinlock.h
> @@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
>  #include <linux/thread_info.h>
>  #include <linux/kernel.h>
>  #include <linux/stringify.h>
> +#include <linux/irqflags.h>
>
>  #include <asm/system.h>
>
> @@ -183,13 +184,37 @@ do {								\
>  #define read_lock(lock)			_read_lock(lock)
>
>  #if defined(CONFIG_SMP) || defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK)
> -#define spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags)	flags = _spin_lock_irqsave(lock)
> -#define read_lock_irqsave(lock, flags)	flags = _read_lock_irqsave(lock)
> -#define write_lock_irqsave(lock, flags)	flags = _write_lock_irqsave(lock)
> +#define spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags)			\
> +	do {						\
> +		BUILD_CHECK_IRQ_FLAGS(flags);		\
> +		flags = _spin_lock_irqsave(lock);	\
> +	} while (0)
> +#define read_lock_irqsave(lock, flags)			\
> +	do {						\
> +		BUILD_CHECK_IRQ_FLAGS(flags);		\
> +		flags = _read_lock_irqsave(lock);	\
> +	} while (0)
> +#define write_lock_irqsave(lock, flags)			\
> +	do {						\
> +		BUILD_CHECK_IRQ_FLAGS(flags);		\
> +		flags = _write_lock_irqsave(lock);	\
> +	} while (0)
>  #else
> -#define spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags)	_spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags)
> -#define read_lock_irqsave(lock, flags)	_read_lock_irqsave(lock, flags)
> -#define write_lock_irqsave(lock, flags)	_write_lock_irqsave(lock, flags)
> +#define spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags)			\
> +	do {						\
> +		BUILD_CHECK_IRQ_FLAGS(flags);		\
> +		_spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);	\
> +	} while (0)
> +#define read_lock_irqsave(lock, flags)			\
> +	do {						\
> +		BUILD_CHECK_IRQ_FLAGS(flags);		\
> +		_read_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);	\
> +	} while (0)
> +#define write_lock_irqsave(lock, flags)			\
> +	do {						\
> +		BUILD_CHECK_IRQ_FLAGS(flags);		\
> +		_write_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);	\
> +	} while (0)
>  #endif
>
>  #define spin_lock_irq(lock)		_spin_lock_irq(lock)
> @@ -225,15 +250,24 @@ do {								\
>  #endif
>
>  #define spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags) \
> -					_spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags)
> +	do {						\
> +		BUILD_CHECK_IRQ_FLAGS(flags);		\
> +		_spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);	\
> +	} while (0)
>  #define spin_unlock_bh(lock)		_spin_unlock_bh(lock)
>
>  #define read_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags) \
> -					_read_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags)
> +	do {						\
> +		BUILD_CHECK_IRQ_FLAGS(flags);		\
> +		_read_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);	\
> +	} while (0)
>  #define read_unlock_bh(lock)		_read_unlock_bh(lock)
>
>  #define write_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags) \
> -					_write_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags)
> +	do {						\
> +		BUILD_CHECK_IRQ_FLAGS(flags);		\
> +		_write_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);	\
> +	} while (0)
>  #define write_unlock_bh(lock)		_write_unlock_bh(lock)
>
>  #define spin_trylock_bh(lock)	__cond_lock(lock, _spin_trylock_bh(lock))
> @@ -247,6 +281,7 @@ do {								\
>
>  #define spin_trylock_irqsave(lock, flags) \
>  ({ \
> +	BUILD_CHECK_IRQ_FLAGS(flags); \
>  	local_irq_save(flags); \
>  	spin_trylock(lock) ? \
>  	1 : ({ local_irq_restore(flags); 0; }); \
>
>
>
> Seriously, if people can suggest _good_ *** for the following idiom
>
> 	flags = spin_lock_irq***(&lock);
> 		...
> 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lock, flags);
>
> I can do tree-wide conversion with irq_flags_t and new locking
> primitive.

I don't think we need to have a new primitive.

>
> If people can't, I can do just irq_flags_t conversion and enforce build
> breakage if one use something other than irq_flags_t .

We can simply have all users of flags use the new irqflags_t type, and
just do a one time big patch (grant you, that would break all pending
patches before that). But we can also write up a script that can convert
patches as well.

-- Steve

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