linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tracing/ftrace: add missing wake-up on some callsites

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20090223162257.GF5961@nowhere>
Date:	Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:22:58 +0100
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tracing/ftrace: add missing wake-up on some callsites

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:37:52AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sun, 22 Feb 2009, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> 
> > Impact: fix unwaken pipe
> > 
> > Now that we use a common wakeup infrastructure, we must append a wakeup
> > on few callsites which lack it or tasks reading trace_pipe will not be
> > awaken when events come on few tracers.
> > 
> > Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> > Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  kernel/trace/trace.c             |    2 ++
> >  kernel/trace/trace_branch.c      |    2 ++
> >  kernel/trace/trace_hw_branches.c |    2 ++
> >  3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
> > index e1f3b99..7f450b6 100644
> > --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
> > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
> > @@ -3055,6 +3055,8 @@ int trace_vprintk(unsigned long ip, int depth, const char *fmt, va_list args)
> >   out:
> >  	preempt_enable_notrace();
> >  
> > +	trace_wake_up();
> > +
> >  	return len;
> >  }
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(trace_vprintk);
> > diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_branch.c b/kernel/trace/trace_branch.c
> > index c2e68d4..8c8f8c0 100644
> > --- a/kernel/trace/trace_branch.c
> > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_branch.c
> > @@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ probe_likely_condition(struct ftrace_branch_data *f, int val, int expect)
> >   out:
> >  	atomic_dec(&tr->data[cpu]->disabled);
> >  	local_irq_restore(flags);
> > +
> > +	trace_wake_up();
> >  }
> >  
> >  static inline
> > diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_hw_branches.c b/kernel/trace/trace_hw_branches.c
> > index 3561aac..ddd87fd 100644
> > --- a/kernel/trace/trace_hw_branches.c
> > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_hw_branches.c
> > @@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ void trace_hw_branch(u64 from, u64 to)
> >   out:
> >  	atomic_dec(&tr->data[cpu]->disabled);
> >  	local_irq_restore(irq1);
> > +
> > +	trace_wake_up();
> >  }
> >  
> >  static void trace_bts_at(const struct bts_trace *trace, void *at)
> 
> Ah, we don't wake up purposely on these three places. ftrace_printk is 
> meant to be called anywhere (including the scheduler). And the branch 
> tracers are also allowed to be called anywhere (they usually are).
> 
> Calling "wake_up" from any of these can easily cause a dead lock with the 
> run queue lock, because all three can be called from with in the 
> scheduler.
> 
> Sorry, but I have to NACK this change.


And fortunately you NACK, I didn't realized how dangerous it can be.
I will send a patch to make these branch tracers use the old polling wake up.

But another solution should be found for ftrace_printk() since it doesn't necessarily
rely on any tracer.

 
> -- Steve

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/