linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] ptrace: fix set_task_blockstep()->update

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Date:	Tue, 7 Aug 2012 17:13:43 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Anton Arapov <anton@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...k.frob.com>,
	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ptrace: fix
	set_task_blockstep()->update_debugctlmsr() logic

Hi.

Today I noticed by accident that starting from Aug 4 (at least)
all my emails went to nowhere. I am resending some of them...

Peter, Ingo, could you help?

See the question about nmi at the end.

On 08/03, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
>
> On 08/03/2012 07:38 PM, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>>>>    	update_debugctlmsr(debugctl);
>>>> +	local_irq_enable();
>>>
>>> wouldn't preempt_disable() be enough?
>>
>> preempt_disable() can't help if interrupt handler changes
>> other bits in between?
>
> So perf() uses this register as well. Since perf() uses the raw
> primitives (raw_spin_lock())

Hmm. perf/whatever uses raw_spin_lock() if the lock is raw_spinlock_t.

But this doesn't matter? Whatever irq handler does has nothing to
do with the problem, either local_irq_disable() can prevent this
irq from happening, or not.

> shouldn't you do the same?

raw_local_irq_disable? I don't think so.

> If I recall
> correctly (but it is Friday and late) local_irq_enable() wouldn't
> disable irqs on RT

You mean it doesn't disable irqs in hardware? Yet local_irq_disable()
should protect against the interrupt handler.

OK, I know nothing about RT kernel (unfortunately), perhaps it has
other primitives, but

> and perf takes the raw lock

this certainly doesn't matter, afaics.

And note that __switch_to_xtra() runs under local_irq_disable() too.

However. It seems that perf (intel_pmu_handle_irq) can play with
MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR bits in nmi? In this case local_irq_disable()
can't help. Doesn't this mean __switch_to_xtra() has problems?

Oleg.

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