linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 6/8] x86: Split syscall_trace

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Message-ID: <20140729184411.GA6035@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 29 Jul 2014 20:44:11 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
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	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 6/8] x86: Split syscall_trace_enter into two phases

On 07/29, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> wrote:
> > On 07/29, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > TIF_NOHZ is set if and only if context_tracking_is_enabled() is true.
> >> > So I think that
> >> >
> >> >         work = current_thread_info()->flags & (_TIF_WORK_SYSCALL_ENTRY & ~TIF_NOHZ);
> >> >
> >> >         user_exit();
> >> >
> >> > looks a bit better. But I won't argue.
> >>
> >> I don't get it.
> >
> > Don't worry, you are not alone.
> >
> >> context_tracking_is_enabled is global, and TIF_NOHZ
> >> is per-task.  Isn't this stuff determined per-task or per-cpu or
> >> something?
> >>
> >> IOW, if one CPU is running something that's very heavily
> >> userspace-oriented and another CPU is doing something syscall- or
> >> sleep-heavy, then shouldn't only the first CPU end up paying the price
> >> of context tracking?
> >
> > Please see another email I sent to Frederic.
> >
> I'll add at least this argument in favor of my approach: if context
> tracking works at all, then it had better not demand that syscall
> entry call user_exit if TIF_NOHZ is *not* set.

I disagree. At least I disagree with that you should enforce this in
syscall_trace_enter() paths, and in any case this has nothing to do with
these changes.

But again, I won't insist, so please forget.

> So adding the
> condition ought to be safe, barring dumb bugs in my code.

Yes, I think it is technically correct.

Oleg.

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