linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 2/3] kdb: Properly synchronize vkdb

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Date:   Tue, 29 Nov 2016 10:37:55 +0100
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:     Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>
Cc:     Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/3] kdb: Properly synchronize vkdb_printf() calls with other CPUs

kdb_printf_lock does not prevent other CPUs from entering the critical
section because it is ignored when KDB_STATE_PRINTF_LOCK is set.

The problematic situation might look like:

CPU0					CPU1

vkdb_printf()
  if (!KDB_STATE(PRINTF_LOCK))
    KDB_STATE_SET(PRINTF_LOCK);
    spin_lock_irqsave(&kdb_printf_lock, flags);

					vkdb_printf()
					  if (!KDB_STATE(PRINTF_LOCK))

BANG: The PRINTF_LOCK state is set and CPU1 is entering the critical
section without spinning on the lock.

The problem is that the code tries to implement locking using two state
variables that are not handled atomically. Well, we need a custom
locking because we want to allow reentering the critical section on
the very same CPU.

Let's use solution from Petr Zijlstra that was proposed for a similar
scenario, see
https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161018171513.734367391@infradead.org

This patch uses the same trick with cmpxchg(). The only difference
is that we want to handle only recursion from the same context and
therefore we disable interrupts.

In addition, KDB_STATE_PRINTF_LOCK is removed. In fact, we are not
able to set it a non-racy way.

Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>
---
 kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c      | 30 +++++++++++++-----------------
 kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_private.h |  1 -
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
index 3faadc988ec0..cf495c7a8519 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
@@ -555,16 +555,16 @@ int vkdb_printf(enum kdb_msgsrc src, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 	int colcount;
 	int logging, saved_loglevel = 0;
 	int saved_trap_printk;
-	int got_printf_lock = 0;
 	int retlen = 0;
 	int fnd, len;
+	int this_cpu, old_cpu;
+	static int kdb_printf_cpu = -1;
 	char *cp, *cp2, *cphold = NULL, replaced_byte = ' ';
 	char *moreprompt = "more> ";
 	struct console *c = console_drivers;
-	static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kdb_printf_lock);
 	unsigned long uninitialized_var(flags);
 
-	preempt_disable();
+	local_irq_save(flags);
 	saved_trap_printk = kdb_trap_printk;
 	kdb_trap_printk = 0;
 
@@ -572,12 +572,13 @@ int vkdb_printf(enum kdb_msgsrc src, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 	 * But if any cpu goes recursive in kdb, just print the output,
 	 * even if it is interleaved with any other text.
 	 */
-	if (!KDB_STATE(PRINTF_LOCK)) {
-		KDB_STATE_SET(PRINTF_LOCK);
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&kdb_printf_lock, flags);
-		got_printf_lock = 1;
-	} else {
-		__acquire(kdb_printf_lock);
+	this_cpu = smp_processor_id();
+	for (;;) {
+		old_cpu = cmpxchg(&kdb_printf_cpu, -1, this_cpu);
+		if (old_cpu == -1 || old_cpu == this_cpu)
+			break;
+
+		cpu_relax();
 	}
 
 	diag = kdbgetintenv("LINES", &linecount);
@@ -846,15 +847,10 @@ int vkdb_printf(enum kdb_msgsrc src, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 	suspend_grep = 0; /* end of what may have been a recursive call */
 	if (logging)
 		console_loglevel = saved_loglevel;
-	if (KDB_STATE(PRINTF_LOCK) && got_printf_lock) {
-		got_printf_lock = 0;
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&kdb_printf_lock, flags);
-		KDB_STATE_CLEAR(PRINTF_LOCK);
-	} else {
-		__release(kdb_printf_lock);
-	}
+	/* kdb_printf_cpu locked the code above. */
+	smp_store_release(&kdb_printf_cpu, old_cpu);
 	kdb_trap_printk = saved_trap_printk;
-	preempt_enable();
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
 	return retlen;
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_private.h b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_private.h
index 75014d7f4568..fc224fbcf954 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_private.h
+++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_private.h
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ extern int kdbgetaddrarg(int, const char **, int*, unsigned long *,
 #define KDB_STATE_PAGER		0x00000400	/* pager is available */
 #define KDB_STATE_GO_SWITCH	0x00000800	/* go is switching
 						 * back to initial cpu */
-#define KDB_STATE_PRINTF_LOCK	0x00001000	/* Holds kdb_printf lock */
 #define KDB_STATE_WAIT_IPI	0x00002000	/* Waiting for kdb_ipi() NMI */
 #define KDB_STATE_RECURSE	0x00004000	/* Recursive entry to kdb */
 #define KDB_STATE_IP_ADJUSTED	0x00008000	/* Restart IP has been
-- 
1.8.5.6