linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] x86: s/READ_ONCE_NOCHECK/READ_ONCE/ in arch_atomic[64]

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Date:   Mon, 27 Mar 2017 08:25:54 +0200
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, arnd@...db.de, aryabinin@...tuozzo.com,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kasan-dev@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86: s/READ_ONCE_NOCHECK/READ_ONCE/ in
 arch_atomic[64]_read()


* Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com> wrote:

> Two problems was reported with READ_ONCE_NOCHECK in arch_atomic_read:
> 1. Andrey Ryabinin reported significant binary size increase
> (+400K of text). READ_ONCE_NOCHECK is intentionally compiled to
> non-inlined function call, and I counted 640 copies of it in my vmlinux.
> 2. Arnd Bergmann reported a new splat of too large frame sizes.
> 
> A single inlined KASAN check is very cheap, a non-inlined function
> call with KASAN/KCOV instrumentation can easily be more expensive.
> 
> Switch to READ_ONCE() in arch_atomic[64]_read().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
> Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Reported-by: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
> Cc: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org
> Cc: x86@...nel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: kasan-dev@...glegroups.com
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
> 
> ---
> 
> Changes since v1:
>  - also change arch_atomic64_read()
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h      | 15 ++++++---------
>  arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_64.h |  2 +-
>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h
> index 0cde164f058a..46e53bbf7ce3 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h
> @@ -24,10 +24,13 @@
>  static __always_inline int arch_atomic_read(const atomic_t *v)
>  {
>  	/*
> -	 * We use READ_ONCE_NOCHECK() because atomic_read() contains KASAN
> -	 * instrumentation. Double instrumentation is unnecessary.
> +	 * Note: READ_ONCE() here leads to double instrumentation as
> +	 * both READ_ONCE() and atomic_read() contain instrumentation.
> +	 * This is deliberate choice. READ_ONCE_NOCHECK() is compiled to a
> +	 * non-inlined function call that considerably increases binary size
> +	 * and stack usage under KASAN.

s/this is deliberate choice
 /this is a deliberate choice

Also, the patch does not apply to the latest locking tree cleanly, due to 
interacting changes.

Thanks,

	Ingo