linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH for 4.18 09/16] powerpc: Add syscall detection for restartable sequences

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Date:   Tue, 05 Jun 2018 15:21:28 +1000
From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:     Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Dave Watson <davejwatson@...com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Andrew Hunter <ahh@...gle.com>,
        Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, Chris Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        Ben Maurer <bmaurer@...com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
        Joel Fernandes <joelaf@...gle.com>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH for 4.18 09/16] powerpc: Add syscall detection for restartable sequences

Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com> writes:
> From: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
>
> Syscalls are not allowed inside restartable sequences, so add a call to
> rseq_syscall() at the very beginning of system call exiting path for
> CONFIG_DEBUG_RSEQ=y kernel. This could help us to detect whether there
> is a syscall issued inside restartable sequences.
>
> [ Tested on 64-bit powerpc kernel by Mathieu Desnoyers. Still needs to
>   be tested on 32-bit powerpc kernel. ]
>
> Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
> CC: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
> CC: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
> CC: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
> CC: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> CC: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> CC: linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S | 7 +++++++
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S | 8 ++++++++
>  2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

I don't _love_ the #ifdefs in here, but they look correct and there's
not really a better option until we rewrite the syscall handler in C.

The rseq selftests passed for me with this applied and enabled. So if
you like here's some tags:

Tested-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>

cheers