linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] arm64: irqflags: Introduce explicit debugging for IRQ priorities

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Message-ID: <890a91fd-da1e-50b4-6567-d732a850e32c@arm.com>
Date:   Thu, 16 May 2019 14:43:25 +0100
From:   Julien Thierry <julien.thierry@....com>
To:     Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        yuzenghui@...wei.com, wanghaibin.wang@...wei.com,
        james.morse@....com, will.deacon@....com, catalin.marinas@....com,
        mark.rutland@....com, liwei391@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] arm64: irqflags: Introduce explicit debugging for
 IRQ priorities



On 07/05/2019 09:44, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On 29/04/2019 17:00, Julien Thierry wrote:
>> Using IRQ priority masking to enable/disable interrupts is a bit
>> sensitive as it requires to deal with both ICC_PMR_EL1 and PSR.I.
>>
>> Introduce some validity checks to both highlight the states in which
>> functions dealing with IRQ enabling/disabling can (not) be called, and
>> bark a warning when called in an unexpected state.
>>
>> Since these checks are done on hotpaths, introduce a build option to
>> choose whether to do the checking.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Julien Thierry <julien.thierry@....com>
>> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
>> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
>> ---
>>  arch/arm64/Kconfig                 | 11 +++++++++++
>>  arch/arm64/include/asm/daifflags.h |  9 +++++++++
>>  arch/arm64/include/asm/irqflags.h  | 14 ++++++++++++++
>>  3 files changed, 34 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
>> index 7e34b9e..3fb38f3 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
>> @@ -1359,6 +1359,17 @@ config ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI
>>
>>  	  If unsure, say N
>>
>> +if ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI
>> +config ARM64_DEBUG_PRIORITY_MASKING
>> +	bool "Debug interrupt priority masking"
>> +	help
>> +	  This adds runtime checks to functions enabling/disabling
>> +	  interrupts when using priority masking. The additional checks verify
>> +	  the validity of ICC_PMR_EL1 when calling concerned functions.
>> +
>> +	  If unsure, say N
>> +endif
>> +
>>  config RELOCATABLE
>>  	bool
>>  	help
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/daifflags.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/daifflags.h
>> index a32ece9..9512968 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/daifflags.h
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/daifflags.h
>> @@ -28,6 +28,11 @@
>>  /* mask/save/unmask/restore all exceptions, including interrupts. */
>>  static inline void local_daif_mask(void)
>>  {
>> +	WARN_ON(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64_DEBUG_PRIORITY_MASKING) &&
>> +		system_uses_irq_prio_masking() &&
> 
> Given that you repeat these conditions all over the place, how about a
> helper:
> 
> #define DEBUG_PRIORITY_MASKING_CHECK(x)			\
> 	(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64_DEBUG_PRIORITY_MASKING) && \
> 	 system_uses_irq_prio_masking() && (x))
> 
> or some variant thereof.
> 

Yes, good point, I'll do that.

>> +		(read_sysreg_s(SYS_ICC_PMR_EL1) == (GIC_PRIO_IRQOFF |
>> +						    GIC_PRIO_IGNORE_PMR)));
>> +
>>  	asm volatile(
>>  		"msr	daifset, #0xf		// local_daif_mask\n"
>>  		:
>> @@ -62,6 +67,10 @@ static inline void local_daif_restore(unsigned long flags)
>>  {
>>  	bool irq_disabled = flags & PSR_I_BIT;
>>
>> +	WARN_ON(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64_DEBUG_PRIORITY_MASKING) &&
>> +		system_uses_irq_prio_masking() &&
>> +		!(read_sysreg(daif) & PSR_I_BIT));
>> +
>>  	if (!irq_disabled) {
>>  		trace_hardirqs_on();
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/irqflags.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/irqflags.h
>> index 516cdfc..a40abc2 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/irqflags.h
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/irqflags.h
>> @@ -40,6 +40,13 @@
>>   */
>>  static inline void arch_local_irq_enable(void)
>>  {
>> +	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64_DEBUG_PRIORITY_MASKING) &&
>> +	    system_uses_irq_prio_masking()) {
>> +		u32 pmr = read_sysreg_s(SYS_ICC_PMR_EL1);
>> +
>> +		WARN_ON(pmr != GIC_PRIO_IRQON && pmr != GIC_PRIO_IRQOFF);
>> +	}
>> +
>>  	asm volatile(ALTERNATIVE(
>>  		"msr	daifclr, #2		// arch_local_irq_enable\n"
>>  		"nop",
>> @@ -53,6 +60,13 @@ static inline void arch_local_irq_enable(void)
>>
>>  static inline void arch_local_irq_disable(void)
>>  {
>> +	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64_DEBUG_PRIORITY_MASKING) &&
>> +	    system_uses_irq_prio_masking()) {
>> +		u32 pmr = read_sysreg_s(SYS_ICC_PMR_EL1);
>> +
>> +		WARN_ON(pmr != GIC_PRIO_IRQON && pmr != GIC_PRIO_IRQOFF);
>> +	}
>> +
>>  	asm volatile(ALTERNATIVE(
>>  		"msr	daifset, #2		// arch_local_irq_disable",
>>  		"msr_s  " __stringify(SYS_ICC_PMR_EL1) ", %0",
>> --
>> 1.9.1
>>
> 
> nit: There is also the question of using WARN_ON in a context that will
> be extremely noisy if we're in a condition where this fires.
> WARN_ON_ONCE, maybe? This is a debugging thing, so maybe we just don't care.
> 

Yes, thinking about it, it did get pretty noisy when I checked this was
working. WARN_ON_ONCE might be a good option.

Thanks,

-- 
Julien Thierry