linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/paravirt: Add missing noinstr to arch

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Message-ID: <20200807095032.GA3528289@elver.google.com>
Date:   Fri, 7 Aug 2020 11:50:32 +0200
From:   Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
To:     Jürgen Groß <jgross@...e.com>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        fenghua.yu@...el.com, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        syzkaller-bugs <syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
        yu-cheng.yu@...el.com, sdeep@...are.com,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        kasan-dev <kasan-dev@...glegroups.com>,
        syzbot <syzbot+8db9e1ecde74e590a657@...kaller.appspotmail.com>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/paravirt: Add missing noinstr to arch_local*()
 helpers

On Fri, Aug 07, 2020 at 11:24AM +0200, Jürgen Groß wrote:
> On 07.08.20 11:01, Marco Elver wrote:
> > On Thu, 6 Aug 2020 at 18:06, Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 6 Aug 2020 at 15:17, Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com> wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Aug 06, 2020 at 01:32PM +0200, peterz@...radead.org wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Aug 06, 2020 at 09:47:23AM +0200, Marco Elver wrote:
> > > > > > Testing my hypothesis that raw then nested non-raw
> > > > > > local_irq_save/restore() breaks IRQ state tracking -- see the reproducer
> > > > > > below. This is at least 1 case I can think of that we're bound to hit.
> > > > ...
> > > > > 
> > > > > /me goes ponder things...
> > > > > 
> > > > > How's something like this then?
> > > > > 
> > > > > ---
> > > > >   include/linux/sched.h |  3 ---
> > > > >   kernel/kcsan/core.c   | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
> > > > >   2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> > > > 
> > > > Thank you! That approach seems to pass syzbot (also with
> > > > CONFIG_PARAVIRT) and kcsan-test tests.
> > > > 
> > > > I had to modify it some, so that report.c's use of the restore logic
> > > > works and not mess up the IRQ trace printed on KCSAN reports (with
> > > > CONFIG_KCSAN_VERBOSE).
> > > > 
> > > > I still need to fully convince myself all is well now and we don't end
> > > > up with more fixes. :-) If it passes further testing, I'll send it as a
> > > > real patch (I want to add you as Co-developed-by, but would need your
> > > > Signed-off-by for the code you pasted, I think.)
> > 
> > I let it run on syzbot through the night, and it's fine without
> > PARAVIRT (see below). I have sent the patch (need your Signed-off-by
> > as it's based on your code, thank you!):
> > https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200807090031.3506555-1-elver@google.com
> > 
> > > With CONFIG_PARAVIRT=y (without the notrace->noinstr patch), I still
> > > get lockdep DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!lockdep_hardirqs_enabled()), although
> > > it takes longer for syzbot to hit them. But I think that's expected
> > > because we can still get the recursion that I pointed out, and will
> > > need that patch.
> > 
> > Never mind, I get these warnings even if I don't turn on KCSAN
> > (CONFIG_KCSAN=n). Something else is going on with PARAVIRT=y that
> > throws off IRQ state tracking. :-/
> 
> What are the settings of CONFIG_PARAVIRT_XXL and
> CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS in this case?

I attached a config.

	$> grep PARAVIRT .config
	CONFIG_PARAVIRT=y
	CONFIG_PARAVIRT_XXL=y
	# CONFIG_PARAVIRT_DEBUG is not set
	CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS=y
	# CONFIG_PARAVIRT_TIME_ACCOUNTING is not set
	CONFIG_PARAVIRT_CLOCK=y

Thanks,
-- Marco

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