linux-kernel - Re: [tip: core/rcu] rcu/tree: Mark the idle relevant functions noinstr

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Date:   Mon, 28 Sep 2020 17:22:33 -0500
From:   Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@....com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@...cle.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [tip: core/rcu] rcu/tree: Mark the idle relevant functions
 noinstr

Hi,

On 5/19/20 2:52 PM, tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> The following commit has been merged into the core/rcu branch of tip:
> 
> Commit-ID:     ff5c4f5cad33061b07c3fb9187506783c0f3cb66
> Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/ff5c4f5cad33061b07c3fb9187506783c0f3cb66
> Author:        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> AuthorDate:    Fri, 13 Mar 2020 17:32:17 +01:00
> Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> CommitterDate: Tue, 19 May 2020 15:51:20 +02:00
> 
> rcu/tree: Mark the idle relevant functions noinstr
> 
> These functions are invoked from context tracking and other places in the
> low level entry code. Move them into the .noinstr.text section to exclude
> them from instrumentation.
> 
> Mark the places which are safe to invoke traceable functions with
> instrumentation_begin/end() so objtool won't complain.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Reviewed-by: Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@...cle.com>
> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200505134100.575356107@linutronix.de
> 
> 
> ---

I bisected a system hang condition down to this commit.

To reproduce the hang, compile the below code and execute it as root
on an x86_64 server (AMD or Intel).  The code is opening a 
PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT event with a non-zero pe.config.

If I revert the commit from Linus' ToT, the system stays up.

.config attached.

Thanks,

Kim

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <linux/perf_event.h>
#include <asm/unistd.h>

static long
perf_event_open(struct perf_event_attr *hw_event, pid_t pid,
	       int cpu, int group_fd, unsigned long flags)
{
   int ret;

   ret = syscall(__NR_perf_event_open, hw_event, pid, cpu,
		  group_fd, flags);
   return ret;
}

int
main(int argc, char **argv)
{
   struct perf_event_attr pe;
   long long count;
   int fd;

   memset(&pe, 0, sizeof(struct perf_event_attr));
   pe.type = PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT;
   pe.size = sizeof(struct perf_event_attr);
   pe.config = PERF_COUNT_HW_INSTRUCTIONS;
   pe.disabled = 1;
   pe.exclude_kernel = 1;
   pe.exclude_hv = 1;

   fd = perf_event_open(&pe, 0, -1, -1, 0);
   if (fd == -1) {
      fprintf(stderr, "Error opening leader %llx\n", pe.config);
      exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
   }
}

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