linux-kernel - [for-linus][PATCH 2/2] ftrace: Move RCU is watching check after recursion check

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Date:   Wed, 30 Sep 2020 09:18:47 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Paul McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: [for-linus][PATCH 2/2] ftrace: Move RCU is watching check after recursion check

From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>

The first thing that the ftrace function callback helper functions should do
is to check for recursion. Peter Zijlstra found that when
"rcu_is_watching()" had its notrace removed, it caused perf function tracing
to crash. This is because the call of rcu_is_watching() is tested before
function recursion is checked and and if it is traced, it will cause an
infinite recursion loop.

rcu_is_watching() should still stay notrace, but to prevent this should
never had crashed in the first place. The recursion prevention must be the
first thing done in callback functions.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200929112541.GM2628@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net

Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Paul McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
Fixes: c68c0fa293417 ("ftrace: Have ftrace_ops_get_func() handle RCU and PER_CPU flags too")
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 603255f5f085..541453927c82 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -6993,16 +6993,14 @@ static void ftrace_ops_assist_func(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
 {
 	int bit;
 
-	if ((op->flags & FTRACE_OPS_FL_RCU) && !rcu_is_watching())
-		return;
-
 	bit = trace_test_and_set_recursion(TRACE_LIST_START, TRACE_LIST_MAX);
 	if (bit < 0)
 		return;
 
 	preempt_disable_notrace();
 
-	op->func(ip, parent_ip, op, regs);
+	if (!(op->flags & FTRACE_OPS_FL_RCU) || rcu_is_watching())
+		op->func(ip, parent_ip, op, regs);
 
 	preempt_enable_notrace();
 	trace_clear_recursion(bit);
-- 
2.28.0