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Message-Id: <20201105141524.9cf014cbfdc83af2daa43fa1@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 5 Nov 2020 14:15:24 +0900
From:   Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Eddy_Wu@...ndmicro.com,
        x86@...nel.org, davem@...emloft.net, naveen.n.rao@...ux.ibm.com,
        anil.s.keshavamurthy@...el.com, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        cameron@...dycamel.com, oleg@...hat.com, will@...nel.org,
        paulmck@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 14/21] kprobes: Remove NMI context check

On Wed, 4 Nov 2020 09:47:22 -0500
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 4 Nov 2020 11:08:52 +0900
> Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org> wrote:
> 
> > kretprobe_hash_lock() and kretprobe_table_lock() will be called from
> > outside of the kprobe pre_handler context. So, please keep in_nmi()
> > in those functions.
> > for the pre_handler_kretprobe(), this looks good to me.
> > 
> 
> Final version, before sending to Linus.

This looks good to me :)

Thank you!

> 
> -- Steve
> 
> From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> Subject: [PATCH] kprobes: Tell lockdep about kprobe nesting
> 
> Since the kprobe handlers have protection that prohibits other handlers from
> executing in other contexts (like if an NMI comes in while processing a
> kprobe, and executes the same kprobe, it will get fail with a "busy"
> return). Lockdep is unaware of this protection. Use lockdep's nesting api to
> differentiate between locks taken in INT3 context and other context to
> suppress the false warnings.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201102160234.fa0ae70915ad9e2b21c08b85@kernel.org
> 
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> ---
>  kernel/kprobes.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
> index 8a12a25fa40d..41fdbb7953c6 100644
> --- a/kernel/kprobes.c
> +++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
> @@ -1249,7 +1249,13 @@ __acquires(hlist_lock)
>  
>  	*head = &kretprobe_inst_table[hash];
>  	hlist_lock = kretprobe_table_lock_ptr(hash);
> -	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(hlist_lock, *flags);
> +	/*
> +	 * Nested is a workaround that will soon not be needed.
> +	 * There's other protections that make sure the same lock
> +	 * is not taken on the same CPU that lockdep is unaware of.
> +	 * Differentiate when it is taken in NMI context.
> +	 */
> +	raw_spin_lock_irqsave_nested(hlist_lock, *flags, !!in_nmi());
>  }
>  NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(kretprobe_hash_lock);
>  
> @@ -1258,7 +1264,13 @@ static void kretprobe_table_lock(unsigned long hash,
>  __acquires(hlist_lock)
>  {
>  	raw_spinlock_t *hlist_lock = kretprobe_table_lock_ptr(hash);
> -	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(hlist_lock, *flags);
> +	/*
> +	 * Nested is a workaround that will soon not be needed.
> +	 * There's other protections that make sure the same lock
> +	 * is not taken on the same CPU that lockdep is unaware of.
> +	 * Differentiate when it is taken in NMI context.
> +	 */
> +	raw_spin_lock_irqsave_nested(hlist_lock, *flags, !!in_nmi());
>  }
>  NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(kretprobe_table_lock);
>  
> @@ -2028,7 +2040,12 @@ static int pre_handler_kretprobe(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs)
>  
>  	/* TODO: consider to only swap the RA after the last pre_handler fired */
>  	hash = hash_ptr(current, KPROBE_HASH_BITS);
> -	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rp->lock, flags);
> +	/*
> +	 * Nested is a workaround that will soon not be needed.
> +	 * There's other protections that make sure the same lock
> +	 * is not taken on the same CPU that lockdep is unaware of.
> +	 */
> +	raw_spin_lock_irqsave_nested(&rp->lock, flags, 1);
>  	if (!hlist_empty(&rp->free_instances)) {
>  		ri = hlist_entry(rp->free_instances.first,
>  				struct kretprobe_instance, hlist);
> @@ -2039,7 +2056,7 @@ static int pre_handler_kretprobe(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs)
>  		ri->task = current;
>  
>  		if (rp->entry_handler && rp->entry_handler(ri, regs)) {
> -			raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rp->lock, flags);
> +			raw_spin_lock_irqsave_nested(&rp->lock, flags, 1);
>  			hlist_add_head(&ri->hlist, &rp->free_instances);
>  			raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rp->lock, flags);
>  			return 0;
> -- 
> 2.25.4
> 


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>