linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] kcsan: Avoid scheduler recursion by using non-instrumented preempt

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Date:   Mon, 23 Nov 2020 14:23:00 +0100
From:   Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
To:     elver@...gle.com, paulmck@...nel.org
Cc:     will@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        mingo@...nel.org, mark.rutland@....com, boqun.feng@...il.com,
        dvyukov@...gle.com, kasan-dev@...glegroups.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] kcsan: Avoid scheduler recursion by using non-instrumented preempt_{disable,enable}()

When enabling KCSAN for kernel/sched (remove KCSAN_SANITIZE := n from
kernel/sched/Makefile), with CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT=y, we can observe
recursion due to:

	check_access() [via instrumentation]
	  kcsan_setup_watchpoint()
	    reset_kcsan_skip()
	      kcsan_prandom_u32_max()
	        get_cpu_var()
		  preempt_disable()
		    preempt_count_add() [in kernel/sched/core.c]
		      check_access() [via instrumentation]

Avoid this by rewriting kcsan_prandom_u32_max() to only use safe
versions of preempt_disable() and preempt_enable() that do not call into
scheduler code.

Note, while this currently does not affect an unmodified kernel, it'd be
good to keep a KCSAN kernel working when KCSAN_SANITIZE := n is removed
from kernel/sched/Makefile to permit testing scheduler code with KCSAN
if desired.

Fixes: cd290ec24633 ("kcsan: Use tracing-safe version of prandom")
Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
---
v2:
* Update comment to also point out preempt_enable().
---
 kernel/kcsan/core.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/kcsan/core.c b/kernel/kcsan/core.c
index 3994a217bde7..10513f3e2349 100644
--- a/kernel/kcsan/core.c
+++ b/kernel/kcsan/core.c
@@ -284,10 +284,19 @@ should_watch(const volatile void *ptr, size_t size, int type, struct kcsan_ctx *
  */
 static u32 kcsan_prandom_u32_max(u32 ep_ro)
 {
-	struct rnd_state *state = &get_cpu_var(kcsan_rand_state);
-	const u32 res = prandom_u32_state(state);
+	struct rnd_state *state;
+	u32 res;
+
+	/*
+	 * Avoid recursion with scheduler by using non-tracing versions of
+	 * preempt_disable() and preempt_enable() that do not call into
+	 * scheduler code.
+	 */
+	preempt_disable_notrace();
+	state = raw_cpu_ptr(&kcsan_rand_state);
+	res = prandom_u32_state(state);
+	preempt_enable_no_resched_notrace();
 
-	put_cpu_var(kcsan_rand_state);
 	return (u32)(((u64) res * ep_ro) >> 32);
 }
 
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