linux-kernel - [PATCH net-next v4] net: skb: prevent the split of kfree_skb

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Date:   Tue, 16 Aug 2022 11:28:46 +0800
From:   menglong8.dong@...il.com
To:     kuba@...nel.org, miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com
Cc:     ojeda@...nel.org, ndesaulniers@...gle.com, davem@...emloft.net,
        edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com, asml.silence@...il.com,
        imagedong@...cent.com, luiz.von.dentz@...el.com,
        vasily.averin@...ux.dev, jk@...econstruct.com.au,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v4] net: skb: prevent the split of kfree_skb_reason() by gcc

From: Menglong Dong <imagedong@...cent.com>

Sometimes, gcc will optimize the function by spliting it to two or
more functions. In this case, kfree_skb_reason() is splited to
kfree_skb_reason and kfree_skb_reason.part.0. However, the
function/tracepoint trace_kfree_skb() in it needs the return address
of kfree_skb_reason().

This split makes the call chains becomes:
  kfree_skb_reason() -> kfree_skb_reason.part.0 -> trace_kfree_skb()

which makes the return address that passed to trace_kfree_skb() be
kfree_skb().

Therefore, prevent this kind of optimization to kfree_skb_reason() by
making the optimize level to "O1". I think these should be better
method instead of this "O1", but I can't figure it out......

This optimization CAN happen, which depend on the behavior of gcc.
I'm not able to reproduce it in the latest kernel code, but it happens
in my kernel of version 5.4.119. Maybe the latest code already do someting
that prevent this happen?

Signed-off-by: Menglong Dong <imagedong@...cent.com>
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Reported-by: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
---
v4:
- move the definition of __nofnsplit to compiler_attributes.h

v3:
- define __nofnsplit only for GCC
- add some document

v2:
- replace 'optimize' with '__optimize__' in __nofnsplit, as Miguel Ojeda
  advised.
---
 include/linux/compiler_attributes.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 net/core/skbuff.c                   |  3 ++-
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h b/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
index 445e80517cab..968cbafa2421 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
@@ -270,6 +270,25 @@
  */
 #define __noreturn                      __attribute__((__noreturn__))
 
+/*
+ * Optional: not supported by clang.
+ * Optional: not supported by icc.
+ *
+ * Prevent function from being splited to multiple part. As what the
+ * document says in gcc/ipa-split.cc, single function will be splited
+ * when necessary:
+ *
+ *   https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/blob/master/gcc/ipa-split.cc
+ *
+ * This optimization seems only take effect on O2 and O3 optimize level.
+ * Therefore, make the optimize level to O1 to prevent this optimization.
+ */
+#if __has_attribute(__optimize__)
+# define __nofnsplit			__attribute__((__optimize__("O1")))
+#else
+# define __nofnsplit
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Optional: not supported by gcc.
  * Optional: not supported by icc.
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 974bbbbe7138..ff9ccbc032b9 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -777,7 +777,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__kfree_skb);
  *	hit zero. Meanwhile, pass the drop reason to 'kfree_skb'
  *	tracepoint.
  */
-void kfree_skb_reason(struct sk_buff *skb, enum skb_drop_reason reason)
+void __nofnsplit
+kfree_skb_reason(struct sk_buff *skb, enum skb_drop_reason reason)
 {
 	if (!skb_unref(skb))
 		return;
-- 
2.36.1