linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] A few cpuidle vs rcu fixes

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Date:   Wed, 25 Jan 2023 10:40:17 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] A few cpuidle vs rcu fixes

On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 10:35:16AM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> tip/sched/core contains the following patch addressing this:
> 
> ---
> commit 9aedeaed6fc6fe8452b9b8225e95cc2b8631ff91
> Author: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Date:   Thu Jan 12 20:43:49 2023 +0100
> 
>     tracing, hardirq: No moar _rcuidle() tracing
>     
>     Robot reported that trace_hardirqs_{on,off}() tickle the forbidden
>     _rcuidle() tracepoint through local_irq_{en,dis}able().
>     
>     For 'sane' configs, these calls will only happen with RCU enabled and
>     as such can use the regular tracepoint. This also means it's possible
>     to trace them from NMI context again.
>     
>     Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
>     Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
>     Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
>     Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230112195541.477416709@infradead.org
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_preemptirq.c b/kernel/trace/trace_preemptirq.c
> index 629f2854e12b..f992444a0b1f 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_preemptirq.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_preemptirq.c
> @@ -19,6 +19,20 @@
>  /* Per-cpu variable to prevent redundant calls when IRQs already off */
>  static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, tracing_irq_cpu);
>  
> +/*
> + * Use regular trace points on architectures that implement noinstr
> + * tooling: these calls will only happen with RCU enabled, which can
> + * use a regular tracepoint.
> + *
> + * On older architectures, use the rcuidle tracing methods (which
> + * aren't NMI-safe - so exclude NMI contexts):
> + */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR
> +#define trace(point)	trace_##point
> +#else
> +#define trace(point)	if (!in_nmi()) trace_##point##_rcuidle
> +#endif
> +
>  /*
>   * Like trace_hardirqs_on() but without the lockdep invocation. This is
>   * used in the low level entry code where the ordering vs. RCU is important

For some reason I missed the trace_preempt_{on,off} things, so that then
gets the below on top or so.

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_preemptirq.c b/kernel/trace/trace_preemptirq.c
index f992444a0b1f..ea96b41c8838 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_preemptirq.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_preemptirq.c
@@ -100,15 +100,13 @@ NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(trace_hardirqs_off);
 
 void trace_preempt_on(unsigned long a0, unsigned long a1)
 {
-	if (!in_nmi())
-		trace_preempt_enable_rcuidle(a0, a1);
+	trace(preempt_enable)(a0, a1);
 	tracer_preempt_on(a0, a1);
 }
 
 void trace_preempt_off(unsigned long a0, unsigned long a1)
 {
-	if (!in_nmi())
-		trace_preempt_disable_rcuidle(a0, a1);
+	trace(preempt_disable)(a0, a1);
 	tracer_preempt_off(a0, a1);
 }
 #endif