linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] x86/alternatives: Add cond_resched() to text_poke_bp

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Date:   Wed, 31 May 2023 09:24:19 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86@...nel.org
Cc:     Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Subject: [PATCH v2] x86/alternatives: Add cond_resched() to
 text_poke_bp_batch()

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

Debugging in the kernel has started slowing down the kernel by a
noticeable amount. The ftrace start up tests are triggering the softlockup
watchdog on some boxes. This is caused by the start up tests that enable
function and function graph tracing several times. Sprinkling
cond_resched() just in the start up test code was not enough to stop the
softlockup from triggering. It would sometimes trigger in the
text_poke_bp_batch() code.

When function tracing enables all functions, it will call
text_poke_queue() to queue the places that need to be patched. Every
256 entries will do a "flush" that calls text_poke_bp_batch() to do the
update of the 256 locations. As this is in a scheduleable context,
calling cond_resched() at the start of text_poke_bp_batch() will ensure
that other tasks could get a chance to run while the patching is
happening. This keeps the softlockup from triggering in the start up
tests.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
Changes since v1: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230528084652.5f3b48f0@rorschach.local.home

 - Just call cond_resched() once in text_poke_bp_batch() and not for
   each phase, as it only needs to be called once every 256 entries.

 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index f615e0cb6d93..412ad66cd240 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -1953,6 +1953,16 @@ static void text_poke_bp_batch(struct text_poke_loc *tp, unsigned int nr_entries
 	 */
 	atomic_set_release(&bp_desc.refs, 1);

+	/*
+	 * Function tracing can enable thousands of places that need to be
+	 * updated. This can take quite some time, and with full kernel debugging
+	 * enabled, this could cause the softlockup watchdog to trigger.
+	 * This function gets called every 256 entries added to be patched.
+	 * Call cond_resched() here to make sure that other tasks can get scheduled
+	 * while processing all the functions being patched.
+	 */
+	cond_resched();
+
 	/*
 	 * Corresponding read barrier in int3 notifier for making sure the
 	 * nr_entries and handler are correctly ordered wrt. patching.
-- 
2.39.2