linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] LoongArch: Fix lockdep static memory detection

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Message-ID: <CAAhV-H6=dCsPeiYGTKO9AbqbndobDp6juTN9EhrKrqXDMjj9HA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 15 Sep 2023 23:17:30 +0800
From:   Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...nel.org>
To:     WANG Xuerui <kernel@...0n.name>
Cc:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>, Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
        loongarch@...ts.linux.dev,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] LoongArch: Fix lockdep static memory detection

On Fri, Sep 15, 2023 at 10:19 PM WANG Xuerui <kernel@...0n.name> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On 9/15/23 22:07, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > Hi Helge,
> >
> > On 9/15/23 03:10, Helge Deller wrote:
> >> On 9/15/23 11:23, Huacai Chen wrote:
> >>> On Fri, Sep 15, 2023 at 4:16 PM Helge Deller <deller@....de> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> On 9/15/23 05:22, Huacai Chen wrote:
> >>>>> Hi Helge,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 3:18 AM Helge Deller <deller@....de> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Since commit 0a6b58c5cd0d ("lockdep: fix static memory detection
> >>>>>> even
> >>>>>> more") the lockdep code uses is_kernel_core_data(),
> >>>>>> is_kernel_rodata()
> >>>>>> and init_section_contains() to verify if a lock is located inside a
> >>>>>> kernel static data section.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> This change triggers a failure on LoongArch, for which the
> >>>>>> vmlinux.lds.S
> >>>>>> script misses to put the locks (as part of in the .data.rel symbols)
> >>>>>> into the Linux data section.
> >>>>>> This patch fixes the lockdep problem by moving *(.data.rel*) symbols
> >>>>>> into the kernel data section (from _sdata to _edata).
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Additionally, move other wrongly assigned symbols too:
> >>>>>> - altinstructions into the _initdata section,
> >>>>
> >>>>> I think altinstructions cannot  be put into _initdata because it will
> >>>>> be used by modules.
> >>>>
> >>>> No.
> >>>> arch/loongarch/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S is used for the static parts of
> >>>> the kernel
> >>>> and altinstructions are replaced before modules are loaded.
> >>>> For altinstructions in modules the linker script
> >>>> scripts/module.lds.S is used.
> >>
> >>> OK, then what about .got/.plt? It seems arm64 also doesn't put them in
> >>> the data section.
> >>
> >> arm64 seems to throw away all plt entries already at link time (and
> >> just keeps
> >> the got.plt in the read-only data section).
> >> It even checks at link time, that there are no plt entries in the
> >> binary:
> >>          ASSERT(SIZEOF(.plt) == 0, "Unexpected run-time procedure
> >> linkages detected!")
> >>
> >> I don't know for loongarch, but if you need the plt entries for
> >> loongarch, it's
> >> safest & best to put them into the read-only data section too, which
> >> is what my patch does.
> >> Up to now, you have them completely outside of code & data sections.
> >>
> >> In the end you need to decide for your platform. My patch is a
> >> suggestion, which I think
> >> is correct (untested by me, but Guenter replied he tested it).
> >> But to fix the lockdep problem at minimum the move of the .data.rel
> >> section
> >> is needed.
> >>
> >
> > Just my $0.02 .. it might make sense to concentrate on the minimum to
> > get the immediate
> > problem fixed. Loongarch maintainers can then decide at their own pace
> > if they want
> > to apply any of the other changes you suggested. After all, unless I
> > am missing
> > something, those additional changes are not really needed in stable
> > releases.
>
> Sorry for coming late, but as reviewer of arch/loongarch, I'd agree with
> Guenter and Helge here: let's fix the immediate problem and investigate
> the rest later -- it's not like the problems are *definitely* orthogonal
> in this case, and at least *some* progress would be appreciated.
>
> I'll try to reproduce the problem and test the fix during the weekend,
> so hopefully Huacai can get the fix in before -rc2 or -rc3. Thanks for
> the attention and fix.
If all changes are OK, I have no objection to putting them in a single patch.

Huacai

>
> --
> WANG "xen0n" Xuerui
>
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