linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 04/10] perf/arm_cspmu: Avoid placing cpumask var on stack

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Date: Wed,  3 Apr 2024 20:51:03 +0800
From: Dawei Li <dawei.li@...ngroup.cn>
To: will@...nel.org,
	mark.rutland@....com,
	yury.norov@...il.com,
	linux@...musvillemoes.dk
Cc: xueshuai@...ux.alibaba.com,
	renyu.zj@...ux.alibaba.com,
	yangyicong@...ilicon.com,
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	Dawei Li <dawei.li@...ngroup.cn>
Subject: [PATCH v2 04/10] perf/arm_cspmu: Avoid placing cpumask var on stack

For CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK=y kernel, explicit allocation of cpumask
variable on stack is not recommended since it can cause potential stack
overflow.

Instead, kernel code should always use *cpumask_var API(s) to allocate
cpumask var in config-neutral way, leaving allocation strategy to
CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK.

But dynamic allocation in cpuhp's teardown callback is somewhat problematic
for if allocation fails(which is unlikely but still possible):
- If -ENOMEM is returned to caller, kernel crashes for non-bringup
  teardown;
- If callback pretends nothing happened and returns 0 to caller, it may
  trap system into an in-consisitent/compromised state;

Use newly-introduced cpumask_any_and_but() to address all issues above.
It eliminates usage of temporary cpumask var in generic way, no matter how
the cpumask var is allocated.

Suggested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>

Signed-off-by: Dawei Li <dawei.li@...ngroup.cn>
---
 drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.c | 8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.c b/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.c
index b9a252272f1e..fd1004251665 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.c
+++ b/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.c
@@ -1322,8 +1322,7 @@ static int arm_cspmu_cpu_online(unsigned int cpu, struct hlist_node *node)
 
 static int arm_cspmu_cpu_teardown(unsigned int cpu, struct hlist_node *node)
 {
-	int dst;
-	struct cpumask online_supported;
+	unsigned int dst;
 
 	struct arm_cspmu *cspmu =
 		hlist_entry_safe(node, struct arm_cspmu, cpuhp_node);
@@ -1333,9 +1332,8 @@ static int arm_cspmu_cpu_teardown(unsigned int cpu, struct hlist_node *node)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Choose a new CPU to migrate ownership of the PMU to */
-	cpumask_and(&online_supported, &cspmu->associated_cpus,
-		    cpu_online_mask);
-	dst = cpumask_any_but(&online_supported, cpu);
+	dst = cpumask_any_and_but(&cspmu->associated_cpus,
+				  cpu_online_mask, cpu);
 	if (dst >= nr_cpu_ids)
 		return 0;
 
-- 
2.27.0