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Message-ID: <49992acc-076d-429d-ac07-092d2fffbcb8@oss.qualcomm.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:12:26 +0800
From: Jie Gan <jie.gan@....qualcomm.com>
To: Junhao He <hejunhao3@...wei.com>, suzuki.poulose@....com,
        james.clark@....com, anshuman.khandual@....com, mike.leach@...aro.org,
        leo.yan@....com
Cc: coresight@...ts.linaro.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxarm@...wei.com,
        jonathan.cameron@...wei.com, yangyicong@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] coresight: tmc: refactor the tmc-etr mode setting



On 4/18/2025 1:58 PM, Junhao He wrote:
> When trying to run perf and sysfs mode simultaneously, the WARN_ON()
> in tmc_etr_enable_hw() is triggered sometimes:
> 
>   WARNING: CPU: 42 PID: 3911571 at drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c:1060 tmc_etr_enable_hw+0xc0/0xd8 [coresight_tmc]
>   [..snip..]
>   Call trace:
>    tmc_etr_enable_hw+0xc0/0xd8 [coresight_tmc] (P)
>    tmc_enable_etr_sink+0x11c/0x250 [coresight_tmc] (L)
>    tmc_enable_etr_sink+0x11c/0x250 [coresight_tmc]
>    coresight_enable_path+0x1c8/0x218 [coresight]
>    coresight_enable_sysfs+0xa4/0x228 [coresight]
>    enable_source_store+0x58/0xa8 [coresight]
>    dev_attr_store+0x20/0x40
>    sysfs_kf_write+0x4c/0x68
>    kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x120/0x1b8
>    vfs_write+0x2c8/0x388
>    ksys_write+0x74/0x108
>    __arm64_sys_write+0x24/0x38
>    el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x64/0x148
>    do_el0_svc+0x24/0x38
>    el0_svc+0x3c/0x130
>    el0t_64_sync_handler+0xc8/0xd0
>    el0t_64_sync+0x1ac/0x1b0
>   ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
> 
> Since the sysfs buffer allocation and the hardware enablement is not
> in the same critical region, it's possible to race with the perf
> 
> mode:
>    [sysfs mode]                   [perf mode]
>    tmc_etr_get_sysfs_buffer()
>      spin_lock(&drvdata->spinlock)
>      [sysfs buffer allocation]
>      spin_unlock(&drvdata->spinlock)
>                                   spin_lock(&drvdata->spinlock)
>                                   tmc_etr_enable_hw()
>                                     drvdata->etr_buf = etr_perf->etr_buf
>                                   spin_unlock(&drvdata->spinlock)
>   spin_lock(&drvdata->spinlock)
>   tmc_etr_enable_hw()
>     WARN_ON(drvdata->etr_buf) // WARN sicne etr_buf initialized at
>                                  the perf side
>    spin_unlock(&drvdata->spinlock)
> 
> To resolve this, configure the tmc-etr mode before invoking
> `enable_perf()` or sysfs interfaces. Prior to mode configuration,
> explicitly check if the tmc-etr sink is already enabled in a
> different mode to prevent race conditions between mode transitions.
> Furthermore, enforce spinlock protection around the critical
> sections to serialize concurrent accesses from sysfs and perf
> subsystems.

Is any issue observed during this race condition?

The etr_buf is checked before assign it to sysfs_buf or perf_buf.
In my understanding, the warning raised to indicate the etr already 
enabled with sysfs mode or perf mode, so terminate current enable 
session, right?

Thanks,
Jie

> 
> Fixes: 296b01fd106e ("coresight: Refactor out buffer allocation function for ETR")
> Reported-by: Yicong Yang <yangyicong@...ilicon.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20241202092419.11777-2-yangyicong@huawei.com/
> Signed-off-by: Junhao He <hejunhao3@...wei.com>
> ---
>   .../hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c   | 77 +++++++++++--------
>   1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
> index a48bb85d0e7f..3d94d64cacaa 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
> @@ -1190,11 +1190,6 @@ static struct etr_buf *tmc_etr_get_sysfs_buffer(struct coresight_device *csdev)
>   		spin_lock_irqsave(&drvdata->spinlock, flags);
>   	}
>   
> -	if (drvdata->reading || coresight_get_mode(csdev) == CS_MODE_PERF) {
> -		ret = -EBUSY;
> -		goto out;
> -	}
> -
>   	/*
>   	 * If we don't have a buffer or it doesn't match the requested size,
>   	 * use the buffer allocated above. Otherwise reuse the existing buffer.
> @@ -1205,7 +1200,6 @@ static struct etr_buf *tmc_etr_get_sysfs_buffer(struct coresight_device *csdev)
>   		drvdata->sysfs_buf = new_buf;
>   	}
>   
> -out:
>   	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&drvdata->spinlock, flags);
>   
>   	/* Free memory outside the spinlock if need be */
> @@ -1216,7 +1210,7 @@ static struct etr_buf *tmc_etr_get_sysfs_buffer(struct coresight_device *csdev)
>   
>   static int tmc_enable_etr_sink_sysfs(struct coresight_device *csdev)
>   {
> -	int ret = 0;
> +	int ret;
>   	unsigned long flags;
>   	struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata = dev_get_drvdata(csdev->dev.parent);
>   	struct etr_buf *sysfs_buf = tmc_etr_get_sysfs_buffer(csdev);
> @@ -1226,23 +1220,10 @@ static int tmc_enable_etr_sink_sysfs(struct coresight_device *csdev)
>   
>   	spin_lock_irqsave(&drvdata->spinlock, flags);
>   
> -	/*
> -	 * In sysFS mode we can have multiple writers per sink.  Since this
> -	 * sink is already enabled no memory is needed and the HW need not be
> -	 * touched, even if the buffer size has changed.
> -	 */
> -	if (coresight_get_mode(csdev) == CS_MODE_SYSFS) {
> -		csdev->refcnt++;
> -		goto out;
> -	}
> -
>   	ret = tmc_etr_enable_hw(drvdata, sysfs_buf);
> -	if (!ret) {
> -		coresight_set_mode(csdev, CS_MODE_SYSFS);
> +	if (!ret)
>   		csdev->refcnt++;
> -	}
>   
> -out:
>   	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&drvdata->spinlock, flags);
>   
>   	if (!ret)
> @@ -1652,11 +1633,6 @@ static int tmc_enable_etr_sink_perf(struct coresight_device *csdev, void *data)
>   	struct etr_perf_buffer *etr_perf = etm_perf_sink_config(handle);
>   
>   	spin_lock_irqsave(&drvdata->spinlock, flags);
> -	 /* Don't use this sink if it is already claimed by sysFS */
> -	if (coresight_get_mode(csdev) == CS_MODE_SYSFS) {
> -		rc = -EBUSY;
> -		goto unlock_out;
> -	}
>   
>   	if (WARN_ON(!etr_perf || !etr_perf->etr_buf)) {
>   		rc = -EINVAL;
> @@ -1685,7 +1661,6 @@ static int tmc_enable_etr_sink_perf(struct coresight_device *csdev, void *data)
>   	if (!rc) {
>   		/* Associate with monitored process. */
>   		drvdata->pid = pid;
> -		coresight_set_mode(csdev, CS_MODE_PERF);
>   		drvdata->perf_buf = etr_perf->etr_buf;
>   		csdev->refcnt++;
>   	}
> @@ -1698,14 +1673,56 @@ static int tmc_enable_etr_sink_perf(struct coresight_device *csdev, void *data)
>   static int tmc_enable_etr_sink(struct coresight_device *csdev,
>   			       enum cs_mode mode, void *data)
>   {
> +	struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata = dev_get_drvdata(csdev->dev.parent);
> +	enum cs_mode old_mode;
> +	int rc;
> +
> +	scoped_guard(spinlock_irqsave, &drvdata->spinlock) {
> +		old_mode = coresight_get_mode(csdev);
> +		if (old_mode != CS_MODE_DISABLED && old_mode != mode)
> +			return -EBUSY;
> +
> +		if (drvdata->reading)
> +			return -EBUSY;
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * In sysFS mode we can have multiple writers per sink. Since this
> +		 * sink is already enabled no memory is needed and the HW need not be
> +		 * touched, even if the buffer size has changed.
> +		 */
> +		if (old_mode == CS_MODE_SYSFS) {
> +			csdev->refcnt++;
> +			return 0;
> +		}
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * minor note:
> +		 * When sysfs-task1 get locked, it setup the mode first. Then
> +		 * sysfs-task2 gets locked,it will directly return success even
> +		 * when the tmc-etr is not enabled at this moment. Ultimately,
> +		 * sysfs-task1 will still successfully enable tmc-etr.
> +		 * This is a transient state and does not cause an anomaly.
> +		 */
> +		coresight_set_mode(csdev, mode);
> +	}
> +
>   	switch (mode) {
>   	case CS_MODE_SYSFS:
> -		return tmc_enable_etr_sink_sysfs(csdev);
> +		rc = tmc_enable_etr_sink_sysfs(csdev);
> +		break;
>   	case CS_MODE_PERF:
> -		return tmc_enable_etr_sink_perf(csdev, data);
> +		rc = tmc_enable_etr_sink_perf(csdev, data);
> +		break;
>   	default:
> -		return -EINVAL;
> +		rc = -EINVAL;
>   	}
> +
> +	scoped_guard(spinlock_irqsave, &drvdata->spinlock) {
> +		if (rc && old_mode != mode)
> +			coresight_set_mode(csdev, old_mode);
> +	}
> +
> +	return rc;
>   }
>   
>   static int tmc_disable_etr_sink(struct coresight_device *csdev)


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