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Message-ID: <176173342275.2601451.12192719270073853345.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 10:23:42 -0000
From: "tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
 "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
 Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>, x86@...nel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: core/rseq] rseq: Provide static branch for runtime debugging

The following commit has been merged into the core/rseq branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     5885f2a4824dbf7628fc1fedce27f50657f7dbc8
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/5885f2a4824dbf7628fc1fedce27f50657f7dbc8
Author:        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 27 Oct 2025 09:44:55 +01:00
Committer:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CommitterDate: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:07:16 +01:00

rseq: Provide static branch for runtime debugging

Config based debug is rarely turned on and is not available easily when
things go wrong.

Provide a static branch to allow permanent integration of debug mechanisms
along with the usual toggles in Kconfig, command line and debugfs.

Requested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Reviewed-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251027084307.089270547@linutronix.de
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |  4 +-
 include/linux/rseq_entry.h                      |  3 +-
 init/Kconfig                                    | 14 +++-
 kernel/rseq.c                                   | 73 +++++++++++++++-
 4 files changed, 90 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 6c42061..e638274 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -6500,6 +6500,10 @@
 			Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
 			managed by CMA.
 
+	rseq_debug=	[KNL] Enable or disable restartable sequence
+			debug mode. Defaults to CONFIG_RSEQ_DEBUG_DEFAULT_ENABLE.
+			Format: <bool>
+
 	rt_group_sched=	[KNL] Enable or disable SCHED_RR/FIFO group scheduling
 			when CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED=y. Defaults to
 			!CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED_DEFAULT_DISABLED.
diff --git a/include/linux/rseq_entry.h b/include/linux/rseq_entry.h
index ff9080b..ed8e5f8 100644
--- a/include/linux/rseq_entry.h
+++ b/include/linux/rseq_entry.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct rseq_stats, rseq_stats);
 #endif /* !CONFIG_RSEQ_STATS */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_RSEQ
+#include <linux/jump_label.h>
 #include <linux/rseq.h>
 
 #include <linux/tracepoint-defs.h>
@@ -64,6 +65,8 @@ static inline void rseq_trace_ip_fixup(unsigned long ip, unsigned long start_ip,
 				       unsigned long offset, unsigned long abort_ip) { }
 #endif /* !CONFIG_TRACEPOINT */
 
+DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_MAYBE(CONFIG_RSEQ_DEBUG_DEFAULT_ENABLE, rseq_debug_enabled);
+
 static __always_inline void rseq_note_user_irq_entry(void)
 {
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_ENTRY))
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index f39fdfb..bde40ab 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1925,10 +1925,24 @@ config RSEQ_STATS
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
+config RSEQ_DEBUG_DEFAULT_ENABLE
+	default n
+	bool "Enable restartable sequences debug mode by default" if EXPERT
+	depends on RSEQ
+	help
+	  This enables the static branch for debug mode of restartable
+	  sequences.
+
+	  This also can be controlled on the kernel command line via the
+	  command line parameter "rseq_debug=0/1" and through debugfs.
+
+	  If unsure, say N.
+
 config DEBUG_RSEQ
 	default n
 	bool "Enable debugging of rseq() system call" if EXPERT
 	depends on RSEQ && DEBUG_KERNEL
+	select RSEQ_DEBUG_DEFAULT_ENABLE
 	help
 	  Enable extra debugging checks for the rseq system call.
 
diff --git a/kernel/rseq.c b/kernel/rseq.c
index c0dbe2e..679ab8e 100644
--- a/kernel/rseq.c
+++ b/kernel/rseq.c
@@ -95,6 +95,27 @@
 				  RSEQ_CS_FLAG_NO_RESTART_ON_SIGNAL | \
 				  RSEQ_CS_FLAG_NO_RESTART_ON_MIGRATE)
 
+DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_MAYBE(CONFIG_RSEQ_DEBUG_DEFAULT_ENABLE, rseq_debug_enabled);
+
+static inline void rseq_control_debug(bool on)
+{
+	if (on)
+		static_branch_enable(&rseq_debug_enabled);
+	else
+		static_branch_disable(&rseq_debug_enabled);
+}
+
+static int __init rseq_setup_debug(char *str)
+{
+	bool on;
+
+	if (kstrtobool(str, &on))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	rseq_control_debug(on);
+	return 1;
+}
+__setup("rseq_debug=", rseq_setup_debug);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS
 /*
  * Out of line, so the actual update functions can be in a header to be
@@ -112,10 +133,11 @@ void __rseq_trace_ip_fixup(unsigned long ip, unsigned long start_ip,
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
 #ifdef CONFIG_RSEQ_STATS
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct rseq_stats, rseq_stats);
 
-static int rseq_debug_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
+static int rseq_stats_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
 {
 	struct rseq_stats stats = { };
 	unsigned int cpu;
@@ -140,14 +162,56 @@ static int rseq_debug_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int rseq_stats_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	return single_open(file, rseq_stats_show, inode->i_private);
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations stat_ops = {
+	.open		= rseq_stats_open,
+	.read		= seq_read,
+	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
+	.release	= single_release,
+};
+
+static int __init rseq_stats_init(struct dentry *root_dir)
+{
+	debugfs_create_file("stats", 0444, root_dir, NULL, &stat_ops);
+	return 0;
+}
+#else
+static inline void rseq_stats_init(struct dentry *root_dir) { }
+#endif /* CONFIG_RSEQ_STATS */
+
+static int rseq_debug_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
+{
+	bool on = static_branch_unlikely(&rseq_debug_enabled);
+
+	seq_printf(m, "%d\n", on);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t rseq_debug_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,
+			    size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	bool on;
+
+	if (kstrtobool_from_user(ubuf, count, &on))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	rseq_control_debug(on);
+	return count;
+}
+
 static int rseq_debug_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	return single_open(file, rseq_debug_show, inode->i_private);
 }
 
-static const struct file_operations dfs_ops = {
+static const struct file_operations debug_ops = {
 	.open		= rseq_debug_open,
 	.read		= seq_read,
+	.write		= rseq_debug_write,
 	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
 	.release	= single_release,
 };
@@ -156,11 +220,12 @@ static int __init rseq_debugfs_init(void)
 {
 	struct dentry *root_dir = debugfs_create_dir("rseq", NULL);
 
-	debugfs_create_file("stats", 0444, root_dir, NULL, &dfs_ops);
+	debugfs_create_file("debug", 0644, root_dir, NULL, &debug_ops);
+	rseq_stats_init(root_dir);
 	return 0;
 }
 __initcall(rseq_debugfs_init);
-#endif /* CONFIG_RSEQ_STATS */
+#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_FS */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RSEQ
 static struct rseq *rseq_kernel_fields(struct task_struct *t)

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