Re: [PATCH 13/14] lockdep: Prepare for NMI IRQ state tracking

From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, luto@amacapital.net,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org,
	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@linux.alibaba.com>,
	sean.j.christopherson@intel.com, andrew.cooper3@citrix.com,
	daniel.thompson@linaro.org, a.darwish@linutronix.de,
	bigeasy@linutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/14] lockdep: Prepare for NMI IRQ state tracking
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2020 22:00:36 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200602200036.GA2627@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200529222505.GW2483@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net>

On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 12:25:05AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 06:14:01PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:

> > Why remove the check for debug_locks? Isn't that there to disable
> > everything at once to prevent more warnings to be printed?
> 
> Yeah, maybe. I was thinking we could keep IRQ state running. But you're
> right, if we mess up the IRQ state itself this might generate a wee
> mess.

How's this then?

---
Subject: lockdep: Prepare for NMI IRQ state tracking
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Date: Wed May 27 15:00:57 CEST 2020

There is no reason not to always, accurately, track IRQ state.

This change also makes IRQ state tracking ignore lockdep_off().

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
---
 kernel/locking/lockdep.c |   44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
@@ -3646,7 +3646,16 @@ static void __trace_hardirqs_on_caller(v
  */
 void lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare(unsigned long ip)
 {
-	if (unlikely(!debug_locks || current->lockdep_recursion))
+	if (unlikely(!debug_locks))
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * NMIs do not (and cannot) track lock dependencies, nothing to do.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(in_nmi()))
+		return;
+
+	if (unlikely(current->lockdep_recursion & LOCKDEP_RECURSION_MASK))
 		return;
 
 	if (unlikely(current->hardirqs_enabled)) {
@@ -3692,7 +3701,27 @@ void noinstr lockdep_hardirqs_on(unsigne
 {
 	struct task_struct *curr = current;
 
-	if (unlikely(!debug_locks || curr->lockdep_recursion))
+	if (unlikely(!debug_locks))
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * NMIs can happen in the middle of local_irq_{en,dis}able() where the
+	 * tracking state and hardware state are out of sync.
+	 *
+	 * NMIs must save lockdep_hardirqs_enabled() to restore IRQ state from,
+	 * and not rely on hardware state like normal interrupts.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(in_nmi())) {
+		/*
+		 * Skip:
+		 *  - recursion check, because NMI can hit lockdep;
+		 *  - hardware state check, because above;
+		 *  - chain_key check, see lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare().
+		 */
+		goto skip_checks;
+	}
+
+	if (unlikely(current->lockdep_recursion & LOCKDEP_RECURSION_MASK))
 		return;
 
 	if (curr->hardirqs_enabled) {
@@ -3720,6 +3749,7 @@ void noinstr lockdep_hardirqs_on(unsigne
 	DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(current->hardirq_chain_key !=
 			    current->curr_chain_key);
 
+skip_checks:
 	/* we'll do an OFF -> ON transition: */
 	curr->hardirqs_enabled = 1;
 	curr->hardirq_enable_ip = ip;
@@ -3735,7 +3765,15 @@ void noinstr lockdep_hardirqs_off(unsign
 {
 	struct task_struct *curr = current;
 
-	if (unlikely(!debug_locks || curr->lockdep_recursion))
+	if (unlikely(!debug_locks))
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * Matching lockdep_hardirqs_on(), allow NMIs in the middle of lockdep;
+	 * they will restore the software state. This ensures the software
+	 * state is consistent inside NMIs as well.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(!in_nmi() && (current->lockdep_recursion & LOCKDEP_RECURSION_MASK)))
 		return;
 
 	/*
