From: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <arnaldo.melo@gmail.com>
Cc: dwarves@vger.kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@fb.com,
ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net, andrii@kernel.org,
yhs@fb.com, mykolal@fb.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH dwarves] pahole: avoid adding same struct structure to two rb trees
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2023 21:08:51 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c9c1e04b10f0a13a3af9e980d04ce08d3304ac3a.camel@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZHovRW1G0QZwBSOW@kernel.org>
On Fri, 2023-06-02 at 15:04 -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Fri, Jun 02, 2023 at 04:52:40PM +0300, Eduard Zingerman escreveu:
> > On Fri, 2023-06-02 at 10:42 -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > > Em Fri, May 26, 2023 at 02:59:49AM +0300, Eduard Zingerman escreveu:
> > > > When pahole is executed in '-F dwarf --sort' mode there are two places
> > > > where 'struct structure' instance could be added to the rb_tree:
> > > >
> > > > The first is triggered from the following call stack:
> > > >
> > > > print_classes()
> > > > structures__add()
> > > > __structures__add()
> > > > (adds to global pahole.c:structures__tree)
> > > >
> > > > The second is triggered from the following call stack:
> > > >
> > > > print_ordered_classes()
> > > > resort_classes()
> > > > resort_add()
> > > > (adds to local rb_tree instance)
> > > >
> > > > Both places use the same 'struct structure::rb_node' field, so if both
> > > > code pathes are executed the final state of the 'structures__tree'
> > > > might be inconsistent.
> > > >
> > > > For example, this could be observed when DEBUG_CHECK_LEAKS build flag
> > > > is set. Here is the command line snippet that eventually leads to a
> > > > segfault:
> > > >
> > > > $ for i in $(seq 1 100); do \
> > > > echo $i; \
> > > > pahole -F dwarf --flat_arrays --sort --jobs vmlinux > /dev/null \
> > > > || break; \
> > > > done
> > > >
> > > > GDB shows the following stack trace:
> > > >
> > > > Thread 1 "pahole" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> > > > 0x00007ffff7f819ad in __rb_erase_color (node=0x7fffd4045830, parent=0x0, root=0x5555555672d8 <structures.tree>) at /home/eddy/work/dwarves-fork/rbtree.c:134
> > > > 134 if (parent->rb_left == node)
> > > > (gdb) bt
> > > > #0 0x00007ffff7f819ad in __rb_erase_color (node=0x7fffd4045830, parent=0x0, root=0x5555555672d8 <structures.tree>) at /home/eddy/work/dwarves-fork/rbtree.c:134
> > > > #1 0x00007ffff7f82014 in rb_erase (node=0x7fff21ae5b80, root=0x5555555672d8 <structures.tree>) at /home/eddy/work/dwarves-fork/rbtree.c:275
> > > > #2 0x0000555555559c3d in __structures__delete () at /home/eddy/work/dwarves-fork/pahole.c:440
> > > > #3 0x0000555555559c70 in structures__delete () at /home/eddy/work/dwarves-fork/pahole.c:448
> > > > #4 0x0000555555560bb6 in main (argc=13, argv=0x7fffffffdcd8) at /home/eddy/work/dwarves-fork/pahole.c:3584
> > > >
> > > > This commit modifies resort_classes() to re-use 'structures__tree' and
> > > > to reset 'rb_node' fields before adding structure instances to the
> > > > tree for a second time.
> > > >
> > > > Lock/unlock structures_lock to be consistent with structures_add() and
> > > > structures__delete() code.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
> > > > ---
> > > > pahole.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
> > > > 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/pahole.c b/pahole.c
> > > > index 6fc4ed6..576733f 100644
> > > > --- a/pahole.c
> > > > +++ b/pahole.c
> > > > @@ -621,9 +621,9 @@ static void print_classes(struct cu *cu)
> > > > }
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > -static void __print_ordered_classes(struct rb_root *root)
> > > > +static void __print_ordered_classes(void)
> > > > {
> > > > - struct rb_node *next = rb_first(root);
> > > > + struct rb_node *next = rb_first(&structures__tree);
> > > >
> > > > while (next) {
> > > > struct structure *st = rb_entry(next, struct structure, rb_node);
> > > > @@ -660,24 +660,39 @@ static void resort_add(struct rb_root *resorted, struct structure *str)
> > > > rb_insert_color(&str->rb_node, resorted);
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > -static void resort_classes(struct rb_root *resorted, struct list_head *head)
> > > > +static void resort_classes(void)
> > > > {
> > > > struct structure *str;
> > > >
> > > > - list_for_each_entry(str, head, node)
> > > > - resort_add(resorted, str);
> > > > + pthread_mutex_lock(&structures_lock);
> > > > +
> > > > + /* The need_resort flag is set by type__compare_members()
> > > > + * within the following call stack:
> > > > + *
> > > > + * print_classes()
> > > > + * structures__add()
> > > > + * __structures__add()
> > > > + * type__compare()
> > > > + *
> > > > + * The call to structures__add() registers 'struct structures'
> > > > + * instances in both 'structures__tree' and 'structures__list'.
> > > > + * In order to avoid adding same node to the tree twice reset
> > > > + * both the 'structures__tree' and 'str->rb_node'.
> > > > + */
> > > > + structures__tree = RB_ROOT;
> > > > + list_for_each_entry(str, &structures__list, node) {
> > > > + bzero(&str->rb_node, sizeof(str->rb_node));
> > >
> > > Why is this bzero needed?
> > >
> > > > + resort_add(&structures__tree, str);
> > >
> > > resort_add will call rb_link_node(&str->rb_node, parent, p); and it, in
> > > turn:
> > >
> > > static inline void rb_link_node(struct rb_node * node, struct rb_node * parent,
> > > struct rb_node ** rb_link)
> > > {
> > > node->rb_parent_color = (unsigned long )parent;
> > > node->rb_left = node->rb_right = NULL;
> > >
> > > *rb_link = node;
> > > }
> > >
> > > And:
> > >
> > > struct rb_node
> > > {
> > > unsigned long rb_parent_color;
> > > #define RB_RED 0
> > > #define RB_BLACK 1
> > > struct rb_node *rb_right;
> > > struct rb_node *rb_left;
> > > } __attribute__((aligned(sizeof(long))))
> > >
> > > So all the fields are being initialized in the operation right after the
> > > bzero(), no?
> >
> > Right, you are correct.
> > The 'structures__tree = RB_ROOT' part is still necessary, though.
> > If you are ok with overall structure of the patch I can resend it w/o bzero().
>
> Humm, so basically this boils down to the following patch?
>
> - Arnaldo
>
> diff --git a/pahole.c b/pahole.c
> index 6fc4ed6a721b97ab..7f7aa0a5db05837d 100644
> --- a/pahole.c
> +++ b/pahole.c
> @@ -674,7 +674,12 @@ static void print_ordered_classes(void)
> __print_ordered_classes(&structures__tree);
> } else {
> struct rb_root resorted = RB_ROOT;
> -
> +#ifdef DEBUG_CHECK_LEAKS
> + // We'll delete structures from structures__tree, since we're
> + // adding them to ther resorted list, better not keep
> + // references there.
> + structures__tree = RB_ROOT;
> +#endif
But __structures__delete iterates over structures__tree,
so it won't delete anything if code like this, right?
> resort_classes(&resorted, &structures__list);
> __print_ordered_classes(&resorted);
> }
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-06-02 18:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-05-25 23:59 [PATCH dwarves] pahole: avoid adding same struct structure to two rb trees Eduard Zingerman
2023-06-02 13:42 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2023-06-02 13:52 ` Eduard Zingerman
2023-06-02 18:04 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2023-06-02 18:08 ` Eduard Zingerman [this message]
2023-06-05 13:47 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2023-06-05 14:39 ` Eduard Zingerman
2023-06-05 18:54 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2023-07-10 13:13 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2023-07-10 13:15 ` Eduard Zingerman
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