From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: paulmck <paulmck@kernel.org>, x86 <x86@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
bristot <bristot@redhat.com>, jbaron <jbaron@akamai.com>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>, Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>,
Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>,
Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org>,
Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v5 12/17] x86/kprobes: Fix ordering
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 16:28:29 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191114152829.GA4131@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <135240750.136.1573744944568.JavaMail.zimbra@efficios.com>
On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 10:22:24AM -0500, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> >> > So what we do, after enabling the regular kprobe, is call
> >> > synchronize_rcu_tasks() to wait for each task to have passed through
> >> > schedule(). That guarantees no task is preempted inside the kprobe
> >> > shadow (when it triggers it ensures it resumes execution at an
> >> > instruction boundary further than 5 bytes away).
> >>
> >> Indeed, given that synchronize_rcu_tasks() awaits for voluntary context
> >> switches (or user-space execution), it guarantees that no task was preempted
> >> within the kprobe shadow.
> >>
> >> Considering that synchronize_rcu_tasks() is meant only for code rewriting,
> >> I wonder if it would make sense to include the core serializing guarantees
> >> within this RCU API ?
> >
> > As in have synchronize_rcu_tasks() do the IPI-sync love before doing
> > the current wait-for-voluntary-context-switch work?
>
> This is what I have in mind, yes, based on the assumption that the only
> intended use-case for synchronize_rcu_tasks() is code patching.
I don't think that is needed. As per the patch under discussion, we
unconditionally need that IPI-sync (even for !optimized) but we only
need the synchonize_rcu_tasks() thing for optimized kprobes.
Also, they really do two different things. Lets not tie them together.
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2019-11-11 13:12 [PATCH -v5 00/17] Rewrite x86/ftrace to use text_poke (and more) Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:12 ` [PATCH -v5 01/17] x86/alternatives: Teach text_poke_bp() to emulate instructions Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-15 9:43 ` [tip: core/kprobes] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:12 ` [PATCH -v5 02/17] x86/alternatives: Update int3_emulate_push() comment Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-15 9:43 ` [tip: core/kprobes] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:12 ` [PATCH -v5 03/17] x86/alternatives,jump_label: Provide better text_poke() batching interface Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-15 9:43 ` [tip: core/kprobes] x86/alternatives, jump_label: " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:12 ` [PATCH -v5 04/17] x86/alternatives: Add and use text_gen_insn() helper Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-12 17:10 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-11-12 22:25 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-15 9:43 ` [tip: core/kprobes] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:12 ` [PATCH -v5 05/17] x86/ftrace: Use text_poke() Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-12 18:25 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-11-12 22:24 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-12 22:48 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-11-13 9:01 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-13 14:27 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-11-14 13:18 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-14 13:56 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-11-14 14:05 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-13 8:53 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-15 9:43 ` [tip: core/kprobes] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-16 20:46 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-11-18 17:35 ` [PATCH] x86/ftrace: Mark ftrace_modify_code_direct() __ref Borislav Petkov
2019-11-18 17:52 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-11-19 9:55 ` [tip: core/kprobes] " tip-bot2 for Borislav Petkov
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Borislav Petkov
2019-12-04 8:33 ` [tip: core/kprobes] x86/ftrace: Use text_poke() tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:12 ` [PATCH -v5 06/17] x86/mm: Remove set_kernel_text_r[ow]() Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-15 9:43 ` [tip: core/kprobes] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:12 ` [PATCH -v5 07/17] x86/alternative: Add text_opcode_size() Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-15 9:43 ` [tip: core/kprobes] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:13 ` [PATCH -v5 08/17] x86/ftrace: Use text_gen_insn() Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-15 9:43 ` [tip: core/kprobes] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:13 ` [PATCH -v5 09/17] x86/alternative: Remove text_poke_loc::len Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-15 9:43 ` [tip: core/kprobes] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:13 ` [PATCH -v5 10/17] x86/alternative: Shrink text_poke_loc Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-15 9:43 ` [tip: core/kprobes] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:13 ` [PATCH -v5 11/17] x86/kprobes: Convert to text-patching.h Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-19 16:56 ` [tip: core/kprobes] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:13 ` [PATCH -v5 12/17] x86/kprobes: Fix ordering Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-13 14:31 ` Paul E. McKenney
2019-11-13 15:42 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2019-11-14 13:53 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-14 15:06 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2019-11-14 15:13 ` Paul E. McKenney
2019-11-14 15:22 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2019-11-14 15:28 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2019-11-14 15:30 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2019-11-14 15:42 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-14 15:58 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-19 16:56 ` [tip: core/kprobes] x86/kprobes: Fix ordering while text-patching tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:13 ` [PATCH -v5 13/17] arm/ftrace: Use __patch_text_real() Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 16:47 ` Will Deacon
2019-11-11 17:19 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 17:25 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-12 11:29 ` Will Deacon
2019-11-13 9:26 ` [PATCH -v5mkII 13/17] arm/ftrace: Use __patch_text() Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-19 16:56 ` [tip: core/kprobes] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2020-01-22 21:26 ` Dmitry Osipenko
2020-01-22 21:26 ` Dmitry Osipenko
2020-01-22 21:26 ` Dmitry Osipenko
2020-02-07 10:17 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-02-07 10:17 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-02-07 10:17 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-02-07 10:26 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-02-07 10:26 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-02-07 10:26 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-02-07 11:27 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-02-07 11:27 ` Peter Zijlstra
[not found] ` <20200207112720.GF14914-Nxj+rRp3nVydTX5a5knrm8zTDFooKrT+cvkQGrU6aU0@public.gmane.org>
2020-02-07 16:47 ` Dmitry Osipenko
2020-02-07 16:47 ` Dmitry Osipenko
2020-02-07 16:47 ` Dmitry Osipenko
2020-01-08 12:22 ` [PATCH -v5mkII 13/17] " Arnd Bergmann
2020-01-08 14:16 ` Steven Rostedt
2020-01-08 14:22 ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-11-11 13:13 ` [PATCH -v5 14/17] module: Remove set_all_modules_text_*() Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-19 16:56 ` [tip: core/kprobes] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:13 ` [PATCH -v5 15/17] ftrace: Rework event_create_dir() Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-14 14:07 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-11-19 16:56 ` [tip: core/kprobes] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:13 ` [PATCH -v5 16/17] x86/kprobe: Add comments to arch_{,un}optimize_kprobes() Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-19 16:56 ` [tip: core/kprobes] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:13 ` [PATCH -v5 17/17] x86/alternative: Use INT3_INSN_SIZE Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-19 16:56 ` [tip: core/kprobes] x86/alternatives: " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 19:47 ` [PATCH -v5 00/17] Rewrite x86/ftrace to use text_poke (and more) Alexei Starovoitov
2019-11-11 20:39 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 20:42 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 20:56 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-11-12 18:26 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-11-25 3:55 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2019-11-25 6:47 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2019-11-25 17:32 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-11-26 0:11 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2019-11-26 8:58 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2019-11-26 9:58 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2019-11-26 23:48 ` Masami Hiramatsu
[not found] ` <CAADnVQK4twuXzFhD-qLHmCVK0n1h-GDENQLu+4PVV3Hp++R6kQ@mail.gmail.com>
2019-11-27 4:32 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-11-27 5:01 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-11-27 6:41 ` Masami Hiramatsu
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