From: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
To: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>,
Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>, Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/17] add support for Clang CFI
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 09:17:14 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CABCJKud=aJUSgWG==qqKi-+cKRCtRp4qLNgdDqoYKL+S9X7q4A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210319135229.GJ2696@paulmck-ThinkPad-P72>
On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 6:52 AM Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 01:26:59PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 04:48:43PM -0700, Sami Tolvanen wrote:
> > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 3:29 PM Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 10:10:55AM -0700, Sami Tolvanen wrote:
> > > > > +static void update_shadow(struct module *mod, unsigned long base_addr,
> > > > > + update_shadow_fn fn)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > + struct cfi_shadow *prev;
> > > > > + struct cfi_shadow *next;
> > > > > + unsigned long min_addr, max_addr;
> > > > > +
> > > > > + next = vmalloc(SHADOW_SIZE);
> > > > > +
> > > > > + mutex_lock(&shadow_update_lock);
> > > > > + prev = rcu_dereference_protected(cfi_shadow,
> > > > > + mutex_is_locked(&shadow_update_lock));
> > > > > +
> > > > > + if (next) {
> > > > > + next->base = base_addr >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> > > > > + prepare_next_shadow(prev, next);
> > > > > +
> > > > > + min_addr = (unsigned long)mod->core_layout.base;
> > > > > + max_addr = min_addr + mod->core_layout.text_size;
> > > > > + fn(next, mod, min_addr & PAGE_MASK, max_addr & PAGE_MASK);
> > > > > +
> > > > > + set_memory_ro((unsigned long)next, SHADOW_PAGES);
> > > > > + }
> > > > > +
> > > > > + rcu_assign_pointer(cfi_shadow, next);
> > > > > + mutex_unlock(&shadow_update_lock);
> > > > > + synchronize_rcu_expedited();
> > > >
> > > > expedited is BAD(tm), why is it required and why doesn't it have a
> > > > comment?
> > >
> > > Ah, this uses synchronize_rcu_expedited() because we have a case where
> > > synchronize_rcu() hangs here with a specific SoC family after the
> > > vendor's cpu_pm driver powers down CPU cores.
> >
> > Broken vendor drivers seem like an exceedingly poor reason for this.
>
> The vendor is supposed to make sure that RCU sees the CPU cores as either
> deep idle or offline before powering them down. My guess is that the
> CPU is powered down, but RCU (and probably much else in the system)
> thinks that the CPU is still up and running. So I bet that you are
> seeing other issues as well.
>
> I take it that the IPIs from synchronize_rcu_expedited() have the effect
> of momentarily powering up those CPUs?
I suspect you're correct. I'll change this to use synchronize_rcu() in v3.
Sami
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-03-19 16:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-03-18 17:10 [PATCH v2 00/17] Add support for Clang CFI Sami Tolvanen
2021-03-18 17:10 ` [PATCH v2 01/17] add " Sami Tolvanen
2021-03-18 22:29 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-03-18 23:48 ` Sami Tolvanen
2021-03-19 12:26 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-03-19 13:52 ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-03-19 16:17 ` Sami Tolvanen [this message]
2021-03-19 17:03 ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-03-18 17:10 ` [PATCH v2 02/17] cfi: add __cficanonical Sami Tolvanen
2021-03-18 17:49 ` Nick Desaulniers
2021-03-18 17:10 ` [PATCH v2 03/17] mm: add generic __va_function and __pa_function macros Sami Tolvanen
2021-03-18 17:10 ` [PATCH v2 04/17] module: ensure __cfi_check alignment Sami Tolvanen
2021-03-18 19:27 ` Nick Desaulniers
2021-03-18 21:43 ` Sami Tolvanen
2021-03-18 17:10 ` [PATCH v2 05/17] workqueue: use WARN_ON_FUNCTION_MISMATCH Sami Tolvanen
2021-03-18 18:50 ` Nick Desaulniers
2021-03-18 21:38 ` Sami Tolvanen
2021-03-18 17:11 ` [PATCH v2 06/17] kthread: " Sami Tolvanen
2021-03-18 17:11 ` [PATCH v2 07/17] kallsyms: strip ThinLTO hashes from static functions Sami Tolvanen
2021-03-18 19:00 ` Nick Desaulniers
2021-03-18 21:41 ` Sami Tolvanen
2021-03-18 17:11 ` [PATCH v2 08/17] bpf: disable CFI in dispatcher functions Sami Tolvanen
2021-03-18 17:11 ` [PATCH v2 09/17] lib/list_sort: fix function type mismatches Sami Tolvanen
2021-03-18 18:31 ` Nick Desaulniers
2021-03-18 21:31 ` Sami Tolvanen
2021-03-18 17:11 ` [PATCH v2 10/17] lkdtm: use __va_function Sami Tolvanen
2021-03-18 18:43 ` Nick Desaulniers
2021-03-18 18:45 ` Nick Desaulniers
2021-03-18 17:11 ` [PATCH v2 11/17] psci: use __pa_function for cpu_resume Sami Tolvanen
2021-03-18 17:11 ` [PATCH v2 12/17] arm64: implement __va_function Sami Tolvanen
2021-03-18 17:11 ` [PATCH v2 13/17] arm64: use __pa_function Sami Tolvanen
2021-03-18 17:11 ` [PATCH v2 14/17] arm64: add __nocfi to functions that jump to a physical address Sami Tolvanen
2021-03-18 17:11 ` [PATCH v2 15/17] arm64: add __nocfi to __apply_alternatives Sami Tolvanen
2021-03-18 17:11 ` [PATCH v2 16/17] KVM: arm64: Disable CFI for nVHE Sami Tolvanen
2021-03-18 17:11 ` [PATCH v2 17/17] arm64: allow CONFIG_CFI_CLANG to be selected Sami Tolvanen
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