From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>,
Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>,
Dave Watson <davejwatson@fb.com>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-api <linux-api@vger.kernel.org>,
Paul Turner <pjt@google.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Andrew Hunter <ahh@google.com>, Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
Chris Lameter <cl@linux.com>, Ben Maurer <bmaurer@fb.com>,
rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@ar>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/14] powerpc: Add support for restartable sequences
Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 13:46:35 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180523204635.GF3803@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1928158599.1541.1527106479862.JavaMail.zimbra@efficios.com>
On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 04:14:39PM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> ----- On May 20, 2018, at 10:08 AM, Boqun Feng boqun.feng@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 02:17:17PM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> >> ----- On May 17, 2018, at 7:50 PM, Boqun Feng boqun.feng@gmail.com wrote:
> >> [...]
> >> >> > I think you're right. So we have to introduce callsite to rseq_syscall()
> >> >> > in syscall path, something like:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
> >> >> > index 51695608c68b..a25734a96640 100644
> >> >> > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
> >> >> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
> >> >> > @@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ system_call_exit:
> >> >> > mtmsrd r11,1
> >> >> > #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3E */
> >> >> >
> >> >> > + addi r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
> >> >> > + bl rseq_syscall
> >> >> > +
> >> >> > ld r9,TI_FLAGS(r12)
> >> >> > li r11,-MAX_ERRNO
> >> >> > andi.
> >> >> > r0,r9,(_TIF_SYSCALL_DOTRACE|_TIF_SINGLESTEP|_TIF_USER_WORK_MASK|_TIF_PERSYSCALL_MASK)
> >> >> >
> >>
> >> By the way, I think this is not the right spot to call rseq_syscall, because
> >> interrupts are disabled. I think we should move this hunk right after
> >> system_call_exit.
> >>
> >
> > Good point.
> >
> >> Would you like to implement and test an updated patch adding those calls for ppc
> >> 32 and 64 ?
> >>
> >
> > I'd like to help, but I don't have a handy ppc environment for test...
> > So I made the below patch which has only been build-tested, hope it
> > could be somewhat helpful.
>
> Hi Boqun,
>
> I tried your patch in a ppc64 le environment, and it does not survive boot
> with CONFIG_DEBUG_RSEQ=y. init gets killed right away.
>
> Moreover, I'm not sure that the r3 register don't contain something worth
> saving before the call on ppc32. Just after there is a "mr" instruction
> which AFAIU takes r3 as input register.
>
> Can you look into it ?
Hello, Boqun,
You can also request access to a ppc64 environment here:
http://osuosl.org/services/powerdev/request_hosting/
Thanx, Paul
> Thanks,
>
> Mathieu
>
> >
> > Regards,
> > Boqun
> >
> > --------------------------------->8
> > Subject: [PATCH] powerpc: Add syscall detection for restartable sequences
> >
> > Syscalls are not allowed inside restartable sequences, so add a call to
> > rseq_syscall() at the very beginning of system call exiting path for
> > CONFIG_DEBUG_RSEQ=y kernel. This could help us to detect whether there
> > is a syscall issued inside restartable sequences.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S | 5 +++++
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S | 5 +++++
> > 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
> > index eb8d01bae8c6..2f134eebe7ed 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
> > @@ -365,6 +365,11 @@ syscall_dotrace_cont:
> > blrl /* Call handler */
> > .globl ret_from_syscall
> > ret_from_syscall:
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RSEQ
> > + /* Check whether the syscall is issued inside a restartable sequence */
> > + addi r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
> > + bl rseq_syscall
> > +#endif
> > mr r6,r3
> > CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r12, r1)
> > /* disable interrupts so current_thread_info()->flags can't change */
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
> > index 2cb5109a7ea3..2e2d59bb45d0 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
> > @@ -204,6 +204,11 @@ system_call: /* label this so stack traces look sane */
> > * This is blacklisted from kprobes further below with _ASM_NOKPROBE_SYMBOL().
> > */
> > system_call_exit:
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RSEQ
> > + /* Check whether the syscall is issued inside a restartable sequence */
> > + addi r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
> > + bl rseq_syscall
> > +#endif
> > /*
> > * Disable interrupts so current_thread_info()->flags can't change,
> > * and so that we don't get interrupted after loading SRR0/1.
> > --
> > 2.16.2
>
> --
> Mathieu Desnoyers
> EfficiOS Inc.
> http://www.efficios.com
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-05-23 20:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-04-30 22:44 [RFC PATCH for 4.18 00/14] Restartable Sequences Mathieu Desnoyers
2018-04-30 22:44 ` [PATCH 01/14] uapi headers: Provide types_32_64.h (v2) Mathieu Desnoyers
2018-04-30 22:44 ` [PATCH 02/14] rseq: Introduce restartable sequences system call (v13) Mathieu Desnoyers
2018-05-16 16:24 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-05-16 20:18 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2018-04-30 22:44 ` [PATCH 03/14] arm: Add restartable sequences support Mathieu Desnoyers
2018-05-16 16:18 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-05-16 20:13 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2018-05-17 13:32 ` Will Deacon
2018-05-17 15:30 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2018-05-22 18:19 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2018-04-30 22:44 ` [PATCH 04/14] arm: Wire up restartable sequences system call Mathieu Desnoyers
2018-04-30 22:44 ` [PATCH 05/14] x86: Add support for restartable sequences (v2) Mathieu Desnoyers
2018-04-30 22:44 ` [PATCH 06/14] x86: Wire up restartable sequence system call Mathieu Desnoyers
2018-04-30 22:44 ` [PATCH 07/14] powerpc: Add support for restartable sequences Mathieu Desnoyers
2018-05-16 16:18 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-05-16 20:13 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2018-05-17 1:19 ` Boqun Feng
2018-05-17 7:43 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-05-17 15:28 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2018-05-17 23:50 ` Boqun Feng
2018-05-18 18:17 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2018-05-20 14:08 ` Boqun Feng
2018-05-23 20:14 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2018-05-23 20:46 ` Paul E. McKenney [this message]
2018-05-23 21:29 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2018-05-24 1:03 ` Michael Ellerman
2018-05-28 7:00 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2018-05-18 12:38 ` Michael Ellerman
2018-04-30 22:44 ` [PATCH 08/14] powerpc: Wire up restartable sequences system call Mathieu Desnoyers
2018-04-30 22:44 ` [PATCH 09/14] selftests: lib.mk: Introduce OVERRIDE_TARGETS Mathieu Desnoyers
2018-04-30 22:44 ` [PATCH 10/14] rseq: selftests: Provide rseq library (v5) Mathieu Desnoyers
2018-04-30 22:44 ` [PATCH 11/14] rseq: selftests: Provide basic test Mathieu Desnoyers
2018-04-30 22:44 ` [PATCH 12/14] rseq: selftests: Provide basic percpu ops test (v2) Mathieu Desnoyers
2018-04-30 22:44 ` [PATCH 13/14] rseq: selftests: Provide parametrized tests (v2) Mathieu Desnoyers
2018-04-30 22:44 ` [PATCH 14/14] rseq: selftests: Provide Makefile, scripts, gitignore (v2) Mathieu Desnoyers
2018-05-02 3:53 ` [RFC PATCH for 4.18 00/14] Restartable Sequences Daniel Colascione
2018-05-02 8:43 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-05-02 16:03 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2018-05-02 16:07 ` Daniel Colascione
2018-05-02 16:42 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-05-02 16:55 ` Daniel Colascione
2018-05-03 16:12 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2018-05-03 16:22 ` Daniel Colascione
2018-05-03 18:04 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2018-05-03 16:48 ` Joel Fernandes
2018-05-03 17:18 ` Daniel Colascione
2018-05-03 17:46 ` Joel Fernandes
2018-05-04 22:17 ` Ben Maurer
2018-05-02 17:22 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-05-02 18:27 ` Daniel Colascione
2018-05-02 20:22 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-05-02 20:37 ` Daniel Colascione
2018-05-03 1:15 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-05-03 8:49 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-05-06 10:03 ` Thomas Gleixner
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