From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.7 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E724C38A24 for ; Thu, 7 May 2020 17:40:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7818720A8B for ; Thu, 7 May 2020 17:40:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728261AbgEGRkB (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 May 2020 13:40:01 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:35750 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727825AbgEGRja (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 May 2020 13:39:30 -0400 Received: from gandalf.local.home (cpe-66-24-58-225.stny.res.rr.com [66.24.58.225]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 307E8215A4; Thu, 7 May 2020 17:39:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rostedt by gandalf.local.home with local (Exim 4.93) (envelope-from ) id 1jWkUb-000Dni-3C; Thu, 07 May 2020 13:39:29 -0400 Message-ID: <20200507173928.961003729@goodmis.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.66 Date: Thu, 07 May 2020 13:39:09 -0400 From: Steven Rostedt To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Ingo Molnar , Andrew Morton , stable@vger.kernel.org, Xiao Yang , Joel Fernandes Subject: [for-linus][PATCH 5/9] tracing: Wait for preempt irq delay thread to finish References: <20200507173904.729935165@goodmis.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" Running on a slower machine, it is possible that the preempt delay kernel thread may still be executing if the module was immediately removed after added, and this can cause the kernel to crash as the kernel thread might be executing after its code has been removed. There's no reason that the caller of the code shouldn't just wait for the delay thread to finish, as the thread can also be created by a trigger in the sysfs code, which also has the same issues. Link: http://lore.kernel.org/r/5EA2B0C8.2080706@cn.fujitsu.com Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 793937236d1ee ("lib: Add module for testing preemptoff/irqsoff latency tracers") Reported-by: Xiao Yang Reviewed-by: Xiao Yang Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) --- kernel/trace/preemptirq_delay_test.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/preemptirq_delay_test.c b/kernel/trace/preemptirq_delay_test.c index 31c0fad4cb9e..c4c86de63cf9 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/preemptirq_delay_test.c +++ b/kernel/trace/preemptirq_delay_test.c @@ -113,22 +113,42 @@ static int preemptirq_delay_run(void *data) for (i = 0; i < s; i++) (testfuncs[i])(i); + + set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); + while (!kthread_should_stop()) { + schedule(); + set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); + } + + __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING); + return 0; } -static struct task_struct *preemptirq_start_test(void) +static int preemptirq_run_test(void) { + struct task_struct *task; + char task_name[50]; snprintf(task_name, sizeof(task_name), "%s_test", test_mode); - return kthread_run(preemptirq_delay_run, NULL, task_name); + task = kthread_run(preemptirq_delay_run, NULL, task_name); + if (IS_ERR(task)) + return PTR_ERR(task); + if (task) + kthread_stop(task); + return 0; } static ssize_t trigger_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t count) { - preemptirq_start_test(); + ssize_t ret; + + ret = preemptirq_run_test(); + if (ret) + return ret; return count; } @@ -148,11 +168,9 @@ static struct kobject *preemptirq_delay_kobj; static int __init preemptirq_delay_init(void) { - struct task_struct *test_task; int retval; - test_task = preemptirq_start_test(); - retval = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(test_task); + retval = preemptirq_run_test(); if (retval != 0) return retval; -- 2.26.2