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From: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
To: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@google.com>
Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>,
	Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@arm.com>,
	kasan-dev <kasan-dev@googlegroups.com>,
	Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@virtuozzo.com>,
	Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>,
	Marco Elver <elver@google.com>,
	Evgenii Stepanov <eugenis@google.com>,
	Elena Petrova <lenaptr@google.com>,
	Branislav Rankov <Branislav.Rankov@arm.com>,
	Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@arm.com>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
	Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 26/39] arm64: mte: Add in-kernel tag fault handler
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 13:35:04 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200925123503.GJ4846@gaia> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAeHK+x=bchXN4DDui2Gfr_yNW4+9idc_3nQAyjRTwMN6UuvHg@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 01:52:56PM +0200, Andrey Konovalov wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 1:47 PM Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 01:26:02PM +0200, Andrey Konovalov wrote:
> > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 12:49 PM Catalin Marinas
> > > <catalin.marinas@arm.com> wrote:
> > > > > +
> > > > >  static void __do_kernel_fault(unsigned long addr, unsigned int esr,
> > > > >                             struct pt_regs *regs)
> > > > >  {
> > > > > @@ -641,10 +647,40 @@ static int do_sea(unsigned long addr, unsigned int esr, struct pt_regs *regs)
> > > > >       return 0;
> > > > >  }
> > > > >
> > > > > +static void do_tag_recovery(unsigned long addr, unsigned int esr,
> > > > > +                        struct pt_regs *regs)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > +     static bool reported = false;
> > > > > +
> > > > > +     if (!READ_ONCE(reported)) {
> > > > > +             report_tag_fault(addr, esr, regs);
> > > > > +             WRITE_ONCE(reported, true);
> > > > > +     }
> > > >
> > > > I don't mind the READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE here but not sure what they help
> > > > with.
> > >
> > > The fault can happen on multiple cores at the same time, right? In
> > > that case without READ/WRITE_ONCE() we'll have a data-race here.
> >
> > READ/WRITE_ONCE won't magically solve such races. If two CPUs enter
> > simultaneously in do_tag_recovery(), they'd both read 'reported' as
> > false and both print the fault info.
> 
> They won't solve the race condition, but they will solve the data
> race. I guess here we don't really care about the race condition, as
> printing a tag fault twice is OK. But having a data race here will
> lead to KCSAN reports, although won't probably break anything in
> practice.

I agree, in practice it should be fine. Anyway, it doesn't hurt leaving
them in place.

-- 
Catalin

  reply	other threads:[~2020-09-25 12:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 88+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-24 22:50 [PATCH v3 00/39] kasan: add hardware tag-based mode for arm64 Andrey Konovalov
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 01/39] kasan: drop unnecessary GPL text from comment headers Andrey Konovalov
2020-10-01 17:18   ` elver
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 02/39] kasan: KASAN_VMALLOC depends on KASAN_GENERIC Andrey Konovalov
2020-10-01 17:19   ` elver
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 03/39] kasan: group vmalloc code Andrey Konovalov
2020-10-01 17:27   ` elver
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 04/39] kasan: shadow declarations only for software modes Andrey Konovalov
2020-10-01 17:29   ` elver
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 05/39] kasan: rename (un)poison_shadow to (un)poison_memory Andrey Konovalov
2020-10-01 17:29   ` elver
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 06/39] kasan: rename KASAN_SHADOW_* to KASAN_GRANULE_* Andrey Konovalov
2020-10-01 17:30   ` elver
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 07/39] kasan: only build init.c for software modes Andrey Konovalov
2020-10-01 17:31   ` elver
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 08/39] kasan: split out shadow.c from common.c Andrey Konovalov
2020-10-01 17:32   ` elver
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 09/39] kasan: define KASAN_GRANULE_PAGE Andrey Konovalov
2020-10-01 17:33   ` elver
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 10/39] kasan: rename report and tags files Andrey Konovalov
2020-10-01 17:36   ` elver
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 11/39] kasan: don't duplicate config dependencies Andrey Konovalov
2020-10-01 17:39   ` elver
2020-10-01 21:54     ` Andrey Konovalov
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 12/39] kasan: hide invalid free check implementation Andrey Konovalov
2020-10-01 17:41   ` elver
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 13/39] kasan: decode stack frame only with KASAN_STACK_ENABLE Andrey Konovalov
2020-10-01 17:43   ` elver
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 14/39] kasan, arm64: only init shadow for software modes Andrey Konovalov
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 15/39] kasan, arm64: only use kasan_depth " Andrey Konovalov
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 16/39] kasan: rename addr_has_shadow to addr_has_metadata Andrey Konovalov
2020-10-01 17:45   ` elver
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 17/39] kasan: rename print_shadow_for_address to print_memory_metadata Andrey Konovalov
2020-10-01 17:45   ` elver
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 18/39] kasan: kasan_non_canonical_hook only for software modes Andrey Konovalov
2020-10-01 17:47   ` elver
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 19/39] kasan: rename SHADOW layout macros to META Andrey Konovalov
2020-10-01 17:48   ` elver
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 20/39] kasan: separate metadata_fetch_row for each mode Andrey Konovalov
2020-10-01 17:54   ` elver
2020-10-01 21:56     ` Andrey Konovalov
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 21/39] kasan: don't allow SW_TAGS with ARM64_MTE Andrey Konovalov
2020-10-01 17:55   ` elver
2020-10-01 21:57     ` Andrey Konovalov
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 22/39] kasan: introduce CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS Andrey Konovalov
2020-10-01 17:57   ` elver
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 23/39] arm64: Enable armv8.5-a asm-arch option Andrey Konovalov
2020-09-25 10:16   ` Catalin Marinas
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 24/39] arm64: mte: Add in-kernel MTE helpers Andrey Konovalov
2020-09-25 10:15   ` Catalin Marinas
2020-09-25 11:28     ` Vincenzo Frascino
2020-09-25 12:50       ` Catalin Marinas
2020-09-25 13:36         ` Vincenzo Frascino
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 25/39] arm64: kasan: Add arch layer for memory tagging helpers Andrey Konovalov
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 26/39] arm64: mte: Add in-kernel tag fault handler Andrey Konovalov
2020-09-25 10:49   ` Catalin Marinas
2020-09-25 11:26     ` Andrey Konovalov
2020-09-25 11:47       ` Catalin Marinas
2020-09-25 11:52         ` Andrey Konovalov
2020-09-25 12:35           ` Catalin Marinas [this message]
2020-09-25 12:35   ` Catalin Marinas
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 27/39] arm64: kasan: Enable in-kernel MTE Andrey Konovalov
2020-09-25 11:14   ` Catalin Marinas
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 28/39] arm64: mte: Convert gcr_user into an exclude mask Andrey Konovalov
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 29/39] arm64: mte: Switch GCR_EL1 in kernel entry and exit Andrey Konovalov
2020-09-25 11:34   ` Catalin Marinas
2020-09-25 11:50     ` Vincenzo Frascino
2020-09-25 12:38       ` Catalin Marinas
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 30/39] arm64: kasan: Enable TBI EL1 Andrey Konovalov
2020-09-25 11:37   ` Catalin Marinas
2020-09-25 11:47     ` Vincenzo Frascino
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 31/39] arm64: kasan: Align allocations for HW_TAGS Andrey Konovalov
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 32/39] kasan: define KASAN_GRANULE_SIZE " Andrey Konovalov
2020-10-01 17:58   ` elver
2020-10-01 21:59     ` Andrey Konovalov
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 33/39] kasan, x86, s390: update undef CONFIG_KASAN Andrey Konovalov
2020-10-01 17:59   ` elver
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 34/39] kasan, arm64: expand CONFIG_KASAN checks Andrey Konovalov
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 35/39] kasan, arm64: implement HW_TAGS runtime Andrey Konovalov
2020-10-01 18:00   ` elver
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 36/39] kasan, arm64: print report from tag fault handler Andrey Konovalov
2020-09-25 11:39   ` Catalin Marinas
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 37/39] kasan, slub: reset tags when accessing metadata Andrey Konovalov
2020-10-01 18:03   ` elver
2020-10-01 22:00     ` Andrey Konovalov
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 38/39] kasan, arm64: enable CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS Andrey Konovalov
2020-09-24 22:50 ` [PATCH v3 39/39] kasan: add documentation for hardware tag-based mode Andrey Konovalov
2020-10-01 18:03   ` elver

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