Re: [PATCH] tracing/perf: Move rcu_irq_enter/exit_irqson() to perf trace point hook

[joel@joelfernandes.org]

On February 10, 2020 9:22:22 PM EST, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:
>
>> Which brings a question about handling of NMIs: in the proposed
>patch, if
>> a NMI nests over rcuidle context, AFAIU it will be in a state
>> !rcu_is_watching() && in_nmi(), which is handled by this patch with a
>simple
>> "return", meaning important NMIs doing hardware event sampling can be
>> completely lost.
>> 
>> Considering that we cannot use rcu_irq_enter/exit_irqson() from NMI
>context,
>> is it at all valid to use rcu_read_lock/unlock() as perf does from
>NMI handlers,
>> considering that those can be nested on top of rcuidle context ?
>> 
>
>Note, in the __DO_TRACE macro, we've had this for a long time:
>
>		/* srcu can't be used from NMI */			\
>		WARN_ON_ONCE(rcuidle && in_nmi());			\
>
>With nothing triggering.

I did not understand Mathieu's question, afaik perf event sampling code in NMI handler does not invoke trace_..._rcuidle functions anywhere. That afair is independently dealt within perf and does not involve tracepoint code. And if NMI has interrupted any code currently running in __DO_TRACE, that's ok because NMI is higher priority and will run to completion before resuming the interrupted code. Did I miss something? I am not surprised the warning doesn't ever trigger.

Thanks,
Joel.


>
>-- Steve

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