[PATCH] kcsan: Avoid scheduler recursion by using non-instrumented preempt_disable()

From: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>
To: elver@google.com, paulmck@kernel.org
Cc: will@kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org, tglx@linutronix.de,
	mingo@kernel.org, mark.rutland@arm.com, boqun.feng@gmail.com,
	dvyukov@google.com, kasan-dev@googlegroups.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] kcsan: Avoid scheduler recursion by using non-instrumented preempt_disable()
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 17:36:41 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201117163641.3389352-1-elver@google.com> (raw)

When enabling KCSAN for kernel/sched (remove KCSAN_SANITIZE := n from
kernel/sched/Makefile), with CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT=y, we can observe
recursion due to:

	check_access() [via instrumentation]
	  kcsan_setup_watchpoint()
	    reset_kcsan_skip()
	      kcsan_prandom_u32_max()
	        get_cpu_var()
		  preempt_disable()
		    preempt_count_add() [in kernel/sched/core.c]
		      check_access() [via instrumentation]

Avoid this by rewriting kcsan_prandom_u32_max() to only use safe
versions of preempt_disable() that do not call into scheduler code.

Note, while this currently does not affect an unmodified kernel, it'd be
good to keep a KCSAN kernel working when KCSAN_SANITIZE := n is removed
from kernel/sched/Makefile to permit testing scheduler code with KCSAN
if desired.

Fixes: cd290ec24633 ("kcsan: Use tracing-safe version of prandom")
Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>
---
 kernel/kcsan/core.c | 14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/kcsan/core.c b/kernel/kcsan/core.c
index 3994a217bde7..967b0b2f9d59 100644
--- a/kernel/kcsan/core.c
+++ b/kernel/kcsan/core.c
@@ -284,10 +284,18 @@ should_watch(const volatile void *ptr, size_t size, int type, struct kcsan_ctx *
  */
 static u32 kcsan_prandom_u32_max(u32 ep_ro)
 {
-	struct rnd_state *state = &get_cpu_var(kcsan_rand_state);
-	const u32 res = prandom_u32_state(state);
+	struct rnd_state *state;
+	u32 res;
+
+	/*
+	 * Avoid recursion with scheduler by using non-tracing version of
+	 * preempt_disable() that do not call into scheduler code.
+	 */
+	preempt_disable_notrace();
+	state = raw_cpu_ptr(&kcsan_rand_state);
+	res = prandom_u32_state(state);
+	preempt_enable_no_resched_notrace();
 
-	put_cpu_var(kcsan_rand_state);
 	return (u32)(((u64) res * ep_ro) >> 32);
 }
 
-- 
2.29.2.299.gdc1121823c-goog

