Re: [PATCH v2] kallsyms: Fix sleeping function called from invalid context when CONFIG_KALLSYMS_SELFTEST=y

From: Leizhen (ThunderTown)
Date: Sun Jan 08 2023 - 22:08:26 EST




On 2023/1/7 2:25, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 09:45:11AM +0800, Zhen Lei wrote:
>> [T58] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/kallsyms.c:305
>> [T58] in_atomic(): 0, irqs_disabled(): 128, non_block: 0, pid: 58, name: kallsyms_test
>> [T58] preempt_count: 0, expected: 0
>> [T58] RCU nest depth: 0, expected: 0
>> [T58] no locks held by kallsyms_test/58.
>> [T58] irq event stamp: 18899904
>> [T58] hardirqs last enabled at (18899903): finish_task_switch.isra.0 (core.c:?)
>> [T58] hardirqs last disabled at (18899904): test_perf_kallsyms_on_each_symbol (kallsyms_selftest.c:?)
>> [T58] softirqs last enabled at (18899886): __do_softirq (??:?)
>> [T58] softirqs last disabled at (18899879): ____do_softirq (irq.c:?)
>> [T58] CPU: 0 PID: 58 Comm: kallsyms_test Tainted: G T 6.1.0-next-20221215 #2
>> [T58] Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
>> [T58] Call trace:
>> [T58] dump_backtrace (??:?)
>> [T58] show_stack (??:?)
>> [T58] dump_stack_lvl (??:?)
>> [T58] dump_stack (??:?)
>> [T58] __might_resched (??:?)
>> [T58] kallsyms_on_each_symbol (??:?)
>> [T58] test_perf_kallsyms_on_each_symbol (kallsyms_selftest.c:?)
>> [T58] test_entry (kallsyms_selftest.c:?)
>> [T58] kthread (kthread.c:?)
>> [T58] ret_from_fork (??:?)
>> [T58] kallsyms_selftest: kallsyms_on_each_symbol() traverse all: 5744310840 ns
>> [T58] kallsyms_selftest: kallsyms_on_each_match_symbol() traverse all: 1164580 ns
>> [T58] kallsyms_selftest: finish
>>
>> The execution time of function kallsyms_on_each_match_symbol() is very
>> short, about ten microseconds, the probability of this process being
>> interrupted is very small. And even if it happens, we just have to try
>> again.
>>
>> The execution time of function kallsyms_on_each_symbol() is very long,
>> it takes tens of milliseconds, context switches is likely occur during
>> this period. If the time obtained by task_cputime() is accurate, it is
>> preferred. Otherwise, use local_clock() directly, and the time taken by
>> irqs and high-priority tasks is not deducted because they are always
>> running for a short time.
>>
>> Fixes: 30f3bb09778d ("kallsyms: Add self-test facility")
>> Reported-by: Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> kernel/kallsyms_selftest.c | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>> 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>>
>> v1 --> v2:
>> 1. Keep calling cond_resched() when CONFIG_KALLSYMS_SELFTEST=y. Instead,
>> function kallsyms_on_each_match_symbol() and kallsyms_on_each_symbol()
>> are not protected by local_irq_save() in kallsyms_selftest.c.
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/kallsyms_selftest.c b/kernel/kallsyms_selftest.c
>> @@ -270,17 +283,26 @@ static int match_symbol(void *data, unsigned long addr)
>> static void test_perf_kallsyms_on_each_match_symbol(void)
>> {
>> u64 t0, t1;
>> - unsigned long flags;
>> + int cpu = smp_processor_id();
>> + unsigned long nr_irqs;
>> struct test_stat stat;
>>
>> memset(&stat, 0, sizeof(stat));
>> stat.max = INT_MAX;
>> stat.name = stub_name;
>> - local_irq_save(flags);
>> - t0 = sched_clock();
>> - kallsyms_on_each_match_symbol(match_symbol, stat.name, &stat);
>> - t1 = sched_clock();
>> - local_irq_restore(flags);
>> +
>> + /*
>> + * The test thread has been bound to a fixed CPU in advance. If the
>> + * number of irqs does not change, no new scheduling request will be
>> + * generated. That is, the performance test process is atomic.
>> + */
>> + do {
>> + nr_irqs = kstat_cpu_irqs_sum(cpu);
>> + cond_resched();
>> + t0 = local_clock();
>> + kallsyms_on_each_match_symbol(match_symbol, stat.name, &stat);
>> + t1 = local_clock();
>> + } while (nr_irqs != kstat_cpu_irqs_sum(cpu));
>> pr_info("kallsyms_on_each_match_symbol() traverse all: %lld ns\n", t1 - t0);
>
> But can't we bump the number of IRQs, preempt, handle the IRQ and come
> back to the same CPU with the same IRQ count and end up with a very very
> false positive on delta?

Do you mean the total time minus the processing time of interrupts? It seems
to be a little more complicated to implement. Because soft interrupts and task
switches may also be happened. Although the current implementation contains a
while loop, it actually retries at most one more time. And I think it's easier
to understand, without worrying about the side effects of the corners.

>
> Luis
> .
>

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Regards,
Zhen Lei