Re: [PATCH bpf v3] powerpc/bpf: enforce full ordering for ATOMIC operations with BPF_FETCH

[Naveen N Rao]

On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 10:02:48AM GMT, Puranjay Mohan wrote:
> The Linux Kernel Memory Model [1][2] requires RMW operations that have a
> return value to be fully ordered.
> 
> BPF atomic operations with BPF_FETCH (including BPF_XCHG and
> BPF_CMPXCHG) return a value back so they need to be JITed to fully
> ordered operations. POWERPC currently emits relaxed operations for
> these.
> 
> We can show this by running the following litmus-test:
> 
> PPC SB+atomic_add+fetch
> 
> {
> 0:r0=x;  (* dst reg assuming offset is 0 *)
> 0:r1=2;  (* src reg *)
> 0:r2=1;
> 0:r4=y;  (* P0 writes to this, P1 reads this *)
> 0:r5=z;  (* P1 writes to this, P0 reads this *)
> 0:r6=0;
> 
> 1:r2=1;
> 1:r4=y;
> 1:r5=z;
> }
> 
> P0                      | P1            ;
> stw         r2, 0(r4)   | stw  r2,0(r5) ;
>                         |               ;
> loop:lwarx  r3, r6, r0  |               ;
> mr          r8, r3      |               ;
> add         r3, r3, r1  | sync          ;
> stwcx.      r3, r6, r0  |               ;
> bne         loop        |               ;
> mr          r1, r8      |               ;
>                         |               ;
> lwa         r7, 0(r5)   | lwa  r7,0(r4) ;
> 
> ~exists(0:r7=0 /\ 1:r7=0)
> 
> Witnesses
> Positive: 9 Negative: 3
> Condition ~exists (0:r7=0 /\ 1:r7=0)
> Observation SB+atomic_add+fetch Sometimes 3 9
> 
> This test shows that the older store in P0 is reordered with a newer
> load to a different address. Although there is a RMW operation with
> fetch between them. Adding a sync before and after RMW fixes the issue:
> 
> Witnesses
> Positive: 9 Negative: 0
> Condition ~exists (0:r7=0 /\ 1:r7=0)
> Observation SB+atomic_add+fetch Never 0 9
> 
> [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
> [2] https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/atomic_t.txt
> 
> Fixes: 65112709115f ("powerpc/bpf/64: add support for BPF_ATOMIC bitwise operations")

As I noted in v2, I think that is the wrong commit. This fixes the below 
four commits in mainline:
Fixes: aea7ef8a82c0 ("powerpc/bpf/32: add support for BPF_ATOMIC bitwise operations")
Fixes: 2d9206b22743 ("powerpc/bpf/32: Add instructions for atomic_[cmp]xchg")
Fixes: dbe6e2456fb0 ("powerpc/bpf/64: add support for atomic fetch operations")
Fixes: 1e82dfaa7819 ("powerpc/bpf/64: Add instructions for atomic_[cmp]xchg")

> Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v6.0+

I have tested this with test_bpf and test_progs.
Reviewed-by: Naveen N Rao <naveen@xxxxxxxxxx>


- Naveen