From f67671baadf6dbae8eca46cb95e85b762e462b2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frederic Weisbecker Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2022 16:40:19 +0200 Subject: context_tracking: Add a note about noinstr VS unsafe context tracking functions Some context tracking functions enter or exit into/from RCU idle mode while using trace-able and lockdep-aware IRQs (un-)masking. As a result those functions can't get tagged as noinstr. This is unlikely to be fixed since these are obsolete APIs. Drop a note about this matter. [ paulmck: Apply Peter Zijlstra feedback. ] Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay Cc: Uladzislau Rezki Cc: Joel Fernandes Cc: Boqun Feng Cc: Nicolas Saenz Julienne Cc: Marcelo Tosatti Cc: Xiongfeng Wang Cc: Yu Liao Cc: Phil Auld Cc: Paul Gortmaker Cc: Alex Belits Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Reviewed-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne Tested-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne --- kernel/context_tracking.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+) (limited to 'kernel/context_tracking.c') diff --git a/kernel/context_tracking.c b/kernel/context_tracking.c index 36a98c48aedc..3082332f6476 100644 --- a/kernel/context_tracking.c +++ b/kernel/context_tracking.c @@ -103,6 +103,15 @@ void noinstr __context_tracking_enter(enum ctx_state state) } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__context_tracking_enter); +/* + * OBSOLETE: + * This function should be noinstr but the below local_irq_restore() is + * unsafe because it involves illegal RCU uses through tracing and lockdep. + * This is unlikely to be fixed as this function is obsolete. The preferred + * way is to call __context_tracking_enter() through user_enter_irqoff() + * or context_tracking_guest_enter(). It should be the arch entry code + * responsibility to call into context tracking with IRQs disabled. + */ void context_tracking_enter(enum ctx_state state) { unsigned long flags; @@ -125,6 +134,14 @@ void context_tracking_enter(enum ctx_state state) NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(context_tracking_enter); EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(context_tracking_enter); +/* + * OBSOLETE: + * This function should be noinstr but it unsafely calls local_irq_restore(), + * involving illegal RCU uses through tracing and lockdep. + * This is unlikely to be fixed as this function is obsolete. The preferred + * way is to call user_enter_irqoff(). It should be the arch entry code + * responsibility to call into context tracking with IRQs disabled. + */ void context_tracking_user_enter(void) { user_enter(); @@ -168,6 +185,15 @@ void noinstr __context_tracking_exit(enum ctx_state state) } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__context_tracking_exit); +/* + * OBSOLETE: + * This function should be noinstr but the below local_irq_save() is + * unsafe because it involves illegal RCU uses through tracing and lockdep. + * This is unlikely to be fixed as this function is obsolete. The preferred + * way is to call __context_tracking_exit() through user_exit_irqoff() + * or context_tracking_guest_exit(). It should be the arch entry code + * responsibility to call into context tracking with IRQs disabled. + */ void context_tracking_exit(enum ctx_state state) { unsigned long flags; @@ -182,6 +208,14 @@ void context_tracking_exit(enum ctx_state state) NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(context_tracking_exit); EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(context_tracking_exit); +/* + * OBSOLETE: + * This function should be noinstr but it unsafely calls local_irq_save(), + * involving illegal RCU uses through tracing and lockdep. This is unlikely + * to be fixed as this function is obsolete. The preferred way is to call + * user_exit_irqoff(). It should be the arch entry code responsibility to + * call into context tracking with IRQs disabled. + */ void context_tracking_user_exit(void) { user_exit(); -- cgit