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arm64: arch_timer: fix the infinite recursion when enable ftrace and erratum workaround

Message ID 43ec809d-b8f2-eb73-8ad6-9966cf67625f@huawei.com
State Superseded
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Commit Message

Ding Tianhong July 6, 2017, 12:49 p.m. UTC
When enable preempt and ftrace, and perform the following steps, the system will hang:
mount -t debugfs nodev /sys/kernel/debug/
cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/
echo function_graph > current_tracer

This is because the preempt_disable and preempt_enable calls would cause infinite
recursion for some chips which needs the timer erratum workaround and the system
will hang, so use the preempt_disable/enable_notrace calls to prevent recursion.

Fixes: 6acc71ccac71 ("arm64: arch_timer: Allows a CPU-specific erratum to only affect a subset of CPUs")
Signed-off-by: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@huawei.com>

---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

-- 
1.9.0

Comments

Mark Rutland July 6, 2017, 2:35 p.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 08:49:33PM +0800, Ding Tianhong wrote:
> When enable preempt and ftrace, and perform the following steps, the system will hang:

> mount -t debugfs nodev /sys/kernel/debug/

> cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/

> echo function_graph > current_tracer

> 

> This is because the preempt_disable and preempt_enable calls would cause infinite

> recursion for some chips which needs the timer erratum workaround and the system

> will hang, so use the preempt_disable/enable_notrace calls to prevent recursion.


Nit: Please wrap commit messages at 72 characters, unless you have
something that wrapping would destroy.

That aside, this looks sane, but a better expanation would be
worthwhile. What exactly causes the recursion? Does ftrace instrument
preempt_{disable,enable} ?

Can you give an example of the recursion?

Thanks,
Mark.

> 

> Fixes: 6acc71ccac71 ("arm64: arch_timer: Allows a CPU-specific erratum to only affect a subset of CPUs")

> Signed-off-by: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@huawei.com>

> ---

>  arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h | 4 ++--

>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

> 

> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h

> index 74d08e4..67bb7a4 100644

> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h

> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h

> @@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ struct arch_timer_erratum_workaround {

>  	u64 _val;							\

>  	if (needs_unstable_timer_counter_workaround()) {		\

>  		const struct arch_timer_erratum_workaround *wa;		\

> -		preempt_disable();					\

> +		preempt_disable_notrace();				\

>  		wa = __this_cpu_read(timer_unstable_counter_workaround); \

>  		if (wa && wa->read_##reg)				\

>  			_val = wa->read_##reg();			\

>  		else							\

>  			_val = read_sysreg(reg);			\

> -		preempt_enable();					\

> +		preempt_enable_notrace();				\

>  	} else {							\

>  		_val = read_sysreg(reg);				\

>  	}								\

> -- 

> 1.9.0

> 

>
Ding Tianhong July 9, 2017, 8:16 a.m. UTC | #2
On 2017/7/6 22:35, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 08:49:33PM +0800, Ding Tianhong wrote:

>> When enable preempt and ftrace, and perform the following steps, the system will hang:

>> mount -t debugfs nodev /sys/kernel/debug/

>> cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/

>> echo function_graph > current_tracer

>>

>> This is because the preempt_disable and preempt_enable calls would cause infinite

>> recursion for some chips which needs the timer erratum workaround and the system

>> will hang, so use the preempt_disable/enable_notrace calls to prevent recursion.

> 

> Nit: Please wrap commit messages at 72 characters, unless you have

> something that wrapping would destroy.

> 

OK

> That aside, this looks sane, but a better expanation would be

> worthwhile. What exactly causes the recursion? Does ftrace instrument

> preempt_{disable,enable} ?

> 

> Can you give an example of the recursion?

> 


As the 96b3d28bf4(sched/clock: Prevent tracing recursion in sched_clock_cpu()) said, the
preempt_disable/enable() are traced and this cause trace_clock() users to get the local timer
again, it will cause the infinite recursion.

> Thanks,

> Mark.

> 

>>

>> Fixes: 6acc71ccac71 ("arm64: arch_timer: Allows a CPU-specific erratum to only affect a subset of CPUs")

>> Signed-off-by: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@huawei.com>

>> ---

>>  arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h | 4 ++--

>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

>>

>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h

>> index 74d08e4..67bb7a4 100644

>> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h

>> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h

>> @@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ struct arch_timer_erratum_workaround {

>>  	u64 _val;							\

>>  	if (needs_unstable_timer_counter_workaround()) {		\

>>  		const struct arch_timer_erratum_workaround *wa;		\

>> -		preempt_disable();					\

>> +		preempt_disable_notrace();				\

>>  		wa = __this_cpu_read(timer_unstable_counter_workaround); \

>>  		if (wa && wa->read_##reg)				\

>>  			_val = wa->read_##reg();			\

>>  		else							\

>>  			_val = read_sysreg(reg);			\

>> -		preempt_enable();					\

>> +		preempt_enable_notrace();				\

>>  	} else {							\

>>  		_val = read_sysreg(reg);				\

>>  	}								\

>> -- 

>> 1.9.0

>>

>>

> 

> .

>
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diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h
index 74d08e4..67bb7a4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@  struct arch_timer_erratum_workaround {
 	u64 _val;							\
 	if (needs_unstable_timer_counter_workaround()) {		\
 		const struct arch_timer_erratum_workaround *wa;		\
-		preempt_disable();					\
+		preempt_disable_notrace();				\
 		wa = __this_cpu_read(timer_unstable_counter_workaround); \
 		if (wa && wa->read_##reg)				\
 			_val = wa->read_##reg();			\
 		else							\
 			_val = read_sysreg(reg);			\
-		preempt_enable();					\
+		preempt_enable_notrace();				\
 	} else {							\
 		_val = read_sysreg(reg);				\
 	}								\