Re: [PATCH v4] kcov, usb: only collect coverage from __usb_hcd_giveback_urb in softirq

From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
Date: Fri Nov 13 2020 - 07:30:42 EST


On 2020-10-16 15:57:45 [+0200], Andrey Konovalov wrote:
> --- a/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
> @@ -1646,9 +1646,16 @@ static void __usb_hcd_giveback_urb(struct urb *urb)
>
> /* pass ownership to the completion handler */
> urb->status = status;
> - kcov_remote_start_usb((u64)urb->dev->bus->busnum);
> + /*
> + * This function can be called in task context inside another remote
> + * coverage collection section, but KCOV doesn't support that kind of
> + * recursion yet. Only collect coverage in softirq context for now.
> + */
> + if (in_serving_softirq())

Could this in_serving_softirq() usage be replaced, please?

> + kcov_remote_start_usb((u64)urb->dev->bus->busnum);
> urb->complete(urb);
> - kcov_remote_stop();
> + if (in_serving_softirq())
> + kcov_remote_stop();
>
> usb_anchor_resume_wakeups(anchor);
> atomic_dec(&urb->use_count);

Sebastian