[PATCH] RISC-V: Don't check text_mutex during stop_machine

From: Palmer Dabbelt
Date: Thu May 06 2021 - 03:11:46 EST


From: Palmer Dabbelt <palmerdabbelt@xxxxxxxxxx>

We're currently using stop_machine() to update ftrace, which means that
the thread that takes text_mutex during ftrace_prepare() may not be the
same as the thread that eventually patches the code. This isn't
actually a race because the lock is still held (preventing any other
concurrent accesses) and there is only one thread running during
stop_machine(), but it does trigger a lockdep failure.

This patch just elides the lockdep check during stop_machine.

Fixes: c15ac4fd60d5 ("riscv/ftrace: Add dynamic function tracer support")
Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmerdabbelt@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
In theory we should be able to avoid using stop_machine() with some
clever code sequences, but that's too big of a change to be considered a
fix. I also can't find the text I thought was in the ISA manual about
the allowed behaviors for concurrent modification of the instruction
stream, so I might have just mis-remembered that.
---
arch/riscv/include/asm/ftrace.h | 4 ++++
arch/riscv/kernel/ftrace.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
arch/riscv/kernel/patch.c | 10 +++++++++-
3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/ftrace.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/ftrace.h
index 04dad3380041..ee8f07b4dbee 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/ftrace.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/ftrace.h
@@ -85,4 +85,8 @@ int ftrace_init_nop(struct module *mod, struct dyn_ftrace *rec);

#endif

+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+extern int riscv_ftrace_in_stop_machine;
+#endif
+
#endif /* _ASM_RISCV_FTRACE_H */
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/ftrace.c
index 7f1e5203de88..da2405652f1d 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
#include <asm/patch.h>

+int riscv_ftrace_in_stop_machine;
+
#ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
int ftrace_arch_code_modify_prepare(void) __acquires(&text_mutex)
{
@@ -232,3 +234,16 @@ int ftrace_disable_ftrace_graph_caller(void)
}
#endif /* CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE */
#endif /* CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER */
+
+void arch_ftrace_update_code(int command)
+{
+ /*
+ * The code sequences we use for ftrace can't be patched while the
+ * kernel is running, so we need to use stop_machine() to modify them
+ * for now. This doesn't play nice with text_mutex, we use this flag
+ * to elide the check.
+ */
+ riscv_ftrace_in_stop_machine = true;
+ ftrace_run_stop_machine(command);
+ riscv_ftrace_in_stop_machine = false;
+}
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/patch.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/patch.c
index 0b552873a577..7983dba477f0 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/patch.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/patch.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
#include <asm/kprobes.h>
#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
#include <asm/fixmap.h>
+#include <asm/ftrace.h>
#include <asm/patch.h>

struct patch_insn {
@@ -59,8 +60,15 @@ static int patch_insn_write(void *addr, const void *insn, size_t len)
* Before reaching here, it was expected to lock the text_mutex
* already, so we don't need to give another lock here and could
* ensure that it was safe between each cores.
+ *
+ * We're currently using stop_machine() for ftrace, and while that
+ * ensures text_mutex is held before installing the mappings it does
+ * not ensure text_mutex is held by the calling thread. That's safe
+ * but triggers a lockdep failure, so just elide it for that specific
+ * case.
*/
- lockdep_assert_held(&text_mutex);
+ if (!riscv_ftrace_in_stop_machine)
+ lockdep_assert_held(&text_mutex);

if (across_pages)
patch_map(addr + len, FIX_TEXT_POKE1);
--
2.31.1.527.g47e6f16901-goog