Re: [PATCH 0/5] ftrace: to kill a daemon

[Mathieu Desnoyers]

* Steven Rostedt (rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> 
> [ updated patch ]
> 
> On Fri, 8 Aug 2008, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > The do_something_silly had an mcount pointer to it. I put in printks in 
> > the ftrace enabled code to see where this was preempted. It was preempted 
> > several times before and after the nops, but never at either nop.
> > 
> > Maybe I didn't run it enough (almost 2 hours), but perhaps it is very 
> > unlikely to be preempted at a nop if there's something coming up next.
> > 
> > Yes a string of nops may be preempted, but perhaps only two nops followed 
> > by an actual command might be skipped quickly.
> > 
> > I'll write some hacks to look at where it is preempted in the scheduler 
> > itself, and see if I see it preempting at the second nop ever.
> 
> I put that code in the scheduler and it does indeed preempt in the nops!
> It also uncovered a nasty bug I had in my code:
> 
> [...]
> 
> > Index: linux-tip.git/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- linux-tip.git.orig/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c	2008-06-26 14:58:54.000000000 -0400
> > +++ linux-tip.git/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c	2008-08-08 17:48:04.000000000 -0400
> > @@ -127,6 +127,46 @@ notrace int ftrace_mcount_set(unsigned l
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> >  
> > +static const unsigned char *second_nop;
> > +
> > +void arch_ftrace_pre_enable(void)
> > +{
> > +	struct task_struct *g, *p;
> > +	unsigned long **ip;
> > +
> 
> [...]
> 
> > +		ip = task_thread_info(p)->ip;
> > +		if (!ip)
> > +			continue;
> > +		if (memcmp(*ip, second_nop, x86_nop5_part2) == 0)
> > +			/* Match, move the ip forward */
> > +			*ip += x86_nop5_part2;
> 
> Notice the bug? Hint, *ip is of type unsigned long *.
> 
> Here's the updated fix:
> 

Hi Steven,

I'm actually a bit worried about this scheduler-centric approach. The
problem is that any trap that could be generated in the middle of the
3/2 nops (think of performance counters if the APIC is set as a trap
gate) which would stack an interruptible trap handler on top of those
instructions would lead to having a return IP pointing in the wrong
spot, but because the scheduler would interrupt the trap handler and not
the trapped code, it would not detect this.

I am not sure wheter we do actually have the possibility to have these
interruptible trap handlers considering the way the kernel sets up the
gates, but I think the "let's figure out where the IP stopped" approach
is a bit complex and fragile.

Trying to find a fast atomic 5-bytes nop, involving the
microarchitecture guys, seems like a better approach to me.

Mathieu

> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c    |   29 ++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_32.c |    1 
>  arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_64.c |    1 
>  arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S       |    4 +++
>  arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S       |    4 +++
>  arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c         |   41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/asm-x86/ftrace.h         |    5 ++++
>  include/asm-x86/thread_info.h    |    4 +++
>  kernel/trace/ftrace.c            |   12 +++++++++++
>  9 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: linux-tip.git/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-tip.git.orig/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c	2008-06-05 11:52:24.000000000 -0400
> +++ linux-tip.git/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c	2008-08-08 16:20:23.000000000 -0400
> @@ -140,13 +140,26 @@ static const unsigned char *const p6_nop
>  };
>  #endif
>  
> +/*
> + * Some versions of x86 CPUs have a two part NOP5. This
> + * can break ftrace if a process is preempted between
> + * the two. ftrace needs to know what the second nop
> + * is to handle this case.
> + */
> +int x86_nop5_part2;
> +
>  #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
>  
>  extern char __vsyscall_0;
>  const unsigned char *const *find_nop_table(void)
>  {
> -	return boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_INTEL ||
> -	       boot_cpu_data.x86 < 6 ? k8_nops : p6_nops;
> +	if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_INTEL ||
> +	    boot_cpu_data.x86 < 6) {
> +		x86_nop5_part2 = 2; /* K8_NOP2 */
> +		return k8_nops;
> +	} else
> +		/* keep k86_nop5_part2 NULL */
> +		return p6_nops;
>  }
>  
>  #else /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
> @@ -154,12 +167,13 @@ const unsigned char *const *find_nop_tab
>  static const struct nop {
>  	int cpuid;
>  	const unsigned char *const *noptable;
> +	int nop5_part2;
>  } noptypes[] = {
> -	{ X86_FEATURE_K8, k8_nops },
> -	{ X86_FEATURE_K7, k7_nops },
> -	{ X86_FEATURE_P4, p6_nops },
> -	{ X86_FEATURE_P3, p6_nops },
> -	{ -1, NULL }
> +	{ X86_FEATURE_K8, k8_nops, 2},
> +	{ X86_FEATURE_K7, k7_nops, 1 },
> +	{ X86_FEATURE_P4, p6_nops, 0 },
> +	{ X86_FEATURE_P3, p6_nops, 0 },
> +	{ -1, NULL, 0 }
>  };
>  
>  const unsigned char *const *find_nop_table(void)
> @@ -170,6 +184,7 @@ const unsigned char *const *find_nop_tab
>  	for (i = 0; noptypes[i].cpuid >= 0; i++) {
>  		if (boot_cpu_has(noptypes[i].cpuid)) {
>  			noptable = noptypes[i].noptable;
> +			x86_nop5_part2 = noptypes[i].nop5_part2;
>  			break;
>  		}
>  	}
> Index: linux-tip.git/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_32.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-tip.git.orig/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_32.c	2008-07-27 10:43:26.000000000 -0400
> +++ linux-tip.git/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_32.c	2008-08-08 15:46:55.000000000 -0400
> @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ void foo(void)
>  	OFFSET(TI_restart_block, thread_info, restart_block);
>  	OFFSET(TI_sysenter_return, thread_info, sysenter_return);
>  	OFFSET(TI_cpu, thread_info, cpu);
> +	OFFSET(TI_ip, thread_info, ip);
>  	BLANK();
>  
>  	OFFSET(GDS_size, desc_ptr, size);
> Index: linux-tip.git/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_64.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-tip.git.orig/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_64.c	2008-07-27 10:43:26.000000000 -0400
> +++ linux-tip.git/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_64.c	2008-08-08 15:52:34.000000000 -0400
> @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ int main(void)
>  	ENTRY(addr_limit);
>  	ENTRY(preempt_count);
>  	ENTRY(status);
> +	ENTRY(ip);
>  #ifdef CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION
>  	ENTRY(sysenter_return);
>  #endif
> Index: linux-tip.git/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-tip.git.orig/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S	2008-07-27 10:43:26.000000000 -0400
> +++ linux-tip.git/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S	2008-08-08 17:13:27.000000000 -0400
> @@ -304,7 +304,11 @@ need_resched:
>  	jz restore_all
>  	testl $X86_EFLAGS_IF,PT_EFLAGS(%esp)	# interrupts off (exception path) ?
>  	jz restore_all
> +	lea PT_EIP(%esp), %eax
> +	movl %eax, TI_ip(%ebp)
>  	call preempt_schedule_irq
> +	GET_THREAD_INFO(%ebp)
> +	movl $0, TI_ip(%ebp)
>  	jmp need_resched
>  END(resume_kernel)
>  #endif
> Index: linux-tip.git/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-tip.git.orig/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S	2008-07-27 10:43:26.000000000 -0400
> +++ linux-tip.git/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S	2008-08-08 17:12:47.000000000 -0400
> @@ -837,7 +837,11 @@ ENTRY(retint_kernel)
>  	jnc  retint_restore_args
>  	bt   $9,EFLAGS-ARGOFFSET(%rsp)	/* interrupts off? */
>  	jnc  retint_restore_args
> +	leaq RIP-ARGOFFSET(%rsp), %rax
> +	movq %rax, TI_ip(%rcx)
>  	call preempt_schedule_irq
> +	GET_THREAD_INFO(%rcx)
> +	movq $0, TI_ip(%rcx)
>  	jmp exit_intr
>  #endif	
>  
> Index: linux-tip.git/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-tip.git.orig/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c	2008-06-26 14:58:54.000000000 -0400
> +++ linux-tip.git/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c	2008-08-08 20:22:19.000000000 -0400
> @@ -127,6 +127,44 @@ notrace int ftrace_mcount_set(unsigned l
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +static const unsigned char *second_nop;
> +
> +void arch_ftrace_pre_enable(void)
> +{
> +	struct task_struct *g, *p;
> +	void **ip;
> +
> +	if (!second_nop)
> +		return;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * x86 has a two part nop to handle 5 byte instructions.
> +	 * If a task was preempted after the first nop, and has
> +	 * not ran the second nop, if we modify the code, we can
> +	 * crash the system. Thus, we will look at all the tasks
> +	 * and if any of them was preempted and will run the
> +	 * second nop next, we simply move their ip pointer past
> +	 * the second nop.
> +	 */
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Don't need to grab the task list lock, we are running
> +	 * in kstop_machine
> +	 */
> +	do_each_thread(g, p) {
> +		/*
> +		 * In entry.S we save the ip when a task is preempted
> +		 * and reset it when it is back running.
> +		 */
> +		ip = (void **)task_thread_info(p)->ip;
> +		if (!ip)
> +			continue;
> +		if (memcmp(*ip, second_nop, x86_nop5_part2) == 0)
> +			/* Match, move the ip forward */
> +			*ip += x86_nop5_part2;
> +	} while_each_thread(g, p);
> +}
> +
>  int __init ftrace_dyn_arch_init(void *data)
>  {
>  	const unsigned char *const *noptable = find_nop_table();
> @@ -137,5 +175,8 @@ int __init ftrace_dyn_arch_init(void *da
>  
>  	ftrace_nop = (unsigned long *)noptable[MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE];
>  
> +	if (x86_nop5_part2)
> +		second_nop = noptable[x86_nop5_part2];
> +
>  	return 0;
>  }
> Index: linux-tip.git/include/asm-x86/ftrace.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-tip.git.orig/include/asm-x86/ftrace.h	2008-08-08 13:00:51.000000000 -0400
> +++ linux-tip.git/include/asm-x86/ftrace.h	2008-08-08 16:41:09.000000000 -0400
> @@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ static inline unsigned long ftrace_call_
>  	 */
>  	return addr - 1;
>  }
> +
> +extern int x86_nop5_part2;
> +extern void arch_ftrace_pre_enable(void);
> +#define ftrace_pre_enable arch_ftrace_pre_enable
> +
>  #endif
>  
>  #endif /* CONFIG_FTRACE */
> Index: linux-tip.git/include/asm-x86/thread_info.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-tip.git.orig/include/asm-x86/thread_info.h	2008-08-07 11:14:43.000000000 -0400
> +++ linux-tip.git/include/asm-x86/thread_info.h	2008-08-08 17:06:15.000000000 -0400
> @@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ struct thread_info {
>  	__u32			cpu;		/* current CPU */
>  	int			preempt_count;	/* 0 => preemptable,
>  						   <0 => BUG */
> +	unsigned long		**ip;		/* pointer to ip on stackwhen
> +						   preempted
> +						*/
>  	mm_segment_t		addr_limit;
>  	struct restart_block    restart_block;
>  	void __user		*sysenter_return;
> @@ -47,6 +50,7 @@ struct thread_info {
>  	.flags		= 0,			\
>  	.cpu		= 0,			\
>  	.preempt_count	= 1,			\
> +	.ip		= NULL,			\
>  	.addr_limit	= KERNEL_DS,		\
>  	.restart_block = {			\
>  		.fn = do_no_restart_syscall,	\
> Index: linux-tip.git/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-tip.git.orig/kernel/trace/ftrace.c	2008-08-08 13:00:52.000000000 -0400
> +++ linux-tip.git/kernel/trace/ftrace.c	2008-08-08 16:18:14.000000000 -0400
> @@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
>  
>  #include "trace.h"
>  
> +#ifndef ftrace_pre_enable
> +# define ftrace_pre_enable() do { } while (0)
> +#endif
> +
>  /* ftrace_enabled is a method to turn ftrace on or off */
>  int ftrace_enabled __read_mostly;
>  static int last_ftrace_enabled;
> @@ -500,6 +504,14 @@ static void ftrace_replace_code(int enab
>  	else
>  		new = ftrace_nop_replace();
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Some archs *cough*x86*cough* have more than one nop to cover
> +	 * the call to mcount. In these cases, special care must be taken
> +	 * before we start converting nops into calls.
> +	 */
> +	if (enable)
> +		ftrace_pre_enable();
> +
>  	for (pg = ftrace_pages_start; pg; pg = pg->next) {
>  		for (i = 0; i < pg->index; i++) {
>  			rec = &pg->records[i];

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