Re: [PATCH] kcsan: Treat runtime as NMI-like with interrupt tracing

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Fri Aug 07 2020 - 13:06:26 EST


On Fri, Aug 07, 2020 at 11:00:31AM +0200, Marco Elver wrote:
> Since KCSAN instrumentation is everywhere, we need to treat the hooks
> NMI-like for interrupt tracing. In order to present an as 'normal' as
> possible context to the code called by KCSAN when reporting errors, we
> need to update the IRQ-tracing state.
>
> Tested: Several runs through kcsan-test with different configuration
> (PROVE_LOCKING on/off), as well as hours of syzbot testing with the
> original config that caught the problem (without CONFIG_PARAVIRT=y,
> which appears to cause IRQ state tracking inconsistencies even when
> KCSAN remains off, see Link).
>
> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/0000000000007d3b2d05ac1c303e@xxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: 248591f5d257 ("kcsan: Make KCSAN compatible with new IRQ state tracking")
> Reported-by: syzbot+8db9e1ecde74e590a657@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Co-developed-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Patch Note: This patch applies to latest mainline. While current
> mainline suffers from the above problem, the configs required to hit the
> issue are likely not enabled too often (of course with PROVE_LOCKING on;
> we hit it on syzbot though). It'll probably be wise to queue this as
> normal on -rcu, just in case something is still off, given the
> non-trivial nature of the issue. (If it should instead go to mainline
> right now as a fix, I'd like some more test time on syzbot.)

The usual, please let me know when/if you would like me to apply
to -rcu. And have a great weekend!

Thanx, Paul

> ---
> kernel/kcsan/core.c | 79 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
> kernel/kcsan/kcsan.h | 3 +-
> 2 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/kcsan/core.c b/kernel/kcsan/core.c
> index 9147ff6a12e5..6202a645f1e2 100644
> --- a/kernel/kcsan/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/kcsan/core.c
> @@ -291,13 +291,28 @@ static inline unsigned int get_delay(void)
> 0);
> }
>
> -void kcsan_save_irqtrace(struct task_struct *task)
> -{
> +/*
> + * KCSAN instrumentation is everywhere, which means we must treat the hooks
> + * NMI-like for interrupt tracing. In order to present a 'normal' as possible
> + * context to the code called by KCSAN when reporting errors we need to update
> + * the IRQ-tracing state.
> + *
> + * Save and restore the IRQ state trace touched by KCSAN, since KCSAN's
> + * runtime is entered for every memory access, and potentially useful
> + * information is lost if dirtied by KCSAN.
> + */
> +
> +struct kcsan_irq_state {
> + unsigned long flags;
> #ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS
> - task->kcsan_save_irqtrace = task->irqtrace;
> + int hardirqs_enabled;
> #endif
> -}
> +};
>
> +/*
> + * This is also called by the reporting task for the other task, to generate the
> + * right report with CONFIG_KCSAN_VERBOSE. No harm in restoring more than once.
> + */
> void kcsan_restore_irqtrace(struct task_struct *task)
> {
> #ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS
> @@ -305,6 +320,41 @@ void kcsan_restore_irqtrace(struct task_struct *task)
> #endif
> }
>
> +/*
> + * Saves/restores IRQ state (see comment above). Need noinline to work around
> + * unfortunate code-gen upon inlining, resulting in objtool getting confused as
> + * well as losing stack trace information.
> + */
> +static noinline void kcsan_irq_save(struct kcsan_irq_state *irq_state)
> +{
> +#ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS
> + current->kcsan_save_irqtrace = current->irqtrace;
> + irq_state->hardirqs_enabled = lockdep_hardirqs_enabled();
> +#endif
> + if (!kcsan_interrupt_watcher) {
> + kcsan_disable_current(); /* Lockdep might WARN, etc. */
> + raw_local_irq_save(irq_state->flags);
> + lockdep_hardirqs_off(_RET_IP_);
> + kcsan_enable_current();
> + }
> +}
> +
> +static noinline void kcsan_irq_restore(struct kcsan_irq_state *irq_state)
> +{
> + if (!kcsan_interrupt_watcher) {
> + kcsan_disable_current(); /* Lockdep might WARN, etc. */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS
> + if (irq_state->hardirqs_enabled) {
> + lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare(_RET_IP_);
> + lockdep_hardirqs_on(_RET_IP_);
> + }
> +#endif
> + raw_local_irq_restore(irq_state->flags);
> + kcsan_enable_current();
> + }
> + kcsan_restore_irqtrace(current);
> +}
> +
> /*
> * Pull everything together: check_access() below contains the performance
> * critical operations; the fast-path (including check_access) functions should
> @@ -350,11 +400,13 @@ static noinline void kcsan_found_watchpoint(const volatile void *ptr,
> flags = user_access_save();
>
> if (consumed) {
> - kcsan_save_irqtrace(current);
> + struct kcsan_irq_state irqstate;
> +
> + kcsan_irq_save(&irqstate);
> kcsan_report(ptr, size, type, KCSAN_VALUE_CHANGE_MAYBE,
> KCSAN_REPORT_CONSUMED_WATCHPOINT,
> watchpoint - watchpoints);
> - kcsan_restore_irqtrace(current);
> + kcsan_irq_restore(&irqstate);
> } else {
> /*
> * The other thread may not print any diagnostics, as it has
> @@ -387,7 +439,7 @@ kcsan_setup_watchpoint(const volatile void *ptr, size_t size, int type)
> unsigned long access_mask;
> enum kcsan_value_change value_change = KCSAN_VALUE_CHANGE_MAYBE;
> unsigned long ua_flags = user_access_save();
> - unsigned long irq_flags = 0;
> + struct kcsan_irq_state irqstate;
>
> /*
> * Always reset kcsan_skip counter in slow-path to avoid underflow; see
> @@ -412,14 +464,7 @@ kcsan_setup_watchpoint(const volatile void *ptr, size_t size, int type)
> goto out;
> }
>
> - /*
> - * Save and restore the IRQ state trace touched by KCSAN, since KCSAN's
> - * runtime is entered for every memory access, and potentially useful
> - * information is lost if dirtied by KCSAN.
> - */
> - kcsan_save_irqtrace(current);
> - if (!kcsan_interrupt_watcher)
> - local_irq_save(irq_flags);
> + kcsan_irq_save(&irqstate);
>
> watchpoint = insert_watchpoint((unsigned long)ptr, size, is_write);
> if (watchpoint == NULL) {
> @@ -559,9 +604,7 @@ kcsan_setup_watchpoint(const volatile void *ptr, size_t size, int type)
> remove_watchpoint(watchpoint);
> kcsan_counter_dec(KCSAN_COUNTER_USED_WATCHPOINTS);
> out_unlock:
> - if (!kcsan_interrupt_watcher)
> - local_irq_restore(irq_flags);
> - kcsan_restore_irqtrace(current);
> + kcsan_irq_restore(&irqstate);
> out:
> user_access_restore(ua_flags);
> }
> diff --git a/kernel/kcsan/kcsan.h b/kernel/kcsan/kcsan.h
> index 29480010dc30..6eb35a9514d8 100644
> --- a/kernel/kcsan/kcsan.h
> +++ b/kernel/kcsan/kcsan.h
> @@ -24,9 +24,8 @@ extern unsigned int kcsan_udelay_interrupt;
> extern bool kcsan_enabled;
>
> /*
> - * Save/restore IRQ flags state trace dirtied by KCSAN.
> + * Restore IRQ flags state trace dirtied by KCSAN.
> */
> -void kcsan_save_irqtrace(struct task_struct *task);
> void kcsan_restore_irqtrace(struct task_struct *task);
>
> /*
> --
> 2.28.0.236.gb10cc79966-goog
>