[PATCH] kcsan: Avoid scheduler recursion by using non-instrumented preempt_disable()

From: Marco Elver
Date: Tue Nov 17 2020 - 11:37:01 EST


When enabling KCSAN for kernel/sched (remove KCSAN_SANITIZE := n from
kernel/sched/Makefile), with CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT=y, we can observe
recursion due to:

check_access() [via instrumentation]
kcsan_setup_watchpoint()
reset_kcsan_skip()
kcsan_prandom_u32_max()
get_cpu_var()
preempt_disable()
preempt_count_add() [in kernel/sched/core.c]
check_access() [via instrumentation]

Avoid this by rewriting kcsan_prandom_u32_max() to only use safe
versions of preempt_disable() that do not call into scheduler code.

Note, while this currently does not affect an unmodified kernel, it'd be
good to keep a KCSAN kernel working when KCSAN_SANITIZE := n is removed
from kernel/sched/Makefile to permit testing scheduler code with KCSAN
if desired.

Fixes: cd290ec24633 ("kcsan: Use tracing-safe version of prandom")
Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/kcsan/core.c | 14 +++++++++++---
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/kcsan/core.c b/kernel/kcsan/core.c
index 3994a217bde7..967b0b2f9d59 100644
--- a/kernel/kcsan/core.c
+++ b/kernel/kcsan/core.c
@@ -284,10 +284,18 @@ should_watch(const volatile void *ptr, size_t size, int type, struct kcsan_ctx *
*/
static u32 kcsan_prandom_u32_max(u32 ep_ro)
{
- struct rnd_state *state = &get_cpu_var(kcsan_rand_state);
- const u32 res = prandom_u32_state(state);
+ struct rnd_state *state;
+ u32 res;
+
+ /*
+ * Avoid recursion with scheduler by using non-tracing version of
+ * preempt_disable() that do not call into scheduler code.
+ */
+ preempt_disable_notrace();
+ state = raw_cpu_ptr(&kcsan_rand_state);
+ res = prandom_u32_state(state);
+ preempt_enable_no_resched_notrace();

- put_cpu_var(kcsan_rand_state);
return (u32)(((u64) res * ep_ro) >> 32);
}

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