[RFC PATCH] tracing: Introduce pipe_cpumask to avoid race on trace_pipes
From: Zheng Yejian
Date: Thu Aug 17 2023 - 07:52:46 EST
There is race issue when concurrently splice_read main trace_pipe and
per_cpu trace_pipes which will result in data read out being different
from what actually writen.
As suggested by Steven:
> I believe we should add a ref count to trace_pipe and the per_cpu
> trace_pipes, where if they are opened, nothing else can read it.
>
> Opening trace_pipe locks all per_cpu ref counts, if any of them are
> open, then the trace_pipe open will fail (and releases any ref counts
> it had taken).
>
> Opening a per_cpu trace_pipe will up the ref count for just that
> CPU buffer. This will allow multiple tasks to read different per_cpu
> trace_pipe files, but will prevent the main trace_pipe file from
> being opened.
But because we only need to know whether per_cpu trace_pipe is open or
not, using a cpumask instead of using ref count may be easier.
After this patch, users will find that:
- Main trace_pipe can be opened by only one user, and if it is
opened, all per_cpu trace_pipes cannot be opened;
- Per_cpu trace_pipes can be opened by multiple users, but each per_cpu
trace_pipe can only be opened by one user. And if one of them is
opened, main trace_pipe cannot be opened.
Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Zheng Yejian <zhengyejian1@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
> Does that work for this?
Hi, Steven, how about using a cpumask instead of ref count?
This patch will also prevent main trace_pipe or anyone per_cpu trace_pipe
from being opened by multiple people at the same time.
kernel/trace/trace.c | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
kernel/trace/trace.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index b8870078ef58..73f6f4d10d43 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -6705,24 +6705,54 @@ tracing_max_lat_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
#endif
+static int open_pipe_on_cpu(struct trace_array *tr, int cpu)
+{
+ if (cpu == RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS) {
+ if (cpumask_empty(tr->pipe_cpumask)) {
+ cpumask_setall(tr->pipe_cpumask);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ } else {
+ if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, tr->pipe_cpumask)) {
+ cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, tr->pipe_cpumask);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ }
+ return -EBUSY;
+}
+
+static void close_pipe_on_cpu(struct trace_array *tr, int cpu)
+{
+ if (cpu == RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS) {
+ WARN_ON(!cpumask_full(tr->pipe_cpumask));
+ cpumask_clear(tr->pipe_cpumask);
+ } else {
+ WARN_ON(!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, tr->pipe_cpumask));
+ cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, tr->pipe_cpumask);
+ }
+}
+
static int tracing_open_pipe(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
{
struct trace_array *tr = inode->i_private;
struct trace_iterator *iter;
int ret;
+ int cpu = tracing_get_cpu(inode);
ret = tracing_check_open_get_tr(tr);
if (ret)
return ret;
mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
+ ret = open_pipe_on_cpu(tr, cpu);
+ if (ret)
+ goto fail_pipe_on_cpu;
/* create a buffer to store the information to pass to userspace */
iter = kzalloc(sizeof(*iter), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!iter) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
- __trace_array_put(tr);
- goto out;
+ goto fail_alloc_iter;
}
trace_seq_init(&iter->seq);
@@ -6745,7 +6775,7 @@ static int tracing_open_pipe(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
iter->tr = tr;
iter->array_buffer = &tr->array_buffer;
- iter->cpu_file = tracing_get_cpu(inode);
+ iter->cpu_file = cpu;
mutex_init(&iter->mutex);
filp->private_data = iter;
@@ -6755,12 +6785,15 @@ static int tracing_open_pipe(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
nonseekable_open(inode, filp);
tr->trace_ref++;
-out:
+
mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
return ret;
fail:
kfree(iter);
+fail_alloc_iter:
+ close_pipe_on_cpu(tr, cpu);
+fail_pipe_on_cpu:
__trace_array_put(tr);
mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
return ret;
@@ -6777,7 +6810,7 @@ static int tracing_release_pipe(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
if (iter->trace->pipe_close)
iter->trace->pipe_close(iter);
-
+ close_pipe_on_cpu(tr, iter->cpu_file);
mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
free_cpumask_var(iter->started);
@@ -9441,6 +9474,9 @@ static struct trace_array *trace_array_create(const char *name)
if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&tr->tracing_cpumask, GFP_KERNEL))
goto out_free_tr;
+ if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&tr->pipe_cpumask, GFP_KERNEL))
+ goto out_free_tr;
+
tr->trace_flags = global_trace.trace_flags & ~ZEROED_TRACE_FLAGS;
cpumask_copy(tr->tracing_cpumask, cpu_all_mask);
@@ -9482,6 +9518,7 @@ static struct trace_array *trace_array_create(const char *name)
out_free_tr:
ftrace_free_ftrace_ops(tr);
free_trace_buffers(tr);
+ free_cpumask_var(tr->pipe_cpumask);
free_cpumask_var(tr->tracing_cpumask);
kfree(tr->name);
kfree(tr);
@@ -9584,6 +9621,7 @@ static int __remove_instance(struct trace_array *tr)
}
kfree(tr->topts);
+ free_cpumask_var(tr->pipe_cpumask);
free_cpumask_var(tr->tracing_cpumask);
kfree(tr->name);
kfree(tr);
@@ -10381,12 +10419,14 @@ __init static int tracer_alloc_buffers(void)
if (trace_create_savedcmd() < 0)
goto out_free_temp_buffer;
+ if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&global_trace.pipe_cpumask, GFP_KERNEL))
+ goto out_free_savedcmd;
+
/* TODO: make the number of buffers hot pluggable with CPUS */
if (allocate_trace_buffers(&global_trace, ring_buf_size) < 0) {
MEM_FAIL(1, "tracer: failed to allocate ring buffer!\n");
- goto out_free_savedcmd;
+ goto out_free_pipe_cpumask;
}
-
if (global_trace.buffer_disabled)
tracing_off();
@@ -10439,6 +10479,8 @@ __init static int tracer_alloc_buffers(void)
return 0;
+out_free_pipe_cpumask:
+ free_cpumask_var(global_trace.pipe_cpumask);
out_free_savedcmd:
free_saved_cmdlines_buffer(savedcmd);
out_free_temp_buffer:
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index e1edc2197fc8..53ac0f7780c2 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -377,6 +377,8 @@ struct trace_array {
struct list_head events;
struct trace_event_file *trace_marker_file;
cpumask_var_t tracing_cpumask; /* only trace on set CPUs */
+ /* one per_cpu trace_pipe can be opened by only one user */
+ cpumask_var_t pipe_cpumask;
int ref;
int trace_ref;
#ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER
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