Re: [PATCH] perf/x86: Fix smp_processor_id()-in-preemptible warnings

From: Li Huafei
Date: Mon Jul 29 2024 - 09:43:24 EST




On 2024/7/29 17:13, K Prateek Nayak wrote:
> Hello Huafei,
>
> On 7/29/2024 5:15 PM, Li Huafei wrote:
>> The following bug was triggered on a system built with
>> CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT=y:
>>
>>   # echo p > /proc/sysrq-trigger
>>
>>   BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: sh/117
>>   caller is perf_event_print_debug+0x1a/0x4c0
>>   CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 117 Comm: sh Not tainted 6.11.0-rc1 #109
>>   Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS
>> 1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1 04/01/2014
>>   Call Trace:
>>    <TASK>
>>    dump_stack_lvl+0x4f/0x60
>>    check_preemption_disabled+0xc8/0xd0
>>    perf_event_print_debug+0x1a/0x4c0
>>    __handle_sysrq+0x140/0x180
>>    write_sysrq_trigger+0x61/0x70
>>    proc_reg_write+0x4e/0x70
>>    vfs_write+0xd0/0x430
>>    ? handle_mm_fault+0xc8/0x240
>>    ksys_write+0x9c/0xd0
>>    do_syscall_64+0x96/0x190
>>    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
>>
>> This is because the commit d4b294bf84db ("perf/x86: Hybrid PMU support
>> for counters") took smp_processor_id() outside the irq critical section.
>> If a preemption occurs in perf_event_print_debug() and the task is
>> migrated to another cpu, we may get incorrect pmu debug information.
>> Move smp_processor_id() back inside the irq critical section to fix this
>> issue.
>>
>> Fixes: d4b294bf84db ("perf/x86: Hybrid PMU support for counters")
>> Signed-off-by: Li Huafei <lihuafei1@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>   arch/x86/events/core.c | 19 ++++++++++++-------
>>   1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c
>> index 12f2a0c14d33..c0157a5d8296 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/events/core.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c
>> @@ -1521,19 +1521,24 @@ void perf_event_print_debug(void)
>>   {
>>       u64 ctrl, status, overflow, pmc_ctrl, pmc_count, prev_left, fixed;
>>       u64 pebs, debugctl;
>> -    int cpu = smp_processor_id();
>> -    struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &per_cpu(cpu_hw_events, cpu);
>> -    unsigned long *cntr_mask = hybrid(cpuc->pmu, cntr_mask);
>> -    unsigned long *fixed_cntr_mask = hybrid(cpuc->pmu, fixed_cntr_mask);
>> -    struct event_constraint *pebs_constraints = hybrid(cpuc->pmu,
>> pebs_constraints);
>> +    int cpu;
>> +    struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc;好的,我会在v2中修改。
>> +    unsigned long *cntr_mask, *fixed_cntr_mask;
>> +    struct event_constraint *pebs_constraints;
>>       unsigned long flags;
>>       int idx;
>
> nit. "cpu" and "idx" can be defined together and this can be converted
> to use revere xmas tree order.
>

Ok, I'll change it in v2.

>>   +    local_irq_save(flags);
>
> Perhaps use "guard(irqsave)();" here since ...
>
>> +
>> +    cpu = smp_processor_id();
>> +    cpuc = &per_cpu(cpu_hw_events, cpu);
>> +    cntr_mask = hybrid(cpuc->pmu, cntr_mask);
>> +    fixed_cntr_mask = hybrid(cpuc->pmu, fixed_cntr_mask);
>> +    pebs_constraints = hybrid(cpuc->pmu, pebs_constraints);
>> +
>>       if (!*(u64 *)cntr_mask)
>
> ... a "local_irq_restore(flags)" is required here now before returning
> and using the guard can avoid that. Even the flags variable will no
> longer be necessary.
>

It's really bad, I forgot to restore irq before returning. Using lock
guard can indeed avoid such errors, and I will fix it in v2. Thanks!

> Thoughts?
>
>>           return;
>>   -    local_irq_save(flags);
>> -
>>       if (x86_pmu.version >= 2) {
>>           rdmsrl(MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL, ctrl);
>>           rdmsrl(MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS, status);
>