[PATCH 6/8] perf/uprobe: split uprobe_unregister()

From: Andrii Nakryiko
Date: Wed Jul 31 2024 - 17:44:58 EST


From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

With uprobe_unregister() having grown a synchronize_srcu(), it becomes
fairly slow to call. Esp. since both users of this API call it in a
loop.

Peel off the sync_srcu() and do it once, after the loop.

With recent uprobe_register()'s error handling reusing full
uprobe_unregister() call, we need to be careful about returning to the
caller before we have a guarantee that partially attached consumer won't
be called anymore. So add uprobe_unregister_sync() in the error handling
path. This is an unlikely slow path and this should be totally fine to
be slow in the case of an failed attach.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/uprobes.h | 8 ++++++--
kernel/events/uprobes.c | 18 ++++++++++++++----
kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c | 5 ++++-
kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c | 6 +++++-
.../selftests/bpf/bpf_testmod/bpf_testmod.c | 3 ++-
5 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/uprobes.h b/include/linux/uprobes.h
index a1686c1ebcb6..8f1999eb9d9f 100644
--- a/include/linux/uprobes.h
+++ b/include/linux/uprobes.h
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ extern unsigned long uprobe_get_trap_addr(struct pt_regs *regs);
extern int uprobe_write_opcode(struct arch_uprobe *auprobe, struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long vaddr, uprobe_opcode_t);
extern struct uprobe *uprobe_register(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t ref_ctr_offset, struct uprobe_consumer *uc);
extern int uprobe_apply(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct uprobe_consumer *uc, bool);
-extern void uprobe_unregister(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct uprobe_consumer *uc);
+extern void uprobe_unregister_nosync(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct uprobe_consumer *uc);
+extern void uprobe_unregister_sync(void);
extern int uprobe_mmap(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
extern void uprobe_munmap(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
extern void uprobe_start_dup_mmap(void);
@@ -154,7 +155,10 @@ uprobe_apply(struct uprobe* uprobe, struct uprobe_consumer *uc, bool add)
return -ENOSYS;
}
static inline void
-uprobe_unregister(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct uprobe_consumer *uc)
+uprobe_unregister_nosync(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct uprobe_consumer *uc)
+{
+}
+static inline void uprobes_unregister_sync(void)
{
}
static inline int uprobe_mmap(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index 3b42fd355256..b0488d356399 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -1089,11 +1089,11 @@ register_for_each_vma(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct uprobe_consumer *new)
}

/**
- * uprobe_unregister - unregister an already registered probe.
+ * uprobe_unregister_nosync - unregister an already registered probe.
* @uprobe: uprobe to remove
* @uc: identify which probe if multiple probes are colocated.
*/
-void uprobe_unregister(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct uprobe_consumer *uc)
+void uprobe_unregister_nosync(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct uprobe_consumer *uc)
{
int err;

@@ -1109,10 +1109,14 @@ void uprobe_unregister(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct uprobe_consumer *uc)
return;

put_uprobe(uprobe);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(uprobe_unregister_nosync);

+void uprobe_unregister_sync(void)
+{
synchronize_srcu(&uprobes_srcu);
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(uprobe_unregister);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(uprobe_unregister_sync);

/**
* uprobe_register - register a probe
@@ -1170,7 +1174,13 @@ struct uprobe *uprobe_register(struct inode *inode,
up_write(&uprobe->register_rwsem);

if (ret) {
- uprobe_unregister(uprobe, uc);
+ uprobe_unregister_nosync(uprobe, uc);
+ /*
+ * Registration might have partially succeeded, so we can have
+ * this consumer being called right at this time. We need to
+ * sync here. It's ok, it's unlikely slow path.
+ */
+ uprobe_unregister_sync();
return ERR_PTR(ret);
}

diff --git a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
index 73c570b5988b..6b632710c98e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
@@ -3184,7 +3184,10 @@ static void bpf_uprobe_unregister(struct bpf_uprobe *uprobes, u32 cnt)
u32 i;

for (i = 0; i < cnt; i++)
- uprobe_unregister(uprobes[i].uprobe, &uprobes[i].consumer);
+ uprobe_unregister_nosync(uprobes[i].uprobe, &uprobes[i].consumer);
+
+ if (cnt)
+ uprobe_unregister_sync();
}

static void bpf_uprobe_multi_link_release(struct bpf_link *link)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
index 7eb79e0a5352..f7443e996b1b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
@@ -1097,6 +1097,7 @@ static int trace_uprobe_enable(struct trace_uprobe *tu, filter_func_t filter)
static void __probe_event_disable(struct trace_probe *tp)
{
struct trace_uprobe *tu;
+ bool sync = false;

tu = container_of(tp, struct trace_uprobe, tp);
WARN_ON(!uprobe_filter_is_empty(tu->tp.event->filter));
@@ -1105,9 +1106,12 @@ static void __probe_event_disable(struct trace_probe *tp)
if (!tu->uprobe)
continue;

- uprobe_unregister(tu->uprobe, &tu->consumer);
+ uprobe_unregister_nosync(tu->uprobe, &tu->consumer);
+ sync = true;
tu->uprobe = NULL;
}
+ if (sync)
+ uprobe_unregister_sync();
}

static int probe_event_enable(struct trace_event_call *call,
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_testmod/bpf_testmod.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_testmod/bpf_testmod.c
index 73a6b041bcce..928c73cde32e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_testmod/bpf_testmod.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_testmod/bpf_testmod.c
@@ -478,7 +478,8 @@ static void testmod_unregister_uprobe(void)
mutex_lock(&testmod_uprobe_mutex);

if (uprobe.uprobe) {
- uprobe_unregister(uprobe.uprobe, &uprobe.consumer);
+ uprobe_unregister_nosync(uprobe.uprobe, &uprobe.consumer);
+ uprobe_unregister_sync();
uprobe.offset = 0;
uprobe.uprobe = NULL;
}
--
2.43.0