From: Petr Pavlu petr.pavlu@suse.com
[ Upstream commit b237e1f7d2273fdcffac20100b72c002bdd770dd ]
The function rb_check_pages() validates the integrity of a specified per-CPU tracing ring buffer. It does so by traversing the underlying linked list and checking its next and prev links.
To guarantee that the list isn't modified during the check, a caller typically needs to take cpu_buffer->reader_lock. This prevents the check from running concurrently, for example, with a potential reader which can make the list temporarily inconsistent when swapping its old reader page into the buffer.
A problem with this approach is that the time when interrupts are disabled is non-deterministic, dependent on the ring buffer size. This particularly affects PREEMPT_RT because the reader_lock is a raw spinlock which doesn't become sleepable on PREEMPT_RT kernels.
Modify the check so it still attempts to traverse the entire list, but gives up the reader_lock between checking individual pages. Introduce for this purpose a new variable ring_buffer_per_cpu.cnt which is bumped any time the list is modified. The value is used by rb_check_pages() to detect such a change and restart the check.
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu mhiramat@kernel.org Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20241015112810.27203-1-petr.pavlu@suse.com Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu petr.pavlu@suse.com Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) rostedt@goodmis.org Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin sashal@kernel.org --- kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 98 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 72 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c index fb7b092e79313..f282c1335edc9 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c +++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c @@ -462,6 +462,8 @@ struct ring_buffer_per_cpu { unsigned long nr_pages; unsigned int current_context; struct list_head *pages; + /* pages generation counter, incremented when the list changes */ + unsigned long cnt; struct buffer_page *head_page; /* read from head */ struct buffer_page *tail_page; /* write to tail */ struct buffer_page *commit_page; /* committed pages */ @@ -1442,40 +1444,87 @@ static void rb_check_bpage(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer, RB_WARN_ON(cpu_buffer, val & RB_FLAG_MASK); }
+static bool rb_check_links(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer, + struct list_head *list) +{ + if (RB_WARN_ON(cpu_buffer, + rb_list_head(rb_list_head(list->next)->prev) != list)) + return false; + + if (RB_WARN_ON(cpu_buffer, + rb_list_head(rb_list_head(list->prev)->next) != list)) + return false; + + return true; +} + /** * rb_check_pages - integrity check of buffer pages * @cpu_buffer: CPU buffer with pages to test * * As a safety measure we check to make sure the data pages have not * been corrupted. - * - * Callers of this function need to guarantee that the list of pages doesn't get - * modified during the check. In particular, if it's possible that the function - * is invoked with concurrent readers which can swap in a new reader page then - * the caller should take cpu_buffer->reader_lock. */ static void rb_check_pages(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer) { - struct list_head *head = rb_list_head(cpu_buffer->pages); - struct list_head *tmp; + struct list_head *head, *tmp; + unsigned long buffer_cnt; + unsigned long flags; + int nr_loops = 0;
- if (RB_WARN_ON(cpu_buffer, - rb_list_head(rb_list_head(head->next)->prev) != head)) + /* + * Walk the linked list underpinning the ring buffer and validate all + * its next and prev links. + * + * The check acquires the reader_lock to avoid concurrent processing + * with code that could be modifying the list. However, the lock cannot + * be held for the entire duration of the walk, as this would make the + * time when interrupts are disabled non-deterministic, dependent on the + * ring buffer size. Therefore, the code releases and re-acquires the + * lock after checking each page. The ring_buffer_per_cpu.cnt variable + * is then used to detect if the list was modified while the lock was + * not held, in which case the check needs to be restarted. + * + * The code attempts to perform the check at most three times before + * giving up. This is acceptable because this is only a self-validation + * to detect problems early on. In practice, the list modification + * operations are fairly spaced, and so this check typically succeeds at + * most on the second try. + */ +again: + if (++nr_loops > 3) return;
- if (RB_WARN_ON(cpu_buffer, - rb_list_head(rb_list_head(head->prev)->next) != head)) - return; + raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags); + head = rb_list_head(cpu_buffer->pages); + if (!rb_check_links(cpu_buffer, head)) + goto out_locked; + buffer_cnt = cpu_buffer->cnt; + tmp = head; + raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags);
- for (tmp = rb_list_head(head->next); tmp != head; tmp = rb_list_head(tmp->next)) { - if (RB_WARN_ON(cpu_buffer, - rb_list_head(rb_list_head(tmp->next)->prev) != tmp)) - return; + while (true) { + raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags);
- if (RB_WARN_ON(cpu_buffer, - rb_list_head(rb_list_head(tmp->prev)->next) != tmp)) - return; + if (buffer_cnt != cpu_buffer->cnt) { + /* The list was updated, try again. */ + raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags); + goto again; + } + + tmp = rb_list_head(tmp->next); + if (tmp == head) + /* The iteration circled back, all is done. */ + goto out_locked; + + if (!rb_check_links(cpu_buffer, tmp)) + goto out_locked; + + raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags); } + +out_locked: + raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags); }
static int __rb_allocate_pages(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer, @@ -1862,6 +1911,7 @@ rb_remove_pages(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer, unsigned long nr_pages)
/* make sure pages points to a valid page in the ring buffer */ cpu_buffer->pages = next_page; + cpu_buffer->cnt++;
/* update head page */ if (head_bit) @@ -1968,6 +2018,7 @@ rb_insert_pages(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer) * pointer to point to end of list */ head_page->prev = last_page; + cpu_buffer->cnt++; success = true; break; } @@ -2203,12 +2254,8 @@ int ring_buffer_resize(struct trace_buffer *buffer, unsigned long size, */ synchronize_rcu(); for_each_buffer_cpu(buffer, cpu) { - unsigned long flags; - cpu_buffer = buffer->buffers[cpu]; - raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags); rb_check_pages(cpu_buffer); - raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags); } atomic_dec(&buffer->record_disabled); } @@ -4599,6 +4646,7 @@ rb_get_reader_page(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer) rb_list_head(reader->list.next)->prev = &cpu_buffer->reader_page->list; rb_inc_page(&cpu_buffer->head_page);
+ cpu_buffer->cnt++; local_inc(&cpu_buffer->pages_read);
/* Finally update the reader page to the new head */ @@ -5138,12 +5186,9 @@ void ring_buffer_read_finish(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter) { struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer = iter->cpu_buffer; - unsigned long flags;
/* Use this opportunity to check the integrity of the ring buffer. */ - raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags); rb_check_pages(cpu_buffer); - raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags);
atomic_dec(&cpu_buffer->resize_disabled); kfree(iter->event); @@ -6040,6 +6085,7 @@ int ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int order) /* Install the new pages, remove the head from the list */ cpu_buffer->pages = cpu_buffer->new_pages.next; list_del_init(&cpu_buffer->new_pages); + cpu_buffer->cnt++;
cpu_buffer->head_page = list_entry(cpu_buffer->pages, struct buffer_page, list);