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PATCH In review Stephane Eranian 3 participants 4 messages Nov 4, 2015

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PATCH v3 1/1 perf: fix RCU issues with cgroup monitoring mode

This patch eliminates RCU violations detected by the RCU checker (PROVE_RCU). The impact code paths were all related to cgroup mode monitoring and involved access a task's cgrp.

V2 is updated to include comments from PeterZ to eliminate some of the warnings without grabbing the rcu_read lock because we know we are already holding th ctx->lock which prevents the cgroup from disappearing while we are accessing it. The trick, as suggested by Peter, is to modify the perf_cgroup_from_task() to take an extra boolean parameter to allow bypassing the lockdep test in the task_subsys_cstate() macros. This patch uses this approach to update all calls the perf_cgroup_from_task().

In V3, we change the boolean parameter for a pointer to a perf_event_context so we can check the ctx->lock explicitely. This is more robust, than passing the boolean to express that we know the lock is held. The code can change, and thus the locking assumption, checking lockdep_is_held() ensures, the proper locking is in place. Patch relative to tip.git at commit 57ef9fc.

---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c |  2 +-
 include/linux/perf_event.h                 |  5 +++--
 kernel/events/core.c                       | 25 +++++++++++++++----------
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c +1 -1
index 377e8f8..a316ca9 100644
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ static bool __match_event(struct perf_event *a, struct perf_event *b)
 static inline struct perf_cgroup *event_to_cgroup(struct perf_event *event)
 {
 	if (event->attach_state & PERF_ATTACH_TASK)
-		return perf_cgroup_from_task(event->hw.target);
+		return perf_cgroup_from_task(event->hw.target, event->ctx);
 
 	return event->cgrp;
 }
include/linux/perf_event.h +3 -2
index d841d33..94107e4 100644
@@ -697,9 +697,10 @@ struct perf_cgroup {
  * if there is no cgroup event for the current CPU context.
  */
 static inline struct perf_cgroup *
-perf_cgroup_from_task(struct task_struct *task)
+perf_cgroup_from_task(struct task_struct *task, struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 {
-	return container_of(task_css(task, perf_event_cgrp_id),
+	bool safe = ctx ? lockdep_is_held(&ctx->lock) : true;
+	return container_of(task_css_check(task, perf_event_cgrp_id, safe),
 			    struct perf_cgroup, css);
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_CGROUP_PERF */
kernel/events/core.c +15 -10
index ea02109..f611246 100644
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ static inline void update_cgrp_time_from_event(struct perf_event *event)
 	if (!is_cgroup_event(event))
 		return;
 
-	cgrp = perf_cgroup_from_task(current);
+	cgrp = perf_cgroup_from_task(current, event->ctx);
 	/*
 	 * Do not update time when cgroup is not active
 	 */
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ perf_cgroup_set_timestamp(struct task_struct *task,
 	if (!task || !ctx->nr_cgroups)
 		return;
 
-	cgrp = perf_cgroup_from_task(task);
+	cgrp = perf_cgroup_from_task(task, ctx);
 	info = this_cpu_ptr(cgrp->info);
 	info->timestamp = ctx->timestamp;
 }
@@ -489,7 +489,6 @@ static void perf_cgroup_switch(struct task_struct *task, int mode)
 	 * we reschedule only in the presence of cgroup
 	 * constrained events.
 	 */
-	rcu_read_lock();
 
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(pmu, &pmus, entry) {
 		cpuctx = this_cpu_ptr(pmu->pmu_cpu_context);
@@ -523,7 +522,7 @@ static void perf_cgroup_switch(struct task_struct *task, int mode)
 				 * event_filter_match() to not have to pass
 				 * task around
 				 */
-				cpuctx->cgrp = perf_cgroup_from_task(task);
+				cpuctx->cgrp = perf_cgroup_from_task(task, NULL);
 				cpu_ctx_sched_in(cpuctx, EVENT_ALL, task);
 			}
 			perf_pmu_enable(cpuctx->ctx.pmu);
@@ -531,8 +530,6 @@ static void perf_cgroup_switch(struct task_struct *task, int mode)
 		}
 	}
 
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
@@ -542,17 +539,18 @@ static inline void perf_cgroup_sched_out(struct task_struct *task,
 	struct perf_cgroup *cgrp1;
 	struct perf_cgroup *cgrp2 = NULL;
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	/*
 	 * we come here when we know perf_cgroup_events > 0
 	 */
-	cgrp1 = perf_cgroup_from_task(task);
+	cgrp1 = perf_cgroup_from_task(task, NULL);
 
 	/*
 	 * next is NULL when called from perf_event_enable_on_exec()
 	 * that will systematically cause a cgroup_switch()
 	 */
 	if (next)
-		cgrp2 = perf_cgroup_from_task(next);
+		cgrp2 = perf_cgroup_from_task(next, NULL);
 
 	/*
 	 * only schedule out current cgroup events if we know
@@ -561,6 +559,8 @@ static inline void perf_cgroup_sched_out(struct task_struct *task,
 	 */
 	if (cgrp1 != cgrp2)
 		perf_cgroup_switch(task, PERF_CGROUP_SWOUT);
+
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 static inline void perf_cgroup_sched_in(struct task_struct *prev,
@@ -569,13 +569,14 @@ static inline void perf_cgroup_sched_in(struct task_struct *prev,
 	struct perf_cgroup *cgrp1;
 	struct perf_cgroup *cgrp2 = NULL;
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	/*
 	 * we come here when we know perf_cgroup_events > 0
 	 */
-	cgrp1 = perf_cgroup_from_task(task);
+	cgrp1 = perf_cgroup_from_task(task, NULL);
 
 	/* prev can never be NULL */
-	cgrp2 = perf_cgroup_from_task(prev);
+	cgrp2 = perf_cgroup_from_task(prev, NULL);
 
 	/*
 	 * only need to schedule in cgroup events if we are changing
@@ -584,6 +585,8 @@ static inline void perf_cgroup_sched_in(struct task_struct *prev,
 	 */
 	if (cgrp1 != cgrp2)
 		perf_cgroup_switch(task, PERF_CGROUP_SWIN);
+
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 static inline int perf_cgroup_connect(int fd, struct perf_event *event,
@@ -9442,7 +9445,9 @@ static void perf_cgroup_css_free(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 static int __perf_cgroup_move(void *info)
 {
 	struct task_struct *task = info;
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	perf_cgroup_switch(task, PERF_CGROUP_SWOUT | PERF_CGROUP_SWIN);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return 0;
 }
 
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#1 lore raw
reproduce: wget https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/wfg/lkp-tests.git/plain/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross # save the attached .config to linux build tree…

Hi Stephane,

[auto build test ERROR on: tip/perf/core]
[also build test ERROR on: v4.3 next-20151103]

url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Stephane-Eranian/perf-fix-RCU-issues-with-cgroup-monitoring-mode/20151104-121512
config: parisc-allyesconfig (attached as .config)

reproduce:
wget https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/wfg/lkp-tests.git/plain/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
# save the attached .config to linux build tree
make.cross ARCH=parisc

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

In file included from include/linux/trace_events.h:9:0,
from include/trace/syscall.h:6,
from include/linux/syscalls.h:81, from kernel/events/core.c:34:
include/linux/perf_event.h: In function 'perf_cgroup_from_task':

>> include/linux/perf_event.h:702:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'lockdep_is_held' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
     bool safe = ctx ? lockdep_is_held(&ctx->lock) : true;
     ^
   include/linux/perf_event.h:702:7: warning: unused variable 'safe' [-Wunused-variable]
     bool safe = ctx ? lockdep_is_held(&ctx->lock) : true;
          ^

cc1: some warnings being treated as errors

vim +/lockdep_is_held +702 include/linux/perf_event.h

696 * this function. In other words, we cannot call this function
697 * if there is no cgroup event for the current CPU context.
698 */
699 static inline struct perf_cgroup *
700 perf_cgroup_from_task(struct task_struct *task, struct perf_event_context *ctx)
701 {

 > 702		bool safe = ctx ? lockdep_is_held(&ctx->lock) : true;

703 return container_of(task_css_check(task, perf_event_cgrp_id, safe),
704 struct perf_cgroup, css);
705 }

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#2 lore raw
In reply to Stephane Eranian
reproduce:

Hi Stephane,

[auto build test WARNING on: tip/perf/core]
[also build test WARNING on: v4.3 next-20151103]

url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Stephane-Eranian/perf-fix-RCU-issues-with-cgroup-monitoring-mode/20151104-121512
config: i386-randconfig-i0-201544 (attached as .config)
reproduce:
        # save the attached .config to linux build tree
        make ARCH=i386 

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

In file included from include/linux/trace_events.h:9:0,

                    from include/trace/syscall.h:6,
                    from include/linux/syscalls.h:81,
                    from init/main.c:18:
   include/linux/perf_event.h: In function 'perf_cgroup_from_task':
>> include/linux/perf_event.h:702:7: warning: unused variable 'safe' [-Wunused-variable]
     bool safe = ctx ? lockdep_is_held(&ctx->lock) : true;
          ^

vim +/safe +702 include/linux/perf_event.h

686 u64 timestamp;
687 };
688
689 struct perf_cgroup {
690 struct cgroup_subsys_state css;
691 struct perf_cgroup_info __percpu *info;
692 };
693
694 /*
695 * Must ensure cgroup is pinned (css_get) before calling
696 * this function. In other words, we cannot call this function
697 * if there is no cgroup event for the current CPU context.
698 */
699 static inline struct perf_cgroup *
700 perf_cgroup_from_task(struct task_struct *task, struct perf_event_context *ctx)
701 {

 > 702		bool safe = ctx ? lockdep_is_held(&ctx->lock) : true;

703 return container_of(task_css_check(task, perf_event_cgrp_id, safe),
704 struct perf_cgroup, css);
705 }
706 #endif /* CONFIG_CGROUP_PERF */
707
708 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
709
710 extern void *perf_aux_output_begin(struct perf_output_handle *handle,

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In reply to Stephane Eranian
Quoted 15 lines · Stephane Eranian

This patch eliminates RCU violations detected by the RCU checker (PROVE_RCU). The impact code paths were all related to cgroup mode monitoring and involved access a task's cgrp.

V2 is updated to include comments from PeterZ to eliminate some of the warnings without grabbing the rcu_read lock because we know we are already holding th ctx->lock which prevents the cgroup from disappearing while we are accessing it. The trick, as suggested by Peter, is to modify the perf_cgroup_from_task() to take an extra boolean parameter to allow bypassing the lockdep test in the task_subsys_cstate() macros. This patch uses this approach to update all calls the perf_cgroup_from_task().

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In V3, we change the boolean parameter for a pointer to a perf_event_context so we can check the ctx->lock explicitely. This is more robust, than passing the boolean to express that we know the lock is held. The code can change, and thus the locking assumption, checking lockdep_is_held() ensures, the proper locking is in place. Patch relative to tip.git at commit 57ef9fc.

So aside from the reported build fails; this is not suitable Changelog.

Also, please split it at least two patches; as there are at least the two distinct issues here.

One is the perf_cgroup_sched_{in,out} thing, which requires moving the rcu_read_lock bits around, the other is the timestamp bits which require the ctx argument.