[PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 0/4] Forbid static SRCU use in modules

[Paul E. McKenney]

On Tue, Apr 02, 2019 at 11:34:07AM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> ----- On Apr 2, 2019, at 11:23 AM, paulmck paulmck at linux.ibm.com wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Apr 02, 2019 at 11:14:40AM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> >> ----- On Apr 2, 2019, at 10:28 AM, paulmck paulmck at linux.ibm.com wrote:
> >> 
> >> > Hello!
> >> > 
> >> > This series prohibits use of DEFINE_SRCU() and DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU()
> >> > by loadable modules.  The reason for this prohibition is the fact
> >> > that using these two macros within modules requires that the size of
> >> > the reserved region be increased, which is not something we want to
> >> > be doing all that often.  Instead, loadable modules should define an
> >> > srcu_struct and invoke init_srcu_struct() from their module_init function
> >> > and cleanup_srcu_struct() from their module_exit function.  Note that
> >> > modules using call_srcu() will also need to invoke srcu_barrier() from
> >> > their module_exit function.
> >> 
> >> This arbitrary API limitation seems weird.
> >> 
> >> Isn't there a way to allow modules to use DEFINE_SRCU and DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU
> >> while implementing them with dynamic allocation under the hood ?
> > 
> > Although call_srcu() already has initialization hooks, some would
> > also be required in srcu_read_lock(), and I am concerned about adding
> > memory allocation at that point, especially given the possibility
> > of memory-allocation failure.  And the possibility that the first
> > srcu_read_lock() happens in an interrupt handler or similar.
> > 
> > Or am I missing a trick here?
> 
> I was more thinking that under #ifdef MODULE, both DEFINE_SRCU and
> DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU could append data in a dedicated section. module.c
> would additionally lookup that section on module load, and deal with
> those statically defined SRCU entries as if they were dynamically
> allocated ones. It would of course cleanup those resources on module
> unload.
> 
> Am I missing some subtlety there ?

If I understand you correctly, that is actually what is already done.  The
size of this dedicated section is currently set by PERCPU_MODULE_RESERVE,
and the additions of DEFINE{_STATIC}_SRCU() in modules was requiring that
this to be increased frequently.  That led to a request that something
be done, in turn leading to this patch series.

I don't see a way around this short of changing module loading to do
alloc_percpu() and then updating the relocation based on this result.
Which would admittedly be far more convenient.  I was assuming that
this would be difficult due to varying CPU offsets or the like.

But if it can be done reasonably, it would be quite a bit nicer than
forcing dynamic allocation in cases where it is not otherwise needed.

							Thanx, Paul

> Thanks,
> 
> Mathieu
> 
> 
> > 
> >							Thanx, Paul
> > 
> >> Thanks,
> >> 
> >> Mathieu
> >> 
> >> 
> >> > 
> >> > This series consist of the following:
> >> > 
> >> > 1.	Dynamically allocate dax_srcu.
> >> > 
> >> > 2.	Dynamically allocate drm_unplug_srcu.
> >> > 
> >> > 3.	Dynamically allocate kfd_processes_srcu.
> >> > 
> >> > These build and have been subjected to 0day testing, but might also need
> >> > testing by someone having the requisite hardware.
> >> > 
> >> >							Thanx, Paul
> >> > 
> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> > 
> >> > drivers/dax/super.c                        |   10 +++++-
> >> > drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd.c |    5 +++
> >> > drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_process.c   |    2 -
> >> > drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c                  |    8 ++++
> >> > include/linux/srcutree.h                   |   19 +++++++++--
> >> > kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c                       |   40 +++++++++++++++++++-----
> >> > kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c                    |   48 +++++++++++++++++++++--------
> >> >  7 files changed, 105 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
> >> 
> >> --
> >> Mathieu Desnoyers
> >> EfficiOS Inc.
> >> http://www.efficios.com
> 
> -- 
> Mathieu Desnoyers
> EfficiOS Inc.
> http://www.efficios.com
>