[PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 0/4] Forbid static SRCU use in modules
Mathieu Desnoyers
mathieu.desnoyers at efficios.com
Wed Apr 3 14:27:42 UTC 2019
----- On Apr 3, 2019, at 9:32 AM, paulmck paulmck at linux.ibm.com wrote:
> 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 think we are not expressing quite the same idea.
AFAIU, yours is to have DEFINE*_SRCU directly define per-cpu data within modules,
which ends up using percpu module reserved memory.
My idea is to make DEFINE*_SRCU have a different behavior under #ifdef MODULE.
It could emit a _global variable_ (_not_ per-cpu) within a new section. That
section would then be used by module init/exit code to figure out what "srcu
descriptors" are present in the modules. It would therefore rely on dynamic
allocation for those, therefore removing the need to involve the percpu module
reserved pool at all.
>
> 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.
Hopefully my explanation above helps clear out what I have in mind.
You can find similar tricks performed by include/linux/tracepoint.h:
#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_PREL32_RELOCATIONS
static inline struct tracepoint *tracepoint_ptr_deref(tracepoint_ptr_t *p)
{
return offset_to_ptr(p);
}
#define __TRACEPOINT_ENTRY(name) \
asm(" .section \"__tracepoints_ptrs\", \"a\" \n" \
" .balign 4 \n" \
" .long __tracepoint_" #name " - . \n" \
" .previous \n")
#else
static inline struct tracepoint *tracepoint_ptr_deref(tracepoint_ptr_t *p)
{
return *p;
}
#define __TRACEPOINT_ENTRY(name) \
static tracepoint_ptr_t __tracepoint_ptr_##name __used \
__attribute__((section("__tracepoints_ptrs"))) = \
&__tracepoint_##name
#endif
[...]
#define DEFINE_TRACE_FN(name, reg, unreg) \
static const char __tpstrtab_##name[] \
__attribute__((section("__tracepoints_strings"))) = #name; \
struct tracepoint __tracepoint_##name \
__attribute__((section("__tracepoints"), used)) = \
{ __tpstrtab_##name, STATIC_KEY_INIT_FALSE, reg, unreg, NULL };\
__TRACEPOINT_ENTRY(name);
And kernel/module.c:
find_module_sections():
#ifdef CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS
mod->tracepoints_ptrs = section_objs(info, "__tracepoints_ptrs",
sizeof(*mod->tracepoints_ptrs),
&mod->num_tracepoints);
#endif
And kernel/tracepoint.c:tracepoint_module_notify() for the module coming/going
notifier.
Basically you would want to have your own structure within your own section of
the module which describes the srcu domain, and have a module coming/going
notifier responsible for dynamically allocating the srcu domain on "coming", and
doing a srcu barrier and cleanup the domain on "going".
Thanks,
Mathieu
>
> 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
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Mathieu Desnoyers
EfficiOS Inc.
http://www.efficios.com
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