Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!

From	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!
Date	2016-11-21 21:20 +0100
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On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 01:24:38PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> 
> Paul,
> 
> 
> On Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:55:01 -0500
> Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 21 Nov 2016 18:18:53 +0100
> > Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > Its not ftrace as such though, its RCU, ftrace simply uses RCU to avoid
> > > locking, as one does.  
> > 
> > Just to be clear, as ftrace in the kernel mostly represents function
> > tracing, which doesn't use RCU. This is a tracepoint feature.
> > 
> > > 
> > > Biggest objection would be that the rcu_irq_enter_irqson() thing does
> > > POPF and rcu_irq_exit_irqson() does again. So wrapping every tracepoint
> > > with that is quite a few cycles.  
> > 
> > Agree. Even though this ends up being a whack-a-mole(TM) fix, I'm not
> > concerned enough to put a heavy weight rcu idle code in for all
> > tracepoints.
> > 
> > Although, what about a percpu flag that can be checked in the
> > tracepoint code to see if it should enable RCU or not?
> > 
> > Hmm, I wonder if "rcu_is_watching()" is light enough to have in all
> > tracepoints?
> 
> Is it possible to make rcu_is_watching() an inlined call to prevent the
> overhead of doing a function call? This way we could use this in the
> fast path of the tracepoint.

It would mean exposing the rcu_dynticks structure to the rest of the
kernel, but I guess that wouldn't be the end of the world.  Are you
calling rcu_is_watching() or __rcu_is_watching()?  The latter is
appropriate if preemption is already  disabled.

							Thanx, Paul

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[BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> - 2016-11-21 02:00 +0100
  Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-11-21 10:10 +0100
    Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-21 10:50 +0100
      Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-11-21 12:10 +0100
  Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-21 10:30 +0100
    Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> - 2016-11-21 10:40 +0100
      Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-21 10:50 +0100
        Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> - 2016-11-21 12:30 +0100
          Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-21 12:40 +0100
            Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> - 2016-11-21 13:50 +0100
      Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-21 14:00 +0100
        Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2016-11-21 15:30 +0100
          Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-21 15:40 +0100
            Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-11-21 16:40 +0100
              Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-21 16:50 +0100
                Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-11-21 17:10 +0100
        Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2016-11-21 15:30 +0100
    Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> - 2016-11-21 18:10 +0100
      Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-11-21 18:20 +0100
        Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> - 2016-11-21 18:50 +0100
          Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> - 2016-11-21 19:10 +0100
            Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2016-11-21 19:30 +0100
              Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> - 2016-11-21 19:40 +0100
                Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2016-11-21 20:10 +0100
                Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2016-11-21 20:20 +0100
                Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> - 2016-11-21 21:50 +0100
                Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-11-22 09:20 +0100
                Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2016-11-22 15:40 +0100
                Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> - 2016-11-22 20:10 +0100
                Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2016-11-24 03:10 +0100
          Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2016-11-21 19:10 +0100
        Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2016-11-21 19:00 +0100
          Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2016-11-21 19:30 +0100
            Re: [BUG] msr-trace.h:42 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-11-21 21:20 +0100

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