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Re: [PATCH v2 1/9] Coccinelle: locks: identify callers of spin_lock{,_irq,_irqsave}() in irqchip implementations

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On Tue, 21 Mar 2017, Julia Cartwright wrote:

> On PREEMPT_RT, the spinlock_t type becomes an object which sleeps under
> contention.  The codepaths used to support scheduling (irq dispatching, arch
> code, the scheduler, timers) therefore must make use of the
> raw_spin_lock{,_irq,_irqsave}() variations which preserve the non-sleeping
> spinlock behavior.
>
> Because the irq_chip callbacks are invoked in the process of interrupt
> dispatch, they cannot therefore make use of spin_lock_t type.  Instead, the
> usage of raw_spinlock_t is appropriate.
>
> Provide a spatch to identify (and attempt to patch) such problematic irqchip
> implementations.
>
> Note to those generating patches using this spatch; in order to maintain
> correct semantics w/ PREEMPT_RT, it is necessary to audit the
> raw_spinlock_t-protected codepaths to ensure their execution is bounded and
> minimal.  This is a manual audit process.
>
> See commit 47b03ca903fb0 ("pinctrl: qcom: Use raw spinlock variants") as an
> example of _one_ such instance, which fixed a real bug seen in the field.
>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Cartwright <julia@ni.com>

Acked-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>

> ---
> v1 -> v2:
>   - Make use of 'exists' on match to find any codepath which acquires a lock. (via Julia Lawall)
>   - Use 'when any' on '...' matches to loosen constraint (via Julia Lawall).
>
>  .../coccinelle/locks/irq_chip_raw_spinlock.cocci   | 96 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 96 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 scripts/coccinelle/locks/irq_chip_raw_spinlock.cocci
>
> diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/locks/irq_chip_raw_spinlock.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/locks/irq_chip_raw_spinlock.cocci
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..0294831297d3
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/scripts/coccinelle/locks/irq_chip_raw_spinlock.cocci
> @@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
> +// Copyright: (C) 2017 National Instruments Corp. GPLv2.
> +// Author: Julia Cartwright <julia@ni.com>
> +//
> +// Identify callers of non-raw spinlock_t functions in hardirq irq_chip
> +// callbacks.
> +//
> +// spin_lock{_irq,_irqsave}(), w/ PREEMPT_RT are "sleeping" spinlocks, and so
> +// therefore "sleep" under contention; identify (and potentially patch) callers
> +// to use raw_spinlock_t instead.
> +//
> +// Confidence: Moderate
> +
> +virtual report
> +virtual patch
> +
> +@match@
> +identifier __irqchip;
> +identifier __irq_mask;
> +@@
> +	static struct irq_chip __irqchip = {
> +		.irq_mask	= __irq_mask,
> +	};
> +
> +@match2 depends on match exists@
> +identifier match.__irq_mask;
> +identifier data;
> +identifier x;
> +identifier l;
> +type T;
> +position j0;
> +expression flags;
> +@@
> +	static void __irq_mask(struct irq_data *data)
> +	{
> +		... when any
> +		T *x;
> +		... when any
> +(
> +		spin_lock_irqsave(&x->l@j0, flags);
> +|
> +		spin_lock_irq(&x->l@j0);
> +|
> +		spin_lock(&x->l@j0);
> +)
> +		... when any
> +	}
> +
> +@match3 depends on match2 && patch@
> +type match2.T;
> +identifier match2.l;
> +@@
> +	T {
> +		...
> +-		spinlock_t	l;
> ++		raw_spinlock_t	l;
> +		...
> +	};
> +
> +@match4 depends on match2 && patch@
> +type match2.T;
> +identifier match2.l;
> +expression flags;
> +T *x;
> +@@
> +
> +(
> +-spin_lock(&x->l)
> ++raw_spin_lock(&x->l)
> +|
> +-spin_lock_irqsave(&x->l, flags)
> ++raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&x->l, flags)
> +|
> +-spin_lock_irq(&x->l)
> ++raw_spin_lock_irq(&x->l)
> +|
> +-spin_unlock(&x->l)
> ++raw_spin_unlock(&x->l)
> +|
> +-spin_unlock_irq(&x->l)
> ++raw_spin_unlock_irq(&x->l)
> +|
> +-spin_unlock_irqrestore(&x->l, flags)
> ++raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&x->l, flags)
> +|
> +-spin_lock_init(&x->l)
> ++raw_spin_lock_init(&x->l)
> +)
> +
> +@script:python wat depends on match2 && report@
> +j0 << match2.j0;
> +t << match2.T;
> +l << match2.l;
> +@@
> +
> +msg = "Use of non-raw spinlock is illegal in this context (%s::%s)" % (t, l)
> +coccilib.report.print_report(j0[0], msg)
> --
> 2.12.0
>
>

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[PATCH v2 1/9] Coccinelle: locks: identify callers of spin_lock{,_irq,_irqsave}() in irqchip implementations Julia Cartwright <julia@ni.com> - 2017-03-21 23:50 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v2 1/9] Coccinelle: locks: identify callers of  spin_lock{,_irq,_irqsave}() in irqchip implementations Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr> - 2017-03-22 11:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v2 1/9] Coccinelle: locks: identify callers of  spin_lock{,_irq,_irqsave}() in irqchip implementations Julia Cartwright <julia@ni.com> - 2017-03-22 18:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2 1/9] Coccinelle: locks: identify callers of  spin_lock{,_irq,_irqsave}() in irqchip implementations Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr> - 2017-03-22 22:50 +0100

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