From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" rostedt@goodmis.org
It was reported that a fix to the ring buffer recursion detection would cause a hung machine when performing suspend / resume testing. The following backtrace was extracted from debugging that case:
Call Trace: trace_clock_global+0x91/0xa0 __rb_reserve_next+0x237/0x460 ring_buffer_lock_reserve+0x12a/0x3f0 trace_buffer_lock_reserve+0x10/0x50 __trace_graph_return+0x1f/0x80 trace_graph_return+0xb7/0xf0 ? trace_clock_global+0x91/0xa0 ftrace_return_to_handler+0x8b/0xf0 ? pv_hash+0xa0/0xa0 return_to_handler+0x15/0x30 ? ftrace_graph_caller+0xa0/0xa0 ? trace_clock_global+0x91/0xa0 ? __rb_reserve_next+0x237/0x460 ? ring_buffer_lock_reserve+0x12a/0x3f0 ? trace_event_buffer_lock_reserve+0x3c/0x120 ? trace_event_buffer_reserve+0x6b/0xc0 ? trace_event_raw_event_device_pm_callback_start+0x125/0x2d0 ? dpm_run_callback+0x3b/0xc0 ? pm_ops_is_empty+0x50/0x50 ? platform_get_irq_byname_optional+0x90/0x90 ? trace_device_pm_callback_start+0x82/0xd0 ? dpm_run_callback+0x49/0xc0
With the following RIP:
RIP: 0010:native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x69/0x200
Since the fix to the recursion detection would allow a single recursion to happen while tracing, this lead to the trace_clock_global() taking a spin lock and then trying to take it again:
ring_buffer_lock_reserve() { trace_clock_global() { arch_spin_lock() { queued_spin_lock_slowpath() { /* lock taken */ (something else gets traced by function graph tracer) ring_buffer_lock_reserve() { trace_clock_global() { arch_spin_lock() { queued_spin_lock_slowpath() { /* DEAD LOCK! */
Tracing should *never* block, as it can lead to strange lockups like the above.
Restructure the trace_clock_global() code to instead of simply taking a lock to update the recorded "prev_time" simply use it, as two events happening on two different CPUs that calls this at the same time, really doesn't matter which one goes first. Use a trylock to grab the lock for updating the prev_time, and if it fails, simply try again the next time. If it failed to be taken, that means something else is already updating it.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210430121758.650b6e8a@gandalf.local.home
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Tested-by: Konstantin Kharlamov hi-angel@yandex.ru Tested-by: Todd Brandt todd.e.brandt@linux.intel.com Fixes: b02414c8f045 ("ring-buffer: Fix recursion protection transitions between interrupt context") # started showing the problem Fixes: 14131f2f98ac3 ("tracing: implement trace_clock_*() APIs") # where the bug happened Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212761 Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) rostedt@goodmis.org --- kernel/trace/trace_clock.c | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_clock.c b/kernel/trace/trace_clock.c index aaf6793ededa..c1637f90c8a3 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_clock.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_clock.c @@ -95,33 +95,49 @@ u64 notrace trace_clock_global(void) { unsigned long flags; int this_cpu; - u64 now; + u64 now, prev_time;
raw_local_irq_save(flags);
this_cpu = raw_smp_processor_id(); - now = sched_clock_cpu(this_cpu); + /* - * If in an NMI context then dont risk lockups and return the - * cpu_clock() time: + * The global clock "guarantees" that the events are ordered + * between CPUs. But if two events on two different CPUS call + * trace_clock_global at roughly the same time, it really does + * not matter which one gets the earlier time. Just make sure + * that the same CPU will always show a monotonic clock. + * + * Use a read memory barrier to get the latest written + * time that was recorded. */ - if (unlikely(in_nmi())) - goto out; + smp_rmb(); + prev_time = READ_ONCE(trace_clock_struct.prev_time); + now = sched_clock_cpu(this_cpu);
- arch_spin_lock(&trace_clock_struct.lock); + /* Make sure that now is always greater than prev_time */ + if ((s64)(now - prev_time) < 0) + now = prev_time + 1;
/* - * TODO: if this happens often then maybe we should reset - * my_scd->clock to prev_time+1, to make sure - * we start ticking with the local clock from now on? + * If in an NMI context then dont risk lockups and simply return + * the current time. */ - if ((s64)(now - trace_clock_struct.prev_time) < 0) - now = trace_clock_struct.prev_time + 1; + if (unlikely(in_nmi())) + goto out;
- trace_clock_struct.prev_time = now; + /* Tracing can cause strange recursion, always use a try lock */ + if (arch_spin_trylock(&trace_clock_struct.lock)) { + /* Reread prev_time in case it was already updated */ + prev_time = READ_ONCE(trace_clock_struct.prev_time); + if ((s64)(now - prev_time) < 0) + now = prev_time + 1;
- arch_spin_unlock(&trace_clock_struct.lock); + trace_clock_struct.prev_time = now;
+ /* The unlock acts as the wmb for the above rmb */ + arch_spin_unlock(&trace_clock_struct.lock); + } out: raw_local_irq_restore(flags);