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SubjectRe: [PATCH bpf-next v4 5/5] error-injection: Support fault injection framework
2018-01-12 1:15 GMT+09:00 Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>:
> On Thu, 11 Jan 2018 23:44:57 +0900
> Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 2018-01-11 9:51 GMT+09:00 Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>:
>> > Support in-kernel fault-injection framework via debugfs.
>> > This allows you to inject a conditional error to specified
>> > function using debugfs interfaces.
>> >
>> > Here is the result of test script described in
>> > Documentation/fault-injection/fault-injection.txt
>> >
>> > ===========
>> > # ./test_fail_function.sh
>> > 1+0 records in
>> > 1+0 records out
>> > 1048576 bytes (1.0 MB, 1.0 MiB) copied, 0.0227404 s, 46.1 MB/s
>> > btrfs-progs v4.4
>> > See http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org for more information.
>> >
>> > Label: (null)
>> > UUID: bfa96010-12e9-4360-aed0-42eec7af5798
>> > Node size: 16384
>> > Sector size: 4096
>> > Filesystem size: 1001.00MiB
>> > Block group profiles:
>> > Data: single 8.00MiB
>> > Metadata: DUP 58.00MiB
>> > System: DUP 12.00MiB
>> > SSD detected: no
>> > Incompat features: extref, skinny-metadata
>> > Number of devices: 1
>> > Devices:
>> > ID SIZE PATH
>> > 1 1001.00MiB /dev/loop2
>> >
>> > mount: mount /dev/loop2 on /opt/tmpmnt failed: Cannot allocate memory
>> > SUCCESS!
>> > ===========
>> >
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
>> > Reviewed-by: Josef Bacik <jbacik@fb.com>
>> > ---
>> > Changes in v3:
>> > - Check and adjust error value for each target function
>> > - Clear kporbe flag for reuse
>> > - Add more documents and example
>> > ---
>> > Documentation/fault-injection/fault-injection.txt | 62 ++++++
>> > kernel/Makefile | 1
>> > kernel/fail_function.c | 217 +++++++++++++++++++++
>> > lib/Kconfig.debug | 10 +
>> > 4 files changed, 290 insertions(+)
>> > create mode 100644 kernel/fail_function.c
>> >
>> > diff --git a/Documentation/fault-injection/fault-injection.txt b/Documentation/fault-injection/fault-injection.txt
>> > index 918972babcd8..4aecbceef9d2 100644
>> > --- a/Documentation/fault-injection/fault-injection.txt
>> > +++ b/Documentation/fault-injection/fault-injection.txt
>> > @@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ o fail_mmc_request
>> > injects MMC data errors on devices permitted by setting
>> > debugfs entries under /sys/kernel/debug/mmc0/fail_mmc_request
>> >
>> > +o fail_function
>> > +
>> > + injects error return on specific functions, which are marked by
>> > + ALLOW_ERROR_INJECTION() macro, by setting debugfs entries
>> > + under /sys/kernel/debug/fail_function. No boot option supported.
>> > +
>> > Configure fault-injection capabilities behavior
>> > -----------------------------------------------
>> >
>> > @@ -123,6 +129,24 @@ configuration of fault-injection capabilities.
>> > default is 'N', setting it to 'Y' will disable failure injections
>> > when dealing with private (address space) futexes.
>> >
>> > +- /sys/kernel/debug/fail_function/inject:
>> > +
>> > + specifies the target function of error injection by name.
>> > +
>> > +- /sys/kernel/debug/fail_function/retval:
>> > +
>> > + specifies the "error" return value to inject to the given
>> > + function.
>> > +
>>
>> Is it possible to inject errors into multiple functions at the same time?
>
> Yes, it is.
>
>> If so, it will be more useful to support it in the fault injection, too.
>> Because some kind of bugs are caused by the combination of errors.
>> (e.g. another error in an error path)
>>
>> I suggest the following interface.
>>
>> - /sys/kernel/debug/fail_function/inject:
>>
>> specifies the target function of error injection by name.
>> /sys/kernel/debug/fail_function/<func>/ directory will be created.
>>
>> - /sys/kernel/debug/fail_function/uninject:
>>
>> specifies the target function of error injection by name that is
>> currently being injected. /sys/kernel/debug/fail_function/<func>/
>> directory will be removed.
>>
>> - /sys/kernel/debug/fail_function/<func>/retval:
>>
>> specifies the "error" return value to inject to the given function.
>
> OK, it is easy to make it. But also we might need to consider using bpf
> if we do such complex error injection.
>
> BTW, would we need "uninject" file? or just make inject file accept
> "!function" syntax to remove function as ftrace does?

It also sounds good. Either way is fine with me.

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