lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2014]   [Sep]   [8]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
Patch in this message
/
Date
From
Subject[tip:x86/seccomp] x86, entry: Only call user_exit if TIF_NOHZ
Commit-ID:  fd143b210e685f0c4b37895f03fb79cd0555b00d
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/fd143b210e685f0c4b37895f03fb79cd0555b00d
Author: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
AuthorDate: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 15:13:53 -0700
Committer: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
CommitDate: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 14:13:59 -0700

x86, entry: Only call user_exit if TIF_NOHZ

The RCU context tracking code requires that arch code call
user_exit() on any entry into kernel code if TIF_NOHZ is set. This
patch adds a check for TIF_NOHZ and a comment to the syscall entry
tracing code.

The main purpose of this patch is to make the code easier to follow:
one can read the body of user_exit and of every function it calls
without finding any explanation of why it's called for traced
syscalls but not for untraced syscalls. This makes it clear when
user_exit() is necessary.

Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/0b13e0e24ec0307d67ab7a23b58764f6b1270116.1409954077.git.luto@amacapital.net
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
---
arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
index 39296d2..bbf338a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -1449,7 +1449,12 @@ long syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
long ret = 0;

- user_exit();
+ /*
+ * If TIF_NOHZ is set, we are required to call user_exit() before
+ * doing anything that could touch RCU.
+ */
+ if (test_thread_flag(TIF_NOHZ))
+ user_exit();

/*
* If we stepped into a sysenter/syscall insn, it trapped in

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2014-09-09 05:21    [W:0.252 / U:0.256 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site