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SubjectRe: Some -serious- BPF-related litmus tests
On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 01:25:21PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 12:38:21PM -0700, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> > On 5/22/20 10:43 AM, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 10:32:01AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
>
> > > > Also, what use is a spinlock that is accessed in only one thread?
> > >
> > > Multiple writers synchronize via the spinlock in this case. I am
> > > guessing that his larger 16-hour test contended this spinlock.
> >
> > Yes, spinlock is for coordinating multiple producers. 2p1c cases (bounded
> > and unbounded) rely on this already. 1p1c cases are sort of subsets (but
> > very fast to verify) checking only consumer/producer interaction.
>
> Does that spinlock imply that we can now never fix that atrocious
> bpf_prog_active trainwreck ?
>
> How does that spinlock not trigger the USED <- IN-NMI lockdep check:
>
> f6f48e180404 ("lockdep: Teach lockdep about "USED" <- "IN-NMI" inversions")
>
> ?
>
> That is; how can you use a spinlock on the producer side at all?

So even trylock is now forbidden in NMI handlers? If so, why?

Thanx, Paul

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