Messages in this thread | | | From | Marco Elver <> | Date | Wed, 13 Mar 2024 15:35:27 +0100 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] perf: Make SIGTRAP and __perf_pending_irq() work on RT. |
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On Tue, 12 Mar 2024 at 19:08, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> wrote: > > Hi, > > Arnaldo reported that "perf test sigtrap" fails on PREEMPT_RT. Sending > the signal gets delayed until event_sched_out() which then uses > task_work_add() for its delivery. This breaks on PREEMPT_RT because the > signal is delivered with disabled preemption. > > While looking at this, I also stumbled upon __perf_pending_irq() which > requires disabled interrupts but this is not the case on PREEMPT_RT. > > This series aim to address both issues while not introducing a new issue > at the same time ;) > Any testing is appreciated. > > v1…v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240308175810.2894694-1-bigeasy@linutronix.de/ > - Marco pointed me to the testsuite that showed two problems: > - Delayed task_work from NMI / missing events. > Fixed by triggering dummy irq_work to enforce an interrupt for > the exit-to-userland path which checks task_work > - Increased ref-count on clean up/ during exec. > Mostly addressed by the former change. There is still a window > if the NMI occurs during execve(). This is addressed by removing > the task_work before free_event(). > The testsuite (remove_on_exec) fails sometimes if the event/ > SIGTRAP is sent before the sighandler is installed.
Tested-by: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>
It does pass the tests in tools/testing/selftests/perf_events (non-RT kernel, lockdep enabled). But I do recall this being a particularly sharp corner of perf, so any additional testing and review here is useful.
Thanks, -- Marco
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