Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 14:39:21 +0100
> Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> __bpf_trace_run() disables preemption around the BPF_PROG_RUN() invocation.
>>
>> This is redundant because __bpf_trace_run() is invoked from a trace point
>> via __DO_TRACE() which already disables preemption _before_ invoking any of
>> the functions which are attached to a trace point.
>>
>> Remove it.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c | 2 --
>> 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> --- a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
>> +++ b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
>> @@ -1476,9 +1476,7 @@ static __always_inline
>> void __bpf_trace_run(struct bpf_prog *prog, u64 *args)
>> {
>
> Should there be a "cant_migrate()" added here?
A cant_sleep() is the right thing to add as this really needs to stay
non-preemptible. Hmm?
>> rcu_read_lock();
>> - preempt_disable();
>> (void) BPF_PROG_RUN(prog, args);
>> - preempt_enable();
>> rcu_read_unlock();
>> }
Thanks,
tglx
