----- On Mar 28, 2018, at 7:19 AM, Peter Zijlstra peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 12:05:23PM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_RSEQ
>> + struct rseq __user *rseq;
>> + u32 rseq_len;
>> + u32 rseq_sig;
>> + /*
>> + * RmW on rseq_event_mask must be performed atomically
>> + * with respect to preemption.
>> + */
>> + unsigned long rseq_event_mask;
>> +#endif
>
>> +static inline void rseq_signal_deliver(struct pt_regs *regs)
>> +{
>> + set_bit(RSEQ_EVENT_SIGNAL_BIT, ¤t->rseq_event_mask);
>> + rseq_handle_notify_resume(regs);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static inline void rseq_preempt(struct task_struct *t)
>> +{
>> + set_bit(RSEQ_EVENT_PREEMPT_BIT, &t->rseq_event_mask);
>> + rseq_set_notify_resume(t);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static inline void rseq_migrate(struct task_struct *t)
>> +{
>> + set_bit(RSEQ_EVENT_MIGRATE_BIT, &t->rseq_event_mask);
>> + rseq_set_notify_resume(t);
>> +}
>
> Given that comment above, do you really need the full atomic set bit?
> Isn't __set_bit() sufficient?
For each of rseq_signal_deliver, rseq_preempt, and rseq_migrate, we should
confirm that their callers guarantee preemption is disabled before
we can use __set_bit() in each of those functions.
Is that the case ? If so, we should also document the requirement
about preemption for each function.
AFAIU, rseq_migrate is only invoked from __set_task_cpu, which I *think*
always has preemption disabled. rseq_preempt() is called by the scheduler,
so this one is fine. On x86, rseq_signal_deliver is called from setup_rt_frame,
with preemption enabled.
So one approach would be to use __set_bit in both rseq_preempt and rseq_migrate,
but keep the atomic set_bit() in rseq_signal_deliver.
Thoughts ?
Thanks,
Mathieu
--
Mathieu Desnoyers
EfficiOS Inc.
http://www.efficios.com
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