* Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Two problems was reported with READ_ONCE_NOCHECK in arch_atomic_read:
> 1. Andrey Ryabinin reported significant binary size increase
> (+400K of text). READ_ONCE_NOCHECK is intentionally compiled to
> non-inlined function call, and I counted 640 copies of it in my vmlinux.
> 2. Arnd Bergmann reported a new splat of too large frame sizes.
>
> A single inlined KASAN check is very cheap, a non-inlined function
> call with KASAN/KCOV instrumentation can easily be more expensive.
>
> Switch to READ_ONCE() in arch_atomic[64]_read().
>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
> Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: kasan-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
>
> Changes since v1:
> - also change arch_atomic64_read()
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h | 15 ++++++---------
> arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_64.h | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h
> index 0cde164f058a..46e53bbf7ce3 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h
> @@ -24,10 +24,13 @@
> static __always_inline int arch_atomic_read(const atomic_t *v)
> {
> /*
> - * We use READ_ONCE_NOCHECK() because atomic_read() contains KASAN
> - * instrumentation. Double instrumentation is unnecessary.
> + * Note: READ_ONCE() here leads to double instrumentation as
> + * both READ_ONCE() and atomic_read() contain instrumentation.
> + * This is deliberate choice. READ_ONCE_NOCHECK() is compiled to a
> + * non-inlined function call that considerably increases binary size
> + * and stack usage under KASAN.
s/this is deliberate choice
/this is a deliberate choice
Also, the patch does not apply to the latest locking tree cleanly, due to
interacting changes.
Thanks,
Ingo
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