linux-stable/kernel
Andrii Nakryiko dd1a756778 uprobes: SRCU-protect uretprobe lifetime (with timeout)
Avoid taking refcount on uprobe in prepare_uretprobe(), instead take
uretprobe-specific SRCU lock and keep it active as kernel transfers
control back to user space.

Given we can't rely on user space returning from traced function within
reasonable time period, we need to make sure not to keep SRCU lock
active for too long, though. To that effect, we employ a timer callback
which is meant to terminate SRCU lock region after predefined timeout
(currently set to 100ms), and instead transfer underlying struct
uprobe's lifetime protection to refcounting.

This fallback to less scalable refcounting after 100ms is a fine
tradeoff from uretprobe's scalability and performance perspective,
because uretprobing *long running* user functions inherently doesn't run
into scalability issues (there is just not enough frequency to cause
noticeable issues with either performance or scalability).

The overall trick is in ensuring synchronization between current thread
and timer's callback fired on some other thread. To cope with that with
minimal logic complications, we add hprobe wrapper which is used to
contain all the synchronization related issues behind a small number of
basic helpers: hprobe_expire() for "downgrading" uprobe from SRCU-protected
state to refcounted state, and a hprobe_consume() and hprobe_finalize()
pair of single-use consuming helpers. Other than that, whatever current
thread's logic is there stays the same, as timer thread cannot modify
return_instance state (or add new/remove old return_instances). It only
takes care of SRCU unlock and uprobe refcounting, which is hidden from
the higher-level uretprobe handling logic.

We use atomic xchg() in hprobe_consume(), which is called from
performance critical handle_uretprobe_chain() function run in the
current context. When uncontended, this xchg() doesn't seem to hurt
performance as there are no other competing CPUs fighting for the same
cache line. We also mark struct return_instance as ____cacheline_aligned
to ensure no false sharing can happen.

Another technical moment. We need to make sure that the list of return
instances can be safely traversed under RCU from timer callback, so we
delay return_instance freeing with kfree_rcu() and make sure that list
modifications use RCU-aware operations.

Also, given SRCU lock survives transition from kernel to user space and
back we need to use lower-level __srcu_read_lock() and
__srcu_read_unlock() to avoid lockdep complaining.

Just to give an impression of a kind of performance improvements this
change brings, below are benchmarking results with and without these
SRCU changes, assuming other uprobe optimizations (mainly RCU Tasks
Trace for entry uprobes, lockless RB-tree lookup, and lockless VMA to
uprobe lookup) are left intact:

WITHOUT SRCU for uretprobes
===========================
uretprobe-nop         ( 1 cpus):    2.197 ± 0.002M/s  (  2.197M/s/cpu)
uretprobe-nop         ( 2 cpus):    3.325 ± 0.001M/s  (  1.662M/s/cpu)
uretprobe-nop         ( 3 cpus):    4.129 ± 0.002M/s  (  1.376M/s/cpu)
uretprobe-nop         ( 4 cpus):    6.180 ± 0.003M/s  (  1.545M/s/cpu)
uretprobe-nop         ( 8 cpus):    7.323 ± 0.005M/s  (  0.915M/s/cpu)
uretprobe-nop         (16 cpus):    6.943 ± 0.005M/s  (  0.434M/s/cpu)
uretprobe-nop         (32 cpus):    5.931 ± 0.014M/s  (  0.185M/s/cpu)
uretprobe-nop         (64 cpus):    5.145 ± 0.003M/s  (  0.080M/s/cpu)
uretprobe-nop         (80 cpus):    4.925 ± 0.005M/s  (  0.062M/s/cpu)

WITH SRCU for uretprobes
========================
uretprobe-nop         ( 1 cpus):    1.968 ± 0.001M/s  (  1.968M/s/cpu)
uretprobe-nop         ( 2 cpus):    3.739 ± 0.003M/s  (  1.869M/s/cpu)
uretprobe-nop         ( 3 cpus):    5.616 ± 0.003M/s  (  1.872M/s/cpu)
uretprobe-nop         ( 4 cpus):    7.286 ± 0.002M/s  (  1.822M/s/cpu)
uretprobe-nop         ( 8 cpus):   13.657 ± 0.007M/s  (  1.707M/s/cpu)
uretprobe-nop         (32 cpus):   45.305 ± 0.066M/s  (  1.416M/s/cpu)
uretprobe-nop         (64 cpus):   42.390 ± 0.922M/s  (  0.662M/s/cpu)
uretprobe-nop         (80 cpus):   47.554 ± 2.411M/s  (  0.594M/s/cpu)

Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241024044159.3156646-3-andrii@kernel.org
2024-10-30 22:42:19 +01:00
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bpf move asm/unaligned.h to linux/unaligned.h 2024-10-02 17:23:23 -04:00
cgroup struct fd layout change (and conversion to accessor helpers) 2024-09-23 09:35:36 -07:00
configs tinyconfig: remove unnecessary 'is not set' for choice blocks 2024-09-01 20:34:38 +09:00
debug move asm/unaligned.h to linux/unaligned.h 2024-10-02 17:23:23 -04:00
dma dma-mapping: report unlimited DMA addressing in IOMMU DMA path 2024-09-23 08:38:56 +02:00
entry treewide: context_tracking: Rename CONTEXT_* into CT_STATE_* 2024-07-29 07:33:10 +05:30
events uprobes: SRCU-protect uretprobe lifetime (with timeout) 2024-10-30 22:42:19 +01:00
futex fault-inject: improve build for CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION=n 2024-09-01 20:43:33 -07:00
gcov gcov: add support for GCC 14 2024-06-15 10:43:06 -07:00
irq pci-v6.12-changes 2024-09-23 12:47:06 -07:00
kcsan kcsan: Use min() to fix Coccinelle warning 2024-08-01 16:40:44 -07:00
livepatch livepatch: Replace snprintf() with sysfs_emit() 2024-07-02 16:56:18 +02:00
locking Locking changes for v6.12: 2024-09-29 08:51:30 -07:00
module Modules changes for v6.12-rc1 2024-09-28 09:06:15 -07:00
power [tree-wide] finally take no_llseek out 2024-09-27 08:18:43 -07:00
printk drm next for 6.12-rc1 2024-09-19 10:18:15 +02:00
rcu rcu/kvfree: Refactor kvfree_rcu_queue_batch() 2024-10-01 18:30:42 +02:00
sched sched: psi: fix bogus pressure spikes from aggregation race 2024-10-03 16:03:16 -07:00
time [tree-wide] finally take no_llseek out 2024-09-27 08:18:43 -07:00
trace uprobe: Add data pointer to consumer handlers 2024-10-23 20:52:27 +02:00
.gitignore
acct.c kernel misc: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array 2024-04-24 09:43:53 +02:00
async.c async: Use a dedicated unbound workqueue with raised min_active 2024-02-09 11:13:59 -10:00
audit_fsnotify.c
audit_tree.c fsnotify: create a wrapper fsnotify_find_inode_mark() 2024-04-04 16:24:16 +02:00
audit_watch.c fsnotify: create a wrapper fsnotify_find_inode_mark() 2024-04-04 16:24:16 +02:00
audit.c audit: Make use of str_enabled_disabled() helper 2024-09-03 16:35:16 -04:00
audit.h
auditfilter.c audit: use task_tgid_nr() instead of task_pid_nr() 2024-08-28 16:48:28 -04:00
auditsc.c audit: use task_tgid_nr() instead of task_pid_nr() 2024-08-28 16:48:28 -04:00
backtracetest.c backtracetest: add MODULE_DESCRIPTION() 2024-06-24 22:24:55 -07:00
bounds.c bounds: Use the right number of bits for power-of-two CONFIG_NR_CPUS 2024-04-29 08:29:29 -07:00
capability.c
cfi.c
compat.c
configs.c
context_tracking.c context_tracking, rcu: Rename rcu_dyntick trace event into rcu_watching 2024-08-15 21:30:43 +05:30
cpu_pm.c
cpu.c Updates for timers and timekeeping: 2024-09-17 07:25:37 +02:00
crash_core.c Document/kexec: generalize crash hotplug description 2024-09-01 20:43:37 -07:00
crash_reserve.c crash: fix crash memory reserve exceed system memory bug 2024-09-01 20:43:30 -07:00
cred.c cred: Use KMEM_CACHE() instead of kmem_cache_create() 2024-02-23 17:33:31 -05:00
delayacct.c sysctl: treewide: constify the ctl_table argument of proc_handlers 2024-07-24 20:59:29 +02:00
dma.c
elfcorehdr.c crash: remove dependency of FA_DUMP on CRASH_DUMP 2024-02-23 17:48:22 -08:00
exec_domain.c
exit.c ALong with the usual shower of singleton patches, notable patch series in 2024-09-21 07:29:05 -07:00
exit.h
extable.c
fail_function.c
fork.c close_range(): fix the logics in descriptor table trimming 2024-09-29 21:52:29 -04:00
freezer.c sched,freezer: Mark TASK_FROZEN special 2024-08-17 11:06:44 +02:00
gen_kheaders.sh kheaders: use command -v to test for existence of cpio 2024-05-30 01:13:20 +09:00
groups.c
hung_task.c sysctl: treewide: constify the ctl_table argument of proc_handlers 2024-07-24 20:59:29 +02:00
iomem.c
irq_work.c
jump_label.c jump_label: Fix static_key_slow_dec() yet again 2024-09-10 11:57:27 +02:00
kallsyms_internal.h kallsyms: get rid of code for absolute kallsyms 2024-07-20 16:33:21 +09:00
kallsyms_selftest.c kallsyms: Match symbols exactly with CONFIG_LTO_CLANG 2024-08-15 09:33:35 -07:00
kallsyms_selftest.h
kallsyms.c kallsyms: Match symbols exactly with CONFIG_LTO_CLANG 2024-08-15 09:33:35 -07:00
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.kexec crash: clean up kdump related config items 2024-02-23 17:48:22 -08:00
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt sched_ext: Build fix on !CONFIG_STACKTRACE[_SUPPORT] 2024-08-01 07:08:01 -10:00
kcov.c Updates for KCOV instrumentation on x86: 2024-09-17 12:40:34 +02:00
kexec_core.c sysctl: treewide: constify the ctl_table argument of proc_handlers 2024-07-24 20:59:29 +02:00
kexec_elf.c
kexec_file.c kexec_file: fix elfcorehdr digest exclusion when CONFIG_CRASH_HOTPLUG=y 2024-09-01 17:59:01 -07:00
kexec_internal.h kexec: use atomic_try_cmpxchg_acquire() in kexec_trylock() 2024-09-01 20:43:23 -07:00
kexec.c crash: add a new kexec flag for hotplug support 2024-04-23 14:59:01 +10:00
kheaders.c
kprobes.c kprobes: Fix to check symbol prefixes correctly 2024-08-05 14:04:03 +09:00
ksyms_common.c
ksysfs.c profiling: remove prof_cpu_mask 2024-07-29 10:45:54 -07:00
kthread.c kthread: Fix task state in kthread worker if being frozen 2024-09-10 09:51:14 +02:00
latencytop.c sysctl: treewide: constify the ctl_table argument of proc_handlers 2024-07-24 20:59:29 +02:00
Makefile mm: move kernel/numa.c to mm/ 2024-09-03 21:15:26 -07:00
module_signature.c
notifier.c
nsproxy.c introduce fd_file(), convert all accessors to it. 2024-08-12 22:00:43 -04:00
padata.c This update includes the following changes: 2024-09-16 06:28:28 +02:00
panic.c drm next for 6.12-rc1 2024-09-19 10:18:15 +02:00
params.c params: Fix multi-line comment style 2023-12-01 09:51:44 -08:00
pid_namespace.c sysctl: treewide: constify the ctl_table argument of proc_handlers 2024-07-24 20:59:29 +02:00
pid_sysctl.h sysctl: treewide: constify the ctl_table argument of proc_handlers 2024-07-24 20:59:29 +02:00
pid.c introduce fd_file(), convert all accessors to it. 2024-08-12 22:00:43 -04:00
profile.c profiling: remove profile=sleep support 2024-08-04 13:36:28 -07:00
ptrace.c ptrace_attach: shift send(SIGSTOP) into ptrace_set_stopped() 2024-02-22 15:38:52 -08:00
range.c
reboot.c kernel misc: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array 2024-04-24 09:43:53 +02:00
regset.c regset: use kvzalloc() for regset_get_alloc() 2024-04-25 21:07:03 -07:00
relay.c [tree-wide] finally take no_llseek out 2024-09-27 08:18:43 -07:00
resource_kunit.c resource, kunit: add test case for region_intersects() 2024-09-17 01:07:00 -07:00
resource.c ALong with the usual shower of singleton patches, notable patch series in 2024-09-21 07:29:05 -07:00
rseq.c
scftorture.c scftorture: Make torture_type static 2024-05-30 15:31:51 -07:00
scs.c
seccomp.c sysctl: treewide: constify the ctl_table argument of proc_handlers 2024-07-24 20:59:29 +02:00
signal.c Revert "binfmt_elf, coredump: Log the reason of the failed core dumps" 2024-09-26 11:39:02 -07:00
smp.c smp: print only local CPU info when sched_clock goes backward 2024-08-15 00:06:48 +05:30
smpboot.c
smpboot.h
softirq.c softirq: Remove unused 'action' parameter from action callback 2024-08-20 17:13:40 +02:00
stackleak.c sysctl: treewide: constify the ctl_table argument of proc_handlers 2024-07-24 20:59:29 +02:00
stacktrace.c stacktrace: fix kernel-doc typo 2023-12-29 12:22:29 -08:00
static_call_inline.c static_call: Replace pointless WARN_ON() in static_call_module_notify() 2024-09-06 16:29:22 +02:00
static_call.c
stop_machine.c rcu: Rename rcu_momentary_dyntick_idle() into rcu_momentary_eqs() 2024-08-15 21:30:42 +05:30
sys_ni.c Probes updates for v6.11: 2024-07-18 12:19:20 -07:00
sys.c struct fd layout change (and conversion to accessor helpers) 2024-09-23 09:35:36 -07:00
sysctl-test.c sysctl: Add module description to sysctl-testing 2024-06-03 15:20:37 +02:00
sysctl.c sysctl: treewide: constify the ctl_table argument of proc_handlers 2024-07-24 20:59:29 +02:00
task_work.c task_work: make TWA_NMI_CURRENT handling conditional on IRQ_WORK 2024-07-29 12:05:06 -07:00
taskstats.c introduce fd_file(), convert all accessors to it. 2024-08-12 22:00:43 -04:00
torture.c torture: Add MODULE_DESCRIPTION() 2024-05-30 15:31:38 -07:00
tracepoint.c tracepoint: Support iterating tracepoints in a loading module 2024-09-25 23:23:44 +09:00
tsacct.c tsacct: replace strncpy() with strscpy() 2024-07-12 16:39:53 -07:00
ucount.c sysctl changes for v6.10-rc1 2024-05-17 17:31:24 -07:00
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c sysctl: treewide: constify the ctl_table argument of proc_handlers 2024-07-24 20:59:29 +02:00
up.c
user_namespace.c user_namespace: use kmemdup_array() instead of kmemdup() for multiple allocation 2024-09-09 16:47:42 -07:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c uidgid: make sure we fit into one cacheline 2024-09-12 12:16:09 +02:00
usermode_driver.c
utsname_sysctl.c sysctl: treewide: constify the ctl_table argument of proc_handlers 2024-07-24 20:59:29 +02:00
utsname.c
vhost_task.c vhost_task: Handle SIGKILL by flushing work and exiting 2024-05-22 08:31:15 -04:00
vmcore_info.c mm: support only one page_type per page 2024-09-03 21:15:43 -07:00
watch_queue.c introduce fd_file(), convert all accessors to it. 2024-08-12 22:00:43 -04:00
watchdog_buddy.c
watchdog_perf.c watchdog/perf: properly initialize the turbo mode timestamp and rearm counter 2024-07-17 21:11:34 -07:00
watchdog.c watchdog: handle the ENODEV failure case of lockup_detector_delay_init() separately 2024-09-01 20:43:32 -07:00
workqueue_internal.h
workqueue.c workqueue: Changes for v6.12 2024-09-18 06:59:44 +02:00