Re: [PATCH] mm: kmsan: fix instrumentation recursion on preempt_count

[Changbin Du <changbin.du@huawei.com>]

On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 11:42:29AM +0000, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 07:23:30PM +0800, Changbin Du wrote:
> > This disables msan check for preempt_count_{add,sub} to fix a
> > instrumentation recursion issue on preempt_count:
> > 
> >   __msan_metadata_ptr_for_load_4() -> kmsan_virt_addr_valid() ->
> > 	preempt_disable() -> __msan_metadata_ptr_for_load_4()
> > 
> > With this fix, I was able to run kmsan kernel with:
> >   o CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK=n
> >   o CONFIG_KFENCE=n
> >   o CONFIG_LOCKDEP=n
> > 
> > KMEMLEAK and KFENCE generate too many false positives in unwinding code.
> > LOCKDEP still introduces instrumenting recursions issue. But these are
> > other issues expected to be fixed.
> > 
> > Cc: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@huawei.com>
> > ---
> >  kernel/sched/core.c | 4 ++--
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
> > index 9116bcc90346..5b63bb98e60a 100644
> > --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> > +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> > @@ -5848,7 +5848,7 @@ static inline void preempt_latency_start(int val)
> >  	}
> >  }
> >  
> > -void preempt_count_add(int val)
> > +void __no_kmsan_checks preempt_count_add(int val)
> >  {
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT
> >  	/*
> > @@ -5880,7 +5880,7 @@ static inline void preempt_latency_stop(int val)
> >  		trace_preempt_on(CALLER_ADDR0, get_lock_parent_ip());
> >  }
> 
> What prevents a larger loop via one of the calles of preempt_count_{add,sub}()
> 
> For example, via preempt_latency_{start,stop}() ?
> 
> ... or via some *other* instrumentation that might be placed in those?
> 
> I suspect we should be using noinstr or __always_inline in a bunch of places to
> clean this up properly.
>
In my local build, these two are not that small for inlining. (I has preempt_off
tracer enabled).

$ readelf -s vmlinux | grep -sw -E 'preempt_count_add|preempt_count_sub'
157043: ffffffff81174de0   186 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 preempt_count_add
157045: ffffffff81174eb0   216 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 preempt_count_sub

The noinstr adds __no_sanitize_memory to the tagged functions so we might see
many false positives.

> Mark.

-- 
Cheers,
Changbin Du