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-rw-r--r--Documentation/dev-tools/kcsan.rst93
-rw-r--r--kernel/kcsan/core.c53
-rw-r--r--kernel/kcsan/kcsan.h39
-rw-r--r--kernel/kcsan/report.c169
4 files changed, 166 insertions, 188 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kcsan.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kcsan.rst
index d85ce238ace7..6a600cf8430b 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kcsan.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kcsan.rst
@@ -27,75 +27,57 @@ Error reports
A typical data race report looks like this::
==================================================================
- BUG: KCSAN: data-race in generic_permission / kernfs_refresh_inode
-
- write to 0xffff8fee4c40700c of 4 bytes by task 175 on cpu 4:
- kernfs_refresh_inode+0x70/0x170
- kernfs_iop_permission+0x4f/0x90
- inode_permission+0x190/0x200
- link_path_walk.part.0+0x503/0x8e0
- path_lookupat.isra.0+0x69/0x4d0
- filename_lookup+0x136/0x280
- user_path_at_empty+0x47/0x60
- vfs_statx+0x9b/0x130
- __do_sys_newlstat+0x50/0xb0
- __x64_sys_newlstat+0x37/0x50
- do_syscall_64+0x85/0x260
- entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9
-
- read to 0xffff8fee4c40700c of 4 bytes by task 166 on cpu 6:
- generic_permission+0x5b/0x2a0
- kernfs_iop_permission+0x66/0x90
- inode_permission+0x190/0x200
- link_path_walk.part.0+0x503/0x8e0
- path_lookupat.isra.0+0x69/0x4d0
- filename_lookup+0x136/0x280
- user_path_at_empty+0x47/0x60
- do_faccessat+0x11a/0x390
- __x64_sys_access+0x3c/0x50
- do_syscall_64+0x85/0x260
- entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9
+ BUG: KCSAN: data-race in test_kernel_read / test_kernel_write
+
+ write to 0xffffffffc009a628 of 8 bytes by task 487 on cpu 0:
+ test_kernel_write+0x1d/0x30
+ access_thread+0x89/0xd0
+ kthread+0x23e/0x260
+ ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
+
+ read to 0xffffffffc009a628 of 8 bytes by task 488 on cpu 6:
+ test_kernel_read+0x10/0x20
+ access_thread+0x89/0xd0
+ kthread+0x23e/0x260
+ ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
+
+ value changed: 0x00000000000009a6 -> 0x00000000000009b2
Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
- CPU: 6 PID: 166 Comm: systemd-journal Not tainted 5.3.0-rc7+ #1
- Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.12.0-1 04/01/2014
+ CPU: 6 PID: 488 Comm: access_thread Not tainted 5.12.0-rc2+ #1
+ Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.14.0-2 04/01/2014
==================================================================
The header of the report provides a short summary of the functions involved in
the race. It is followed by the access types and stack traces of the 2 threads
-involved in the data race.
+involved in the data race. If KCSAN also observed a value change, the observed
+old value and new value are shown on the "value changed" line respectively.
The other less common type of data race report looks like this::
==================================================================
- BUG: KCSAN: data-race in e1000_clean_rx_irq+0x551/0xb10
-
- race at unknown origin, with read to 0xffff933db8a2ae6c of 1 bytes by interrupt on cpu 0:
- e1000_clean_rx_irq+0x551/0xb10
- e1000_clean+0x533/0xda0
- net_rx_action+0x329/0x900
- __do_softirq+0xdb/0x2db
- irq_exit+0x9b/0xa0
- do_IRQ+0x9c/0xf0
- ret_from_intr+0x0/0x18
- default_idle+0x3f/0x220
- arch_cpu_idle+0x21/0x30
- do_idle+0x1df/0x230
- cpu_startup_entry+0x14/0x20
- rest_init+0xc5/0xcb
- arch_call_rest_init+0x13/0x2b
- start_kernel+0x6db/0x700
+ BUG: KCSAN: data-race in test_kernel_rmw_array+0x71/0xd0
+
+ race at unknown origin, with read to 0xffffffffc009bdb0 of 8 bytes by task 515 on cpu 2:
+ test_kernel_rmw_array+0x71/0xd0
+ access_thread+0x89/0xd0
+ kthread+0x23e/0x260
+ ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
+
+ value changed: 0x0000000000002328 -> 0x0000000000002329
Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
- CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.3.0-rc7+ #2
- Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.12.0-1 04/01/2014
+ CPU: 2 PID: 515 Comm: access_thread Not tainted 5.12.0-rc2+ #1
+ Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.14.0-2 04/01/2014
==================================================================
This report is generated where it was not possible to determine the other
racing thread, but a race was inferred due to the data value of the watched
-memory location having changed. These can occur either due to missing
-instrumentation or e.g. DMA accesses. These reports will only be generated if
-``CONFIG_KCSAN_REPORT_RACE_UNKNOWN_ORIGIN=y`` (selected by default).
+memory location having changed. These reports always show a "value changed"
+line. A common reason for reports of this type are missing instrumentation in
+the racing thread, but could also occur due to e.g. DMA accesses. Such reports
+are shown only if ``CONFIG_KCSAN_REPORT_RACE_UNKNOWN_ORIGIN=y``, which is
+enabled by default.
Selective analysis
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -106,7 +88,8 @@ the below options are available:
* KCSAN understands the ``data_race(expr)`` annotation, which tells KCSAN that
any data races due to accesses in ``expr`` should be ignored and resulting
- behaviour when encountering a data race is deemed safe.
+ behaviour when encountering a data race is deemed safe. Please see
+ `"Marking Shared-Memory Accesses" in the LKMM`_ for more information.
* Disabling data race detection for entire functions can be accomplished by
using the function attribute ``__no_kcsan``::
@@ -128,6 +111,8 @@ the below options are available:
KCSAN_SANITIZE := n
+.. _"Marking Shared-Memory Accesses" in the LKMM: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/tools/memory-model/Documentation/access-marking.txt
+
Furthermore, it is possible to tell KCSAN to show or hide entire classes of
data races, depending on preferences. These can be changed via the following
Kconfig options:
diff --git a/kernel/kcsan/core.c b/kernel/kcsan/core.c
index 45c821d4e8bd..26709ea65c71 100644
--- a/kernel/kcsan/core.c
+++ b/kernel/kcsan/core.c
@@ -380,9 +380,7 @@ static noinline void kcsan_found_watchpoint(const volatile void *ptr,
if (consumed) {
kcsan_save_irqtrace(current);
- kcsan_report(ptr, size, type, KCSAN_VALUE_CHANGE_MAYBE,
- KCSAN_REPORT_CONSUMED_WATCHPOINT,
- watchpoint - watchpoints);
+ kcsan_report_set_info(ptr, size, type, watchpoint - watchpoints);
kcsan_restore_irqtrace(current);
} else {
/*
@@ -407,12 +405,7 @@ kcsan_setup_watchpoint(const volatile void *ptr, size_t size, int type)
const bool is_write = (type & KCSAN_ACCESS_WRITE) != 0;
const bool is_assert = (type & KCSAN_ACCESS_ASSERT) != 0;
atomic_long_t *watchpoint;
- union {
- u8 _1;
- u16 _2;
- u32 _4;
- u64 _8;
- } expect_value;
+ u64 old, new, diff;
unsigned long access_mask;
enum kcsan_value_change value_change = KCSAN_VALUE_CHANGE_MAYBE;
unsigned long ua_flags = user_access_save();
@@ -468,19 +461,19 @@ kcsan_setup_watchpoint(const volatile void *ptr, size_t size, int type)
* Read the current value, to later check and infer a race if the data
* was modified via a non-instrumented access, e.g. from a device.
*/
- expect_value._8 = 0;
+ old = 0;
switch (size) {
case 1:
- expect_value._1 = READ_ONCE(*(const u8 *)ptr);
+ old = READ_ONCE(*(const u8 *)ptr);
break;
case 2:
- expect_value._2 = READ_ONCE(*(const u16 *)ptr);
+ old = READ_ONCE(*(const u16 *)ptr);
break;
case 4:
- expect_value._4 = READ_ONCE(*(const u32 *)ptr);
+ old = READ_ONCE(*(const u32 *)ptr);
break;
case 8:
- expect_value._8 = READ_ONCE(*(const u64 *)ptr);
+ old = READ_ONCE(*(const u64 *)ptr);
break;
default:
break; /* ignore; we do not diff the values */
@@ -506,33 +499,30 @@ kcsan_setup_watchpoint(const volatile void *ptr, size_t size, int type)
* racy access.
*/
access_mask = get_ctx()->access_mask;
+ new = 0;
switch (size) {
case 1:
- expect_value._1 ^= READ_ONCE(*(const u8 *)ptr);
- if (access_mask)
- expect_value._1 &= (u8)access_mask;
+ new = READ_ONCE(*(const u8 *)ptr);
break;
case 2:
- expect_value._2 ^= READ_ONCE(*(const u16 *)ptr);
- if (access_mask)
- expect_value._2 &= (u16)access_mask;
+ new = READ_ONCE(*(const u16 *)ptr);
break;
case 4:
- expect_value._4 ^= READ_ONCE(*(const u32 *)ptr);
- if (access_mask)
- expect_value._4 &= (u32)access_mask;
+ new = READ_ONCE(*(const u32 *)ptr);
break;
case 8:
- expect_value._8 ^= READ_ONCE(*(const u64 *)ptr);
- if (access_mask)
- expect_value._8 &= (u64)access_mask;
+ new = READ_ONCE(*(const u64 *)ptr);
break;
default:
break; /* ignore; we do not diff the values */
}
+ diff = old ^ new;
+ if (access_mask)
+ diff &= access_mask;
+
/* Were we able to observe a value-change? */
- if (expect_value._8 != 0)
+ if (diff != 0)
value_change = KCSAN_VALUE_CHANGE_TRUE;
/* Check if this access raced with another. */
@@ -566,8 +556,9 @@ kcsan_setup_watchpoint(const volatile void *ptr, size_t size, int type)
if (is_assert && value_change == KCSAN_VALUE_CHANGE_TRUE)
atomic_long_inc(&kcsan_counters[KCSAN_COUNTER_ASSERT_FAILURES]);
- kcsan_report(ptr, size, type, value_change, KCSAN_REPORT_RACE_SIGNAL,
- watchpoint - watchpoints);
+ kcsan_report_known_origin(ptr, size, type, value_change,
+ watchpoint - watchpoints,
+ old, new, access_mask);
} else if (value_change == KCSAN_VALUE_CHANGE_TRUE) {
/* Inferring a race, since the value should not have changed. */
@@ -576,9 +567,7 @@ kcsan_setup_watchpoint(const volatile void *ptr, size_t size, int type)
atomic_long_inc(&kcsan_counters[KCSAN_COUNTER_ASSERT_FAILURES]);
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KCSAN_REPORT_RACE_UNKNOWN_ORIGIN) || is_assert)
- kcsan_report(ptr, size, type, KCSAN_VALUE_CHANGE_TRUE,
- KCSAN_REPORT_RACE_UNKNOWN_ORIGIN,
- watchpoint - watchpoints);
+ kcsan_report_unknown_origin(ptr, size, type, old, new, access_mask);
}
/*
diff --git a/kernel/kcsan/kcsan.h b/kernel/kcsan/kcsan.h
index 9881099d4179..f36e25c497ed 100644
--- a/kernel/kcsan/kcsan.h
+++ b/kernel/kcsan/kcsan.h
@@ -116,30 +116,27 @@ enum kcsan_value_change {
KCSAN_VALUE_CHANGE_TRUE,
};
-enum kcsan_report_type {
- /*
- * The thread that set up the watchpoint and briefly stalled was
- * signalled that another thread triggered the watchpoint.
- */
- KCSAN_REPORT_RACE_SIGNAL,
-
- /*
- * A thread found and consumed a matching watchpoint.
- */
- KCSAN_REPORT_CONSUMED_WATCHPOINT,
+/*
+ * The calling thread hit and consumed a watchpoint: set the access information
+ * to be consumed by the reporting thread. No report is printed yet.
+ */
+void kcsan_report_set_info(const volatile void *ptr, size_t size, int access_type,
+ int watchpoint_idx);
- /*
- * No other thread was observed to race with the access, but the data
- * value before and after the stall differs.
- */
- KCSAN_REPORT_RACE_UNKNOWN_ORIGIN,
-};
+/*
+ * The calling thread observed that the watchpoint it set up was hit and
+ * consumed: print the full report based on information set by the racing
+ * thread.
+ */
+void kcsan_report_known_origin(const volatile void *ptr, size_t size, int access_type,
+ enum kcsan_value_change value_change, int watchpoint_idx,
+ u64 old, u64 new, u64 mask);
/*
- * Print a race report from thread that encountered the race.
+ * No other thread was observed to race with the access, but the data value
+ * before and after the stall differs. Reports a race of "unknown origin".
*/
-extern void kcsan_report(const volatile void *ptr, size_t size, int access_type,
- enum kcsan_value_change value_change,
- enum kcsan_report_type type, int watchpoint_idx);
+void kcsan_report_unknown_origin(const volatile void *ptr, size_t size, int access_type,
+ u64 old, u64 new, u64 mask);
#endif /* _KERNEL_KCSAN_KCSAN_H */
diff --git a/kernel/kcsan/report.c b/kernel/kcsan/report.c
index 56016e8e7461..21137929d428 100644
--- a/kernel/kcsan/report.c
+++ b/kernel/kcsan/report.c
@@ -325,13 +325,10 @@ static void print_verbose_info(struct task_struct *task)
print_irqtrace_events(task);
}
-/*
- * Returns true if a report was generated, false otherwise.
- */
-static bool print_report(enum kcsan_value_change value_change,
- enum kcsan_report_type type,
+static void print_report(enum kcsan_value_change value_change,
const struct access_info *ai,
- const struct other_info *other_info)
+ const struct other_info *other_info,
+ u64 old, u64 new, u64 mask)
{
unsigned long stack_entries[NUM_STACK_ENTRIES] = { 0 };
int num_stack_entries = stack_trace_save(stack_entries, NUM_STACK_ENTRIES, 1);
@@ -344,25 +341,24 @@ static bool print_report(enum kcsan_value_change value_change,
* Must check report filter rules before starting to print.
*/
if (skip_report(KCSAN_VALUE_CHANGE_TRUE, stack_entries[skipnr]))
- return false;
+ return;
- if (type == KCSAN_REPORT_RACE_SIGNAL) {
+ if (other_info) {
other_skipnr = get_stack_skipnr(other_info->stack_entries,
other_info->num_stack_entries);
other_frame = other_info->stack_entries[other_skipnr];
/* @value_change is only known for the other thread */
if (skip_report(value_change, other_frame))
- return false;
+ return;
}
if (rate_limit_report(this_frame, other_frame))
- return false;
+ return;
/* Print report header. */
pr_err("==================================================================\n");
- switch (type) {
- case KCSAN_REPORT_RACE_SIGNAL: {
+ if (other_info) {
int cmp;
/*
@@ -374,22 +370,15 @@ static bool print_report(enum kcsan_value_change value_change,
get_bug_type(ai->access_type | other_info->ai.access_type),
(void *)(cmp < 0 ? other_frame : this_frame),
(void *)(cmp < 0 ? this_frame : other_frame));
- } break;
-
- case KCSAN_REPORT_RACE_UNKNOWN_ORIGIN:
+ } else {
pr_err("BUG: KCSAN: %s in %pS\n", get_bug_type(ai->access_type),
(void *)this_frame);
- break;
-
- default:
- BUG();
}
pr_err("\n");
/* Print information about the racing accesses. */
- switch (type) {
- case KCSAN_REPORT_RACE_SIGNAL:
+ if (other_info) {
pr_err("%s to 0x%px of %zu bytes by %s on cpu %i:\n",
get_access_type(other_info->ai.access_type), other_info->ai.ptr,
other_info->ai.size, get_thread_desc(other_info->ai.task_pid),
@@ -407,16 +396,10 @@ static bool print_report(enum kcsan_value_change value_change,
pr_err("%s to 0x%px of %zu bytes by %s on cpu %i:\n",
get_access_type(ai->access_type), ai->ptr, ai->size,
get_thread_desc(ai->task_pid), ai->cpu_id);
- break;
-
- case KCSAN_REPORT_RACE_UNKNOWN_ORIGIN:
+ } else {
pr_err("race at unknown origin, with %s to 0x%px of %zu bytes by %s on cpu %i:\n",
get_access_type(ai->access_type), ai->ptr, ai->size,
get_thread_desc(ai->task_pid), ai->cpu_id);
- break;
-
- default:
- BUG();
}
/* Print stack trace of this thread. */
stack_trace_print(stack_entries + skipnr, num_stack_entries - skipnr,
@@ -425,24 +408,41 @@ static bool print_report(enum kcsan_value_change value_change,
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KCSAN_VERBOSE))
print_verbose_info(current);
+ /* Print observed value change. */
+ if (ai->size <= 8) {
+ int hex_len = ai->size * 2;
+ u64 diff = old ^ new;
+
+ if (mask)
+ diff &= mask;
+ if (diff) {
+ pr_err("\n");
+ pr_err("value changed: 0x%0*llx -> 0x%0*llx\n",
+ hex_len, old, hex_len, new);
+ if (mask) {
+ pr_err(" bits changed: 0x%0*llx with mask 0x%0*llx\n",
+ hex_len, diff, hex_len, mask);
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
/* Print report footer. */
pr_err("\n");
pr_err("Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:\n");
dump_stack_print_info(KERN_DEFAULT);
pr_err("==================================================================\n");
- return true;
+ if (panic_on_warn)
+ panic("panic_on_warn set ...\n");
}
static void release_report(unsigned long *flags, struct other_info *other_info)
{
- if (other_info)
- /*
- * Use size to denote valid/invalid, since KCSAN entirely
- * ignores 0-sized accesses.
- */
- other_info->ai.size = 0;
-
+ /*
+ * Use size to denote valid/invalid, since KCSAN entirely ignores
+ * 0-sized accesses.
+ */
+ other_info->ai.size = 0;
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&report_lock, *flags);
}
@@ -575,48 +575,42 @@ discard:
return false;
}
-/*
- * Depending on the report type either sets @other_info and returns false, or
- * awaits @other_info and returns true. If @other_info is not required for the
- * report type, simply acquires @report_lock and returns true.
- */
-static noinline bool prepare_report(unsigned long *flags,
- enum kcsan_report_type type,
- const struct access_info *ai,
- struct other_info *other_info)
+static struct access_info prepare_access_info(const volatile void *ptr, size_t size,
+ int access_type)
{
- switch (type) {
- case KCSAN_REPORT_CONSUMED_WATCHPOINT:
- prepare_report_producer(flags, ai, other_info);
- return false;
- case KCSAN_REPORT_RACE_SIGNAL:
- return prepare_report_consumer(flags, ai, other_info);
- default:
- /* @other_info not required; just acquire @report_lock. */
- raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&report_lock, *flags);
- return true;
- }
-}
-
-void kcsan_report(const volatile void *ptr, size_t size, int access_type,
- enum kcsan_value_change value_change,
- enum kcsan_report_type type, int watchpoint_idx)
-{
- unsigned long flags = 0;
- const struct access_info ai = {
+ return (struct access_info) {
.ptr = ptr,
.size = size,
.access_type = access_type,
.task_pid = in_task() ? task_pid_nr(current) : -1,
.cpu_id = raw_smp_processor_id()
};
- struct other_info *other_info = type == KCSAN_REPORT_RACE_UNKNOWN_ORIGIN
- ? NULL : &other_infos[watchpoint_idx];
+}
+
+void kcsan_report_set_info(const volatile void *ptr, size_t size, int access_type,
+ int watchpoint_idx)
+{
+ const struct access_info ai = prepare_access_info(ptr, size, access_type);
+ unsigned long flags;
kcsan_disable_current();
- if (WARN_ON(watchpoint_idx < 0 || watchpoint_idx >= ARRAY_SIZE(other_infos)))
- goto out;
+ lockdep_off(); /* See kcsan_report_known_origin(). */
+
+ prepare_report_producer(&flags, &ai, &other_infos[watchpoint_idx]);
+
+ lockdep_on();
+ kcsan_enable_current();
+}
+
+void kcsan_report_known_origin(const volatile void *ptr, size_t size, int access_type,
+ enum kcsan_value_change value_change, int watchpoint_idx,
+ u64 old, u64 new, u64 mask)
+{
+ const struct access_info ai = prepare_access_info(ptr, size, access_type);
+ struct other_info *other_info = &other_infos[watchpoint_idx];
+ unsigned long flags = 0;
+ kcsan_disable_current();
/*
* Because we may generate reports when we're in scheduler code, the use
* of printk() could deadlock. Until such time that all printing code
@@ -626,22 +620,35 @@ void kcsan_report(const volatile void *ptr, size_t size, int access_type,
*/
lockdep_off();
- if (prepare_report(&flags, type, &ai, other_info)) {
- /*
- * Never report if value_change is FALSE, only if we it is
- * either TRUE or MAYBE. In case of MAYBE, further filtering may
- * be done once we know the full stack trace in print_report().
- */
- bool reported = value_change != KCSAN_VALUE_CHANGE_FALSE &&
- print_report(value_change, type, &ai, other_info);
+ if (!prepare_report_consumer(&flags, &ai, other_info))
+ goto out;
+ /*
+ * Never report if value_change is FALSE, only when it is
+ * either TRUE or MAYBE. In case of MAYBE, further filtering may
+ * be done once we know the full stack trace in print_report().
+ */
+ if (value_change != KCSAN_VALUE_CHANGE_FALSE)
+ print_report(value_change, &ai, other_info, old, new, mask);
- if (reported && panic_on_warn)
- panic("panic_on_warn set ...\n");
+ release_report(&flags, other_info);
+out:
+ lockdep_on();
+ kcsan_enable_current();
+}
- release_report(&flags, other_info);
- }
+void kcsan_report_unknown_origin(const volatile void *ptr, size_t size, int access_type,
+ u64 old, u64 new, u64 mask)
+{
+ const struct access_info ai = prepare_access_info(ptr, size, access_type);
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ kcsan_disable_current();
+ lockdep_off(); /* See kcsan_report_known_origin(). */
+
+ raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&report_lock, flags);
+ print_report(KCSAN_VALUE_CHANGE_TRUE, &ai, NULL, old, new, mask);
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&report_lock, flags);
lockdep_on();
-out:
kcsan_enable_current();
}