On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 4:59 PM, Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 9, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Joel Fernandes <joe...@google.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 10:28 PM, Joel Fernandes <joe...@google.com> wrote:
>>> If FTRACE_PER_CPU flag is passed to ramoops pdata, split the space into
>>> multiple zones depending on the number of CPUs.
>>>
>>> This speeds up the performance of function tracing by about 280% in my
>>> tests as
>>> we avoid the locking. The trade off being lesser space available per CPU.
>>> Let
>>> the ramoops user decide which option they want based on pdata flag.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <joe...@google.com>
>>> ---
>>> fs/pstore/ram.c | 70
>>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>>> include/linux/pstore_ram.h | 3 ++
>>> 2 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/fs/pstore/ram.c b/fs/pstore/ram.c
>> [..]
>>> @@ -391,14 +418,21 @@ static void ramoops_free_przs(struct ramoops_context
>>> *cxt)
>>> {
>>> int i;
>>>
>>> - if (!cxt->przs)
>>> - return;
>>> + /* Free dump PRZs */
>>> + if (cxt->przs) {
>>> + for (i = 0; i < cxt->max_dump_cnt; i++)
>>> + persistent_ram_free(cxt->przs[i]);
>>>
>>> - for (i = 0; i < cxt->max_dump_cnt; i++)
>>> - persistent_ram_free(cxt->przs[i]);
>>> + kfree(cxt->przs);
>>> + cxt->max_dump_cnt = 0;
>>> + }
>>>
>>> - kfree(cxt->przs);
>>> - cxt->max_dump_cnt = 0;
>>> + /* Free ftrace PRZs */
>>> + if (cxt->fprzs) {
>>> + for (i = 0; i < nr_cpu_ids; i++)
>>> + persistent_ram_free(cxt->przs[i]);
>>
>> I am supposed to free fprzs[i] here, instead of przs[i]. Also need to
>> check flag and free correct number of zones. Will fix for v2, sorry
>> about that.
>
> I think the cpu id needs to be bounds-checked against the size of the
> allocation. In theory, CPU hot-plug could grow the number of CPUs
> after pstore is initialized.
Oh, also, this new flag needs to be explosed as a module parameter and
Device Tree flag as well, so it's available for more than just the
dummy driver. :)
-Kees
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Kees Cook
Nexus Security
