On 08/03/21(Mon) 11:57, Claudio Jeker wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 08, 2021 at 11:06:44AM +0100, Martin Pieuchot wrote:
> > On 05/03/21(Fri) 11:30, Martin Pieuchot wrote:
> > > On 04/03/21(Thu) 11:45, Mark Kettenis wrote:
> > > > > Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2021 11:19:23 +0100
> > > > > From: Martin Pieuchot <m...@openbsd.org>
> > > > >
> > > > > On 04/03/21(Thu) 11:01, Mark Kettenis wrote:
> > > > > > > Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2021 10:54:48 +0100
> > > > > > > From: Patrick Wildt <patr...@blueri.se>
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Am Thu, Mar 04, 2021 at 10:42:24AM +0100 schrieb Mark Kettenis:
> > > > > > > > > Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2021 10:34:24 +0100
> > > > > > > > > From: Martin Pieuchot <m...@openbsd.org>
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Running t/rw/msleep(9) w/o KERNEL_LOCK() implies that a
> > > > > > > > > thread can
> > > > > > > > > change the value of `ps_single' while one of its siblings
> > > > > > > > > might be
> > > > > > > > > dereferencing it.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > To prevent inconsistencies in the code executed by sibling
> > > > > > > > > thread, the
> > > > > > > > > diff below makes sure `ps_single' is dereferenced only once
> > > > > > > > > in various
> > > > > > > > > parts of the kernel.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > ok?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I think that means that ps_single has to be declared "volatile".
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Isn't there the READ_ONCE(x) macro, that does exactly that?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Not a big fan of READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE(), but apparently those
> > > > > > are needed to comply with the alpha memory model. At least in some
> > > > > > cases...
> > > > >
> > > > > Updated diff using READ_ONCE(), ok?
> > > >
> > > > If you use READ_ONCE() you shoul also use WRITE_ONCE() everywhere
> > > > where you modify ps_single isn't it?
> > >
> > > I don't know, I'm learning how to do it. I'd appreciate if somebody could
> > > come with a READ_ONCE(9) manual explaining how this API should be used.
> > >
> > > Updated diff including the WRITE_ONCE().
> >
> > Any ok?
>
> The one thing that bothers me is that we decided that ps_single needs the
> SCHED_LOCK but now this becomes a bit of a mishmash.
I hear what you're saying.
I'm currently concentrating on moving cursig() out of the KERNEL_LOCK()
and I'd appreciate not be blocked on discussions on which locking/lock-free
solution is the best for making the parking code mp-safe.
This diff targets a specific problem which is to make sure `ps_single'
dereferences are coherent if this value is being modified w/o KERNEL_LOCK().
It doesn't revisit/clarify the relation between the uses of `ps_single'
in ptrace and parking code. This can, IMHO, be done in a later step.
> > > @@ -510,7 +512,7 @@ dowait4(struct proc *q, pid_t pid, int *
> > > {
> > > int nfound;
> > > struct process *pr;
> > > - struct proc *p;
> > > + struct proc *p, *st;
> > > int error;
> > >
> > > if (pid == 0)
> > > @@ -541,10 +543,11 @@ loop:
> > > proc_finish_wait(q, p);
> > > return (0);
> > > }
> > > +
> > > + st = READ_ONCE(pr->ps_single);
> > > if (pr->ps_flags & PS_TRACED &&
> > > - (pr->ps_flags & PS_WAITED) == 0 && pr->ps_single &&
> > > - pr->ps_single->p_stat == SSTOP &&
> > > - (pr->ps_single->p_flag & P_SUSPSINGLE) == 0) {
> > > + (pr->ps_flags & PS_WAITED) == 0 && st != NULL &&
> > > + st->p_stat == SSTOP && (st->p_flag & P_SUSPSINGLE) == 0) {
> > > if (single_thread_wait(pr, 0))
> > > goto loop;
> > >
>
> Here you access p_stat and p_flag, as far as I remember p_stat is also
> protected by SCHED_LOCK. p_flag is atomic and maybe the check should be
> turned. So this decision may not be stable.
This is an incoherency which is fine as long as this code is executed
with the KERNEL_LOCK().
> > > Index: kern/sys_process.c
> > > ===================================================================
> > > RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/kern/sys_process.c,v
> > > retrieving revision 1.86
> > > diff -u -p -r1.86 sys_process.c
> > > --- kern/sys_process.c 8 Feb 2021 10:51:02 -0000 1.86
> > > +++ kern/sys_process.c 5 Mar 2021 10:28:06 -0000
> > > @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ sys_ptrace(struct proc *p, void *v, regi
> > > int
> > > ptrace_ctrl(struct proc *p, int req, pid_t pid, caddr_t addr, int data)
> > > {
> > > - struct proc *t; /* target thread */
> > > + struct proc *st, *t; /* target thread */
> > > struct process *tr; /* target process */
> > > int error = 0;
> > > int s;
> > > @@ -433,8 +433,9 @@ ptrace_ctrl(struct proc *p, int req, pid
> > > * from where it stopped."
> > > */
> > >
> > > - if (pid < THREAD_PID_OFFSET && tr->ps_single)
> > > - t = tr->ps_single;
> > > + st = READ_ONCE(tr->ps_single);
> > > + if (pid < THREAD_PID_OFFSET && st != NULL)
> > > + t = st;
> > >
> > > /* If the address parameter is not (int *)1, set the pc. */
> > > if ((int *)addr != (int *)1)
> > > @@ -464,8 +465,9 @@ ptrace_ctrl(struct proc *p, int req, pid
> > > * from where it stopped."
> > > */
> > >
> > > - if (pid < THREAD_PID_OFFSET && tr->ps_single)
> > > - t = tr->ps_single;
> > > + st = READ_ONCE(tr->ps_single);
> > > + if (pid < THREAD_PID_OFFSET && st != NULL)
> > > + t = st;
> > >
> > > #ifdef PT_STEP
> > > /*
> > > @@ -495,8 +497,9 @@ ptrace_ctrl(struct proc *p, int req, pid
> > > break;
> > >
> > > case PT_KILL:
> > > - if (pid < THREAD_PID_OFFSET && tr->ps_single)
> > > - t = tr->ps_single;
> > > + st = READ_ONCE(tr->ps_single);
> > > + if (pid < THREAD_PID_OFFSET && st != NULL)
> > > + t = st;
> > >
> > > /* just send the process a KILL signal. */
> > > data = SIGKILL;
> > > @@ -536,6 +539,7 @@ int
> > > ptrace_kstate(struct proc *p, int req, pid_t pid, void *addr)
> > > {
> > > struct process *tr; /* target process */
> > > + struct proc *st;
> > > struct ptrace_event *pe = addr;
> > > int error;
> > >
> > > @@ -582,9 +586,9 @@ ptrace_kstate(struct proc *p, int req, p
> > > tr->ps_ptmask = pe->pe_set_event;
> > > break;
> > > case PT_GET_PROCESS_STATE:
> > > - if (tr->ps_single)
> > > - tr->ps_ptstat->pe_tid =
> > > - tr->ps_single->p_tid + THREAD_PID_OFFSET;
> > > + st = READ_ONCE(tr->ps_single);
> > > + if (st != NULL)
> > > + tr->ps_ptstat->pe_tid = st->p_tid + THREAD_PID_OFFSET;
> > > memcpy(addr, tr->ps_ptstat, sizeof *tr->ps_ptstat);
> > > break;
> > > default:
> > >
> >
>
> Especially these ptrace bits make me a bit uneasy but I did not understand
> the ptrace code well enough.
