[PATCH 02/11] arm64: mark idle code as noinstr

Mark Rutland mark.rutland at arm.com
Thu Nov 26 07:35:53 EST 2020


Core code disables RCU when calling arch_cpu_idle(), so it's not safe
for arch_cpu_idle() or its calees to be instrumented, as the
instrumentation callbacks may attempt to use RCU or other features which
are unsafe to use in this context.

Mark them noinstr to prevent issues.

The use of local_irq_enable() in arch_cpu_idle() is similarly
problematic, and the "sched/idle: Fix arch_cpu_idle() vs tracing" patch
queued in the tip tree addresses that case.

Reported-by: Marco Elver <elver at google.com>
Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
Cc: James Morse <james.morse at arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/process.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
index 4784011cecac..e6e2b8dc361e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
@@ -72,13 +72,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pm_power_off);
 
 void (*arm_pm_restart)(enum reboot_mode reboot_mode, const char *cmd);
 
-static void __cpu_do_idle(void)
+static void noinstr __cpu_do_idle(void)
 {
 	dsb(sy);
 	wfi();
 }
 
-static void __cpu_do_idle_irqprio(void)
+static void noinstr __cpu_do_idle_irqprio(void)
 {
 	unsigned long pmr;
 	unsigned long daif_bits;
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static void __cpu_do_idle_irqprio(void)
  *	ensure that interrupts are not masked at the PMR (because the core will
  *	not wake up if we block the wake up signal in the interrupt controller).
  */
-void cpu_do_idle(void)
+void noinstr cpu_do_idle(void)
 {
 	if (system_uses_irq_prio_masking())
 		__cpu_do_idle_irqprio();
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ void cpu_do_idle(void)
 /*
  * This is our default idle handler.
  */
-void arch_cpu_idle(void)
+void noinstr arch_cpu_idle(void)
 {
 	/*
 	 * This should do all the clock switching and wait for interrupt
-- 
2.11.0




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