[PATCH v5] coresight: etm4x: avoid build failure with unrolled loops

Suzuki K Poulose suzuki.poulose at arm.com
Mon Jun 27 14:44:34 PDT 2022


Hi Nick,

Thanks for the rework.

On 23/06/2022 18:41, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> When the following configs are enabled:
> * CORESIGHT
> * CORESIGHT_SOURCE_ETM4X
> * UBSAN
> * UBSAN_TRAP
> 
> Clang fails assemble the kernel with the error:
> <instantiation>:1:7: error: expected constant expression in '.inst' directive
> .inst (0xd5200000|((((2) << 19) | ((1) << 16) | (((((((((((0x160 + (i * 4))))) >> 2))) >> 7) & 0x7)) << 12) | ((((((((((0x160 + (i * 4))))) >> 2))) & 0xf)) << 8) | (((((((((((0x160 + (i * 4))))) >> 2))) >> 4) & 0x7)) << 5)))|(.L__reg_num_x8))
>        ^
> drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c:702:4: note: while in
> macro instantiation
> etm4x_relaxed_read32(csa, TRCCNTVRn(i));
> ^
> drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x.h:403:4: note: expanded from
> macro 'etm4x_relaxed_read32'
> read_etm4x_sysreg_offset((offset), false)))
> ^
> drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x.h:383:12: note: expanded
> from macro 'read_etm4x_sysreg_offset'
> __val = read_etm4x_sysreg_const_offset((offset));       \
>          ^
> drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x.h:149:2: note: expanded from
> macro 'read_etm4x_sysreg_const_offset'
> READ_ETM4x_REG(ETM4x_OFFSET_TO_REG(offset))
> ^
> drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x.h:144:2: note: expanded from
> macro 'READ_ETM4x_REG'
> read_sysreg_s(ETM4x_REG_NUM_TO_SYSREG((reg)))
> ^
> arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h:1108:15: note: expanded from macro
> 'read_sysreg_s'
> asm volatile(__mrs_s("%0", r) : "=r" (__val));                  \
>               ^
> arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h:1074:2: note: expanded from macro '__mrs_s'
> "       mrs_s " v ", " __stringify(r) "\n"                      \
>   ^
> 
> Consider the definitions of TRCSSCSRn and TRCCNTVRn:
> drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x.h:56
>   #define TRCCNTVRn(n)      (0x160 + (n * 4))
> drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x.h:81
>   #define TRCSSCSRn(n)      (0x2A0 + (n * 4))
> 
> Where the macro parameter is expanded to i; a loop induction variable
> from etm4_disable_hw.
> 
> When any compiler can determine that loops may be unrolled, then the
> __builtin_constant_p check in read_etm4x_sysreg_offset() defined in
> drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x.h may evaluate to true. This
> can lead to the expression `(0x160 + (i * 4))` being passed to
> read_etm4x_sysreg_const_offset. Via the trace above, this is passed
> through READ_ETM4x_REG, read_sysreg_s, and finally to __mrs_s where it
> is string-ified and used directly in inline asm.
> 
> Regardless of which compiler or compiler options determine whether a
> loop can or can't be unrolled, which determines whether
> __builtin_constant_p evaluates to true when passed an expression using a
> loop induction variable, it is NEVER safe to allow the preprocessor to
> construct inline asm like:
>    asm volatile (".inst (0x160 + (i * 4))" : "=r"(__val));
>                                   ^ expected constant expression
> 
> Replace unsafe uses of calls to etm4x_relaxed_read32 with
> csdev_access_relaxed_read32 when the parameter is an expression that
> would be invalid inline asm so that it does not depend on the ability of
> the compiler to optimize __builtin_constant_p of the expression to true.
> Only when the second parameter of etm4x_relaxed_read32 expands to an
> expression dependent on a loop induction variable do we need to fix
> this.
> 
> For such cases where the induction variable is used in an expression,
> perform the following function call replacements:
> * etm4x_relaxed_write32 -> csdev_access_relaxed_write32
> * etm4x_relaxed_write64 -> csdev_access_relaxed_write64
> * etm4x_relaxed_read32 -> csdev_access_relaxed_read32
> * etm4x_read32 -> csdev_access_read32
> * etm4x_read64 -> csdev_access_read64
> 
> This is not a bug in clang; it's a potentially unsafe use of the macro
> arguments in read_etm4x_sysreg_offset dependent on __builtin_constant_p.
> 
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1310
> Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at kernel.org>
> Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at kernel.org>
> Suggested-by: Tao Zhang <quic_taozha at quicinc.com>
> Suggested-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose at arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers at google.com>

Reviewed-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose at arm.com>



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