From: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
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Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
Subject: [PATCH RFC v2 06/15] x86/ftrace: Maintain Tasks RCU trampoline nesting in ftrace_caller
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:08:44 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260911-b4-rcu-tasks-preempt-qs-v2-6-eaaa61ed2da4@toxicpanda.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260911-b4-rcu-tasks-preempt-qs-v2-0-eaaa61ed2da4@toxicpanda.com>
Bracket the call out to the ftrace_ops callback in ftrace_caller and
ftrace_regs_caller with an increment/decrement of
current->rcu_tramp_nesting. The instructions sit inside the region that
create_trampoline() copies for per-ops dynamic trampolines, so those
inherit them; the %rip-relative per-CPU reference to current_task is
fixed up by text_poke_apply_relocation() like CALL_DEPTH_ACCOUNT's.
%rdx is dead at both points (about to be loaded with the ops pointer on
entry, restored by restore_mcount_regs on exit).
Two pieces of core text still run with the count at zero while holding
the address of a Tasks-RCU-protected trampoline they are about to
enter: the static stubs themselves, whose direct-call tails keep a BPF
trampoline address on the stack until the final RET, and, under
CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETHUNK, the return thunk that RET expands to. Add an
ftrace_static_tramp_end marker after ftrace_stub_direct_tramp and linker
symbols around .text..__x86.return_thunk and .text..__x86.rethunk_safe,
and provide arch_rcu_tasks_ip_in_trampoline() covering
[ftrace_caller, ftrace_static_tramp_end) and both thunk ranges so the
irq-exit check treats a task interrupted there as still inside a
trampoline.
The hook is built only under CONFIG_RCU_TASKS_PREEMPT_QS, which x86 does
not select until a later patch.
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
---
arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.c | 3 +++
arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
arch/x86/kernel/ftrace_64.S | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 4 ++++
4 files changed, 87 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index 081816888f7a..4f3b1caa5a30 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ static void __used common(void)
#ifdef CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR
OFFSET(TASK_stack_canary, task_struct, stack_canary);
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU
+ OFFSET(TASK_rcu_tramp_nesting, task_struct, rcu_tramp_nesting);
+#endif
BLANK();
OFFSET(pbe_address, pbe, address);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
index 17d6edfcb7e0..8f63cd4b543c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -275,6 +275,43 @@ static inline void tramp_free(void *tramp)
execmem_free(tramp);
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_TASKS_PREEMPT_QS
+extern void ftrace_static_tramp_end(void);
+extern char __return_thunk_start[], __return_thunk_end[];
+extern char __rethunk_safe_start[], __rethunk_safe_end[];
+
+/*
+ * See rcu_tasks_ip_in_trampoline(). Some core kernel text behaves like a
+ * trampoline for Tasks RCU purposes because a task executing there with
+ * rcu_tramp_nesting == 0 may still be about to enter a Tasks-RCU-protected
+ * trampoline whose address it already holds:
+ *
+ * - the static ftrace_caller / ftrace_regs_caller / ftrace_stub_direct_tramp
+ * stubs, which carry a direct-call target on the stack until their final
+ * RET, and
+ * - the return thunks that RET expands to under CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETHUNK,
+ * which run after leaving the stubs above and before landing in that
+ * target.
+ */
+bool arch_rcu_tasks_ip_in_trampoline(unsigned long ip)
+{
+ if (ip >= (unsigned long)ftrace_caller &&
+ ip < (unsigned long)ftrace_static_tramp_end)
+ return true;
+#ifdef CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE
+ if (ip >= (unsigned long)__return_thunk_start &&
+ ip < (unsigned long)__return_thunk_end)
+ return true;
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_MITIGATION_SRSO
+ if (ip >= (unsigned long)__rethunk_safe_start &&
+ ip < (unsigned long)__rethunk_safe_end)
+ return true;
+#endif
+ return false;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_RCU_TASKS_PREEMPT_QS */
+
/* Defined as markers to the end of the ftrace default trampolines */
extern void ftrace_regs_caller_end(void);
extern void ftrace_caller_end(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace_64.S
index 62c1c93aa1c6..902472c41798 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace_64.S
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
#include <linux/cfi_types.h>
#include <linux/linkage.h>
#include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
+#include <asm/percpu.h>
#include <asm/ptrace.h>
#include <asm/ftrace.h>
#include <asm/nospec-branch.h>
@@ -145,6 +146,27 @@ SYM_FUNC_END(ftrace_stub_graph)
#ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
+/*
+ * Tasks RCU trampoline nesting, see rcu_tasks_trampoline_enter(). These live
+ * inside the region copied into dynamic trampolines; the %rip-relative per-CPU
+ * reference is fixed up by text_poke_apply_relocation() in create_trampoline().
+ * The increment must precede the function_trace_op load: between that load and
+ * the call, the ops pointer in %rdx is protected only by Tasks RCU.
+ */
+.macro RCU_TASKS_TRAMP_ENTER reg:req
+#ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU
+ movq PER_CPU_VAR(current_task), \reg
+ incl TASK_rcu_tramp_nesting(\reg)
+#endif
+.endm
+
+.macro RCU_TASKS_TRAMP_EXIT reg:req
+#ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU
+ movq PER_CPU_VAR(current_task), \reg
+ decl TASK_rcu_tramp_nesting(\reg)
+#endif
+.endm
+
SYM_FUNC_START(__fentry__)
ANNOTATE_NOENDBR
CALL_DEPTH_ACCOUNT
@@ -163,6 +185,8 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(ftrace_caller)
leaq MCOUNT_REG_SIZE+8(%rsp), %rcx
movq %rcx, RSP(%rsp)
+ RCU_TASKS_TRAMP_ENTER %rdx
+
SYM_INNER_LABEL(ftrace_caller_op_ptr, SYM_L_GLOBAL)
ANNOTATE_NOENDBR
/* Load the ftrace_ops into the 3rd parameter */
@@ -181,6 +205,8 @@ SYM_INNER_LABEL(ftrace_call, SYM_L_GLOBAL)
ANNOTATE_NOENDBR
call ftrace_stub
+ RCU_TASKS_TRAMP_EXIT %rdx
+
/* Handlers can change the RIP */
movq RIP(%rsp), %rax
movq %rax, MCOUNT_REG_SIZE(%rsp)
@@ -209,6 +235,8 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(ftrace_regs_caller)
CALL_DEPTH_ACCOUNT
+ RCU_TASKS_TRAMP_ENTER %rdx
+
SYM_INNER_LABEL(ftrace_regs_caller_op_ptr, SYM_L_GLOBAL)
ANNOTATE_NOENDBR
/* Load the ftrace_ops into the 3rd parameter */
@@ -246,6 +274,8 @@ SYM_INNER_LABEL(ftrace_regs_call, SYM_L_GLOBAL)
ANNOTATE_NOENDBR
call ftrace_stub
+ RCU_TASKS_TRAMP_EXIT %rdx
+
/* Copy flags back to SS, to restore them */
movq EFLAGS(%rsp), %rax
movq %rax, MCOUNT_REG_SIZE(%rsp)
@@ -328,6 +358,19 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(ftrace_stub_direct_tramp)
RET
SYM_FUNC_END(ftrace_stub_direct_tramp)
+/*
+ * [ftrace_caller, ftrace_static_tramp_end) is treated as trampoline text by
+ * rcu_tasks_ip_in_trampoline(): after RCU_TASKS_TRAMP_EXIT the stubs may
+ * still hold a direct-call target (a BPF trampoline) on the stack until the
+ * final RET, and that target's lifetime is guarded by Tasks RCU. With
+ * return thunks the RET itself runs elsewhere; arch_rcu_tasks_ip_in_trampoline()
+ * covers the thunk text too.
+ */
+SYM_CODE_START_NOALIGN(ftrace_static_tramp_end)
+ UNWIND_HINT_UNDEFINED
+ ANNOTATE_NOENDBR
+SYM_CODE_END(ftrace_static_tramp_end)
+
#else /* ! CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE */
SYM_FUNC_START(__fentry__)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 2438b89a4620..e546283dc267 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -151,7 +151,9 @@ SECTIONS
* definition.
*/
. = srso_alias_untrain_ret | (1 << 2) | (1 << 8) | (1 << 14) | (1 << 20);
+ __rethunk_safe_start = .;
*(.text..__x86.rethunk_safe)
+ __rethunk_safe_end = .;
#endif
ALIGN_ENTRY_TEXT_END
@@ -162,7 +164,9 @@ SECTIONS
SOFTIRQENTRY_TEXT
#ifdef CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE
*(.text..__x86.indirect_thunk)
+ __return_thunk_start = .;
*(.text..__x86.return_thunk)
+ __return_thunk_end = .;
#endif
STATIC_CALL_TEXT
*(.gnu.warning)
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-11 14:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-11 14:08 [PATCH RFC v2 00/15] rcu-tasks: let preemption outside trampolines be a quiescent state Josef Bacik
2026-09-11 14:08 ` [PATCH RFC v2 01/15] rcu-tasks: Add per-task trampoline nesting count Josef Bacik
2026-09-11 17:23 ` Paul E. McKenney
2026-09-11 14:08 ` [PATCH RFC v2 02/15] entry: Pass pt_regs to irqentry_exit_cond_resched() Josef Bacik
2026-09-11 14:08 ` [PATCH RFC v2 03/15] rcu-tasks: Hold trampoline nesting across irq-exit preemption in trampoline text Josef Bacik
2026-09-15 13:13 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2026-09-11 14:08 ` [PATCH RFC v2 04/15] kprobes: Let Tasks RCU recognise tasks preempted in an optprobe jump window Josef Bacik
2026-09-11 14:08 ` [PATCH RFC v2 05/15] ftrace: Mark modules hosting direct-call trampolines for Tasks RCU Josef Bacik
2026-09-11 14:08 ` Josef Bacik [this message]
2026-09-11 14:08 ` [PATCH RFC v2 07/15] x86/kprobes: Maintain Tasks RCU trampoline nesting in the optprobe template Josef Bacik
2026-09-11 14:08 ` [PATCH RFC v2 08/15] bpf, x86: Maintain Tasks RCU trampoline nesting in the BPF trampoline Josef Bacik
2026-09-12 3:27 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-09-12 5:10 ` Paul E. McKenney
2026-09-12 17:18 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-09-12 18:03 ` Paul E. McKenney
2026-09-12 19:40 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-09-12 22:28 ` Paul E. McKenney
2026-09-12 23:59 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-09-13 3:07 ` Paul E. McKenney
2026-09-12 21:14 ` David Laight
2026-09-12 22:31 ` Paul E. McKenney
2026-09-13 11:28 ` David Laight
2026-09-13 18:20 ` Paul E. McKenney
2026-09-11 14:08 ` [PATCH RFC v2 09/15] arm64: ftrace: Maintain Tasks RCU trampoline nesting in ftrace_caller Josef Bacik
2026-09-11 14:08 ` [PATCH RFC v2 10/15] bpf, arm64: Maintain Tasks RCU trampoline nesting in the BPF trampoline Josef Bacik
2026-09-11 14:08 ` [PATCH RFC v2 11/15] samples: ftrace: Maintain Tasks RCU trampoline nesting in direct-call trampolines Josef Bacik
2026-09-11 14:08 ` [PATCH RFC v2 12/15] rcutorture: Bracket Tasks RCU readers with trampoline nesting Josef Bacik
2026-09-11 14:08 ` [PATCH RFC v2 13/15] rcu-tasks: Treat preemption outside trampolines as a quiescent state Josef Bacik
2026-09-11 14:08 ` [PATCH RFC v2 14/15] rcu-tasks: Retire switched-out tasks with no trampoline nesting at scan time Josef Bacik
2026-09-11 14:08 ` [PATCH RFC v2 15/15] rcu-tasks: Kick running holdouts through the scheduler Josef Bacik
2026-09-11 18:46 ` Paul E. McKenney
2026-09-13 7:13 ` [PATCH RFC v2 00/15] rcu-tasks: let preemption outside trampolines be a quiescent state Yafang Shao
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