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>>> On 30.01.14 at 10:20, Frediano Ziglio <frediano.ziglio@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ping
You're ping should be to the MCE maintainers - I'm merely
waiting for their comments/ack.
Jan
> On Wed, 2014-01-22 at 17:17 +0000, Frediano Ziglio wrote:
>> These lines (in mctelem_reserve)
>>
>> newhead = oldhead->mcte_next;
>> if (cmpxchgptr(freelp, oldhead, newhead) == oldhead) {
>>
>> are racy. After you read the newhead pointer it can happen that another
>> flow (thread or recursive invocation) change all the list but set head
>> with same value. So oldhead is the same as *freelp but you are setting
>> a new head that could point to whatever element (even already used).
>>
>> This patch use instead a bit array and atomic bit operations.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Frediano Ziglio <frediano.ziglio@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> xen/arch/x86/cpu/mcheck/mctelem.c | 81
> ++++++++++++++-----------------------
>> 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)
>>
>> Changes from v1:
>> - Use bitmap to allow any number of items to be used;
>> - Use a single bitmap to simplify reserve loop;
>> - Remove HOME flags as was not used anymore.
>>
>> diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/mcheck/mctelem.c
> b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/mcheck/mctelem.c
>> index 895ce1a..ed8e8d2 100644
>> --- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/mcheck/mctelem.c
>> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/mcheck/mctelem.c
>> @@ -37,24 +37,19 @@ struct mctelem_ent {
>> void *mcte_data; /* corresponding data payload */
>> };
>>
>> -#define MCTE_F_HOME_URGENT 0x0001U /* free to urgent
>> freelist */
>> -#define MCTE_F_HOME_NONURGENT 0x0002U /* free to nonurgent
>> freelist */
>> -#define MCTE_F_CLASS_URGENT 0x0004U /* in use - urgent
>> errors */
>> -#define MCTE_F_CLASS_NONURGENT 0x0008U /* in use - nonurgent
>> errors */
>> +#define MCTE_F_CLASS_URGENT 0x0001U /* in use - urgent
>> errors */
>> +#define MCTE_F_CLASS_NONURGENT 0x0002U /* in use - nonurgent
>> errors */
>> #define MCTE_F_STATE_FREE 0x0010U /* on a freelist */
>> #define MCTE_F_STATE_UNCOMMITTED 0x0020U /* reserved; on no list
>> */
>> #define MCTE_F_STATE_COMMITTED 0x0040U /* on a committed list
>> */
>> #define MCTE_F_STATE_PROCESSING 0x0080U /* on a processing list
>> */
>>
>> -#define MCTE_F_MASK_HOME (MCTE_F_HOME_URGENT |
>> MCTE_F_HOME_NONURGENT)
>> #define MCTE_F_MASK_CLASS (MCTE_F_CLASS_URGENT |
>> MCTE_F_CLASS_NONURGENT)
>> #define MCTE_F_MASK_STATE (MCTE_F_STATE_FREE | \
>> MCTE_F_STATE_UNCOMMITTED | \
>> MCTE_F_STATE_COMMITTED | \
>> MCTE_F_STATE_PROCESSING)
>>
>> -#define MCTE_HOME(tep) ((tep)->mcte_flags & MCTE_F_MASK_HOME)
>> -
>> #define MCTE_CLASS(tep) ((tep)->mcte_flags & MCTE_F_MASK_CLASS)
>> #define MCTE_SET_CLASS(tep, new) do { \
>> (tep)->mcte_flags &= ~MCTE_F_MASK_CLASS; \
>> @@ -69,6 +64,8 @@ struct mctelem_ent {
>> #define MC_URGENT_NENT 10
>> #define MC_NONURGENT_NENT 20
>>
>> +#define MC_NENT (MC_URGENT_NENT + MC_NONURGENT_NENT)
>> +
>> #define MC_NCLASSES (MC_NONURGENT + 1)
>>
>> #define COOKIE2MCTE(c) ((struct mctelem_ent *)(c))
>> @@ -77,11 +74,9 @@ struct mctelem_ent {
>> static struct mc_telem_ctl {
>> /* Linked lists that thread the array members together.
>> *
>> - * The free lists are singly-linked via mcte_next, and we allocate
>> - * from them by atomically unlinking an element from the head.
>> - * Consumed entries are returned to the head of the free list.
>> - * When an entry is reserved off the free list it is not linked
>> - * on any list until it is committed or dismissed.
>> + * The free lists is a bit array where bit 1 means free.
>> + * This as element number is quite small and is easy to
>> + * atomically allocate that way.
>> *
>> * The committed list grows at the head and we do not maintain a
>> * tail pointer; insertions are performed atomically. The head
>> @@ -101,7 +96,7 @@ static struct mc_telem_ctl {
>> * we can lock it for updates. The head of the processing list
>> * always has the oldest telemetry, and we append (as above)
>> * at the tail of the processing list. */
>> - struct mctelem_ent *mctc_free[MC_NCLASSES];
>> + DECLARE_BITMAP(mctc_free, MC_NENT);
>> struct mctelem_ent *mctc_committed[MC_NCLASSES];
>> struct mctelem_ent *mctc_processing_head[MC_NCLASSES];
>> struct mctelem_ent *mctc_processing_tail[MC_NCLASSES];
>> @@ -207,14 +202,14 @@ int mctelem_has_deferred(unsigned int cpu)
>> */
>> static void mctelem_free(struct mctelem_ent *tep)
>> {
>> - mctelem_class_t target = MCTE_HOME(tep) == MCTE_F_HOME_URGENT ?
>> - MC_URGENT : MC_NONURGENT;
>> -
>> BUG_ON(tep->mcte_refcnt != 0);
>> BUG_ON(MCTE_STATE(tep) != MCTE_F_STATE_FREE);
>>
>> tep->mcte_prev = NULL;
>> - mctelem_xchg_head(&mctctl.mctc_free[target], &tep->mcte_next, tep);
>> + tep->mcte_next = NULL;
>> +
>> + /* set free in array */
>> + set_bit(tep - mctctl.mctc_elems, mctctl.mctc_free);
>> }
>>
>> /* Increment the reference count of an entry that is not linked on to
>> @@ -274,34 +269,25 @@ void mctelem_init(int reqdatasz)
>> }
>>
>> if ((mctctl.mctc_elems = xmalloc_array(struct mctelem_ent,
>> - MC_URGENT_NENT + MC_NONURGENT_NENT)) == NULL ||
>> - (datarr = xmalloc_bytes((MC_URGENT_NENT + MC_NONURGENT_NENT) *
>> - datasz)) == NULL) {
>> + MC_NENT)) == NULL ||
>> + (datarr = xmalloc_bytes(MC_NENT * datasz)) == NULL) {
>> if (mctctl.mctc_elems)
>> xfree(mctctl.mctc_elems);
>> printk("Allocations for MCA telemetry failed\n");
>> return;
>> }
>>
>> - for (i = 0; i < MC_URGENT_NENT + MC_NONURGENT_NENT; i++) {
>> - struct mctelem_ent *tep, **tepp;
>> + for (i = 0; i < MC_NENT; i++) {
>> + struct mctelem_ent *tep;
>>
>> tep = mctctl.mctc_elems + i;
>> tep->mcte_flags = MCTE_F_STATE_FREE;
>> tep->mcte_refcnt = 0;
>> tep->mcte_data = datarr + i * datasz;
>>
>> - if (i < MC_URGENT_NENT) {
>> - tepp = &mctctl.mctc_free[MC_URGENT];
>> - tep->mcte_flags |= MCTE_F_HOME_URGENT;
>> - } else {
>> - tepp = &mctctl.mctc_free[MC_NONURGENT];
>> - tep->mcte_flags |= MCTE_F_HOME_NONURGENT;
>> - }
>> -
>> - tep->mcte_next = *tepp;
>> + __set_bit(i, mctctl.mctc_free);
>> + tep->mcte_next = NULL;
>> tep->mcte_prev = NULL;
>> - *tepp = tep;
>> }
>> }
>>
>> @@ -310,32 +296,25 @@ static int mctelem_drop_count;
>>
>> /* Reserve a telemetry entry, or return NULL if none available.
>> * If we return an entry then the caller must subsequently call exactly one
> of
>> - * mctelem_unreserve or mctelem_commit for that entry.
>> + * mctelem_dismiss or mctelem_commit for that entry.
>> */
>> mctelem_cookie_t mctelem_reserve(mctelem_class_t which)
>> {
>> - struct mctelem_ent **freelp;
>> - struct mctelem_ent *oldhead, *newhead;
>> - mctelem_class_t target = (which == MC_URGENT) ?
>> - MC_URGENT : MC_NONURGENT;
>> + unsigned bit;
>> + unsigned start_bit = (which == MC_URGENT) ? 0 : MC_URGENT_NENT;
>>
>> - freelp = &mctctl.mctc_free[target];
>> for (;;) {
>> - if ((oldhead = *freelp) == NULL) {
>> - if (which == MC_URGENT && target == MC_URGENT) {
>> - /* raid the non-urgent freelist */
>> - target = MC_NONURGENT;
>> - freelp = &mctctl.mctc_free[target];
>> - continue;
>> - } else {
>> - mctelem_drop_count++;
>> - return (NULL);
>> - }
>> + bit = find_next_bit(mctctl.mctc_free, MC_NENT, start_bit);
>> +
>> + if (bit >= MC_NENT) {
>> + mctelem_drop_count++;
>> + return (NULL);
>> }
>>
>> - newhead = oldhead->mcte_next;
>> - if (cmpxchgptr(freelp, oldhead, newhead) == oldhead) {
>> - struct mctelem_ent *tep = oldhead;
>> + /* try to allocate, atomically clear free bit */
>> + if (test_and_clear_bit(bit, mctctl.mctc_free)) {
>> + /* return element we got */
>> + struct mctelem_ent *tep = mctctl.mctc_elems + bit;
>>
>> mctelem_hold(tep);
>> MCTE_TRANSITION_STATE(tep, FREE, UNCOMMITTED);
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