Subject: [PATCH 3/3] arm64: debug: Remove rcu_read_lock from debug exception

From: Masami Hiramatsu <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 14:43:58 +0900

Remove rcu_read_lock()/rcu_read_unlock() from debug exception
handlers since the software breakpoint can be hit on idle task.

Actually, we don't need it because those handlers run in exception
context where the interrupts are disabled. This means those are never
preempted.

Reported-by: Naresh Kamboju <[email-masked]>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <[email-masked]>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <[email-masked]>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/debug-monitors.c |   14 ++++++++------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/debug-monitors.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/debug-monitors.c
index f8719bd30850..48222a4760c2 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/debug-monitors.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/debug-monitors.c
@@ -207,16 +207,16 @@ static int call_step_hook(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int esr)
 
 	list = user_mode(regs) ? &user_step_hook : &kernel_step_hook;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-
+	/*
+	 * Since single-step exception disables interrupt, this function is
+	 * entirely not preemptible, and we can use rcu list safely here.
+	 */
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(hook, list, node)	{
 		retval = hook->fn(regs, esr);
 		if (retval == DBG_HOOK_HANDLED)
 			break;
 	}
 
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-
 	return retval;
 }
 NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(call_step_hook);
@@ -305,14 +305,16 @@ static int call_break_hook(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int esr)
 
 	list = user_mode(regs) ? &user_break_hook : &kernel_break_hook;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
+	/*
+	 * Since brk exception disables interrupt, this function is
+	 * entirely not preemptible, and we can use rcu list safely here.
+	 */
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(hook, list, node) {
 		unsigned int comment = esr & ESR_ELx_BRK64_ISS_COMMENT_MASK;
 
 		if ((comment & ~hook->mask) == hook->imm)
 			fn = hook->fn;
 	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	return fn ? fn(regs, esr) : DBG_HOOK_ERROR;
 }

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