This patchset is based on Google-internal RSEQ
work done by Paul Turner and Andrew Hunter.

When working with per-CPU RSEQ-based memory allocations,
it is sometimes important to make sure that a global
memory location is no longer accessed from RSEQ critical
sections. For example, there can be two per-CPU lists,
one is "active" and accessed per-CPU, while another one
is inactive and worked on asynchronously "off CPU" (e.g.
garbage collection is performed). Then at some point
the two lists are swapped, and a fast RCU-like mechanism
is required to make sure that the previously active
list is no longer accessed.

This patch introduces such a mechanism: in short,
membarrier() syscall issues an IPI to a CPU, restarting
a potentially active RSEQ critical section on the CPU.

v1->v2:
  - removed the ability to IPI all CPUs in a single sycall;
  - use task->mm rather than task->group_leader to identify
    tasks belonging to the same process.
v2->v3:
  - re-added the ability to IPI all CPUs in a single syscall;
  - integrated with membarrier_private_expedited() to
    make sure only CPUs running tasks with the same mm as
    the current task are interrupted;
  - also added MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_RSEQ;
  - flags in membarrier_private_expedited are never actually
    bit flags but always distinct values (i.e. never two flags
    are combined), so I modified bit testing to full equation
    comparison for simplicity (otherwise the code needs to
    work when several bits are set, for example).

The second patch in the patchset adds a selftest
of this feature.

Signed-off-by: Peter Oskolkov <[email protected]>
---
 include/linux/sched/mm.h        |  3 ++
 include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h | 24 ++++++++++++++
 kernel/sched/membarrier.c       | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 3 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched/mm.h b/include/linux/sched/mm.h
index 6be66f52a2ad..477d5526e053 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/mm.h
@@ -352,10 +352,13 @@ enum {
        MEMBARRIER_STATE_GLOBAL_EXPEDITED                       = (1U << 3),
        MEMBARRIER_STATE_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_SYNC_CORE_READY      = (1U << 4),
        MEMBARRIER_STATE_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_SYNC_CORE            = (1U << 5),
+       MEMBARRIER_STATE_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_RSEQ_READY           = (1U << 6),
+       MEMBARRIER_STATE_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_RSEQ                 = (1U << 7),
 };
 
 enum {
        MEMBARRIER_FLAG_SYNC_CORE       = (1U << 0),
+       MEMBARRIER_FLAG_RSEQ            = (1U << 1),
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_MEMBARRIER_CALLBACKS
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h b/include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h
index 5891d7614c8c..f6bafe0676ba 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h
@@ -114,6 +114,28 @@
  *                          If this command is not implemented by an
  *                          architecture, -EINVAL is returned.
  *                          Returns 0 on success.
+ * @MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_RSEQ:
+ *                          In addition to provide memory ordering
+ *                          guarantees described in
+ *                          MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_SYNC_CORE,
+ *                          ensure the caller thread, upon return from
+ *                          system call, that all its running thread
+ *                          siblings have any currently running rseq
+ *                          critical sections restarted if @flags
+ *                          parameter is -1; if @flags parameter is >= 0,
+ *                          then this operation is performed only
+ *                          on CPU indicated by @flags. If this command is
+ *                          not implemented by an architecture, -EINVAL
+ *                          is returned. A process needs to register its
+ *                          intent to use the private expedited rseq
+ *                          command prior to using it, otherwise
+ *                          this command returns -EPERM.
+ * @MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_RSEQ:
+ *                          Register the process intent to use
+ *                          MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_RSEQ.
+ *                          If this command is not implemented by an
+ *                          architecture, -EINVAL is returned.
+ *                          Returns 0 on success.
  * @MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED:
  *                          Alias to MEMBARRIER_CMD_GLOBAL. Provided for
  *                          header backward compatibility.
@@ -131,6 +153,8 @@ enum membarrier_cmd {
        MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED               = (1 << 4),
        MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_SYNC_CORE              = (1 << 5),
        MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_SYNC_CORE     = (1 << 6),
+       MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_RSEQ                   = (1 << 7),
+       MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_RSEQ          = (1 << 8),
 
        /* Alias for header backward compatibility. */
        MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED                   = MEMBARRIER_CMD_GLOBAL,
diff --git a/kernel/sched/membarrier.c b/kernel/sched/membarrier.c
index 168479a7d61b..54c1093ebc87 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/membarrier.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/membarrier.c
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@
 #define MEMBARRIER_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_SYNC_CORE_BITMASK 0
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RSEQ
+#define MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_RSEQ_BITMASK          \
+       (MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_RSEQ                  \
+       | MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_RSEQ_BITMASK)
+#else
+#define MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_RSEQ_BITMASK  0
+#endif
+
 #define MEMBARRIER_CMD_BITMASK                                         \
        (MEMBARRIER_CMD_GLOBAL | MEMBARRIER_CMD_GLOBAL_EXPEDITED        \
        | MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_GLOBAL_EXPEDITED                      \
@@ -27,6 +35,12 @@
 
 static void ipi_mb(void *info)
 {
+       int *flags = info;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_RSEQ
+       if (flags && (*flags == MEMBARRIER_FLAG_RSEQ))
+               rseq_preempt(current);
+#endif
        smp_mb();       /* IPIs should be serializing but paranoid. */
 }
 
@@ -129,19 +143,26 @@ static int membarrier_global_expedited(void)
        return 0;
 }
 
-static int membarrier_private_expedited(int flags)
+static int membarrier_private_expedited(int flags, int cpu_id)
 {
        int cpu;
        cpumask_var_t tmpmask;
        struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
 
-       if (flags & MEMBARRIER_FLAG_SYNC_CORE) {
+       if (flags == MEMBARRIER_FLAG_SYNC_CORE) {
                if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_MEMBARRIER_SYNC_CORE))
                        return -EINVAL;
                if (!(atomic_read(&mm->membarrier_state) &
                      MEMBARRIER_STATE_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_SYNC_CORE_READY))
                        return -EPERM;
+       } else if (flags == MEMBARRIER_FLAG_RSEQ) {
+               if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RSEQ))
+                       return -EINVAL;
+               if (!(atomic_read(&mm->membarrier_state) &
+                     MEMBARRIER_STATE_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_RSEQ_READY))
+                       return -EPERM;
        } else {
+               BUG_ON(flags != 0);
                if (!(atomic_read(&mm->membarrier_state) &
                      MEMBARRIER_STATE_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_READY))
                        return -EPERM;
@@ -174,6 +195,8 @@ static int membarrier_private_expedited(int flags)
                 */
                if (cpu == raw_smp_processor_id())
                        continue;
+               if (cpu_id >= 0 && cpu != cpu_id)
+                       continue;
                p = rcu_dereference(cpu_rq(cpu)->curr);
                if (p && p->mm == mm)
                        __cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, tmpmask);
@@ -181,7 +204,7 @@ static int membarrier_private_expedited(int flags)
        rcu_read_unlock();
 
        preempt_disable();
-       smp_call_function_many(tmpmask, ipi_mb, NULL, 1);
+       smp_call_function_many(tmpmask, ipi_mb, &flags, 1);
        preempt_enable();
 
        free_cpumask_var(tmpmask);
@@ -283,11 +306,18 @@ static int membarrier_register_private_expedited(int 
flags)
            set_state = MEMBARRIER_STATE_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED,
            ret;
 
-       if (flags & MEMBARRIER_FLAG_SYNC_CORE) {
+       if (flags == MEMBARRIER_FLAG_SYNC_CORE) {
                if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_MEMBARRIER_SYNC_CORE))
                        return -EINVAL;
                ready_state =
                        MEMBARRIER_STATE_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_SYNC_CORE_READY;
+       } else if (flags == MEMBARRIER_FLAG_RSEQ) {
+               if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RSEQ))
+                       return -EINVAL;
+               ready_state =
+                       MEMBARRIER_STATE_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_RSEQ_READY;
+       } else {
+               BUG_ON(flags != 0);
        }
 
        /*
@@ -299,6 +329,8 @@ static int membarrier_register_private_expedited(int flags)
                return 0;
        if (flags & MEMBARRIER_FLAG_SYNC_CORE)
                set_state |= MEMBARRIER_STATE_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_SYNC_CORE;
+       if (flags & MEMBARRIER_FLAG_RSEQ)
+               set_state |= MEMBARRIER_STATE_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_RSEQ;
        atomic_or(set_state, &mm->membarrier_state);
        ret = sync_runqueues_membarrier_state(mm);
        if (ret)
@@ -311,7 +343,10 @@ static int membarrier_register_private_expedited(int flags)
 /**
  * sys_membarrier - issue memory barriers on a set of threads
  * @cmd:   Takes command values defined in enum membarrier_cmd.
- * @flags: Currently needs to be 0. For future extensions.
+ * @flags: Currently needs to be 0 for all commands other than
+ *         MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_RSEQ: in the latter
+ *         case it indicates the CPU on which to interrupt (= restart)
+ *         the RSEQ critical section, or -1 to restart on all CPUs.
  *
  * If this system call is not implemented, -ENOSYS is returned. If the
  * command specified does not exist, not available on the running
@@ -339,7 +374,7 @@ static int membarrier_register_private_expedited(int flags)
  */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE2(membarrier, int, cmd, int, flags)
 {
-       if (unlikely(flags))
+       if (unlikely(flags) && cmd != MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_RSEQ)
                return -EINVAL;
        switch (cmd) {
        case MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY:
@@ -362,13 +397,17 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(membarrier, int, cmd, int, flags)
        case MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_GLOBAL_EXPEDITED:
                return membarrier_register_global_expedited();
        case MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED:
-               return membarrier_private_expedited(0);
+               return membarrier_private_expedited(0, -1);
        case MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED:
                return membarrier_register_private_expedited(0);
        case MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_SYNC_CORE:
-               return membarrier_private_expedited(MEMBARRIER_FLAG_SYNC_CORE);
+               return membarrier_private_expedited(MEMBARRIER_FLAG_SYNC_CORE, 
-1);
        case MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_SYNC_CORE:
                return 
membarrier_register_private_expedited(MEMBARRIER_FLAG_SYNC_CORE);
+       case MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_RSEQ:
+               return membarrier_private_expedited(MEMBARRIER_FLAG_RSEQ, 
flags);
+       case MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_RSEQ:
+               return 
membarrier_register_private_expedited(MEMBARRIER_FLAG_RSEQ);
        default:
                return -EINVAL;
        }
-- 
2.28.0.236.gb10cc79966-goog

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