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livepatch: Avoid CPU hogging with cond_resched

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When initializing a 'struct klp_object' in klp_init_object_loaded(), and
performing relocations in klp_resolve_symbols(), klp_find_object_symbol()
is invoked to look up the address of a symbol in an already-loaded module
(or vmlinux). This, in turn, calls kallsyms_on_each_symbol() or
module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol() to find the address of the symbol that is
being patched.

It turns out that symbol lookups often take up the most CPU time when
enabling and disabling a patch, and may hog the CPU and cause other tasks
on that CPU's runqueue to starve -- even in paths where interrupts are
enabled.  For example, under certain workloads, enabling a KLP patch with
many objects or functions may cause ksoftirqd to be starved, and thus for
interrupts to be backlogged and delayed. This may end up causing TCP
retransmits on the host where the KLP patch is being applied, and in
general, may cause any interrupts serviced by softirqd to be delayed while
the patch is being applied.

So as to ensure that kallsyms_on_each_symbol() does not end up hogging the
CPU, this patch adds a call to cond_resched() in kallsyms_on_each_symbol()
and module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol(), which are invoked when doing a symbol
lookup in vmlinux and a module respectively.  Without this patch, if a
live-patch is applied on a 36-core Intel host with heavy TCP traffic, a
~10x spike is observed in TCP retransmits while the patch is being applied.
Additionally, collecting sched events with perf indicates that ksoftirqd is
awakened ~1.3 seconds before it's eventually scheduled.  With the patch, no
increase in TCP retransmit events is observed, and ksoftirqd is scheduled
shortly after it's awakened.

Signed-off-by: David Vernet <void@manifault.com>
Acked-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Acked-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211229215646.830451-1-void@manifault.com
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David Vernet 2021-12-29 13:56:47 -08:00 committed by Petr Mladek
parent 50ddcdb263
commit f5bdb34bf0
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kernel/kallsyms.c
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@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ int kallsyms_on_each_symbol(int (*fn)(void *, const char *, struct module *,
ret = fn(data, namebuf, NULL, kallsyms_sym_address(i));
if (ret != 0)
return ret;
cond_resched();
}
return 0;
}

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kernel/module.c
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@ -4462,6 +4462,8 @@ int module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol(int (*fn)(void *, const char *,
mod, kallsyms_symbol_value(sym));
if (ret != 0)
goto out;
cond_resched();
}
}
out: