Re: [PATCH] EDAC/device: Add sysfs notification for UE,CE count change

[Adrien Thierry]

Hi Deepti,

On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 03:00:59PM -0700, Deepti Jaggi wrote:
> A daemon running in user space collects information on correctable
> and uncorrectable errors from EDAC driver by reading corresponding
> sysfs entries and takes appropriate action.
> This patch adds support for user space daemon to wait on poll() until
> the sysfs entries for UE count and CE count change and then read updated
> counts instead of continuously monitoring the sysfs entries for
> any changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Deepti Jaggi <quic_djaggi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/edac/edac_device.c       | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/edac/edac_device.h       |  8 ++++++++
>  drivers/edac/edac_device_sysfs.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 44 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_device.c b/drivers/edac/edac_device.c
> index 8c4d947fb848..7b7aec4da6b9 100644
> --- a/drivers/edac/edac_device.c
> +++ b/drivers/edac/edac_device.c
> @@ -587,12 +587,20 @@ void edac_device_handle_ce_count(struct edac_device_ctl_info *edac_dev,
>  	if (instance->nr_blocks > 0) {
>  		block = instance->blocks + block_nr;
>  		block->counters.ce_count += count;
> +
> +		/* Notify block sysfs attribute change */
> +		if (block->kn_ce)
> +			sysfs_notify_dirent(block->kn_ce);
>  	}
>  
>  	/* Propagate the count up the 'totals' tree */
>  	instance->counters.ce_count += count;
>  	edac_dev->counters.ce_count += count;
>  
> +	/* Notify instance sysfs attribute change */
> +	if (instance->kn_ce)
> +		sysfs_notify_dirent(instance->kn_ce);
> +
>  	if (edac_device_get_log_ce(edac_dev))
>  		edac_device_printk(edac_dev, KERN_WARNING,
>  				   "CE: %s instance: %s block: %s count: %d '%s'\n",
> @@ -633,12 +641,20 @@ void edac_device_handle_ue_count(struct edac_device_ctl_info *edac_dev,
>  	if (instance->nr_blocks > 0) {
>  		block = instance->blocks + block_nr;
>  		block->counters.ue_count += count;
> +
> +		/* Notify block sysfs attribute change */
> +		if (block->kn_ue)
> +			sysfs_notify_dirent(block->kn_ue);
>  	}
>  
>  	/* Propagate the count up the 'totals' tree */
>  	instance->counters.ue_count += count;
>  	edac_dev->counters.ue_count += count;
>  
> +	/* Notify instance sysfs attribute change */
> +	if (instance->kn_ue)
> +		sysfs_notify_dirent(instance->kn_ue);
> +
>  	if (edac_device_get_log_ue(edac_dev))
>  		edac_device_printk(edac_dev, KERN_EMERG,
>  				   "UE: %s instance: %s block: %s count: %d '%s'\n",
> diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_device.h b/drivers/edac/edac_device.h
> index fc2d2c218064..459514ea549e 100644
> --- a/drivers/edac/edac_device.h
> +++ b/drivers/edac/edac_device.h
> @@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ struct edac_device_block {
>  
>  	/* edac sysfs device control */
>  	struct kobject kobj;
> +
> +	/* kern fs node for block ue_count and ce count attributes*/
> +	struct kernfs_node *kn_ue;
> +	struct kernfs_node *kn_ce;
>  };
>  
>  /* device instance control structure */
> @@ -141,6 +145,10 @@ struct edac_device_instance {
>  
>  	/* edac sysfs device control */
>  	struct kobject kobj;
> +
> +	/* kern fs node for block ue_count and ce count attributes*/
> +	struct kernfs_node *kn_ue;
> +	struct kernfs_node *kn_ce;
>  };
>  
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_device_sysfs.c b/drivers/edac/edac_device_sysfs.c
> index 5e7593753799..d1e04a9296c7 100644
> --- a/drivers/edac/edac_device_sysfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/edac/edac_device_sysfs.c
> @@ -562,6 +562,13 @@ static int edac_device_create_block(struct edac_device_ctl_info *edac_dev,
>  	}
>  	kobject_uevent(&block->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Save kernfs pointer for ue count and ce count
> +	 * to notify from any context when attributes change
> +	 */
> +	block->kn_ue = sysfs_get_dirent(block->kobj.sd, "ue_count");
> +	block->kn_ce = sysfs_get_dirent(block->kobj.sd, "ce_count");
> +
>  	return 0;
>  
>  	/* Error unwind stack */
> @@ -594,6 +601,9 @@ static void edac_device_delete_block(struct edac_device_ctl_info *edac_dev,
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> +	block->kn_ue = NULL;
> +	block->kn_ce = NULL;
> +

Isn't there a possibility for a race condition here? It seems to me that
between the moment the attribute files are removed with
sysfs_remove_file() a few lines above, and the moment block->kn_ue and
block->kn_ce are nulled, sysfs_notify_dirent() can be called from
edac_device_handle_ce_count() with an block->kn_ce that refers to a
deleted file.

>  	/* unregister this block's kobject, SEE:
>  	 *	edac_device_ctrl_block_release() callback operation
>  	 */
> @@ -660,6 +670,13 @@ static int edac_device_create_instance(struct edac_device_ctl_info *edac_dev,
>  	edac_dbg(4, "Registered instance %d '%s' kobject\n",
>  		 idx, instance->name);
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Save kernfs pointer for ue count and ce count
> +	 * to notify from any context when attributes change
> +	 */
> +	instance->kn_ue = sysfs_get_dirent(instance->kobj.sd, "ue_count");
> +	instance->kn_ce = sysfs_get_dirent(instance->kobj.sd, "ce_count");
> +
>  	return 0;
>  
>  	/* error unwind stack */
> @@ -682,6 +699,9 @@ static void edac_device_delete_instance(struct edac_device_ctl_info *edac_dev,
>  
>  	instance = &edac_dev->instances[idx];
>  
> +	instance->kn_ue = NULL;
> +	instance->kn_ce = NULL;
> +
>  	/* unregister all blocks in this instance */
>  	for (i = 0; i < instance->nr_blocks; i++)
>  		edac_device_delete_block(edac_dev, &instance->blocks[i]);
> -- 
> 2.31.1
>

Best,
Adrien