[PATCH v11 3/5] kprobes: kretprobe scalability improvement

From: wuqiang.matt
Date: Tue Oct 17 2023 - 09:57:36 EST

kretprobe is using freelist to manage return-instances, but freelist,
as LIFO queue based on singly linked list, scales badly and reduces
the overall throughput of kretprobed routines, especially for high
contention scenarios.

Here's a typical throughput test of sys_prctl (counts in 10 seconds,
measured with perf stat -a -I 10000 -e syscalls:sys_enter_prctl):

OS: Debian 10 X86_64, Linux 6.5rc7 with freelist
HW: XEON 8336C x 2, 64 cores/128 threads, DDR4 3200MT/s

1T 2T 4T 8T 16T 24T
24150045 29317964 15446741 12494489 18287272 17708768
32T 48T 64T 72T 96T 128T
16200682 13737658 11645677 11269858 10470118 9931051

This patch introduces objpool to replace freelist. objpool is a
high performance queue, which can bring near-linear scalability
to kretprobed routines. Tests of kretprobe throughput show the
biggest ratio as 159x of original freelist. Here's the result:

1T 2T 4T 8T 16T
native: 41186213 82336866 164250978 328662645 658810299
freelist: 24150045 29317964 15446741 12494489 18287272
objpool: 23926730 48010314 96125218 191782984 385091769
32T 48T 64T 96T 128T
native: 1330338351 1969957941 2512291791 2615754135 2671040914
freelist: 16200682 13737658 11645677 10470118 9931051
objpool: 764481096 1147149781 1456220214 1502109662 1579015050

Testings on 96-core ARM64 output similarly, but with the biggest
ratio up to 448x:

OS: Debian 10 AARCH64, Linux 6.5rc7
HW: Kunpeng-920 96 cores/2 sockets/4 NUMA nodes, DDR4 2933 MT/s

1T 2T 4T 8T 16T
native: . 30066096 63569843 126194076 257447289 505800181
freelist: 16152090 11064397 11124068 7215768 5663013
objpool: 13997541 28032100 55726624 110099926 221498787
24T 32T 48T 64T 96T
native: 763305277 1015925192 1521075123 2033009392 3021013752
freelist: 5015810 4602893 3766792 3382478 2945292
objpool: 328192025 439439564 668534502 887401381 1319972072

Signed-off-by: wuqiang.matt <wuqiang.matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/kprobes.h | 11 ++---
include/linux/rethook.h | 16 ++-----
kernel/kprobes.c | 93 +++++++++++++++++------------------------
kernel/trace/fprobe.c | 32 ++++++--------
kernel/trace/rethook.c | 90 ++++++++++++++++++---------------------
5 files changed, 98 insertions(+), 144 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kprobes.h b/include/linux/kprobes.h
index 85a64cb95d75..365eb092e9c4 100644
--- a/include/linux/kprobes.h
+++ b/include/linux/kprobes.h
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@
#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/ftrace.h>
-#include <linux/refcount.h>
-#include <linux/freelist.h>
+#include <linux/objpool.h>
#include <linux/rethook.h>
#include <asm/kprobes.h>

@@ -141,7 +140,7 @@ static inline bool kprobe_ftrace(struct kprobe *p)
*/
struct kretprobe_holder {
struct kretprobe *rp;
- refcount_t ref;
+ struct objpool_head pool;
};

struct kretprobe {
@@ -154,7 +153,6 @@ struct kretprobe {
#ifdef CONFIG_KRETPROBE_ON_RETHOOK
struct rethook *rh;
#else
- struct freelist_head freelist;
struct kretprobe_holder *rph;
#endif
};
@@ -165,10 +163,7 @@ struct kretprobe_instance {
#ifdef CONFIG_KRETPROBE_ON_RETHOOK
struct rethook_node node;
#else
- union {
- struct freelist_node freelist;
- struct rcu_head rcu;
- };
+ struct rcu_head rcu;
struct llist_node llist;
struct kretprobe_holder *rph;
kprobe_opcode_t *ret_addr;
diff --git a/include/linux/rethook.h b/include/linux/rethook.h
index 26b6f3c81a76..ce69b2b7bc35 100644
--- a/include/linux/rethook.h
+++ b/include/linux/rethook.h
@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@
#define _LINUX_RETHOOK_H

#include <linux/compiler.h>
-#include <linux/freelist.h>
+#include <linux/objpool.h>
#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
#include <linux/llist.h>
#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
-#include <linux/refcount.h>

struct rethook_node;

@@ -30,14 +29,12 @@ typedef void (*rethook_handler_t) (struct rethook_node *, void *, unsigned long,
struct rethook {
void *data;
rethook_handler_t handler;
- struct freelist_head pool;
- refcount_t ref;
+ struct objpool_head pool;
struct rcu_head rcu;
};

/**
* struct rethook_node - The rethook shadow-stack entry node.
- * @freelist: The freelist, linked to struct rethook::pool.
* @rcu: The rcu_head for deferred freeing.
* @llist: The llist, linked to a struct task_struct::rethooks.
* @rethook: The pointer to the struct rethook.
@@ -48,20 +45,16 @@ struct rethook {
* on each entry of the shadow stack.
*/
struct rethook_node {
- union {
- struct freelist_node freelist;
- struct rcu_head rcu;
- };
+ struct rcu_head rcu;
struct llist_node llist;
struct rethook *rethook;
unsigned long ret_addr;
unsigned long frame;
};

-struct rethook *rethook_alloc(void *data, rethook_handler_t handler);
+struct rethook *rethook_alloc(void *data, rethook_handler_t handler, int size, int num);
void rethook_stop(struct rethook *rh);
void rethook_free(struct rethook *rh);
-void rethook_add_node(struct rethook *rh, struct rethook_node *node);
struct rethook_node *rethook_try_get(struct rethook *rh);
void rethook_recycle(struct rethook_node *node);
void rethook_hook(struct rethook_node *node, struct pt_regs *regs, bool mcount);
@@ -98,4 +91,3 @@ void rethook_flush_task(struct task_struct *tk);
#endif

#endif
-
diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index ca385b61d546..075a632e6c7c 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -1877,13 +1877,27 @@ static struct notifier_block kprobe_exceptions_nb = {
#ifdef CONFIG_KRETPROBES

#if !defined(CONFIG_KRETPROBE_ON_RETHOOK)
+
+/* callbacks for objpool of kretprobe instances */
+static int kretprobe_init_inst(void *nod, void *context)
+{
+ struct kretprobe_instance *ri = nod;
+
+ ri->rph = context;
+ return 0;
+}
+static int kretprobe_fini_pool(struct objpool_head *head, void *context)
+{
+ kfree(context);
+ return 0;
+}
+
static void free_rp_inst_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
{
struct kretprobe_instance *ri = container_of(head, struct kretprobe_instance, rcu);
+ struct kretprobe_holder *rph = ri->rph;

- if (refcount_dec_and_test(&ri->rph->ref))
- kfree(ri->rph);
- kfree(ri);
+ objpool_drop(ri, &rph->pool);
}
NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(free_rp_inst_rcu);

@@ -1892,7 +1906,7 @@ static void recycle_rp_inst(struct kretprobe_instance *ri)
struct kretprobe *rp = get_kretprobe(ri);

if (likely(rp))
- freelist_add(&ri->freelist, &rp->freelist);
+ objpool_push(ri, &rp->rph->pool);
else
call_rcu(&ri->rcu, free_rp_inst_rcu);
}
@@ -1929,23 +1943,12 @@ NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(kprobe_flush_task);

static inline void free_rp_inst(struct kretprobe *rp)
{
- struct kretprobe_instance *ri;
- struct freelist_node *node;
- int count = 0;
-
- node = rp->freelist.head;
- while (node) {
- ri = container_of(node, struct kretprobe_instance, freelist);
- node = node->next;
-
- kfree(ri);
- count++;
- }
+ struct kretprobe_holder *rph = rp->rph;

- if (refcount_sub_and_test(count, &rp->rph->ref)) {
- kfree(rp->rph);
- rp->rph = NULL;
- }
+ if (!rph)
+ return;
+ rp->rph = NULL;
+ objpool_fini(&rph->pool);
}

/* This assumes the 'tsk' is the current task or the is not running. */
@@ -2087,19 +2090,17 @@ NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(__kretprobe_trampoline_handler)
static int pre_handler_kretprobe(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs)
{
struct kretprobe *rp = container_of(p, struct kretprobe, kp);
+ struct kretprobe_holder *rph = rp->rph;
struct kretprobe_instance *ri;
- struct freelist_node *fn;

- fn = freelist_try_get(&rp->freelist);
- if (!fn) {
+ ri = objpool_pop(&rph->pool);
+ if (!ri) {
rp->nmissed++;
return 0;
}

- ri = container_of(fn, struct kretprobe_instance, freelist);
-
if (rp->entry_handler && rp->entry_handler(ri, regs)) {
- freelist_add(&ri->freelist, &rp->freelist);
+ objpool_push(ri, &rph->pool);
return 0;
}

@@ -2193,7 +2194,6 @@ int kprobe_on_func_entry(kprobe_opcode_t *addr, const char *sym, unsigned long o
int register_kretprobe(struct kretprobe *rp)
{
int ret;
- struct kretprobe_instance *inst;
int i;
void *addr;

@@ -2227,19 +2227,12 @@ int register_kretprobe(struct kretprobe *rp)
rp->maxactive = max_t(unsigned int, 10, 2*num_possible_cpus());

#ifdef CONFIG_KRETPROBE_ON_RETHOOK
- rp->rh = rethook_alloc((void *)rp, kretprobe_rethook_handler);
- if (!rp->rh)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ rp->rh = rethook_alloc((void *)rp, kretprobe_rethook_handler,
+ sizeof(struct kretprobe_instance) +
+ rp->data_size, rp->maxactive);
+ if (IS_ERR(rp->rh))
+ return PTR_ERR(rp->rh);

- for (i = 0; i < rp->maxactive; i++) {
- inst = kzalloc(struct_size(inst, data, rp->data_size), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (inst == NULL) {
- rethook_free(rp->rh);
- rp->rh = NULL;
- return -ENOMEM;
- }
- rethook_add_node(rp->rh, &inst->node);
- }
rp->nmissed = 0;
/* Establish function entry probe point */
ret = register_kprobe(&rp->kp);
@@ -2249,24 +2241,18 @@ int register_kretprobe(struct kretprobe *rp)
rp->rh = NULL;
}
#else /* !CONFIG_KRETPROBE_ON_RETHOOK */
- rp->freelist.head = NULL;
rp->rph = kzalloc(sizeof(struct kretprobe_holder), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!rp->rph)
return -ENOMEM;

- rp->rph->rp = rp;
- for (i = 0; i < rp->maxactive; i++) {
- inst = kzalloc(struct_size(inst, data, rp->data_size), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (inst == NULL) {
- refcount_set(&rp->rph->ref, i);
- free_rp_inst(rp);
- return -ENOMEM;
- }
- inst->rph = rp->rph;
- freelist_add(&inst->freelist, &rp->freelist);
+ if (objpool_init(&rp->rph->pool, rp->maxactive, rp->data_size +
+ sizeof(struct kretprobe_instance), GFP_KERNEL,
+ rp->rph, kretprobe_init_inst, kretprobe_fini_pool)) {
+ kfree(rp->rph);
+ rp->rph = NULL;
+ return -ENOMEM;
}
- refcount_set(&rp->rph->ref, i);
-
+ rp->rph->rp = rp;
rp->nmissed = 0;
/* Establish function entry probe point */
ret = register_kprobe(&rp->kp);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/fprobe.c b/kernel/trace/fprobe.c
index 3b21f4063258..f5bf98e6b2ac 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/fprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/fprobe.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ static void fprobe_init(struct fprobe *fp)

static int fprobe_init_rethook(struct fprobe *fp, int num)
{
- int i, size;
+ int size;

if (num <= 0)
return -EINVAL;
@@ -202,26 +202,18 @@ static int fprobe_init_rethook(struct fprobe *fp, int num)
if (size <= 0)
return -EINVAL;

- fp->rethook = rethook_alloc((void *)fp, fprobe_exit_handler);
- if (!fp->rethook)
- return -ENOMEM;
- for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
- struct fprobe_rethook_node *node;
-
- node = kzalloc(sizeof(*node) + fp->entry_data_size, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!node) {
- rethook_free(fp->rethook);
- fp->rethook = NULL;
- return -ENOMEM;
- }
- rethook_add_node(fp->rethook, &node->node);
- }
+ /* Initialize rethook */
+ fp->rethook = rethook_alloc((void *)fp, fprobe_exit_handler,
+ sizeof(struct fprobe_rethook_node), size);
+ if (IS_ERR(fp->rethook))
+ return PTR_ERR(fp->rethook);
+
return 0;
}

static void fprobe_fail_cleanup(struct fprobe *fp)
{
- if (fp->rethook) {
+ if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(fp->rethook)) {
/* Don't need to cleanup rethook->handler because this is not used. */
rethook_free(fp->rethook);
fp->rethook = NULL;
@@ -379,14 +371,14 @@ int unregister_fprobe(struct fprobe *fp)
if (!fprobe_is_registered(fp))
return -EINVAL;

- if (fp->rethook)
+ if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(fp->rethook))
rethook_stop(fp->rethook);

ret = unregister_ftrace_function(&fp->ops);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;

- if (fp->rethook)
+ if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(fp->rethook))
rethook_free(fp->rethook);

ftrace_free_filter(&fp->ops);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/rethook.c b/kernel/trace/rethook.c
index 5eb9b598f4e9..13c8e6773892 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/rethook.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/rethook.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
#include <linux/rethook.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/sort.h>
+#include <linux/smp.h>

/* Return hook list (shadow stack by list) */

@@ -36,21 +37,7 @@ void rethook_flush_task(struct task_struct *tk)
static void rethook_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
{
struct rethook *rh = container_of(head, struct rethook, rcu);
- struct rethook_node *rhn;
- struct freelist_node *node;
- int count = 1;
-
- node = rh->pool.head;
- while (node) {
- rhn = container_of(node, struct rethook_node, freelist);
- node = node->next;
- kfree(rhn);
- count++;
- }
-
- /* The rh->ref is the number of pooled node + 1 */
- if (refcount_sub_and_test(count, &rh->ref))
- kfree(rh);
+ objpool_fini(&rh->pool);
}

/**
@@ -83,54 +70,62 @@ void rethook_free(struct rethook *rh)
call_rcu(&rh->rcu, rethook_free_rcu);
}

+static int rethook_init_node(void *nod, void *context)
+{
+ struct rethook_node *node = nod;
+
+ node->rethook = context;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int rethook_fini_pool(struct objpool_head *head, void *context)
+{
+ kfree(context);
+ return 0;
+}
+
/**
* rethook_alloc() - Allocate struct rethook.
* @data: a data to pass the @handler when hooking the return.
- * @handler: the return hook callback function.
+ * @handler: the return hook callback function, must NOT be NULL
+ * @size: node size: rethook node and additional data
+ * @num: number of rethook nodes to be preallocated
*
* Allocate and initialize a new rethook with @data and @handler.
- * Return NULL if memory allocation fails or @handler is NULL.
+ * Return pointer of new rethook, or error codes for failures.
+ *
* Note that @handler == NULL means this rethook is going to be freed.
*/
-struct rethook *rethook_alloc(void *data, rethook_handler_t handler)
+struct rethook *rethook_alloc(void *data, rethook_handler_t handler,
+ int size, int num)
{
- struct rethook *rh = kzalloc(sizeof(struct rethook), GFP_KERNEL);
+ struct rethook *rh;

- if (!rh || !handler) {
- kfree(rh);
- return NULL;
- }
+ if (!handler || num <= 0 || size < sizeof(struct rethook_node))
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+ rh = kzalloc(sizeof(struct rethook), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!rh)
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);

rh->data = data;
rh->handler = handler;
- rh->pool.head = NULL;
- refcount_set(&rh->ref, 1);

+ /* initialize the objpool for rethook nodes */
+ if (objpool_init(&rh->pool, num, size, GFP_KERNEL, rh,
+ rethook_init_node, rethook_fini_pool)) {
+ kfree(rh);
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+ }
return rh;
}

-/**
- * rethook_add_node() - Add a new node to the rethook.
- * @rh: the struct rethook.
- * @node: the struct rethook_node to be added.
- *
- * Add @node to @rh. User must allocate @node (as a part of user's
- * data structure.) The @node fields are initialized in this function.
- */
-void rethook_add_node(struct rethook *rh, struct rethook_node *node)
-{
- node->rethook = rh;
- freelist_add(&node->freelist, &rh->pool);
- refcount_inc(&rh->ref);
-}
-
static void free_rethook_node_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
{
struct rethook_node *node = container_of(head, struct rethook_node, rcu);
+ struct rethook *rh = node->rethook;

- if (refcount_dec_and_test(&node->rethook->ref))
- kfree(node->rethook);
- kfree(node);
+ objpool_drop(node, &rh->pool);
}

/**
@@ -145,7 +140,7 @@ void rethook_recycle(struct rethook_node *node)
lockdep_assert_preemption_disabled();

if (likely(READ_ONCE(node->rethook->handler)))
- freelist_add(&node->freelist, &node->rethook->pool);
+ objpool_push(node, &node->rethook->pool);
else
call_rcu(&node->rcu, free_rethook_node_rcu);
}
@@ -161,7 +156,6 @@ NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(rethook_recycle);
struct rethook_node *rethook_try_get(struct rethook *rh)
{
rethook_handler_t handler = READ_ONCE(rh->handler);
- struct freelist_node *fn;

lockdep_assert_preemption_disabled();

@@ -178,11 +172,7 @@ struct rethook_node *rethook_try_get(struct rethook *rh)
if (unlikely(!rcu_is_watching()))
return NULL;

- fn = freelist_try_get(&rh->pool);
- if (!fn)
- return NULL;
-
- return container_of(fn, struct rethook_node, freelist);
+ return (struct rethook_node *)objpool_pop(&rh->pool);
}
NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(rethook_try_get);

--
2.40.1