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Kanglong Wang e94cdb9fb2 LoongArch: Optimize module load time by optimizing PLT/GOT counting
[ Upstream commit 63dbd8fb2a ]

When enabling CONFIG_KASAN, CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY_BUILD and
CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY at the same time, there will be soft deadlock,
the relevant logs are as follows:

rcu: INFO: rcu_sched self-detected stall on CPU
...
Call Trace:
[<900000000024f9e4>] show_stack+0x5c/0x180
[<90000000002482f4>] dump_stack_lvl+0x94/0xbc
[<9000000000224544>] rcu_dump_cpu_stacks+0x1fc/0x280
[<900000000037ac80>] rcu_sched_clock_irq+0x720/0xf88
[<9000000000396c34>] update_process_times+0xb4/0x150
[<90000000003b2474>] tick_nohz_handler+0xf4/0x250
[<9000000000397e28>] __hrtimer_run_queues+0x1d0/0x428
[<9000000000399b2c>] hrtimer_interrupt+0x214/0x538
[<9000000000253634>] constant_timer_interrupt+0x64/0x80
[<9000000000349938>] __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x78/0x1a0
[<9000000000349a78>] handle_irq_event_percpu+0x18/0x88
[<9000000000354c00>] handle_percpu_irq+0x90/0xf0
[<9000000000348c74>] handle_irq_desc+0x94/0xb8
[<9000000001012b28>] handle_cpu_irq+0x68/0xa0
[<9000000001def8c0>] handle_loongarch_irq+0x30/0x48
[<9000000001def958>] do_vint+0x80/0xd0
[<9000000000268a0c>] kasan_mem_to_shadow.part.0+0x2c/0x2a0
[<90000000006344f4>] __asan_load8+0x4c/0x120
[<900000000025c0d0>] module_frob_arch_sections+0x5c8/0x6b8
[<90000000003895f0>] load_module+0x9e0/0x2958
[<900000000038b770>] __do_sys_init_module+0x208/0x2d0
[<9000000001df0c34>] do_syscall+0x94/0x190
[<900000000024d6fc>] handle_syscall+0xbc/0x158

After analysis, this is because the slow speed of loading the amdgpu
module leads to the long time occupation of the cpu and then the soft
deadlock.

When loading a module, module_frob_arch_sections() tries to figure out
the number of PLTs/GOTs that will be needed to handle all the RELAs. It
will call the count_max_entries() to find in an out-of-order date which
counting algorithm has O(n^2) complexity.

To make it faster, we sort the relocation list by info and addend. That
way, to check for a duplicate relocation, it just needs to compare with
the previous entry. This reduces the complexity of the algorithm to O(n
 log n), as done in commit d4e0340919 ("arm64/module: Optimize module
load time by optimizing PLT counting"). This gives sinificant reduction
in module load time for modules with large number of relocations.

After applying this patch, the soft deadlock problem has been solved,
and the kernel starts normally without "Call Trace".

Using the default configuration to test some modules, the results are as
follows:

Module              Size
ip_tables           36K
fat                 143K
radeon              2.5MB
amdgpu              16MB

Without this patch:
Module              Module load time (ms)	Count(PLTs/GOTs)
ip_tables           18				59/6
fat                 0				162/14
radeon              54				1221/84
amdgpu              1411			4525/1098

With this patch:
Module              Module load time (ms)	Count(PLTs/GOTs)
ip_tables           18				59/6
fat                 0				162/14
radeon              22				1221/84
amdgpu              45				4525/1098

Fixes: fcdfe9d22b ("LoongArch: Add ELF and module support")
Signed-off-by: Kanglong Wang <wangkanglong@loongson.cn>
Signed-off-by: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@loongson.cn>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
History 2025-08-28 16:31:14 +02:00
arch LoongArch: Optimize module load time by optimizing PLT/GOT counting 2025-08-28 16:31:14 +02:00
block block: Introduce bio_needs_zone_write_plugging() 2025-08-20 18:30:51 +02:00
certs sign-file,extract-cert: use pkcs11 provider for OPENSSL MAJOR >= 3 2024-09-20 19:52:48 +03:00
crypto crypto: jitter - fix intermediary handling 2025-08-20 18:30:42 +02:00
Documentation mptcp: disable add_addr retransmission when timeout is 0 2025-08-28 16:31:07 +02:00
drivers microchip: lan865x: fix missing Timer Increment config for Rev.B0/B1 2025-08-28 16:31:14 +02:00
fs cifs: Fix oops due to uninitialised variable 2025-08-28 16:31:14 +02:00
include iosys-map: Fix undefined behavior in iosys_map_clear() 2025-08-28 16:31:12 +02:00
init io_uring: fix breakage in EXPERT menu 2025-08-15 12:13:32 +02:00
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ipc ipc: fix to protect IPCS lookups using RCU 2025-06-27 11:11:22 +01:00
kernel cgroup/cpuset: Fix a partition error with CPU hotplug 2025-08-28 16:31:11 +02:00
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net net/smc: fix UAF on smcsk after smc_listen_out() 2025-08-28 16:31:14 +02:00
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usr kbuild: hdrcheck: fix cross build with clang 2025-03-13 13:02:18 +01:00
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