kcov: simplify interrupt check
in_interrupt() semantics are confusing and wrong for most users as it
also returns true when bh is disabled. Thus we open coded a proper
check for interrupts in __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc() with a lengthy
explanatory comment.
Use the new in_task() predicate instead.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170321091026.139655-1-dvyukov@google.com
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Cc: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com>
Cc: James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>
Cc: Alexander Popov <alex.popov@linux.com>
Cc: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@google.com>
Cc: Hillf Danton <hillf.zj@alibaba-inc.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/kernel/kcov.c b/kernel/kcov.c
index 85e5546..cd77199 100644
--- a/kernel/kcov.c
+++ b/kernel/kcov.c
@@ -60,15 +60,8 @@ void notrace __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc(void)
/*
* We are interested in code coverage as a function of a syscall inputs,
* so we ignore code executed in interrupts.
- * The checks for whether we are in an interrupt are open-coded, because
- * 1. We can't use in_interrupt() here, since it also returns true
- * when we are inside local_bh_disable() section.
- * 2. We don't want to use (in_irq() | in_serving_softirq() | in_nmi()),
- * since that leads to slower generated code (three separate tests,
- * one for each of the flags).
*/
- if (!t || (preempt_count() & (HARDIRQ_MASK | SOFTIRQ_OFFSET
- | NMI_MASK)))
+ if (!t || !in_task())
return;
mode = READ_ONCE(t->kcov_mode);
if (mode == KCOV_MODE_TRACE) {