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Message-ID: <CA+b37P31XGEVMuOwMvMuGpyvC2qjqxXSTQhZ8AXvavdAHGfE=Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 08:21:16 +0530
From: Sandeepa Prabhu <sandeepa.prabhu@...aro.org>
To: Jiang Liu <liuj97@...il.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@...wei.com>,
"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org"
<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/7] arm64: introduce interfaces to hotpatch kernel and
module code
On 25 September 2013 21:24, Jiang Liu <liuj97@...il.com> wrote:
> Hi Sandeepa,
> Great to know that you are working on kprobe for ARM64.
> I have done some investigation, found it's an huge work for me
> then gave up:(
> I will try refine the implementation based on your requirement.
> Thanks!
Hi Jiang,
Thanks. please CC me when you post next version of this patch, then I
can rebase my code and verify it.
Thanks,
Sandeepa
>
> On 09/25/2013 10:35 PM, Sandeepa Prabhu wrote:
>> On 25 September 2013 16:14, Jiang Liu <liuj97@...il.com> wrote:
>>> From: Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@...wei.com>
>>>
>>> Introduce aarch64_insn_patch_text() and __aarch64_insn_patch_text()
>>> to patch kernel and module code.
>>>
>>> Function aarch64_insn_patch_text() is a heavy version which may use
>>> stop_machine() to serialize all online CPUs, and function
>>> __aarch64_insn_patch_text() is light version without explicitly
>>> serialization.
>> Hi Jiang,
>>
>> I have written kprobes support for aarch64, and need both the
>> functionality (lightweight and stop_machine() versions).
>> I would like to rebase these API in kprobes, however slight changes
>> would require in case of stop_machine version, which I explained
>> below.
>> [Though kprobes cannot share Instruction encode support of jump labels
>> as, decoding & simulation quite different for kprobes/uprobes and
>> based around single stepping]
>>
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@...wei.com>
>>> Cc: Jiang Liu <liuj97@...il.com>
>>> ---
>>> arch/arm64/include/asm/insn.h | 2 ++
>>> arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>> 2 files changed, 66 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/insn.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/insn.h
>>> index e7d1bc8..0ea7193 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/insn.h
>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/insn.h
>>> @@ -49,5 +49,7 @@ __AARCH64_INSN_FUNCS(nop, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0xD503201F)
>>> enum aarch64_insn_class aarch64_get_insn_class(u32 insn);
>>>
>>> bool aarch64_insn_hotpatch_safe(u32 old_insn, u32 new_insn);
>>> +int aarch64_insn_patch_text(void *addr, u32 *insns, int cnt);
>>> +int __aarch64_insn_patch_text(void *addr, u32 *insns, int cnt);
>>>
>>> #endif /* _ASM_ARM64_INSN_H */
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c
>>> index 8541c3a..50facfc 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c
>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c
>>> @@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
>>> * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
>>> */
>>> #include <linux/kernel.h>
>>> +#include <linux/stop_machine.h>
>>> +#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
>>> #include <asm/insn.h>
>>>
>>> static int aarch64_insn_cls[] = {
>>> @@ -69,3 +71,65 @@ bool __kprobes aarch64_insn_hotpatch_safe(u32 old_insn, u32 new_insn)
>>> return __aarch64_insn_hotpatch_safe(old_insn) &&
>>> __aarch64_insn_hotpatch_safe(new_insn);
>>> }
>>> +
>>> +struct aarch64_insn_patch {
>>> + void *text_addr;
>>> + u32 *new_insns;
>>> + int insn_cnt;
>>> +};
>>> +
>>> +int __kprobes __aarch64_insn_patch_text(void *addr, u32 *insns, int cnt)
>>> +{
>>> + int i;
>>> + u32 *tp = addr;
>>> +
>>> + /* instructions must be word aligned */
>>> + if (cnt <= 0 || ((uintptr_t)addr & 0x3))
>>> + return -EINVAL;
>>> +
>>> + for (i = 0; i < cnt; i++)
>>> + tp[i] = insns[i];
>>> +
>>> + flush_icache_range((uintptr_t)tp, (uintptr_t)tp + cnt * sizeof(u32));
>>> +
>>> + return 0;
>>> +}
>> Looks fine, but do you need to check for CPU big endian mode here? (I
>> think swab32() needed if EL1 is in big-endian mode)
>>
>>> +
>>> +static int __kprobes aarch64_insn_patch_text_cb(void *arg)
>>> +{
>>> + struct aarch64_insn_patch *pp = arg;
>>> +
>>> + return __aarch64_insn_patch_text(pp->text_addr, pp->new_insns,
>>> + pp->insn_cnt);
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> +int __kprobes aarch64_insn_patch_text(void *addr, u32 *insns, int cnt)
>>> +{
>>> + int ret;
>>> + bool safe = false;
>>> +
>>> + /* instructions must be word aligned */
>>> + if (cnt <= 0 || ((uintptr_t)addr & 0x3))
>>> + return -EINVAL;
>>> +
>>> + if (cnt == 1)
>>> + safe = aarch64_insn_hotpatch_safe(*(u32 *)addr, insns[0]);
>>> +
>>> + if (safe) {
>>> + ret = __aarch64_insn_patch_text(addr, insns, cnt);
>>> + } else {
>>
>> Can you move the code below this into separate API that just apply
>> patch with stop_machine? And then a wrapper function for jump label
>> specific handling that checks for aarch64_insn_hotpatch_safe() ?
>> Also, it will be good to move the patching code out of insn.c to
>> patch.c (refer to arch/arm/kernel/patch.c).
>>
>> Please refer to attached file (my current implementation) to make
>> sense of exactly what kprobes would need (ignore the big-endian part
>> for now). I think splitting the code should be straight-forward and we
>> can avoid two different implementations. Please let me know if this
>> can be done, I will rebase my patches above your next version.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Sandeepa
>>> + struct aarch64_insn_patch patch = {
>>> + .text_addr = addr,
>>> + .new_insns = insns,
>>> + .insn_cnt = cnt,
>>> + };
>>> +
>>> + /*
>>> + * Execute __aarch64_insn_patch_text() on every online CPU,
>>> + * which ensure serialization among all online CPUs.
>>> + */
>>> + ret = stop_machine(aarch64_insn_patch_text_cb, &patch, NULL);
>>> + }
>>> +
>>> + return ret;
>>> +}
>>> --
>>> 1.8.1.2
>>>
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