linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 0/7] arm64: Add ftrace support

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <531FBCA8.2080805@linaro.org>
Date:	Wed, 12 Mar 2014 10:47:20 +0900
From:	AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@...aro.org>
To:	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
CC:	"rostedt@...dmis.org" <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	"fweisbec@...il.com" <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	"mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Catalin Marinas <Catalin.Marinas@....com>,
	"tim.bird@...ymobile.com" <tim.bird@...ymobile.com>,
	"gkulkarni@...iumnetworks.com" <gkulkarni@...iumnetworks.com>,
	"dsaxena@...aro.org" <dsaxena@...aro.org>,
	"arndb@...db.de" <arndb@...db.de>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org" <linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/7] arm64: Add ftrace support

Hi,

On 03/11/2014 11:35 PM, Will Deacon wrote:
> Hi Akashi,
>
> On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 05:18:37AM +0000, AKASHI Takahiro wrote:
>> This patchset implements a function tracer on arm64.
>> There was another implementation from Cavium network, but both of us agreed
>> to use my patchset as future base. He is supposed to review this code, too.
>>
>> The only issue that I had some concern on was "fault protection" code
>> in prepare_ftrace_return(). With discussions with Steven and Tim (as author
>> of arm ftrace), I removed that code since I'm not quite sure about possibility
>> of "fault" occurrences in this function.
>>
>> The code is tested on ARMv8 Fast Model with the following tracers & events:
>>       function tracer with dynamic ftrace
>>       function graph tracer with dynamic ftrace
>>       syscall tracepoint
>>       irqsoff & preemptirqsoff (which use CALLER_ADDRx)
>> and also verified with in-kernel tests, FTRACE_SELFTEST, FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
>> and EVENT_TRACE_TEST_SYSCALLS.
>>
>> Prerequisites are:
>>   * "arm64: Add regs_return_value() in syscall.h"
>>   * "arm64: make a single hook to syscall_trace() for all syscall features" patch
>
> It looks like there might be some more dependencies that that. Do you have a
> branch anywhere containing this series, along with all the dependencies so I
> can have a play?

I think you saw the following messages:

 >   HOSTCC  scripts/recordmcount
 > /.../linux-aarch64/scripts/recordmcount.c: In function 'do_file':
 > /.../linux-aarch64/scripts/recordmcount.c:350:7: error:
 > 'EM_AARCH64' undeclared (first use in this function)
 > /.../linux-aarch64/scripts/recordmcount.c:350:7: note:
 > each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
 > /.../linux-aarch64/scripts/recordmcount.c:351:15: error:
 > 'R_AARCH64_ABS64' undeclared (first > use in this function)
 > make[2]: *** [scripts/recordmcount] Error 1
 > make[1]: *** [scripts] Error 2
 > make: *** [sub-make] Error 2

This happens when a header file, elf.h, on "your host machine" does not have
definitions of EM_AARCH64 nor R_AARCH64_ABS64 because "recordmcount" is a binary
utility on host(x86), not target. It is very likely for most distros.
(I mentioned this in the cover letter, but the description might not be clear.)

Possible solutions are:
1) Define both macros directly in scripts/recordmcount.c
2) Use perl version of recordmcount

Currently I take 1), but it is a workaround.
2) should work with my current patch, too. But you need to remove HAVE_C_RECORDCOUNT
from arm64/Kconfig.

Which one do you prefer? I will include a fix for 1) in the next revision, anyway.

Thanks,
-Takahiro AKASHI

> Cheers,
>
> Will
>
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/