linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -tip V2] [BUGFIX] kprobes/x86: Do not jump-optimize kprobes on irq entry code

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Date:   Tue, 25 Jul 2017 22:45:47 +0900
From:   Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     Francis Deslauriers <francis.deslauriers@...icios.com>,
        mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
        Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@...el.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip V2] [BUGFIX] kprobes/x86: Do not jump-optimize
 kprobes on irq entry code

On Tue, 25 Jul 2017 12:40:05 +0200
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:

> 
> * Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org> wrote:
> 
> > Since the kernel segment registers are not prepared at the
> > entry of irq-entry code, if a kprobe on such code is
> > jump-optimized, accessing per-cpu variables may cause
> > kernel panic.
> > However, if the kprobe is not optimized, it kicks int3
> > exception and set segment registers correctly.
> > 
> > This checks probe-address and if it is in irq-entry code,
> > it prohibits optimizing such kprobes. This means we can
> > continuously probing such interrupt handlers by kprobes
> > but it is not optimized anymore.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
> > Reported-by: Francis Deslauriers <francis.deslauriers@...icios.com>
> > Tested-by: Francis Deslauriers <francis.deslauriers@...icios.com>
> > ---
> >  Changes in V2:
> >   - Make changes in kprobe/opt.c local, not involving unwind,
> >     since it requires CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER=y (Thanks Mathieu!)
> 
> This patch doesn't even build on x86-64 defconfig ...
> 
> arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c: In function ‘can_optimize’:
> arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c:259:32: error: ‘__irqentry_text_start’ undeclared 
> (first use in this function)
>       ((paddr >= (unsigned long)__irqentry_text_start) &&
>                                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Oops, yes, hmm, I missed below ifdef...

#if defined(CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER) || defined(CONFIG_KASAN)

Or, I think we can define those as NULL in interrupt.h.

Thanks,

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 	Ingo


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>