linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm64, kaslr: export offset in VMCOREINFO ELF notes

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Date:   Thu, 19 Jul 2018 12:31:13 +0100
From:   James Morse <james.morse@....com>
To:     Bhupesh Sharma <bhsharma@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kexec@...ts.infradead.org, bhupesh.linux@...il.com,
        takahiro.akashi@...aro.org,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64, kaslr: export offset in VMCOREINFO ELF notes

Hi Bhupesh,

On 18/07/18 22:37, Bhupesh Sharma wrote:
> Include KASLR offset in VMCOREINFO ELF notes to assist in debugging.
> 
> makedumpfile user-space utility will need fixup to use this KASLR offset
> to work with cases where we need to find a way to translate symbol
> address from vmlinux to kernel run time address in case of KASLR boot on
> arm64.

You need the kernel VA for a symbol. Isn't this what kallsyms is for?
| root@...kadeller:~# cat /proc/kallsyms | grep swapper_pg_dir
| ffff5404610d0000 B swapper_pg_dir

This is the KASLR address, the vmlinux has:
| root@...kadeller:~/linux/build_arm64# nm -s vmlinux | grep swapper_pg_dir
| ffff0000096d0000 B swapper_pg_dir


This is in the vmcoreinfo too, so you can work if out from the vmcore too:
| root@...kadeller:~# dd if=/proc/kcore bs=8K count=1 2>/dev/null | strings |
| grep swapper_pg_dir
| SYMBOL(swapper_pg_dir)=ffff5404610d0000


I picked swapper_pg_dir, but you could use any of the vmcore:SYMBOL() addresses
to work out this offset. (you should expect the kernel to rename these symbols
at a whim).


Thanks,

James