linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/2] x86: Allow breakpoints to emulate call functions

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Message-ID: <20190506142254.GG2650@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Mon, 6 May 2019 16:22:54 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Nicolai Stange <nstange@...e.de>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>,
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        Nayna Jain <nayna@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
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        <linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org>, stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/2] x86: Allow breakpoints to emulate call functions

On Mon, May 06, 2019 at 10:19:51AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> +.Lfrom_usermode_no_fixup_\@:
> +.endm
> +
> +.macro IRET_FRAME
> +
> +	/* orig_eax is already POP'ed when we're here */
> +
> +	testl $CS_FROM_KERNEL, 1*4(%esp)
> +	jz .Lfinished_frame_\@
> +
> +	pushl %eax
> +

>From there..

> +	lea 10*4(%esp), %eax	# address of <previous context>
> +	cmpl %eax, 4*4(%esp)	# if ->sp is unmodified
> +	jnz .Lmodified_sp_do_fixup_\@
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Fast path; regs->sp wasn't modified, reuse the original IRET frame.
> +	 */
> +	pop %eax
> +	add $6*4, %esp
> +	jmp .Lfinished_frame_\@;
> +
> +.Lmodified_sp_do_fixup_\@:

... until here, needs to go, it is buggy. While a clever idea, it looses
updates to regs->ip and ->flags.

> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Reconstruct the 3 entry IRET frame right after the (modified)
> +	 * regs->sp without lowering %esp in between, such that an NMI in the
> +	 * middle doesn't scribble our stack.
> +	 */
> +	pushl	%ecx
> +	movl	5*4(%esp), %eax		# (modified) regs->sp
> +
> +	movl	4*4(%esp), %ecx		# flags
> +	movl	%ecx, -4(%eax)
> +
> +	movl	3*4(%esp), %ecx		# cs
> +	andl	$0x0000ffff, %ecx
> +	movl	%ecx, -8(%eax)
> +
> +	movl	2*4(%esp), %ecx		# ip
> +	movl	%ecx, -12(%eax)
> +
> +	movl	1*4(%esp), %ecx		# eax
> +	movl	%ecx, -16(%eax)
> +
> +	popl	%ecx
> +	lea	-16(%eax), %esp
> +	popl	%eax
> +
> +.Lfinished_frame_\@:
> +.endm