linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/7] powerpc/kprobes: Allow probing on any ftrace address

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Message-Id: <20190621235034.acc00fc3e2b2c7e89caa1fd5@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 21 Jun 2019 23:50:34 +0900
From:   Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To:     "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] powerpc/kprobes: Allow probing on any ftrace
 address

On Tue, 18 Jun 2019 20:17:06 +0530
"Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> With KPROBES_ON_FTRACE, kprobe is allowed to be inserted on instructions
> that branch to _mcount (referred to as ftrace location). With
> -mprofile-kernel, we now include the preceding 'mflr r0' as being part
> of the ftrace location.
> 
> However, by default, probing on an instruction that is not actually the
> branch to _mcount() is prohibited, as that is considered to not be at an
> instruction boundary. This is not the case on powerpc, so allow the same
> by overriding arch_check_ftrace_location()
> 
> In addition, we update kprobe_ftrace_handler() to detect this scenarios
> and to pass the proper nip to the pre and post probe handlers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes-ftrace.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes-ftrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes-ftrace.c
> index 972cb28174b2..6a0bd3c16cb6 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes-ftrace.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes-ftrace.c
> @@ -12,14 +12,34 @@
>  #include <linux/preempt.h>
>  #include <linux/ftrace.h>
>  
> +/*
> + * With -mprofile-kernel, we patch two instructions -- the branch to _mcount
> + * as well as the preceding 'mflr r0'. Both these instructions are claimed
> + * by ftrace and we should allow probing on either instruction.
> + */
> +int arch_check_ftrace_location(struct kprobe *p)
> +{
> +	if (ftrace_location((unsigned long)p->addr))
> +		p->flags |= KPROBE_FLAG_FTRACE;
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
>  /* Ftrace callback handler for kprobes */
>  void kprobe_ftrace_handler(unsigned long nip, unsigned long parent_nip,
>  			   struct ftrace_ops *ops, struct pt_regs *regs)
>  {
>  	struct kprobe *p;
> +	int mflr_kprobe = 0;
>  	struct kprobe_ctlblk *kcb;
>  
>  	p = get_kprobe((kprobe_opcode_t *)nip);
> +	if (unlikely(!p)) {

Hmm, is this really unlikely? If we put a kprobe on the second instruction address,
we will see p == NULL always.

> +		p = get_kprobe((kprobe_opcode_t *)(nip - MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE));
> +		if (!p)

Here will be unlikely, because we can not find kprobe at both of nip and
nip - MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE.

> +			return;
> +		mflr_kprobe = 1;
> +	}
> +
>  	if (unlikely(!p) || kprobe_disabled(p))

"unlikely(!p)" is not needed here.

Thank you,

>  		return;
>  
> @@ -33,6 +53,9 @@ void kprobe_ftrace_handler(unsigned long nip, unsigned long parent_nip,
>  		 */
>  		regs->nip -= MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE;
>  
> +		if (mflr_kprobe)
> +			regs->nip -= MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE;
> +
>  		__this_cpu_write(current_kprobe, p);
>  		kcb->kprobe_status = KPROBE_HIT_ACTIVE;
>  		if (!p->pre_handler || !p->pre_handler(p, regs)) {
> @@ -45,6 +68,8 @@ void kprobe_ftrace_handler(unsigned long nip, unsigned long parent_nip,
>  				kcb->kprobe_status = KPROBE_HIT_SSDONE;
>  				p->post_handler(p, regs, 0);
>  			}
> +			if (mflr_kprobe)
> +				regs->nip += MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE;
>  		}
>  		/*
>  		 * If pre_handler returns !0, it changes regs->nip. We have to
> @@ -57,6 +82,11 @@ NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(kprobe_ftrace_handler);
>  
>  int arch_prepare_kprobe_ftrace(struct kprobe *p)
>  {
> +	if ((unsigned long)p->addr & 0x03) {
> +		printk("Attempt to register kprobe at an unaligned address\n");
> +		return -EILSEQ;
> +	}
> +
>  	p->ainsn.insn = NULL;
>  	p->ainsn.boostable = -1;
>  	return 0;
> -- 
> 2.22.0
> 


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