linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -tip v10 00/16] kprobes: Fix stacktrace with kretprobes on x86

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Date:   Fri, 30 Jul 2021 08:35:49 +0900
From:   Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To:     Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Cc:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Xu <dxu@...uu.xyz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org, kuba@...nel.org, mingo@...hat.com,
        ast@...nel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, kernel-team@...com,
        yhs@...com, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
        Abhishek Sagar <sagar.abhishek@...il.com>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip v10 00/16] kprobes: Fix stacktrace with kretprobes
 on x86

On Thu, 29 Jul 2021 23:05:56 +0900
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> This is the 10th version of the series to fix the stacktrace with kretprobe on x86.
> 
> The previous version is here;
> 
>  https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/162601048053.1318837.1550594515476777588.stgit@devnote2/
> 
> This version is rebased on top of new kprobes cleanup series(*1) and merging
> Josh's objtool update series (*2)(*3) as [6/16] and [7/16].
> 
> (*1) https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/162748615977.59465.13262421617578791515.stgit@devnote2/
> (*2) https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20210710192433.x5cgjsq2ksvaqnss@treble/
> (*3) https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20210710192514.ghvksi3ozhez4lvb@treble/
> 
> Changes from v9:
>  - Add Josh's objtool update patches with a build error fix as [6/16] and [7/16].
>  - Add a API document for kretprobe_find_ret_addr() and check cur != NULL in [5/16].
> 
> With this series, unwinder can unwind stack correctly from ftrace as below;
> 
>   # cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing
>   # echo > trace
>   # echo 1 > options/sym-offset
>   # echo r vfs_read >> kprobe_events
>   # echo r full_proxy_read >> kprobe_events
>   # echo traceoff:1 > events/kprobes/r_vfs_read_0/trigger
>   # echo stacktrace:1 > events/kprobes/r_full_proxy_read_0/trigger
>   # echo 1 > events/kprobes/enable
>   # cat /sys/kernel/debug/kprobes/list
> ffffffff8133b740  r  full_proxy_read+0x0    [FTRACE]
> ffffffff812560b0  r  vfs_read+0x0    [FTRACE]
>   # echo 0 > events/kprobes/enable
>   # cat trace
> # tracer: nop
> #
> # entries-in-buffer/entries-written: 3/3   #P:8
> #
> #                                _-----=> irqs-off
> #                               / _----=> need-resched
> #                              | / _---=> hardirq/softirq
> #                              || / _--=> preempt-depth
> #                              ||| /     delay
> #           TASK-PID     CPU#  ||||   TIMESTAMP  FUNCTION
> #              | |         |   ||||      |         |
>            <...>-134     [007] ...1    16.185877: r_full_proxy_read_0: (vfs_read+0x98/0x180 <- full_proxy_read)
>            <...>-134     [007] ...1    16.185901: <stack trace>
>  => kretprobe_trace_func+0x209/0x300
>  => kretprobe_dispatcher+0x4a/0x70
>  => __kretprobe_trampoline_handler+0xd4/0x170
>  => trampoline_handler+0x43/0x60
>  => kretprobe_trampoline+0x2a/0x50
>  => vfs_read+0x98/0x180
>  => ksys_read+0x5f/0xe0
>  => do_syscall_64+0x37/0x90
>  => entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
>            <...>-134     [007] ...1    16.185902: r_vfs_read_0: (ksys_read+0x5f/0xe0 <- vfs_read)
> 
> This shows the double return probes (vfs_read() and full_proxy_read()) on the stack
> correctly unwinded. (vfs_read() returns to 'ksys_read+0x5f' and full_proxy_read()
> returns to 'vfs_read+0x98')
> 
> This also changes the kretprobe behavisor a bit, now the instraction pointer in
> the 'pt_regs' passed to kretprobe user handler is correctly set the real return
> address. So user handlers can get it via instruction_pointer() API, and can use
> stack_trace_save_regs().
> 
> You can also get this series from 
>  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mhiramat/linux.git kprobes/kretprobe-stackfix-v9

Oops, this is of course 'kprobes/kretprobe-stackfix-v10'. And this branch includes above (*1) series.

Thank you,

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