linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lkdtm: move SCSI_DISPATCH_CMD to scsi_queue

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Date:   Fri, 6 Aug 2021 20:17:56 -0700
From:   Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
To:     Kevin Mitchell <kevmitch@...sta.com>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lkdtm: move SCSI_DISPATCH_CMD to scsi_queue_rq

On 8/6/21 3:59 PM, Kevin Mitchell wrote:
> When scsi_dispatch_cmd was moved to scsi_lib.c and made static, some
> compilers (i.e., at least gcc 8.4.0) decided to compile this
> inline. This is a problem for lkdtm.ko, which needs to insert a kprobe
> on this function for the SCSI_DISPATCH_CMD crashpoint.
> 
> Move this crashpoint one function up the call chain to
> scsi_queue_rq. Though this is also a static function, it should never be
> inlined because it is assigned as a structure entry. Therefore,
> kprobe_register should always be able to find it. Since there is already
> precedent for crashpoint names not exactly matching their probed
> functions, keep the name of the crashpoint the same for backwards
> compatibility.
> 
> Fixes: 82042a2cdb55 ("scsi: move scsi_dispatch_cmd to scsi_lib.c")
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Mitchell <kevmitch@...sta.com>
> ---
>  drivers/misc/lkdtm/core.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/core.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/core.c
> index 97803f213..2612f214d 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/core.c
> @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static struct crashpoint crashpoints[] = {
>  	CRASHPOINT("FS_DEVRW",		 "ll_rw_block"),
>  	CRASHPOINT("MEM_SWAPOUT",	 "shrink_inactive_list"),
>  	CRASHPOINT("TIMERADD",		 "hrtimer_start"),
> -	CRASHPOINT("SCSI_DISPATCH_CMD",	 "scsi_dispatch_cmd"),
> +	CRASHPOINT("SCSI_DISPATCH_CMD",	 "scsi_queue_rq"),
>  	CRASHPOINT("IDE_CORE_CP",	 "generic_ide_ioctl"),
>  #endif
>  };

Please send SCSI patches to the linux-scsi mailing list. See also the
MAINTAINERS file.

Thanks,

Bart.