linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/8] x86/ftrace: Remove fault protection code in prepare_ftrace

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Message-Id: <20211008091336.33616-3-jolsa@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri,  8 Oct 2021 11:13:30 +0200
From:   Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:     "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     bpf@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/8] x86/ftrace: Remove fault protection code in prepare_ftrace_return

From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>

Removing the fault protection code when writing return_hooker
to stack. As Steven noted:

> That protection was there from the beginning due to being "paranoid",
> considering ftrace was bricking network cards. But that protection
> would not have even protected against that.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c | 38 +++-----------------------------------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
index 1b3ce3b4a2a2..c555624da989 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -625,12 +625,10 @@ int ftrace_disable_ftrace_graph_caller(void)
  * Hook the return address and push it in the stack of return addrs
  * in current thread info.
  */
-void prepare_ftrace_return(unsigned long self_addr, unsigned long *parent,
+void prepare_ftrace_return(unsigned long ip, unsigned long *parent,
 			   unsigned long frame_pointer)
 {
 	unsigned long return_hooker = (unsigned long)&return_to_handler;
-	unsigned long old;
-	int faulted;
 
 	/*
 	 * When resuming from suspend-to-ram, this function can be indirectly
@@ -650,37 +648,7 @@ void prepare_ftrace_return(unsigned long self_addr, unsigned long *parent,
 	if (unlikely(atomic_read(&current->tracing_graph_pause)))
 		return;
 
-	/*
-	 * Protect against fault, even if it shouldn't
-	 * happen. This tool is too much intrusive to
-	 * ignore such a protection.
-	 */
-	asm volatile(
-		"1: " _ASM_MOV " (%[parent]), %[old]\n"
-		"2: " _ASM_MOV " %[return_hooker], (%[parent])\n"
-		"   movl $0, %[faulted]\n"
-		"3:\n"
-
-		".section .fixup, \"ax\"\n"
-		"4: movl $1, %[faulted]\n"
-		"   jmp 3b\n"
-		".previous\n"
-
-		_ASM_EXTABLE(1b, 4b)
-		_ASM_EXTABLE(2b, 4b)
-
-		: [old] "=&r" (old), [faulted] "=r" (faulted)
-		: [parent] "r" (parent), [return_hooker] "r" (return_hooker)
-		: "memory"
-	);
-
-	if (unlikely(faulted)) {
-		ftrace_graph_stop();
-		WARN_ON(1);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	if (function_graph_enter(old, self_addr, frame_pointer, parent))
-		*parent = old;
+	if (!function_graph_enter(*parent, ip, frame_pointer, parent))
+		*parent = return_hooker;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER */
-- 
2.31.1