linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fprobe: Ensure running fprobe_exit_handler() finished before calling rethook

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Date:   Thu, 6 Jul 2023 08:59:49 +0900
From:   Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To:     "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fprobe: Ensure running fprobe_exit_handler() finished
 before calling rethook_free()

On Wed, 28 Jun 2023 23:44:02 +0900
"Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@...nel.org> wrote:

> From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org>
> 
> Ensure running fprobe_exit_handler() has finished before
> calling rethook_free() in the unregister_fprobe() so that caller can free
> the fprobe right after unregister_fprobe().
> 
> unregister_fprobe() ensured that all running fprobe_entry/exit_handler()
> have finished by calling unregister_ftrace_function() which synchronizes
> RCU. But commit 5f81018753df ("fprobe: Release rethook after the ftrace_ops
> is unregistered") changed to call rethook_free() after
> unregister_ftrace_function(). So call rethook_stop() to make rethook
> disabled before unregister_ftrace_function() and ensure it again.
>

Steve, can you review this? without this fix, Jiri's patch may cause another
timing issue.

Thanks, 
 
> Fixes: 5f81018753df ("fprobe: Release rethook after the ftrace_ops is unregistered")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org>
> ---
>  include/linux/rethook.h |    1 +
>  kernel/trace/fprobe.c   |    3 +++
>  kernel/trace/rethook.c  |   13 +++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 17 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/rethook.h b/include/linux/rethook.h
> index c8ac1e5afcd1..bdbe6717f45a 100644
> --- a/include/linux/rethook.h
> +++ b/include/linux/rethook.h
> @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ struct rethook_node {
>  };
>  
>  struct rethook *rethook_alloc(void *data, rethook_handler_t handler);
> +void rethook_stop(struct rethook *rh);
>  void rethook_free(struct rethook *rh);
>  void rethook_add_node(struct rethook *rh, struct rethook_node *node);
>  struct rethook_node *rethook_try_get(struct rethook *rh);
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/fprobe.c b/kernel/trace/fprobe.c
> index 0121e8c0d54e..75517667b54f 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/fprobe.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/fprobe.c
> @@ -364,6 +364,9 @@ int unregister_fprobe(struct fprobe *fp)
>  		    fp->ops.saved_func != fprobe_kprobe_handler))
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
> +	if (fp->rethook)
> +		rethook_stop(fp->rethook);
> +
>  	ret = unregister_ftrace_function(&fp->ops);
>  	if (ret < 0)
>  		return ret;
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/rethook.c b/kernel/trace/rethook.c
> index 60f6cb2b486b..468006cce7ca 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/rethook.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/rethook.c
> @@ -53,6 +53,19 @@ static void rethook_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
>  		kfree(rh);
>  }
>  
> +/**
> + * rethook_stop() - Stop using a rethook.
> + * @rh: the struct rethook to stop.
> + *
> + * Stop using a rethook to prepare for freeing it. If you want to wait for
> + * all running rethook handler before calling rethook_free(), you need to
> + * call this first and wait RCU, and call rethook_free().
> + */
> +void rethook_stop(struct rethook *rh)
> +{
> +	WRITE_ONCE(rh->handler, NULL);
> +}
> +
>  /**
>   * rethook_free() - Free struct rethook.
>   * @rh: the struct rethook to be freed.
> 


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org>