linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 01/34] ftrace: Unpoison ftrace_regs in ftrace_ops_list

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Message-ID: <20240102101712.515e0fe3@gandalf.local.home>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2024 10:17:12 -0500
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: Ilya Leoshkevich <iii@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...ux.ibm.com>, Alexander Potapenko
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 01/34] ftrace: Unpoison ftrace_regs in
 ftrace_ops_list_func()

On Thu, 14 Dec 2023 00:24:21 +0100
Ilya Leoshkevich <iii@...ux.ibm.com> wrote:

> Architectures use assembly code to initialize ftrace_regs and call
> ftrace_ops_list_func(). Therefore, from the KMSAN's point of view,
> ftrace_regs is poisoned on ftrace_ops_list_func entry(). This causes
> KMSAN warnings when running the ftrace testsuite.

BTW, why is this only a problem for s390 and no other architectures?

If it is only a s390 thing, then we should do this instead:

in include/linux/ftrace.h:

/* Add a comment here to why this is needed */
#ifndef ftrace_list_func_unpoison
# define ftrace_list_func_unpoison(fregs) do { } while(0)
#endif

In arch/s390/include/asm/ftrace.h:

/* Add a comment to why s390 is special */
# define ftrace_list_func_unpoison(fregs) kmsan_unpoison_memory(fregs, sizeof(*fregs))

> 
> Fix by trusting the architecture-specific assembly code and always
> unpoisoning ftrace_regs in ftrace_ops_list_func.
> 
> Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@...dmis.org>

I'm taking my ack away for this change in favor of what I'm suggesting now.

> Reviewed-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ilya Leoshkevich <iii@...ux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> index 8de8bec5f366..dfb8b26966aa 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> @@ -7399,6 +7399,7 @@ __ftrace_ops_list_func(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
>  void arch_ftrace_ops_list_func(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
>  			       struct ftrace_ops *op, struct ftrace_regs *fregs)
>  {
> +	kmsan_unpoison_memory(fregs, sizeof(*fregs));

And here have:

	ftrace_list_func_unpoison(fregs);

That way we only do it for archs that really need it, and do not affect
archs that do not.


I want to know why this only affects s390, because if we are just doing
this because "it works", it could be just covering up a symptom of
something else and not actually doing the "right thing".


-- Steve


>  	__ftrace_ops_list_func(ip, parent_ip, NULL, fregs);
>  }
>  #else