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Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 19:13:56 +0200
From: Aleksandr Nogikh <nogikh@...gle.com>
To: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...il.com>
Cc: dvyukov@...gle.com, arnd@...db.de, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
elver@...gle.com, glider@...gle.com, syzkaller@...glegroups.com,
kasan-dev@...glegroups.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kcov: don't lose track of remote references during softirqs
On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 1:02 AM Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 3:32 PM Aleksandr Nogikh <nogikh@...gle.com> wrote:
> >
> > In kcov_remote_start()/kcov_remote_stop(), we swap the previous KCOV
> > metadata of the current task into a per-CPU variable. However, the
> > kcov_mode_enabled(mode) check is not sufficient in the case of remote
> > KCOV coverage: current->kcov_mode always remains KCOV_MODE_DISABLED
> > for remote KCOV objects.
> >
> > If the original task that has invoked the KCOV_REMOTE_ENABLE ioctl
> > happens to get interrupted and kcov_remote_start() is called, it
> > ultimately leads to kcov_remote_stop() NOT restoring the original
> > KCOV reference. So when the task exits, all registered remote KCOV
> > handles remain active forever.
> >
> > Fix it by introducing a special kcov_mode that is assigned to the
> > task that owns a KCOV remote object. It makes kcov_mode_enabled()
> > return true and yet does not trigger coverage collection in
> > __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc() and write_comp_data().
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Aleksandr Nogikh <nogikh@...gle.com>
> > Fixes: 5ff3b30ab57d ("kcov: collect coverage from interrupts")
> > ---
> > include/linux/kcov.h | 2 ++
> > kernel/kcov.c | 1 +
> > 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/kcov.h b/include/linux/kcov.h
> > index b851ba415e03..3b479a3d235a 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/kcov.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/kcov.h
> > @@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ enum kcov_mode {
> > KCOV_MODE_TRACE_PC = 2,
> > /* Collecting comparison operands mode. */
> > KCOV_MODE_TRACE_CMP = 3,
> > + /* The process owns a KCOV remote reference. */
> > + KCOV_MODE_REMOTE = 4,
> > };
> >
> > #define KCOV_IN_CTXSW (1 << 30)
> > diff --git a/kernel/kcov.c b/kernel/kcov.c
> > index c3124f6d5536..5371d3f7b5c3 100644
> > --- a/kernel/kcov.c
> > +++ b/kernel/kcov.c
> > @@ -632,6 +632,7 @@ static int kcov_ioctl_locked(struct kcov *kcov, unsigned int cmd,
> > return -EINVAL;
> > kcov->mode = mode;
> > t->kcov = kcov;
> > + WRITE_ONCE(t->kcov_mode, KCOV_MODE_REMOTE);
>
> Looking at this again, I don't think we need this WRITE_ONCE here, as
> we have interrupts disabled. But if we do, perhaps it makes sense to
> add a comment explaining why.
Thank you!
I've sent a v2:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240614171221.2837584-1-nogikh@google.com/
>
> > kcov->t = t;
> > kcov->remote = true;
> > kcov->remote_size = remote_arg->area_size;
> > --
> > 2.45.2.505.gda0bf45e8d-goog
> >
>
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