linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH bpf-next 00/13] uprobes: Add support to optimize usdt probes on x86

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Message-ID: <Z1wxqhwHbDbA2UHc@krava>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 14:07:54 +0100
From: Jiri Olsa <olsajiri@...il.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
	bpf@...r.kernel.org, Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>,
	Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>,
	John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
	Hao Luo <haoluo@...gle.com>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
	Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@...cle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next 00/13] uprobes: Add support to optimize usdt
 probes on x86_64

On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 11:51:05AM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 02:33:49PM +0100, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> > hi,
> > this patchset adds support to optimize usdt probes on top of 5-byte
> > nop instruction.
> > 
> > The generic approach (optimize all uprobes) is hard due to emulating
> > possible multiple original instructions and its related issues. The
> > usdt case, which stores 5-byte nop seems much easier, so starting
> > with that.
> > 
> > The basic idea is to replace breakpoint exception with syscall which
> > is faster on x86_64. For more details please see changelog of patch 8.
> 
> So ideally we'd put a check in the syscall, which verifies it comes from
> one of our trampolines and reject any and all other usage.
> 
> The reason to do this is that we can then delete all this code the
> moment it becomes irrelevant without having to worry userspace might be
> 'creative' somewhere.

yes, we do that already in SYSCALL_DEFINE0(uprobe):

        /* Allow execution only from uprobe trampolines. */
        vma = vma_lookup(current->mm, regs->ip);
        if (!vma || vma->vm_private_data != (void *) &tramp_mapping) {
                force_sig(SIGILL);
                return -1;
        }

jirka