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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86: KPROBE_ENTRY should be paired wth KPROBE_END

* Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com> wrote:

> [Cyrill Gorcunov - Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 04:51:34PM +0300]
> | [Ingo Molnar - Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 02:27:52PM +0100]
> | |
> | | * Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@mailshack.com> wrote:
> | |
> | | > Impact: moves some code out of .kprobes.text
> | | >
> | | > KPROBE_ENTRY switches code generation to .kprobes.text, and KPROBE_END
> | | > uses .popsection to get back to the previous section (.text, normally).
> | | > Also replace ENDPROC by END, for consistency.
> | | >
> | | > Signed-off-by: Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@fastmail.fm>
> | |
> | | applied to tip/x86/irq, thanks Alexander!
> | |
> | | > One more small change for today. The xen-related functions
> | | > xen_do_hypervisor_callback and xen_failsafe_callback are put
> | | > in the .kprobes.text even in the current kernel: ignore_sysret
> | | > is enclosed in KPROBE_ENTRY / ENDPROC, instead of KPROBE_ENTRY /
> | | > KPROBE_END, but I guess the situation is harmless.
> | |
> | | yeah. It narrows no-kprobes protection for that code, but it should
> | | indeed be fine (and that's the intention as well).
> | |
> | | Note that this is a reoccuring bug type, and rather long-lived. Can
> | | you think of any way to get automated nesting protection of both the
> | | .cfi_startproc/endproc macros and kprobes start/end? A poor man's
> | | solution would be to grep the number of start and end methods and
> | | enforce that they are equal.
> | |
> | | Ingo
> | |
> |
> | I think we could play with preprocessor and check if ENTRY/END matches.
> | Looking now.
> |
> | - Cyrill -
>
> Here is what I've done
>
> 1) Add some macros like:
>
> .macro __set_entry
> .set _ENTRY_IN, 1
> .endm
>
> .macro __unset_entry
> .set _ENTRY_IN, 0
> .endm
>
> .macro __check_entry
> .ifeq _ENTRY_IN
> .error "END should be used"
> .abort
> .endif
> .endm
>
> So the code
>
> ENTRY(mcount)
> __unset_entry
> retq
> __check_entry
> END(mcount)
>
> will fail like
>
> cyrill@lenovo linux-2.6.git $ make arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.o
> CHK include/linux/version.h
> CHK include/linux/utsrelease.h
> SYMLINK include/asm -> include/asm-x86
> CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh
> AS arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.o
> arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S: Assembler messages:
> arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S:84: Error: END should be used
> arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S:84: Fatal error: .abort detected. Abandoning ship.
> make[1]: *** [arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.o] Error 1
> make: *** [arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.o] Error 2
> cyrill@lenovo linux-2.6.git $
>
> So if such an approach is acceptable (in general) -- I could take a
> more deeper look. So every ENTRY would check if other ENTRY/KPROBE
> is active and report that.

looks good!

Can we somehow detect a missing .cfi_endproc? That's another pattern
i've seen.

Ingo


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