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SubjectRe: [PATCH] perf - ensure offset provided during probe addition is not greater than function length
(2012/02/24 16:41), Prashanth Nageshappa wrote:
> perf probe allows kprobe to be inserted at any offset from a function
> start, which results in adding kprobes to unintended location.
> (example: perf probe do_fork+10000 is allowed even though size of
> do_fork is ~904)
>
> This patch will ensure probe addition fails when the offset specified
> is greater than size of the function.
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Prashanth Nageshappa <prashanth@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

This seems good to me.

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>

Thank you,

> ---
>
> tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c | 12 +++++++++++-
> 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
> index 5d73262..d298f94 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
> @@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ static int find_variable(Dwarf_Die *sc_die, struct probe_finder *pf)
> static int convert_to_trace_point(Dwarf_Die *sp_die, Dwarf_Addr paddr,
> bool retprobe, struct probe_trace_point *tp)
> {
> - Dwarf_Addr eaddr;
> + Dwarf_Addr eaddr, highaddr;
> const char *name;
>
> /* Copy the name of probe point */
> @@ -683,6 +683,16 @@ static int convert_to_trace_point(Dwarf_Die *sp_die, Dwarf_Addr paddr,
> dwarf_diename(sp_die));
> return -ENOENT;
> }
> + if (dwarf_highpc(sp_die, &highaddr) != 0) {
> + pr_warning("Failed to get end address of %s\n",
> + dwarf_diename(sp_die));
> + return -ENOENT;
> + }
> + if (paddr > highaddr) {
> + pr_warning("Offset specified is greater than size of %s\n",
> + dwarf_diename(sp_die));
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> tp->symbol = strdup(name);
> if (tp->symbol == NULL)
> return -ENOMEM;
>


--
Masami HIRAMATSU
Software Platform Research Dept. Linux Technology Center
Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory
E-mail: masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com


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