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SubjectRe: [PATCH ftrace/core v6 4/5] kprobes: Set IPMODIFY flag only if the probe can change regs->ip
(2014/11/22 5:15), Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 05:25:30 -0500
> Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> wrote:
>
>> Set FTRACE_OPS_FL_IPMODIFY flag only for the probes which can change
>> regs->ip, which has kprobe->break_handler.
>> Currently we can not put jprobe and another ftrace handler which
>> changes regs->ip on the same function because all kprobes have
>> FTRACE_OPS_FL_IPMODIFY flag. This removes FTRACE_OPS_FL_IPMODIFY
>> flag from kprobes and only when the user uses jprobe (or the
>> kprobe.break_handler != NULL) we add additinal ftrace_ops with
>> FTRACE_OPS_FL_IPMODIFY on target function.
>>
>> Note about the implementation: This uses a dummy ftrace_ops to
>> reserve IPMODIFY flag on the given ftrace address, for the case
>> that we have a enabled kprobe on a function entry and a jprobe
>> is added on the same point. In that case, we already have a
>> ftrace_ops without IPMODIFY flag on the entry, and we have to
>> add another ftrace_ops with IPMODIFY on the same address.
>> If we put a same handler on both ftrace_ops, the handler can
>> be called twice on that entry until the first one is removed.
>> This means that the kprobe and the jprobe are called twice too,
>> and that will not what kprobes expected.
>> Thus I added a dummy ftrace_ops just for reserving IPMODIFY flag.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
>> Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
>> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
>> Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
>> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
>> ---
>> Changes in v4:
>> - Increment refcounter after succeeded to register ftrace_ops.
>>
>> Changes in v3:
>> - Update __ftrace_add/remove_filter_ip() according to
>> Namhyng's comments (thanks!)
>> - Split out regs->ip recovering code from this patch.
>> ---
>> Documentation/kprobes.txt | 12 ++--
>> kernel/kprobes.c | 125 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>> 2 files changed, 114 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/kprobes.txt b/Documentation/kprobes.txt
>> index 4227ec2..eb03efc 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/kprobes.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/kprobes.txt
>> @@ -264,15 +264,13 @@ stop-machine method that ksplice uses for supporting a CONFIG_PREEMPT=y
>> kernel.
>>
>> NOTE for geeks:
>> -The jump optimization changes the kprobe's pre_handler behavior.
>> -Without optimization, the pre_handler can change the kernel's execution
>> +The jump optimization (and ftrace-based kprobes) changes the kprobe's
>> +pre_handler behavior.
>> +Without optimizations, the pre_handler can change the kernel's execution
>> path by changing regs->ip and returning 1. However, when the probe
>> is optimized, that modification is ignored. Thus, if you want to
>> -tweak the kernel's execution path, you need to suppress optimization,
>> -using one of the following techniques:
>> -- Specify an empty function for the kprobe's post_handler or break_handler.
>> - or
>> -- Execute 'sysctl -w debug.kprobes_optimization=n'
>> +tweak the kernel's execution path, you need to suppress optimization or
>> +notify your handler will modify regs->ip by setting p->break_handler.
>>
>> 1.5 Blacklist
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
>> index 831978c..4b4b7c5 100644
>> --- a/kernel/kprobes.c
>> +++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
>> @@ -915,10 +915,93 @@ static struct kprobe *alloc_aggr_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
>> #ifdef CONFIG_KPROBES_ON_FTRACE
>> static struct ftrace_ops kprobe_ftrace_ops __read_mostly = {
>> .func = kprobe_ftrace_handler,
>> - .flags = FTRACE_OPS_FL_SAVE_REGS | FTRACE_OPS_FL_IPMODIFY,
>> + .flags = FTRACE_OPS_FL_SAVE_REGS,
>> };
>> static int kprobe_ftrace_enabled;
>>
>> +static void kprobe_ftrace_stub(unsigned long a0, unsigned long a1,
>> + struct ftrace_ops *op, struct pt_regs *regs)
>> +{
>> + /* Do nothing. This is just a dummy handler */
>> +}
>
> Feel free to just use ftrace_stub instead. That's what it's there for.

Ah, I didn't know that. OK :)

>> +
>> +/* This is only for checking conflict with other ftrace users */
>> +static struct ftrace_ops kprobe_ipmod_ftrace_ops __read_mostly = {
>> + .func = kprobe_ftrace_stub,
>> + .flags = FTRACE_OPS_FL_SAVE_REGS | FTRACE_OPS_FL_IPMODIFY,
>> +};
>> +static int kprobe_ipmod_ftrace_enabled;
>> +
>> +static int __ftrace_add_filter_ip(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned long ip,
>> + int *ref)
>> +{
>> + int ret;
>> +
>> + /* Try to set given ip to filter */
>> + ret = ftrace_set_filter_ip(ops, ip, 0, 0);
>> + if (ret < 0)
>> + return ret;
>> +
>> + if (*ref == 0) {
>> + ret = register_ftrace_function(ops);
>> + if (ret < 0) {
>> + /* Rollback the filter */
>> + ftrace_set_filter_ip(ops, ip, 1, 0);
>> + goto out;
>
> Why the goto out, and not just return ret?
>
>> + }
>> + }
>> + (*ref)++;
>> +
>> +out:
>> + return ret;
>
> Probably could just return 0 here.

Agreed.

>
> Rest looks fine.

Thank you!

>
> -- Steve
>
>> +}
>> +
>> +static int __ftrace_remove_filter_ip(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned long ip,
>> + int *ref)
>> +{
>> + int ret;
>> +
>> + if (*ref == 1) {
>> + ret = unregister_ftrace_function(ops);
>> + if (ret < 0)
>> + return ret;
>> + /*Ignore failure, because it is already unregistered */
>> + ftrace_set_filter_ip(ops, ip, 1, 0);
>> + } else {
>> + /* Try to remove given ip to filter */
>> + ret = ftrace_set_filter_ip(ops, ip, 1, 0);
>> + if (ret < 0)
>> + return ret;
>> + }
>> +
>> + (*ref)--;
>> +
>> + return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>


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




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