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Subject[PATCH 0/3] kcov: fix unexpected faults
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Hi,

These patches fix a few issues where KCOV code could trigger recursive
faults, discovered while debugging a patch enabling KCOV for arch/arm:

* On CONFIG_PREEMPT kernels, there's a small race window where
__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc() can see a bogus kcov_area.

* Lazy faulting of the vmalloc area can cause mutual recursion between
fault handling code and __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc().

* During the context switch, switching the mm can cause the kcov_area to
be transiently unmapped.

These are prerequisites for enabling KCOV on arm, but the issues
themsevles are generic -- we just happen to avoid them by chance rather
than design on x86-64 and arm64.

I've tested this on arm atop of v4.17-rc3, with KCOV enabled.

Thanks,
Mark.

Mark Rutland (3):
kcov: ensure irq code sees a valid area
kcov: prefault the kcov_area
sched/core / kcov: avoid kcov_area during task switch

include/linux/kcov.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
include/linux/sched.h | 2 +-
kernel/kcov.c | 17 +++++++++++++++--
kernel/sched/core.c | 4 ++++
4 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

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2.11.0

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