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SubjectRe: [PATCH v5 14/21] kprobes: Remove NMI context check
On Tue, 3 Nov 2020 11:09:13 -0500
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 3 Nov 2020 14:39:38 +0900
> Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> > Ah, OK. This looks good to me.
> >
> > BTW, in_nmi() in pre_handler_kretprobe() always be true because
> > now int3 is treated as an NMI. So you can always pass 1 there.
>
> What about the below patch then?

kretprobe_hash_lock() and kretprobe_table_lock() will be called from
outside of the kprobe pre_handler context. So, please keep in_nmi()
in those functions.
for the pre_handler_kretprobe(), this looks good to me.

Thank you,

> > Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
>
> Thanks!
>
> From 29ac1a5c9068df06f3196173d4325c8076759551 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2020 09:17:49 -0500
> Subject: [PATCH] kprobes: Tell lockdep about kprobe nesting
>
> Since the kprobe handlers have protection that prohibits other handlers from
> executing in other contexts (like if an NMI comes in while processing a
> kprobe, and executes the same kprobe, it will get fail with a "busy"
> return). Lockdep is unaware of this protection. Use lockdep's nesting api to
> differentiate between locks taken in INT3 context and other context to
> suppress the false warnings.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201102160234.fa0ae70915ad9e2b21c08b85@kernel.org
>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> ---
> kernel/kprobes.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
> index 8a12a25fa40d..30889ea5514f 100644
> --- a/kernel/kprobes.c
> +++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
> @@ -1249,7 +1249,12 @@ __acquires(hlist_lock)
>
> *head = &kretprobe_inst_table[hash];
> hlist_lock = kretprobe_table_lock_ptr(hash);
> - raw_spin_lock_irqsave(hlist_lock, *flags);
> + /*
> + * Nested is a workaround that will soon not be needed.
> + * There's other protections that make sure the same lock
> + * is not taken on the same CPU that lockdep is unaware of.
> + */
> + raw_spin_lock_irqsave_nested(hlist_lock, *flags, 1);
> }
> NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(kretprobe_hash_lock);
>
> @@ -1258,7 +1263,12 @@ static void kretprobe_table_lock(unsigned long hash,
> __acquires(hlist_lock)
> {
> raw_spinlock_t *hlist_lock = kretprobe_table_lock_ptr(hash);
> - raw_spin_lock_irqsave(hlist_lock, *flags);
> + /*
> + * Nested is a workaround that will soon not be needed.
> + * There's other protections that make sure the same lock
> + * is not taken on the same CPU that lockdep is unaware of.
> + */
> + raw_spin_lock_irqsave_nested(hlist_lock, *flags, 1);
> }
> NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(kretprobe_table_lock);
>
> @@ -2028,7 +2038,12 @@ static int pre_handler_kretprobe(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs)
>
> /* TODO: consider to only swap the RA after the last pre_handler fired */
> hash = hash_ptr(current, KPROBE_HASH_BITS);
> - raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rp->lock, flags);
> + /*
> + * Nested is a workaround that will soon not be needed.
> + * There's other protections that make sure the same lock
> + * is not taken on the same CPU that lockdep is unaware of.
> + */
> + raw_spin_lock_irqsave_nested(&rp->lock, flags, 1);
> if (!hlist_empty(&rp->free_instances)) {
> ri = hlist_entry(rp->free_instances.first,
> struct kretprobe_instance, hlist);
> @@ -2039,7 +2054,7 @@ static int pre_handler_kretprobe(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs)
> ri->task = current;
>
> if (rp->entry_handler && rp->entry_handler(ri, regs)) {
> - raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rp->lock, flags);
> + raw_spin_lock_irqsave_nested(&rp->lock, flags, 1);
> hlist_add_head(&ri->hlist, &rp->free_instances);
> raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rp->lock, flags);
> return 0;
> --
> 2.25.4
>


--
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>

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