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SubjectRe: [PATCH -tip v6 00/13] kprobes: Fix stacktrace with kretprobes on x86
On Wed, 26 May 2021 10:39:57 -0700
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 1:02 AM Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Here is the 6th version of the series to fix the stacktrace with kretprobe
> > on x86.
> >
> > The previous version is;
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/161676170650.330141.6214727134265514123.stgit@devnote2/
> >
> > This version is rebased on the latest tip tree and add some patches for
> > improving stacktrace[13/13].
> >
> > Changes from v5:
> > [02/13]:
> > - Use dereference_symbol_descriptor() instead of dereference_function_descriptor()
> > [04/13]:
> > - Replace BUG_ON() with WARN_ON_ONCE() in __kretprobe_trampoline_handler().
> > [13/13]:
> > - Add a new patch to fix return address in earlier stage.
> >
> >
> > With this series, unwinder can unwind stack correctly from ftrace as below;
> >
> > # cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing
> > # echo > trace
> > # echo 1 > options/sym-offset
> > # echo r vfs_read >> kprobe_events
> > # echo r full_proxy_read >> kprobe_events
> > # echo traceoff:1 > events/kprobes/r_vfs_read_0/trigger
> > # echo stacktrace:1 > events/kprobes/r_full_proxy_read_0/trigger
> > # echo 1 > events/kprobes/enable
> > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/kprobes/list
> > ffffffff8133b740 r full_proxy_read+0x0 [FTRACE]
> > ffffffff812560b0 r vfs_read+0x0 [FTRACE]
> > # echo 0 > events/kprobes/enable
> > # cat trace
> > # tracer: nop
> > #
> > # entries-in-buffer/entries-written: 3/3 #P:8
> > #
> > # _-----=> irqs-off
> > # / _----=> need-resched
> > # | / _---=> hardirq/softirq
> > # || / _--=> preempt-depth
> > # ||| / delay
> > # TASK-PID CPU# |||| TIMESTAMP FUNCTION
> > # | | | |||| | |
> > <...>-134 [007] ...1 16.185877: r_full_proxy_read_0: (vfs_read+0x98/0x180 <- full_proxy_read)
> > <...>-134 [007] ...1 16.185901: <stack trace>
> > => kretprobe_trace_func+0x209/0x300
> > => kretprobe_dispatcher+0x4a/0x70
> > => __kretprobe_trampoline_handler+0xd4/0x170
> > => trampoline_handler+0x43/0x60
> > => kretprobe_trampoline+0x2a/0x50
> > => vfs_read+0x98/0x180
> > => ksys_read+0x5f/0xe0
> > => do_syscall_64+0x37/0x90
> > => entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
> > <...>-134 [007] ...1 16.185902: r_vfs_read_0: (ksys_read+0x5f/0xe0 <- vfs_read)
> >
> > This shows the double return probes (vfs_read and full_proxy_read) on the stack
> > correctly unwinded. (vfs_read will return to ksys_read+0x5f and full_proxy_read
> > will return to vfs_read+0x98)
> >
> > This actually changes the kretprobe behavisor a bit, now the instraction pointer in
> > the pt_regs passed to kretprobe user handler is correctly set the real return
> > address. So user handlers can get it via instruction_pointer() API.
> >
> > You can also get this series from
> > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mhiramat/linux.git kprobes/kretprobe-stackfix-v6
> >
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > ---
> >
>
> Thanks for following up on this! I've applied this patch set on top of
> bpf-next and tested with my local BPF-based tool that uses stack
> traces in kretprobes heavily. It all works now and I'm getting
> meaningful and correctly looking stacktraces. Thanks a lot!
>
> Tested-by: Andrii Nakryik <andrii@kernel.org>

Thanks for testing! I got a minor warning issue on [13/13] from kernel test
bot, which can be fixed by adding a prototype. So I will update it.

Thank you!

--
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>

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