Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | From | Pu Hu <> | | Subject | [RFC 2/2] arm64: kprobes: Allow reentering kprobes while single-stepping | | Date | Wed, 1 Jul 2026 12:15:00 +0000 |
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From: hupu <hupu@transsion.com>
A kprobe can be hit while another kprobe is in KPROBE_HIT_SS state. This can happen when tracing or perf code runs from the debug exception path while the first kprobe is preparing or executing its out-of-line single-step instruction.
Currently arm64 treats a kprobe hit in KPROBE_HIT_SS as unrecoverable, the same as a hit in KPROBE_REENTER. This is too strict. A hit in KPROBE_HIT_SS is still a one-level reentry and can be handled by saving the current kprobe state and setting up single-step for the new probe, just like reentry from KPROBE_HIT_ACTIVE or KPROBE_HIT_SSDONE.
The truly unrecoverable case is hitting another kprobe while already in KPROBE_REENTER, because the reentry save area has already been consumed.
Move KPROBE_HIT_SS to the recoverable reentry cases and leave KPROBE_REENTER as the unrecoverable nested reentry case.
This mirrors the x86 fix in commit 6a5022a56ac3 ("kprobes/x86: Allow to handle reentered kprobe on single-stepping").
Signed-off-by: hupu <hupu@transsion.com> Signed-off-by: Hongyan Xia <hongyan.xia@transsion.com> --- arch/arm64/kernel/probes/kprobes.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/kprobes.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/kprobes.c index e4d2852ce2fb..764b2228cca0 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/kprobes.c +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/kprobes.c @@ -240,10 +240,16 @@ static int __kprobes reenter_kprobe(struct kprobe *p, switch (kcb->kprobe_status) { case KPROBE_HIT_SSDONE: case KPROBE_HIT_ACTIVE: + case KPROBE_HIT_SS: + /* + * A probe can be hit while another kprobe is preparing or + * executing its XOL single-step instruction. This is still a + * recoverable one-level reentry, so handle it in the same way as + * reentry from KPROBE_HIT_ACTIVE or KPROBE_HIT_SSDONE. + */ kprobes_inc_nmissed_count(p); setup_singlestep(p, regs, kcb, 1); break; - case KPROBE_HIT_SS: case KPROBE_REENTER: pr_warn("Failed to recover from reentered kprobes.\n"); dump_kprobe(p); -- 2.43.0
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