[PATCH] um: Fix kcov crash before kernel is started.

From: Thomas Meyer
Date: Sun Oct 08 2017 - 06:32:55 EST


UMLs current_thread_info() unconditionally assumes that the top of the stack
contains the thread_info structure. But on UML the __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc
function is called for *all* functions! This results in an early crash:

Prevent kcov from using invalid curent_thread_info() data by checking
the system_state.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer <thomas@xxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/kcov.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/kcov.c b/kernel/kcov.c
index 3f693a0f6f3e..d601c0e956f6 100644
--- a/kernel/kcov.c
+++ b/kernel/kcov.c
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ void notrace __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc(void)
struct task_struct *t;
enum kcov_mode mode;

+#ifdef CONFIG_UML
+ if(!(system_state == SYSTEM_SCHEDULING ||
+ system_state == SYSTEM_RUNNING))
+ return;
+#endif
+
t = current;
/*
* We are interested in code coverage as a function of a syscall inputs,
--
2.11.0