[RFC PATCH 2/3] sdei: enable dbg in '_sdei_handler'

From: Xiongfeng Wang
Date: Fri Apr 12 2019 - 08:06:48 EST


When we monitor a sdei_event callback using 'kprobe', the singlestep
handler can not be called because dbg is masked in sdei_handler. This
patch enable dbg in '_sdei_handler'.

When SDEI events interrupt the userspace, 'vbar_el1' contains
'tramp_vectors' if CONFIG_UNMAP_KERNEL_AT_EL0 is enabled. So we need to
restore 'vbar_el1' with kernel vectors, otherwise we will go to the
wrong place when brk exception or dbg exception happens.

SDEI events may interrupt 'kernel_entry' before we save 'spsr_el1' and
'elr_el1', and dbg exception will corrupts these two registers. So we
also need to save and restore these two registers.

If SDEI events interrupt an instruction being singlestepped, the
instruction in '_sdei_handler' will begin to be singlestepped after we
enable dbg. So we need to disable singlestep in the beginning of
_sdei_handler if we find out we interrupt a singlestep process.

Signed-off-by: Xiongfeng Wang <wangxiongfeng2@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/debug-monitors.h | 1 +
arch/arm64/kernel/debug-monitors.c | 8 ++++++
arch/arm64/kernel/sdei.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
3 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/debug-monitors.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/debug-monitors.h
index a44cf52..a730266 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/debug-monitors.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/debug-monitors.h
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ enum dbg_active_el {
void user_fastforward_single_step(struct task_struct *task);

void kernel_enable_single_step(struct pt_regs *regs);
+void kernel_enable_single_step_noregs(void);
void kernel_disable_single_step(void);
int kernel_active_single_step(void);

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/debug-monitors.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/debug-monitors.c
index d7bb6ae..d6074f4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/debug-monitors.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/debug-monitors.c
@@ -404,6 +404,14 @@ void kernel_enable_single_step(struct pt_regs *regs)
}
NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(kernel_enable_single_step);

+void kernel_enable_single_step_noregs(void)
+{
+ WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled());
+ mdscr_write(mdscr_read() | DBG_MDSCR_SS);
+ enable_debug_monitors(DBG_ACTIVE_EL1);
+}
+NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(kernel_enable_single_step_noregs);
+
void kernel_disable_single_step(void)
{
WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled());
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/sdei.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/sdei.c
index ea94cf8..9dd9cf6 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/sdei.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/sdei.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
#include <linux/uaccess.h>

#include <asm/alternative.h>
+#include <asm/debug-monitors.h>
#include <asm/kprobes.h>
#include <asm/mmu.h>
#include <asm/ptrace.h>
@@ -176,6 +177,8 @@ unsigned long sdei_arch_get_entry_point(int conduit)

}

+extern char vectors[]; /* kernel exception vectors */
+
/*
* __sdei_handler() returns one of:
* SDEI_EV_HANDLED - success, return to the interrupted context.
@@ -189,8 +192,10 @@ static __kprobes unsigned long _sdei_handler(struct pt_regs *regs,
int i, err = 0;
int clobbered_registers = 4;
u64 elr = read_sysreg(elr_el1);
+ u64 spsr = read_sysreg(spsr_el1);
u32 kernel_mode = read_sysreg(CurrentEL) | 1; /* +SPSel */
unsigned long vbar = read_sysreg(vbar_el1);
+ int ss_active = 0;

if (arm64_kernel_unmapped_at_el0())
clobbered_registers++;
@@ -207,19 +212,39 @@ static __kprobes unsigned long _sdei_handler(struct pt_regs *regs,
*/
__uaccess_enable_hw_pan();

+ /*
+ * Enable dbg here so that we can kprobe a sdei event handler. Before we
+ * enable dbg, we need to restore vbar_el1 with kernel vectors
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_UNMAP_KERNEL_AT_EL0
+ write_sysreg(vectors, vbar_el1);
+ isb();
+#endif
+ ss_active = kernel_active_single_step();
+ if (ss_active)
+ kernel_disable_single_step();
+ local_dbg_enable();
+
err = sdei_event_handler(regs, arg);
+
+ local_dbg_disable();
+ if (ss_active)
+ kernel_enable_single_step_noregs();
+
+ /*
+ * brk exception will corrupt elr_el1 and spsr_el1, and trust firmware
+ * doesn't save it for us. So we need to restore these two registers
+ * after 'sdei_event_handler'.
+ */
+ write_sysreg(elr, elr_el1);
+ write_sysreg(spsr, spsr_el1);
+#ifdef CONFIG_UNMAP_KERNEL_AT_EL0
+ write_sysreg(vbar, vbar_el1);
+#endif
+
if (err)
return SDEI_EV_FAILED;

- if (elr != read_sysreg(elr_el1)) {
- /*
- * We took a synchronous exception from the SDEI handler.
- * This could deadlock, and if you interrupt KVM it will
- * hyp-panic instead.
- */
- pr_warn("unsafe: exception during handler\n");
- }
-
mode = regs->pstate & (PSR_MODE32_BIT | PSR_MODE_MASK);

/*
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