Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] bpf: Fix ORC unwinding in non-JIT BPF code

From: Josh Poimboeuf
Date: Wed Jun 26 2019 - 21:07:05 EST


On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 05:57:08PM -0700, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 5:36 PM Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Objtool previously ignored ___bpf_prog_run() because it didn't
> > understand the jump table. This resulted in the ORC unwinder not being
> > able to unwind through non-JIT BPF code.
> >
> > Now that objtool knows how to read jump tables, remove the whitelist and
> > rename the variable to "jump_table" so objtool can recognize it.
> >
> > Fixes: d15d356887e7 ("perf/x86: Make perf callchains work without CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER")
> > Reported-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > kernel/bpf/core.c | 5 ++---
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/bpf/core.c b/kernel/bpf/core.c
> > index 080e2bb644cc..ff66294882f8 100644
> > --- a/kernel/bpf/core.c
> > +++ b/kernel/bpf/core.c
> > @@ -1299,7 +1299,7 @@ static u64 ___bpf_prog_run(u64 *regs, const struct bpf_insn *insn, u64 *stack)
> > {
> > #define BPF_INSN_2_LBL(x, y) [BPF_##x | BPF_##y] = &&x##_##y
> > #define BPF_INSN_3_LBL(x, y, z) [BPF_##x | BPF_##y | BPF_##z] = &&x##_##y##_##z
> > - static const void *jumptable[256] = {
> > + static const void *jump_table[256] = {
> > [0 ... 255] = &&default_label,
> > /* Now overwrite non-defaults ... */
> > BPF_INSN_MAP(BPF_INSN_2_LBL, BPF_INSN_3_LBL),
> > @@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ static u64 ___bpf_prog_run(u64 *regs, const struct bpf_insn *insn, u64 *stack)
> > #define CONT_JMP ({ insn++; goto select_insn; })
> >
> > select_insn:
> > - goto *jumptable[insn->code];
> > + goto *jump_table[insn->code];
>
> I thought we were clear that it is a nack?
> Either live it alone or rename to something like jump_table_bpf_interpreter
> or bpf_interpreter_jump_table.

As I have said many times:

The jump table detection is a generic objtool feature. It makes no
sense to give a bpf-specific name to a generic objtool feature which can
be used by other components.

--
Josh