[PATCH v11 32/65] dyndbg: Harden classmap and callsite validation

From: Jim Cromie

Date: Fri Mar 13 2026 - 09:43:02 EST


Dynamic debug classmaps allow modules to _DEFINE or _USE classmaps,
which map classnames to a range of class-IDs (0..62) that they are
using. This names => IDs mapping allows many modules to use 0..N
independently, and even allows (carefully) shared classnames.

Previously, class validation only caught some violations in _DEFINEd
classmaps; 0..62 range checks, overlaps among _DEFINEd classmaps, but
left blind spots in _USEs, for out of bounds manual offsets,
overlapping _USEd classmaps, unknown map types, and orphaned callsite
IDs. These oversights could lead to ambiguous routing or spammy
warnings during control query execution.

This commit hardens classmap and descriptor validation:

- Mirror the compile-time limits of _DEFINE by adding a static_assert
to validate the _offset value passed to DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CLASSMAP_USE_.
- Add run-time overlap checks for _USEd classmaps in ddebug_add_module()
to prevent collisions between private maps and imported APIs.
- Validate that module classmaps use known enum map types.
- Scan module descriptors at load time to print a single warning per
missing class_id, rather than waiting for a user query to trip over it.
- Downgrade the global WARN_ONCE in ddebug_match_desc() to a
pr_warn_ratelimited, since orphaned class IDs are now tracked and
warned about early at module load.

Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/dynamic_debug.h | 2 ++
lib/dynamic_debug.c | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
2 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h b/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
index 0d1245aefc69..28684cfc0937 100644
--- a/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
+++ b/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ struct _ddebug_class_param {

#define __DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CLASSMAP_USE(_var, _offset, _uname) \
extern struct _ddebug_class_map _var; \
+ static_assert((_offset) >= 0 && (_offset) < _DPRINTK_CLASS_DFLT, \
+ "classmap use offset must be in 0..62"); \
static struct _ddebug_class_user __aligned(8) __used \
__section("__dyndbg_class_users") _uname = { \
.mod_name = KBUILD_MODNAME, \
diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
index 2083a8546460..635df6edb4cf 100644
--- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
+++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ static bool ddebug_match_desc(const struct ddebug_query *query,
/* site is class'd */
site_map = ddebug_find_map_by_class_id(di, dp->class_id);
if (!site_map) {
- WARN_ONCE(1, "unknown class_id %d, check %s's CLASSMAP definitions",
+ pr_warn_ratelimited("unknown class_id %d, check %s's CLASSMAP definitions\n",
dp->class_id, di->mod_name);
return false;
}
@@ -1404,9 +1404,8 @@ static void ddebug_apply_class_users(const struct _ddebug_info *di)
(__dst)->info._vec.len = __nc; \
})

-static int __maybe_unused
-ddebug_class_range_overlap(struct _ddebug_class_map *cm,
- u64 *reserved_ids)
+static int ddebug_class_range_overlap(struct _ddebug_class_map *cm,
+ u64 *reserved_ids)
{
u64 range = (((1ULL << cm->length) - 1) << cm->base);

@@ -1420,6 +1419,23 @@ ddebug_class_range_overlap(struct _ddebug_class_map *cm,
return 0;
}

+static int ddebug_class_user_overlap(struct _ddebug_class_user *cli,
+ u64 *reserved_ids)
+{
+ struct _ddebug_class_map *cm = cli->map;
+ int base = cm->base + cli->offset;
+ u64 range = (((1ULL << cm->length) - 1) << base);
+
+ if (range & *reserved_ids) {
+ pr_err("[%d..%d] (from %s) conflicts with %llx\n", base,
+ base + cm->length - 1, cm->class_names[0],
+ *reserved_ids);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ *reserved_ids |= range;
+ return 0;
+}
+
/*
* Allocate a new ddebug_table for the given module
* and add it to the global list.
@@ -1430,6 +1446,7 @@ static int ddebug_add_module(struct _ddebug_info *di)
struct _ddebug_class_map *cm;
struct _ddebug_class_user *cli;
u64 reserved_ids = 0;
+ u64 bad_ids = 0;
int i;

if (!di->descs.len)
@@ -1454,10 +1471,33 @@ static int ddebug_add_module(struct _ddebug_info *di)
dd_mark_vector_subrange(i, cli, &dt->info, users, dt);
/* now di is stale */

- /* insure 2+ classmaps share the per-module 0..62 class_id space */
- for_subvec(i, cm, &dt->info, maps)
+ /* validate class map types and the per-module 0..62 class_id space */
+ for_subvec(i, cm, &dt->info, maps) {
+ if (cm->map_type > DD_CLASS_TYPE_LEVEL_NUM) {
+ pr_err("module %s has unknown classmap type %d\n", dt->info.mod_name, cm->map_type);
+ goto cleanup;
+ }
if (ddebug_class_range_overlap(cm, &reserved_ids))
goto cleanup;
+ }
+
+ for_subvec(i, cli, &dt->info, users)
+ if (ddebug_class_user_overlap(cli, &reserved_ids))
+ goto cleanup;
+
+ /* validate all class_ids against module's classmaps/users */
+ for (i = 0; i < dt->info.descs.len; i++) {
+ struct _ddebug *dp = &dt->info.descs.start[i];
+
+ if (dp->class_id == _DPRINTK_CLASS_DFLT)
+ continue;
+ if (bad_ids & (1ULL << dp->class_id))
+ continue;
+ if (!ddebug_find_map_by_class_id(&dt->info, dp->class_id)) {
+ pr_warn("module %s uses unknown class_id %d\n", dt->info.mod_name, dp->class_id);
+ bad_ids |= (1ULL << dp->class_id);
+ }
+ }

mutex_lock(&ddebug_lock);
list_add_tail(&dt->link, &ddebug_tables);
--
2.53.0