Re: [PATCH -tip v2 0/3] ftrace, kprobes: Introduce IPMODIFY flag for ftrace_ops to detect conflicts

From: Josh Poimboeuf
Date: Thu Jun 19 2014 - 10:19:15 EST


On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 02:03:31PM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> (2014/06/19 11:08), Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 11:04:36AM +0000, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Here is the version 2 of the series of patches which introduces
> >> IPMODIFY flag for ftrace_ops to detect conflicts of ftrace users
> >> who can modify regs->ip in their handler.
> >> In this version, I fixed some bugs in previous version and
> >> added a patch which made kprobe itself free from IPMODIFY
> >> except for jprobe.
> >
> > Hi Masami,
> >
> > This seems better, but I still saw a few issues. I'm not sure if the
> > issues are specific to stap or kprobes. For the following issues I used
> > this command to set a kprobe:
> >
> > stap -v -e 'probe kernel.function("meminfo_proc_show") {printf("meminfo_proc_show called\n");}'
> >
> > With patches 1-2, when I used stap to kprobe the function after it was
> > already kpatched, stap didn't return an error and instead acted like it
> > succeeded (though the probe didn't work):
> >
> > $ sudo stap -v -e 'probe kernel.function("meminfo_proc_show") {printf("meminfo_proc_show called\n");}'
> > Pass 1: parsed user script and 112 library script(s) using 221516virt/41612res/6028shr/36228data kb, in 130usr/0sys/132real ms.
> > Pass 2: analyzed script: 1 probe(s), 0 function(s), 0 embed(s), 0 global(s) using 255840virt/77132res/7132shr/70552data kb, in 510usr/20sys/577real ms.
> > Pass 3: translated to C into "/tmp/stap3Qunba/stap_2690192fea570fb7bba78c7ed7fa1e0d_898_src.c" using 255840virt/77392res/7392shr/70552data kb, in 10usr/0sys/4real ms.
> > Pass 4: compiled C into "stap_2690192fea570fb7bba78c7ed7fa1e0d_898.ko" in 5020usr/640sys/7105real ms.
> > Pass 5: starting run.
> > (no error)
>
> Yeah, I guess you can see some warning messages in dmesg (by
> arm_kprobe) at this point.

Ah, you're right:

Jun 19 08:03:10 treble kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------
Jun 19 08:03:10 treble kernel: WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 17991 at kernel/kprobes.c:953 arm_kprobe+0xa7/0xe0()
Jun 19 08:03:10 treble kernel: Failed to init kprobe-ftrace (-16)
Jun 19 08:03:10 treble kernel: Modules linked in: stap_1faf9cc0ccf85c0d203c74ab6f604b_17991(OE) ...defra
Jun 19 08:03:10 treble kernel: videobuf2_vmalloc serio_raw microcode sdhci_pci bluetooth videobuf2_m...
Jun 19 08:03:10 treble kernel: CPU: 1 PID: 17991 Comm: stapio Tainted: G U W OE 3.15.0+ #1
Jun 19 08:03:10 treble kernel: Hardware name: LENOVO 2356BH8/2356BH8, BIOS G7ET63WW (2.05 ) 11/12/2012
Jun 19 08:03:10 treble kernel: 0000000000000000 000000009023f19e ffff8803dcce7d80 ffffffff816f31fd
Jun 19 08:03:10 treble kernel: ffff8803dcce7dc8 ffff8803dcce7db8 ffffffff8108914d ffffffffa08248e0
Jun 19 08:03:10 treble kernel: ffffffffa08248f0 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
Jun 19 08:03:10 treble kernel: Call Trace:
Jun 19 08:03:10 treble kernel: [<ffffffff816f31fd>] dump_stack+0x45/0x56
Jun 19 08:03:10 treble kernel: [<ffffffff8108914d>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7d/0xa0
Jun 19 08:03:10 treble kernel: [<ffffffff810891cc>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x5c/0x80
Jun 19 08:03:10 treble kernel: [<ffffffff816ff9d7>] arm_kprobe+0xa7/0xe0
Jun 19 08:03:10 treble kernel: [<ffffffff817007f7>] register_kprobe+0x557/0x5d0
Jun 19 08:03:10 treble kernel: [<ffffffff81254db0>] ? meminfo_proc_open+0x30/0x30
Jun 19 08:03:10 treble kernel: [<ffffffffa081fc95>] _stp_ctl_write_cmd+0x8d5/0x930 [stap_1faf9c...7991]
Jun 19 08:03:10 treble kernel: [<ffffffff811e5dba>] vfs_write+0xba/0x1e0
Jun 19 08:03:10 treble kernel: [<ffffffff811e6975>] SyS_write+0x55/0xd0
Jun 19 08:03:10 treble kernel: [<ffffffff81703179>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
Jun 19 08:03:10 treble kernel: ---[ end trace 19615ed55413a30d ]---

Why not change arm_kprobe() to return an error?


>
> >
> > With all 3 patches, I expected kprobes and kpatch to be able to ftrace
> > the same function. But when I tried to kpatch the function after it was
> > kprobed, I got the following oops in stap:
> >
> > [ 455.842797] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000020
> > [ 455.843388] IP: [<ffffffffa0833d1e>] _stp_module_notifier+0x1e/0x320 [stap_2690192fea570fb7bba78c7ed7fa1e_20189]
>
> Hmm, since this happens in _stp_module_notifier() which is a code in systemtap,
> I guess it's a systemtap problem.
>
> Could you test it with kprobe-tracer as below?
>
> # (do something kpatch related activation)
> # echo p meminfo_proc_show > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/kprobe_events
> # echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kprobe/enable

That worked, thanks.

>
> Thank you,
>
> > [ 455.844011] PGD 33f898067 PUD 422083067 PMD 0
> > [ 455.844638] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
> > [ 455.845255] Modules linked in: kpatch(OE+) stap_2690192fea570fb7bba78c7ed7fa1e_20189(OE) rfcomm ipt_MASQUERADE fuse ccm xt_CHECKSUM tun ip6t_rpfilter ip6t_REJECT xt_conntrack ebtable_nat ebtable_broute bridge stp llc ebtable_filter ebtables ip6table_nat nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_nat_ipv6 ip6table_mangle ip6table_security ip6table_raw ip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat nf_conntrack iptable_mangle iptable_security iptable_raw bnep arc4 iwldvm mac80211 iTCO_wdt snd_hda_codec_hdmi iTCO_vendor_support x86_pkg_temp_thermal snd_hda_codec_realtek coretemp iwlwifi snd_hda_codec_generic kvm_intel snd_hda_intel kvm uvcvideo snd_hda_controller cfg80211 snd_hda_codec btusb videobuf2_vmalloc bluetooth videobuf2_memops snd_hwdep snd_seq nfsd videobuf2_core
> > [ 455.848272] v4l2_common videodev snd_seq_device e1000e microcode snd_pcm sdhci_pci media joydev sdhci serio_raw i2c_i801 pcspkr mmc_core thinkpad_acpi mei_me snd_timer auth_rpcgss mei snd lpc_ich ptp mfd_core shpchp nfs_acl lockd pps_core wmi tpm_tis soundcore tpm rfkill sunrpc dm_crypt i915 i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper drm crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel ghash_clmulni_intel i2c_core video
> > [ 455.850887] CPU: 3 PID: 19857 Comm: insmod Tainted: G W OE 3.16.0-rc1+ #2
> > [ 455.851768] Hardware name: LENOVO 2356BH8/2356BH8, BIOS G7ET63WW (2.05 ) 11/12/2012
> > [ 455.852638] task: ffff880095d65460 ti: ffff88039d1d4000 task.ti: ffff88039d1d4000
> > [ 455.853456] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa0833d1e>] [<ffffffffa0833d1e>] _stp_module_notifier+0x1e/0x320 [stap_2690192fea570fb7bba78c7ed7fa1e_20189]
> > [ 455.854335] RSP: 0018:ffff88039d1d7ce0 EFLAGS: 00010246
> > [ 455.855212] RAX: ffffffffa0837f50 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00000000ffffffff
> > [ 455.856109] RDX: ffffffffa08400e0 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffffffffa0837f50
> > [ 455.856986] RBP: ffff88039d1d7d00 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
> > [ 455.857880] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: ffffc9001aed2d8f R12: ffffffff81c593e0
> > [ 455.858761] R13: 0000000000000001 R14: ffffffffa08400e0 R15: 0000000000000000
> > [ 455.859640] FS: 00007feac5f10740(0000) GS:ffff88043e2c0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
> > [ 455.860523] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
> > [ 455.861403] CR2: 0000000000000020 CR3: 00000004224e7000 CR4: 00000000001407e0
> > [ 455.862309] Stack:
> > [ 455.863236] 00000000fffffffd ffffffff81c593e0 0000000000000001 ffffffffa08400e0
> > [ 455.864163] ffff88039d1d7d38 ffffffff810b45bc ffffffff81c557c0 0000000000000000
> > [ 455.865103] 0000000000000001 ffffffffa08400e0 00000000ffffffff ffff88039d1d7d78
> > [ 455.866067] Call Trace:
> > [ 455.867100] [<ffffffff810b45bc>] notifier_call_chain+0x4c/0x70
> > [ 455.868202] [<ffffffff810b491d>] __blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x4d/0x70
> > [ 455.869155] [<ffffffff810b4956>] blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x16/0x20
> > [ 455.870111] [<ffffffff8110749c>] load_module+0x1aac/0x25f0
> > [ 455.871067] [<ffffffff811f6720>] ? kernel_read+0x50/0x80
> > [ 455.872022] [<ffffffff81108196>] SyS_finit_module+0xa6/0xd0
> > [ 455.872982] [<ffffffff817082e9>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
> > [ 455.873941] Code: 66 66 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48 83 fe 01 48 89 e5 41 56 49 89 d6 41 55 41 54 53 48 8b 9a d0 01 00 00 <8b> 43 20 0f 84 59 01 00 00 48 85 f6 75 44 85 c0 74 4a 83 e8 01
> > [ 455.876073] RIP [<ffffffffa0833d1e>] _stp_module_notifier+0x1e/0x320 [stap_2690192fea570fb7bba78c7ed7fa1e_20189]
> > [ 455.877146] RSP <ffff88039d1d7ce0>
> > [ 455.878243] CR2: 0000000000000020
> > [ 455.883707] ---[ end trace 388d9e62d4390d42 ]---
> >
>
>
> --
> Masami HIRAMATSU
> Software Platform Research Dept. Linux Technology Research Center
> Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory
> E-mail: masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
>

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Josh
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