Re: [PATCH v3 4/7] kprobes: Replace %p with other pointer types

[Masami Hiramatsu]

On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 08:56:36 +0200
Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> * Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > @@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ static void reuse_unused_kprobe(struct kprobe *ap)
> >  	op = container_of(ap, struct optimized_kprobe, kp);
> >  	if (unlikely(list_empty(&op->list)))
> >  		printk(KERN_WARNING "Warning: found a stray unused "
> > -			"aggrprobe@%p\n", ap->addr);
> > +			"aggrprobe@%pS\n", ap->addr);
> 
> Is this a kernel bug? If yes then please convert this to a WARN_ON_ONCE() that 
> doesn't print any kernel addresses.

OK, I will do.

> 
> >  	/* Enable the probe again */
> >  	ap->flags &= ~KPROBE_FLAG_DISABLED;
> >  	/* Optimize it again (remove from op->list) */
> > @@ -985,7 +985,8 @@ static int arm_kprobe_ftrace(struct kprobe *p)
> >  	ret = ftrace_set_filter_ip(&kprobe_ftrace_ops,
> >  				   (unsigned long)p->addr, 0, 0);
> >  	if (ret) {
> > -		pr_debug("Failed to arm kprobe-ftrace at %p (%d)\n", p->addr, ret);
> > +		pr_debug("Failed to arm kprobe-ftrace at %pS (%d)\n",
> > +			 p->addr, ret);
> >  		return ret;
> 
> Can this happen during normal use? If yes then just remove the warning message.

Yes, it can, for example probing on live-patched function.

> 
> >  	}
> >  
> > @@ -1025,7 +1026,8 @@ static int disarm_kprobe_ftrace(struct kprobe *p)
> >  
> >  	ret = ftrace_set_filter_ip(&kprobe_ftrace_ops,
> >  			   (unsigned long)p->addr, 1, 0);
> > -	WARN(ret < 0, "Failed to disarm kprobe-ftrace at %p (%d)\n", p->addr, ret);
> > +	WARN(ret < 0, "Failed to disarm kprobe-ftrace at %pS (%d)\n",
> > +	     p->addr, ret);
> 
> As this is a signal of a kernel bug, just convert this to a regular WARN_ONCE() 
> that doesn't print any kernel addresses.

Would you mean just replace WARN with WARN_ONCE as below?

WARN_ONCE(ret < 0, "Failed to disarm kprobe-ftrace at %pS (%d)\n",
	     p->addr, ret);

Anyway, without printing kprobe->addr, it may be meaningless for this case.

> 
> > +/* Caller must NOT call this in usual path. This is only for critical case */
> >  void dump_kprobe(struct kprobe *kp)
> >  {
> > -	printk(KERN_WARNING "Dumping kprobe:\n");
> > -	printk(KERN_WARNING "Name: %s\nAddress: %p\nOffset: %x\n",
> > -	       kp->symbol_name, kp->addr, kp->offset);
> > +	pr_err("Dumping kprobe:\n");
> > +	pr_err("Name: %s\nOffset: %x\nAddress: %pS\n",
> > +	       kp->symbol_name, kp->offset, kp->addr);
> 
> No, this function should just go away and be replaced by a WARN() in 
> reenter_kprobe().

Would you consider to use pr_err() here? If so, I'll move this
dump as you suggested.

Thank you,


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Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>