Re: [PATCH] kernel/kcov.c: mark func write_comp_data() as notrace

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Thu Dec 06 2018 - 13:14:22 EST


On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 15:30:11 +0100
Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Since __sanitizer_cov_trace_const_cmp4 is marked as notrace, the
> function called from __sanitizer_cov_trace_const_cmp4 shouldn't be
> traceable either. ftrace_graph_caller() gets called every time func
> write_comp_data() gets called if it isn't marked 'notrace'. This is the
> backtrace from gdb:
>
> #0 ftrace_graph_caller () at ../arch/arm64/kernel/entry-ftrace.S:179
> #1 0xffffff8010201920 in ftrace_caller () at ../arch/arm64/kernel/entry-ftrace.S:151
> #2 0xffffff8010439714 in write_comp_data (type=5, arg1=0, arg2=0, ip=18446743524224276596) at ../kernel/kcov.c:116
> #3 0xffffff8010439894 in __sanitizer_cov_trace_const_cmp4 (arg1=<optimized out>, arg2=<optimized out>) at ../kernel/kcov.c:188
> #4 0xffffff8010201874 in prepare_ftrace_return (self_addr=18446743524226602768, parent=0xffffff801014b918, frame_pointer=18446743524223531344) at ./include/generated/atomic-instrumented.h:27
> #5 0xffffff801020194c in ftrace_graph_caller () at ../arch/arm64/kernel/entry-ftrace.S:182
>
> Rework so that write_comp_data() that are called from
> __sanitizer_cov_trace_*_cmp*() are marked as 'notrace'.
>
> Commit 903e8ff86753 ("kernel/kcov.c: mark funcs in __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc() as notrace")
> missed to mark write_comp_data() as 'notrace'. When that patch was
> created gcc-7 was used. In lib/Kconfig.debug
> config KCOV_ENABLE_COMPARISONS
> depends on $(cc-option,-fsanitize-coverage=trace-cmp)
>
> That code path isn't hit with gcc-7. However, it were that with gcc-8.
>
> Co-developed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

-- Steve

> ---
> kernel/kcov.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/kcov.c b/kernel/kcov.c
> index 97959d7b77e2..c2277dbdbfb1 100644
> --- a/kernel/kcov.c
> +++ b/kernel/kcov.c
> @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ void notrace __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc(void)
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc);
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_KCOV_ENABLE_COMPARISONS
> -static void write_comp_data(u64 type, u64 arg1, u64 arg2, u64 ip)
> +static void notrace write_comp_data(u64 type, u64 arg1, u64 arg2, u64 ip)
> {
> struct task_struct *t;
> u64 *area;