Re: [PATCH 2/2] arm: Add support for function error injection

[Leo Yan]

Hi Russell,

On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 07:13:01PM +0800, Leo Yan wrote:
> This patch implement regs_set_return_value() and
> override_function_with_return() to support function error injection
> for arm.
> 
> In the exception flow, we can update pt_regs::ARM_pc with
> pt_regs::ARM_lr so that can override the probed function return.

Gentle ping.

> Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/arm/Kconfig                       |  1 +
>  arch/arm/include/asm/error-injection.h | 13 +++++++++++++
>  arch/arm/include/asm/ptrace.h          |  5 +++++
>  arch/arm/lib/Makefile                  |  2 ++
>  arch/arm/lib/error-inject.c            | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>  5 files changed, 40 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 arch/arm/include/asm/error-injection.h
>  create mode 100644 arch/arm/lib/error-inject.c
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> index 8869742a85df..f7932a5e29ea 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> @@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ config ARM
>  	select HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS if (CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K || CPU_V7) && MMU
>  	select HAVE_EXIT_THREAD
>  	select HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD if !XIP_KERNEL
> +	select HAVE_FUNCTION_ERROR_INJECTION if !THUMB2_KERNEL
>  	select HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER if !THUMB2_KERNEL && !CC_IS_CLANG
>  	select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER if !XIP_KERNEL
>  	select HAVE_GCC_PLUGINS
> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/error-injection.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/error-injection.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..da057e8ed224
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/error-injection.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */
> +
> +#ifndef __ASM_ERROR_INJECTION_H_
> +#define __ASM_ERROR_INJECTION_H_
> +
> +#include <linux/compiler.h>
> +#include <linux/linkage.h>
> +#include <asm/ptrace.h>
> +#include <asm-generic/error-injection.h>
> +
> +void override_function_with_return(struct pt_regs *regs);
> +
> +#endif /* __ASM_ERROR_INJECTION_H_ */
> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/ptrace.h
> index 91d6b7856be4..3b41f37b361a 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/ptrace.h
> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/ptrace.h
> @@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ static inline long regs_return_value(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  	return regs->ARM_r0;
>  }
>  
> +static inline void regs_set_return_value(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long rc)
> +{
> +	regs->ARM_r0 = rc;
> +}
> +
>  #define instruction_pointer(regs)	(regs)->ARM_pc
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL
> diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/Makefile b/arch/arm/lib/Makefile
> index 0bff0176db2c..d3d7430ecd76 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/lib/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/arm/lib/Makefile
> @@ -43,3 +43,5 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_KERNEL_MODE_NEON),y)
>    CFLAGS_xor-neon.o		+= $(NEON_FLAGS)
>    obj-$(CONFIG_XOR_BLOCKS)	+= xor-neon.o
>  endif
> +
> +obj-$(CONFIG_FUNCTION_ERROR_INJECTION) += error-inject.o
> diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/error-inject.c b/arch/arm/lib/error-inject.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..96319d017114
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/arm/lib/error-inject.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +#include <linux/error-injection.h>
> +#include <linux/kprobes.h>
> +
> +void override_function_with_return(struct pt_regs *regs)
> +{
> +	/*
> +	 * 'regs' represents the state on entry of a predefined function in
> +	 * the kernel/module and which is captured on a kprobe.
> +	 *
> +	 * 'regs->ARM_lr' contains the the link register for the probed
> +	 * function and assign it to 'regs->ARM_pc', so when kprobe returns
> +	 * back from exception it will override the end of probed function
> +	 * and drirectly return to the predefined function's caller.
> +	 */
> +	regs->ARM_pc = regs->ARM_lr;
> +}
> +NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(override_function_with_return);
> -- 
> 2.17.1
>