Re: [PATCH v3 05/11] arm64: Add call_break_hook() to early_brk64() for early kgdb

[Doug Anderson]

Hi,

On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 12:36 AM Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 03:45:02PM -0700, Doug Anderson wrote:
> > On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 7:59 AM Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 02:13:45PM -0700, Douglas Anderson wrote:
> > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/debug-monitors.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/debug-monitors.c
> > > > index 48222a4760c2..59c353dfc8e9 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/debug-monitors.c
> > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/debug-monitors.c
> > > > @@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ void unregister_kernel_break_hook(struct break_hook *hook)
> > > >       unregister_debug_hook(&hook->node);
> > > >  }
> > > >
> > > > -static int call_break_hook(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int esr)
> > > > +int call_break_hook(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int esr)
> > > >  {
> > > >       struct break_hook *hook;
> > > >       struct list_head *list;
> > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
> > > > index cf402be5c573..a8173f0c1774 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
> > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
> > > > @@ -1044,6 +1044,9 @@ int __init early_brk64(unsigned long addr, unsigned int esr,
> > > >       if ((comment & ~KASAN_BRK_MASK) == KASAN_BRK_IMM)
> > > >               return kasan_handler(regs, esr) != DBG_HOOK_HANDLED;
> > > >  #endif
> > > > +     if (call_break_hook(regs, esr) == DBG_HOOK_HANDLED)
> > > > +             return 0;
> > >
> > > I think this just means we're not running debug_traps_init() early enough,
> > > and actually the KASAN early handler is unnecessary too.
> > >
> > > If we call debug_traps_init() directly from setup_arch() and drop the
> > > arch_initcall(), can we then drop early_brk64 entirely?
> >
> > It seems to work in my testing.  ...but the worry I have is the
> > comment right before trap_init().  It says:
> >
> > /* This registration must happen early, before debug_traps_init(). */
>
> I /think/ the reason for this is because debug_traps_init() replaces the
> BRK vector, so if that runs before the break hooks have been registered
> for e.g. BUG() then BUG() won't work during that window. Hmm, so dropping
> early_brk64 is problematic after all. Damn.
>
> Is trap_init() early enough for you? If so, we could call debug_traps_init()
> from traps_init() after registering the break hooks.

"Early enough" is a subjective term, of course.  The earlier we can
init, the earlier we can drop into the debugger.  ...but, of course,
everyone thinks their feature is the most important and should be
first, so let's see...

Certainly if we waited until trap_init() it wouldn't be early enough
to set "ARCH_HAS_EARLY_DEBUG".  Setting that means that debugging is
ready when early params are parsed and those happen at the start of
setup_arch().  The call to trap_init() happens a bit later.

If we decide that we just don't care about getting
"ARCH_HAS_EARLY_DEBUG" to work then the earliest we'll be able to
break into the debugger (via kgdbwait) is dbg_late_init().  That
_does_ happen after trap_init() so your solution would work.

As a person who spends most of his time in driver land, it wouldn't be
the end of the world to wait for dbg_late_init().  That's still much
earlier than most code I'd ever debug.  ...and, bonus points is that
if we hit a crash any time after earlyparams we _will_ still drop into
the debugger.  It's only breakpoints that won't be available until
dbg_late_init().


tl;dr:

* If we care about "kgdbwait" and breakpoints working as early as
possible then we need my patch.

* If we are OK w/ a slightly later "kgdbwait" then I think we can move
debug_traps_init() to trap_init() and get rid of the early version.


Please let me know which way you'd like to proceed.

-Doug