Re: Question: livepatch failed for new fork() task stack unreliable

From: Wangshaobo (bobo)
Date: Tue Jun 30 2020 - 09:04:55 EST



å 2020/6/5 9:51, Josh Poimboeuf åé:
On Fri, Jun 05, 2020 at 09:26:42AM +0800, Wangshaobo (bobo) wrote:
So, I want to ask is there any side effects if i modify like this ? this
modification is based on

your fix. It looks like ok with proper test.

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c
index e9cc182aa97e..ecce5051e8fd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c
@@ -620,6 +620,7 @@ void __unwind_start(struct unwind_state *state, struct
task_struct *task,
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ state->sp = task->thread.sp;
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ state->bp = READ_ONCE_NOCHECK(frame->bp);
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ state->ip = READ_ONCE_NOCHECK(frame->ret_addr);
+ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ state->signal = ((void *)state->ip == ret_from_fork);
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ }

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c
index 7f969b2d240f..d7396431261a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ bool unwind_next_frame(struct unwind_state *state)
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ state->sp = sp;
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ state->regs = NULL;
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ state->prev_regs = NULL;
-ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ state->signal = ((void *)state->ip == ret_from_fork);
+ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ state->signal = false;
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ break;
Yes that's correct.
Hi, josh

Could i ask when are you free to send the patch, all the tests are passed
by.
I want to run some regression tests, so it will probably be next week.

Hi, josh

did you send this patch, I haven't received it up to now, so i ask u to confirm again.

thanks,

Wang ShaoBo