Re: [PATCH] tracing: precise log info for kretprobe addr err

From: Masami Hiramatsu
Date: Tue Jan 19 2021 - 23:20:30 EST


On Wed, 20 Jan 2021 12:24:15 +0900
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 19 Jan 2021 10:41:06 -0500
> Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Masami,
> >
> > Looks fine to me. What do you think?
>
> Agreed. Since register_kretprobe() checks the address by kprobe_on_func_entry(),
> if it is not passed, it should always fail to register at last.
>
> Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>

Oops, sorry I missed one case.

Since kprobe_events can accept a symbol with module name (MOD:symbol)
If the given symbol is on a module which is not loaded,
kprobe_on_func_entry(NULL, symbol, offset) may return false too.
(But that kretprobe must be enabled after the target module is loaded)

To confirm it correctly, add !strchr(symbol, ':') there to check
it is really bad symbol or not.

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
index 5fff39541b8a..0170f8e6430b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ static int trace_kprobe_create(int argc, const char *argv[])
flags |= TPARG_FL_RETURN;
if (kprobe_on_func_entry(NULL, symbol, offset))
flags |= TPARG_FL_FENTRY;
- if (offset && is_return && !(flags & TPARG_FL_FENTRY)) {
+ if (!strchr(symbol, ':') && is_return && !(flags & TPARG_FL_FENTRY)) {
trace_probe_log_err(0, BAD_RETPROBE);
goto parse_error;
}

Thank you,

>
> Thank you!
>
> >
> > -- Steve
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 19 Jan 2021 23:10:14 +0800
> > Jianlin Lv <Jianlin.Lv@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > When trying to create kretprobe with the wrong function symbol in tracefs;
> > > The error is triggered in the register_trace_kprobe() and recorded as
> > > FAIL_REG_PROBE issue,
> > >
> > > Example:
> > > $ cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing
> > > $ echo 'r:myprobe ERROR_SYMBOL_XXX ret=%x0' >> kprobe_events
> > > bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
> > > $ cat error_log
> > > [142797.347877] trace_kprobe: error: Failed to register probe event
> > > Command: r:myprobe ERROR_SYMBOL_XXX ret=%x0
> > > ^
> > >
> > > This error can be detected in the parameter parsing stage, the effect of
> > > applying this patch is as follows:
> > >
> > > $ echo 'r:myprobe ERROR_SYMBOL_XXX ret=%x0' >> kprobe_events
> > > bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
> > > $ cat error_log
> > > [415.89]trace_kprobe: error: Retprobe address must be an function entry
> > > Command: r:myprobe ERROR_SYMBOL_XXX ret=%x0
> > > ^
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Jianlin Lv <Jianlin.Lv@xxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c | 2 +-
> > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
> > > index e6fba1798771..3dfd1b6711a3 100644
> > > --- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
> > > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
> > > @@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ static int trace_kprobe_create(int argc, const char *argv[])
> > > flags |= TPARG_FL_RETURN;
> > > if (kprobe_on_func_entry(NULL, symbol, offset))
> > > flags |= TPARG_FL_FENTRY;
> > > - if (offset && is_return && !(flags & TPARG_FL_FENTRY)) {
> > > + if (is_return && !(flags & TPARG_FL_FENTRY)) {
> > > trace_probe_log_err(0, BAD_RETPROBE);
> > > goto parse_error;
> > > }
> >
>
>
> --
> Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>


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