Re: [PATCH -tip v8 09/13] kprobes: Enable stacktrace from pt_regs in kretprobe handler

[Josh Poimboeuf]

On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 04:06:46PM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> Since the ORC unwinder from pt_regs requires setting up regs->ip
> correctly, set the correct return address to the regs->ip before
> calling user kretprobe handler.
> 
> This allows the kretrprobe handler to trace stack from the
> kretprobe's pt_regs by stack_trace_save_regs() (eBPF will do
> this), instead of stack tracing from the handler context by
> stack_trace_save() (ftrace will do this).
> 
> Suggested-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Andrii Nakryik <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  Changes in v8:
>   - Update comment to clarify why this is needed.
>  Changes in v3:
>   - Cast the correct_ret_addr to unsigned long.
> ---
>  kernel/kprobes.c |    3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
> index 650cbe738666..ba729ed05cb3 100644
> --- a/kernel/kprobes.c
> +++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
> @@ -1896,6 +1896,9 @@ unsigned long __kretprobe_trampoline_handler(struct pt_regs *regs,
>  		BUG_ON(1);
>  	}
>  
> +	/* Set the instruction pointer to the correct address */
> +	instruction_pointer_set(regs, (unsigned long)correct_ret_addr);
> +
>  	/* Run them. */
>  	first = current->kretprobe_instances.first;
>  	while (first) {
> 

-- 
Josh