Re: Bug: broken /proc/kcore in 6.13
From: Lorenzo Stoakes
Date: Fri Jan 17 2025 - 11:33:42 EST
On Fri, Jan 17, 2025 at 04:28:32PM +0100, Alexandre Ferrieux wrote:
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> On 17/01/2025 16:19, Alexandre Ferrieux wrote:
> > On 17/01/2025 15:44, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> >>> Alexandre Ferrieux <alexandre.ferrieux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> Somewhere in the 6.13 branch (not bisected yet, sorry), it stopped being
> >>>> possible to disassemble the running kernel from gdb through /proc/kcore.
> >> Thanks for the report! Much appreciated.
> >>
> >> I may try to bisect here also unless you're close to finding the commit that
> >> broke this?
> >
> > I'm currently homing in on copy_page_to_iter_nofault(), will report shortly :)
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> Hmm, actually, that baby ain't cooperative:
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> [Fri Jan 17 15:23:05 2025] trace_kprobe: Could not probe notrace function
> copy_page_to_iter_nofault
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> ... if I cannot insert kprobes to sniff around, I'm a bit stuck :}
> So I think you'll reach the goal faster than me !
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> PS: For your bisection: the last working kernel I know of is Debian's 6.12 final:
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> ii linux-image-6.12.9-amd64 6.12.9-1 amd64
> Linux 6.12 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
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Cheers much appreciated, have been able to repro and am bisecting now! Will
update with results when done.