Re: [PATCH v3] perf test: Fix test trace+probe_vfs_getname.sh

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <arnaldo.melo@gmail.com>]

Em Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 10:44:06AM +0100, Thomas Richter escreveu:
> On 2/14/20 1:45 AM, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> > On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 15:11:40 -0300
> > Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> wrote:
> > 
> >> Em Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 02:01:51AM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu escreveu:
> >>> On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 11:30:48 -0300 Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> wrote:
> >>  
> >>>> Em Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 01:20:09PM +0100, Thomas Richter escreveu:
> >>>>> This test places a kprobe to function getname_flags() in the kernel
> >>>>> which has the following prototype:
> >>  
> >>>>>   struct filename *
> >>>>>   getname_flags(const char __user *filename, int flags, int *empty)
> >>  
> >>>>> Variable filename points to a filename located in user space memory.
> >>>>> Looking at
> >>>>> commit 88903c464321c ("tracing/probe: Add ustring type for user-space string")
> >>>>> the kprobe should indicate that user space memory is accessed.
> >>  
> >>>>> The following patch specifies user space memory access first and if this
> >>>>> fails use type 'string' in case 'ustring' is not supported.
> >>  
> >>>> What are you fixing?
> >>  
> >>>> I haven't seen any example of this test failing, and right now testing
> >>>> it with:
> >>  
> >>>> [root@quaco ~]# uname -a
> >>>> Linux quaco 5.6.0-rc1+ #1 SMP Wed Feb 12 15:42:16 -03 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> >>>> [root@quaco ~]#
> >>  
> >>> This bug doesn't happen on x86 or other archs on which user-address space and
> >>> kernel address space is same. On some arch (ppc64 in this case?) user-address
> >>> space is partially or completely same as kernel address space. (Yes, they switch
> >>> the world when running into the kernel) In this case, we need to use different
> >>> data access functions for each spaces. That is why I introduced "ustring" type
> >>> for kprobe event.
> >>> As far as I can see, Thomas's patch is sane.
> >>
> >> Well, without his patch, on x86, the test he is claiming to be fixing
> >> works well, with his patch it stops working, see the rest of my reply.
> > 
> > OK, let me see.
> > 
> > 
> >> diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/probe_vfs_getname.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/probe_vfs_getname.sh
> >> index 7cb99b433888..30c1eadbc5be 100644
> >> --- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/probe_vfs_getname.sh
> >> +++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/probe_vfs_getname.sh
> >> @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ add_probe_vfs_getname() {
> >>  	local verbose=$1
> >>  	if [ $had_vfs_getname -eq 1 ] ; then
> >>  		line=$(perf probe -L getname_flags 2>&1 | egrep 'result.*=.*filename;' | sed -r 's/[[:space:]]+([[:digit:]]+)[[:space:]]+result->uptr.*/\1/')
> >> -		perf probe -q       "vfs_getname=getname_flags:${line} pathname=result->name:string" || \
> >> +		perf probe -q       "vfs_getname=getname_flags:${line} pathname=result->uptr:ustring" || \
> >> +		perf probe $verbose "vfs_getname=getname_flags:${line} pathname=filename:ustring" || \
> >> +		perf probe -q       "vfs_getname=getname_flags:${line} pathname=result->uptr:string" || \
> >>  		perf probe $verbose "vfs_getname=getname_flags:${line} pathname=filename:string"
> >>  	fi
> >>  }
> > 
> > This looks no good (depends on architecture or debuginfo). In fs/namei.c,
> > 
> > struct filename *
> > getname_flags(const char __user *filename, int flags, int *empty)
> > ...
> >         kname = (char *)result->iname;
> >         result->name = kname;
> > ...
> >         result->uptr = filename;
> >         result->aname = NULL;
> >         audit_getname(result);
> >         return result;
> > }
> > 
> > And the line number script, egreps below line.
> > 
> >         result->uptr = filename;
> > 
> > However, the probe on this line will hit *before* execute this line.
> > Note that kprobes is a breakpoint, which breaks into this line execution,
> > not after executed.
> > 
> > So, I thik at this point, result->uptr should be NULL, but filename and
> > result->name already have assigned value.
> > 
> > Thus, the fix should be something like below.
> > 
> >> 		perf probe -q       "vfs_getname=getname_flags:${line} pathname=result->name:string" || \
> >> - 		perf probe $verbose "vfs_getname=getname_flags:${line} pathname=filename:string"
> >> +		perf probe $verbose "vfs_getname=getname_flags:${line} pathname=filename:ustring" || \
> > 
> > Thomas, is this OK for you too, or would you have any reason to trace
> > result->uptr?
> > 
> > Thank you,
> > 
> 
> Thank you very much for your help!!!
> 
> I started from scratch and just installed linux 5.6.0rc1 without
> any changes and got this failure:
> 
> [root@m35lp76 perf]# ./perf test  66 67
> 66: Use vfs_getname probe to get syscall args filenames   : FAILED!
> 67: Check open filename arg using perf trace + vfs_getname: FAILED!
> [root@m35lp76 perf]#
> 
> Now I applied Masami's patch and this is the result
> 
> [root@m35lp76 perf]# ./perf test  66 67
> 66: Use vfs_getname probe to get syscall args filenames   : Ok
> 67: Check open filename arg using perf trace + vfs_getname: Ok
> [root@m35lp76 perf        
> 
> Can we commit this patch?
> Thanks a lot

So, I'll keep authorship to Thomas but will add a committer note stating
Masami's correction, is that ok?

- Arnaldo