Re: [PATCH] kprobes: add kprobe_is_function_probed()

[Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>]

(2014/10/22 0:48), Jiri Kosina wrote:
> Add a function that allows external users (such as live patching 
> mechanisms) to check whether a given function (identified by symbol name) 
> has a kprobe installed in it.

Actually, we've already exported the list of kprobes with probe points
(symbols) via debugfs. Please check /sys/kernel/debug/kprobes/list :)

Thank you,

> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
> ---
>  include/linux/kprobes.h |  5 +++++
>  kernel/kprobes.c        | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 33 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/kprobes.h b/include/linux/kprobes.h
> index f7296e5..f760555 100644
> --- a/include/linux/kprobes.h
> +++ b/include/linux/kprobes.h
> @@ -384,6 +384,7 @@ int disable_kprobe(struct kprobe *kp);
>  int enable_kprobe(struct kprobe *kp);
>  
>  void dump_kprobe(struct kprobe *kp);
> +bool kprobe_is_function_probed(const char *name);
>  
>  #else /* !CONFIG_KPROBES: */
>  
> @@ -459,6 +460,10 @@ static inline int enable_kprobe(struct kprobe *kp)
>  {
>  	return -ENOSYS;
>  }
> +static inline bool kprobe_is_function_probed(const char *name)
> +{
> +	return false;
> +}
>  #endif /* CONFIG_KPROBES */
>  static inline int disable_kretprobe(struct kretprobe *rp)
>  {
> diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
> index 3995f54..27e8ddb 100644
> --- a/kernel/kprobes.c
> +++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
> @@ -2036,6 +2036,34 @@ void dump_kprobe(struct kprobe *kp)
>  NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(dump_kprobe);
>  
>  /*
> + * Check whether a given symbol is a probed function
> + */
> +bool kprobe_is_function_probed(const char *name)
> +{
> +	struct hlist_head *head;
> +	struct kprobe *p, *kp;
> +	const char *sym = NULL;
> +	unsigned long offset = 0;
> +	unsigned int i;
> +	char *modname, namebuf[KSYM_NAME_LEN];
> +
> +	preempt_disable();
> +	for (i = 0; i < KPROBE_TABLE_SIZE; i++) {
> +		head = &kprobe_table[i];
> +		hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(p, head, hlist) {
> +			sym = kallsyms_lookup((unsigned long)p->addr,
> +					NULL, &offset, &modname,
> +					namebuf);
> +			if (!strcmp(sym, name))
> +				return true;
> +		}
> +	}
> +	preempt_enable();
> +	return false;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kprobe_is_function_probed);
> +
> +/*
>   * Lookup and populate the kprobe_blacklist.
>   *
>   * Unlike the kretprobe blacklist, we'll need to determine
> 


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Masami HIRAMATSU
Software Platform Research Dept. Linux Technology Research Center
Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory
E-mail: masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com