[PATCH v15 08/10] arm64: Add trampoline code for kretprobes

[dave.long@linaro.org (David Long)]

On 07/19/2016 09:46 AM, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 08, 2016 at 12:35:52PM -0400, David Long wrote:
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/kprobes_trampoline.S
>> @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
>> +/*
>> + * trampoline entry and return code for kretprobes.
>> + */
>> +
>> +#include <linux/linkage.h>
>> +#include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
>> +#include <asm/assembler.h>
>> +
>> +	.text
>> +
>> +.macro save_all_base_regs
>> +	stp x0, x1, [sp, #S_X0]
>> +	stp x2, x3, [sp, #S_X2]
>> +	stp x4, x5, [sp, #S_X4]
>> +	stp x6, x7, [sp, #S_X6]
>> +	stp x8, x9, [sp, #S_X8]
>> +	stp x10, x11, [sp, #S_X10]
>> +	stp x12, x13, [sp, #S_X12]
>> +	stp x14, x15, [sp, #S_X14]
>> +	stp x16, x17, [sp, #S_X16]
>> +	stp x18, x19, [sp, #S_X18]
>> +	stp x20, x21, [sp, #S_X20]
>> +	stp x22, x23, [sp, #S_X22]
>> +	stp x24, x25, [sp, #S_X24]
>> +	stp x26, x27, [sp, #S_X26]
>> +	stp x28, x29, [sp, #S_X28]
>> +	add x0, sp, #S_FRAME_SIZE
>> +	stp lr, x0, [sp, #S_LR]
>> +/*
>> + * Construct a useful saved PSTATE
>> + */
>> +	mrs x0, nzcv
>> +	and x0, x0, #(PSR_N_BIT | PSR_Z_BIT | PSR_C_BIT | PSR_V_BIT)
>> +	mrs x1, daif
>> +	and x1, x1, #(PSR_D_BIT | PSR_A_BIT | PSR_I_BIT | PSR_F_BIT)
>
> I don't think you need the masking here, the mrs should return the
> corresponding 4 bits.
>

OK. I see you've done that.

>> +	orr x0, x0, x1
>> +	mrs x1, CurrentEL
>> +	and x1, x1, #(3 << 2)
>> +	orr x0, x1, x0
>> +	mrs x1, SPSel
>> +	and x1, x1, #1
>
> Same here.

OK. ^

>
>> +	orr x0, x1, x0
>> +	str x0, [sp, #S_PSTATE]
>> +.endm
>
> How is this pstate used, other than the restoring of the condition flag
> in the restore_all_base_regs macro? Does a kretprobes handler need
> access to them?
>

A kretprobes handler should probably be able to examine a reasonable 
pstate value, particularly in terms of DAIF. As I recall not having a 
valid DAIF was an issue at one time.

> Anyway, it's worth doing an stp xzr, x0, [sp, S_PC] so that we
> initialise the pc in pt_regs.
>

OK.  Looks like you've done this.

>> +
>> +.macro restore_all_base_regs
>> +	ldr x0, [sp, #S_PSTATE]
>> +	and x0, x0, #(PSR_N_BIT | PSR_Z_BIT | PSR_C_BIT | PSR_V_BIT)
>> +	msr nzcv, x0
>> +	ldp x0, x1, [sp, #S_X0]
>> +	ldp x2, x3, [sp, #S_X2]
>> +	ldp x4, x5, [sp, #S_X4]
>> +	ldp x6, x7, [sp, #S_X6]
>> +	ldp x8, x9, [sp, #S_X8]
>> +	ldp x10, x11, [sp, #S_X10]
>> +	ldp x12, x13, [sp, #S_X12]
>> +	ldp x14, x15, [sp, #S_X14]
>> +	ldp x16, x17, [sp, #S_X16]
>> +	ldp x18, x19, [sp, #S_X18]
>> +	ldp x20, x21, [sp, #S_X20]
>> +	ldp x22, x23, [sp, #S_X22]
>> +	ldp x24, x25, [sp, #S_X24]
>> +	ldp x26, x27, [sp, #S_X26]
>> +	ldp x28, x29, [sp, #S_X28]
>> +.endm
>> +
>> +ENTRY(kretprobe_trampoline)
>> +
>> +	sub sp, sp, #S_FRAME_SIZE
>> +
>> +	save_all_base_regs
>> +
>> +	mov x0, sp
>> +	bl trampoline_probe_handler
>> +	/* Replace trampoline address in lr with actual
>> +	   orig_ret_addr return address. */
>> +	mov lr, x0
>> +
>> +	restore_all_base_regs
>> +
>> +	add sp, sp, #S_FRAME_SIZE
>> +
>> +	ret
>> +
>> +ENDPROC(kretprobe_trampoline)
>

Thanks,
-dl