From: panand@redhat.com (Pratyush Anand)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v11 3/9] arm64: add copy_to/from_user to kprobes blacklist
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 10:47:43 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160321051743.GD29225@dhcppc6.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56EC4504.6060702@arm.com>
Hi James,
On 18/03/2016:06:12:20 PM, James Morse wrote:
> Hi Pratyush,
>
> On 18/03/16 14:43, Pratyush Anand wrote:
> > On 18/03/2016:02:02:49 PM, James Morse wrote:
> >> In kernel/entry.S when entered from EL0 we test for TIF_SINGLESTEP in the
> >> thread_info flags, and use disable_step_tsk/enable_step_tsk to save/restore the
> >> single-step state.
> >>
> >> Could we do this regardless of which EL we came from?
> >
> > Thanks for another idea. I think, we can not do this as it is, because
> > TIF_SINGLESTEP will not be set for kprobe events.
>
> Hmmm, I see kernel_enable_single_step() doesn't set it, but setup_singlestep()
> in patch 5 could...
>
> There is probably a good reason its never set for a kernel thread, I will have a
> look at where else it is used.
>
>
> > But, we can introduce a
> > variant disable_step_kernel and enable_step_kernel, which can be called in
> > el1_da.
>
> What about sp/pc misalignment, or undefined instructions?
> Or worse... an irq occurs during your el1_da call (el1_da may re-enable irqs).
> el1_irq doesn't know you were careful not to unmask debug exceptions, it blindly
> turns them back on.
>
> The problem is the 'single step me' bit is still set, save/restoring it will
> save us having to consider every interaction, (and then missing some!).
>
> It would also mean you don't have to disable interrupts while single stepping in
> patch 5 (comment above kprobes_save_local_irqflag()).
I see.
kernel_enable_single_step() is called from watchpoint and kgdb handler. It seems
to me that, similar issue may arise there as well. So, it would be a good idea
to set TIF_SINGLESTEP in kernel_enable_single_step() and clear in
kernel_disable_single_step().
Meanwhile, I prepared a test case to reproduce the issue without this patch.
Instrumented a kprobe at an instruction of __copy_to_user() which stores in user
space memory. I can see a sea of messages "Unexpected kernel single-step
exception at EL1" within few seconds. While with patch[1] applied, I do not see
any such messages.
May be I can send [1] as RFC and seek feedback.
~Pratyush
[1] https://github.com/pratyushanand/linux/commit/7623c8099ac22eaa00e7e0f52430f7a4bd154652
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-03-21 5:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-03-09 5:32 [PATCH v11 0/9] arm64: Add kernel probes (kprobes) support David Long
2016-03-09 5:32 ` [PATCH v11 1/9] arm64: Add HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API feature David Long
2016-03-11 18:07 ` James Morse
2016-03-18 13:06 ` David Long
2016-03-15 11:04 ` Marc Zyngier
2016-03-21 7:08 ` David Long
2016-03-09 5:32 ` [PATCH v11 2/9] arm64: Add more test functions to insn.c David Long
2016-03-09 5:32 ` [PATCH v11 3/9] arm64: add copy_to/from_user to kprobes blacklist David Long
2016-03-15 18:47 ` James Morse
2016-03-16 5:43 ` Pratyush Anand
2016-03-16 10:27 ` James Morse
2016-03-17 7:57 ` Pratyush Anand
2016-03-18 13:29 ` Pratyush Anand
2016-03-18 14:02 ` James Morse
2016-03-18 14:43 ` Pratyush Anand
2016-03-18 18:12 ` James Morse
2016-03-21 5:17 ` Pratyush Anand [this message]
2016-03-21 14:52 ` Will Deacon
2016-03-22 16:51 ` Pratyush Anand
2016-03-17 12:04 ` 平松雅巳 / HIRAMATU，MASAMI
2016-03-09 5:32 ` [PATCH v11 4/9] arm64: add conditional instruction simulation support David Long
2016-03-13 12:09 ` Marc Zyngier
2016-03-14 4:04 ` Pratyush Anand
2016-03-14 7:38 ` Marc Zyngier
2016-03-21 8:35 ` David Long
2016-03-09 5:32 ` [PATCH v11 5/9] arm64: Kprobes with single stepping support David Long
2016-04-20 1:29 ` Li Bin
2016-03-09 5:32 ` [PATCH v11 6/9] arm64: kprobes instruction simulation support David Long
2016-03-12 3:56 ` Marc Zyngier
2016-03-21 9:39 ` David Long
2016-03-09 5:32 ` [PATCH v11 7/9] arm64: Add trampoline code for kretprobes David Long
2016-03-13 13:52 ` Marc Zyngier
2016-03-21 13:30 ` David Long
2016-03-09 5:32 ` [PATCH v11 8/9] arm64: Add kernel return probes support (kretprobes) David Long
2016-03-17 12:22 ` 平松雅巳 / HIRAMATU，MASAMI
2016-03-17 12:58 ` 平松雅巳 / HIRAMATU，MASAMI
2016-03-21 13:33 ` David Long
2016-03-09 5:32 ` [PATCH v11 9/9] kprobes: Add arm64 case in kprobe example module David Long
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