From: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>
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Subject: [PATCH v3 28/35] kcov: Enable capability analysis
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 15:59:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250918140451.1289454-29-elver@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250918140451.1289454-1-elver@google.com>
Enable capability analysis for the KCOV subsystem.
Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>
---
v2:
* Remove disable/enable_capability_analysis() around headers.
---
kernel/Makefile | 2 ++
kernel/kcov.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index c60623448235..2a2a10c6a197 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ KASAN_SANITIZE_kcov.o := n
KCSAN_SANITIZE_kcov.o := n
UBSAN_SANITIZE_kcov.o := n
KMSAN_SANITIZE_kcov.o := n
+
+CAPABILITY_ANALYSIS_kcov.o := y
CFLAGS_kcov.o := $(call cc-option, -fno-conserve-stack) -fno-stack-protector
obj-y += sched/
diff --git a/kernel/kcov.c b/kernel/kcov.c
index 1d85597057e1..1897c8ca6209 100644
--- a/kernel/kcov.c
+++ b/kernel/kcov.c
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ struct kcov {
refcount_t refcount;
/* The lock protects mode, size, area and t. */
spinlock_t lock;
- enum kcov_mode mode;
+ enum kcov_mode mode __guarded_by(&lock);
/* Size of arena (in long's). */
- unsigned int size;
+ unsigned int size __guarded_by(&lock);
/* Coverage buffer shared with user space. */
- void *area;
+ void *area __guarded_by(&lock);
/* Task for which we collect coverage, or NULL. */
- struct task_struct *t;
+ struct task_struct *t __guarded_by(&lock);
/* Collecting coverage from remote (background) threads. */
bool remote;
/* Size of remote area (in long's). */
@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ void kcov_task_init(struct task_struct *t)
}
static void kcov_reset(struct kcov *kcov)
+ __must_hold(&kcov->lock)
{
kcov->t = NULL;
kcov->mode = KCOV_MODE_INIT;
@@ -400,6 +401,7 @@ static void kcov_reset(struct kcov *kcov)
}
static void kcov_remote_reset(struct kcov *kcov)
+ __must_hold(&kcov->lock)
{
int bkt;
struct kcov_remote *remote;
@@ -419,6 +421,7 @@ static void kcov_remote_reset(struct kcov *kcov)
}
static void kcov_disable(struct task_struct *t, struct kcov *kcov)
+ __must_hold(&kcov->lock)
{
kcov_task_reset(t);
if (kcov->remote)
@@ -435,8 +438,11 @@ static void kcov_get(struct kcov *kcov)
static void kcov_put(struct kcov *kcov)
{
if (refcount_dec_and_test(&kcov->refcount)) {
- kcov_remote_reset(kcov);
- vfree(kcov->area);
+ /* Capability-safety: no references left, object being destroyed. */
+ capability_unsafe(
+ kcov_remote_reset(kcov);
+ vfree(kcov->area);
+ );
kfree(kcov);
}
}
@@ -491,6 +497,7 @@ static int kcov_mmap(struct file *filep, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
unsigned long size, off;
struct page *page;
unsigned long flags;
+ unsigned long *area;
spin_lock_irqsave(&kcov->lock, flags);
size = kcov->size * sizeof(unsigned long);
@@ -499,10 +506,11 @@ static int kcov_mmap(struct file *filep, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
res = -EINVAL;
goto exit;
}
+ area = kcov->area;
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&kcov->lock, flags);
vm_flags_set(vma, VM_DONTEXPAND);
for (off = 0; off < size; off += PAGE_SIZE) {
- page = vmalloc_to_page(kcov->area + off);
+ page = vmalloc_to_page(area + off);
res = vm_insert_page(vma, vma->vm_start + off, page);
if (res) {
pr_warn_once("kcov: vm_insert_page() failed\n");
@@ -522,10 +530,10 @@ static int kcov_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filep)
kcov = kzalloc(sizeof(*kcov), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!kcov)
return -ENOMEM;
+ spin_lock_init(&kcov->lock);
kcov->mode = KCOV_MODE_DISABLED;
kcov->sequence = 1;
refcount_set(&kcov->refcount, 1);
- spin_lock_init(&kcov->lock);
filep->private_data = kcov;
return nonseekable_open(inode, filep);
}
@@ -556,6 +564,7 @@ static int kcov_get_mode(unsigned long arg)
* vmalloc fault handling path is instrumented.
*/
static void kcov_fault_in_area(struct kcov *kcov)
+ __must_hold(&kcov->lock)
{
unsigned long stride = PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(unsigned long);
unsigned long *area = kcov->area;
@@ -584,6 +593,7 @@ static inline bool kcov_check_handle(u64 handle, bool common_valid,
static int kcov_ioctl_locked(struct kcov *kcov, unsigned int cmd,
unsigned long arg)
+ __must_hold(&kcov->lock)
{
struct task_struct *t;
unsigned long flags, unused;
@@ -814,6 +824,7 @@ static inline bool kcov_mode_enabled(unsigned int mode)
}
static void kcov_remote_softirq_start(struct task_struct *t)
+ __must_hold(&kcov_percpu_data.lock)
{
struct kcov_percpu_data *data = this_cpu_ptr(&kcov_percpu_data);
unsigned int mode;
@@ -831,6 +842,7 @@ static void kcov_remote_softirq_start(struct task_struct *t)
}
static void kcov_remote_softirq_stop(struct task_struct *t)
+ __must_hold(&kcov_percpu_data.lock)
{
struct kcov_percpu_data *data = this_cpu_ptr(&kcov_percpu_data);
@@ -896,10 +908,12 @@ void kcov_remote_start(u64 handle)
/* Put in kcov_remote_stop(). */
kcov_get(kcov);
/*
- * Read kcov fields before unlock to prevent races with
- * KCOV_DISABLE / kcov_remote_reset().
+ * Read kcov fields before unlocking kcov_remote_lock to prevent races
+ * with KCOV_DISABLE and kcov_remote_reset(); cannot acquire kcov->lock
+ * here, because it might lead to deadlock given kcov_remote_lock is
+ * acquired _after_ kcov->lock elsewhere.
*/
- mode = kcov->mode;
+ mode = capability_unsafe(kcov->mode);
sequence = kcov->sequence;
if (in_task()) {
size = kcov->remote_size;
--
2.51.0.384.g4c02a37b29-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-18 14:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-18 13:59 [PATCH v3 00/35] Compiler-Based Capability- and Locking-Analysis Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 01/35] compiler_types: Move lock checking attributes to compiler-capability-analysis.h Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 02/35] compiler-capability-analysis: Add infrastructure for Clang's capability analysis Marco Elver
2025-09-18 15:58 ` Ian Rogers
2025-09-18 16:03 ` Bart Van Assche
2025-09-18 16:14 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 03/35] compiler-capability-analysis: Add test stub Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 04/35] Documentation: Add documentation for Compiler-Based Capability Analysis Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 05/35] checkpatch: Warn about capability_unsafe() without comment Marco Elver
2025-09-18 20:36 ` Joe Perches
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 06/35] cleanup: Basic compatibility with capability analysis Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 07/35] lockdep: Annotate lockdep assertions for " Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 08/35] locking/rwlock, spinlock: Support Clang's " Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 09/35] compiler-capability-analysis: Change __cond_acquires to take return value Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 10/35] locking/mutex: Support Clang's capability analysis Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 11/35] locking/seqlock: " Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 12/35] bit_spinlock: Include missing <asm/processor.h> Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 13/35] bit_spinlock: Support Clang's capability analysis Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 14/35] rcu: " Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 15/35] srcu: " Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 16/35] kref: Add capability-analysis annotations Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 17/35] locking/rwsem: Support Clang's capability analysis Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 18/35] locking/local_lock: Include missing headers Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 19/35] locking/local_lock: Support Clang's capability analysis Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 20/35] locking/ww_mutex: " Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 21/35] debugfs: Make debugfs_cancellation a capability struct Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 22/35] compiler-capability-analysis: Remove Sparse support Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 23/35] compiler-capability-analysis: Remove __cond_lock() function-like helper Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 24/35] compiler-capability-analysis: Introduce header suppressions Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 25/35] compiler: Let data_race() imply disabled capability analysis Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 26/35] MAINTAINERS: Add entry for Capability Analysis Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 27/35] kfence: Enable capability analysis Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` Marco Elver [this message]
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 29/35] kcsan: " Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 30/35] stackdepot: " Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 31/35] rhashtable: " Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 32/35] printk: Move locking annotation to printk.c Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 33/35] security/tomoyo: Enable capability analysis Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 34/35] crypto: " Marco Elver
2025-09-18 13:59 ` [PATCH v3 35/35] sched: Enable capability analysis for core.c and fair.c Marco Elver
2025-09-18 14:15 ` [PATCH v3 00/35] Compiler-Based Capability- and Locking-Analysis Christoph Hellwig
2025-09-18 14:30 ` Marco Elver
2025-09-18 14:38 ` Christoph Hellwig
2025-09-18 17:45 ` Nathan Chancellor
2025-09-18 19:40 ` Nathan Chancellor
2025-09-19 14:08 ` Christoph Hellwig
2025-09-19 14:09 ` Christoph Hellwig
2025-09-22 9:33 ` Marco Elver
2025-09-22 17:11 ` Christoph Hellwig
2025-09-23 19:49 ` Nathan Chancellor
2025-09-19 17:20 ` Bart Van Assche
2025-09-22 17:12 ` Christoph Hellwig
2025-09-20 10:23 ` Marco Elver
2025-09-20 12:44 ` Marco Elver
2025-09-18 15:49 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-09-18 21:26 ` Marco Elver
2025-09-18 21:47 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-09-19 9:10 ` Marco Elver
2025-11-13 14:30 ` Marco Elver
2025-11-14 4:38 ` Nathan Chancellor
2025-11-14 13:22 ` Marco Elver
2025-09-18 16:21 ` Ian Rogers
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