From: Jinchao Wang <wangjinchao600@gmail.com>
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Cc: Jinchao Wang <wangjinchao600@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v7 09/23] mm/ksw: ignore false positives from exit trampolines
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2025 18:55:45 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251009105650.168917-10-wangjinchao600@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251009105650.168917-1-wangjinchao600@gmail.com>
Because trampolines run after the watched function returns but before the
exit_handler is called, and in the original stack frame, so the trampoline
code may overwrite the watched stack address.
These false positives should be ignored. is_ftrace_trampoline() does
not cover all trampolines, so add a local check to handle the remaining
cases.
Signed-off-by: Jinchao Wang <wangjinchao600@gmail.com>
---
mm/kstackwatch/watch.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 38 insertions(+)
diff --git a/mm/kstackwatch/watch.c b/mm/kstackwatch/watch.c
index 887cc13292dc..722ffd9fda7c 100644
--- a/mm/kstackwatch/watch.c
+++ b/mm/kstackwatch/watch.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
#include <linux/cpuhotplug.h>
+#include <linux/ftrace.h>
#include <linux/hw_breakpoint.h>
#include <linux/irqflags.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
@@ -18,10 +19,46 @@ bool panic_on_catch;
module_param(panic_on_catch, bool, 0644);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(panic_on_catch, "panic immediately on corruption catch");
+#define TRAMPOLINE_NAME "return_to_handler"
+#define TRAMPOLINE_DEPTH 16
+
+/* Resolved once, then reused */
+static unsigned long tramp_start, tramp_end;
+
+static void ksw_watch_resolve_trampoline(void)
+{
+ unsigned long sz, off;
+
+ if (likely(tramp_start && tramp_end))
+ return;
+
+ tramp_start = kallsyms_lookup_name(TRAMPOLINE_NAME);
+ if (tramp_start && kallsyms_lookup_size_offset(tramp_start, &sz, &off))
+ tramp_end = tramp_start + sz;
+}
+
+static bool ksw_watch_in_trampoline(unsigned long ip)
+{
+ if (tramp_start && tramp_end && ip >= tramp_start && ip < tramp_end)
+ return true;
+ return false;
+}
static void ksw_watch_handler(struct perf_event *bp,
struct perf_sample_data *data,
struct pt_regs *regs)
{
+ unsigned long entries[TRAMPOLINE_DEPTH];
+ int i, nr = 0;
+
+ nr = stack_trace_save_regs(regs, entries, TRAMPOLINE_DEPTH, 0);
+ for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
+ //ignore trampoline
+ if (is_ftrace_trampoline(entries[i]))
+ return;
+ if (ksw_watch_in_trampoline(entries[i]))
+ return;
+ }
+
pr_err("========== KStackWatch: Caught stack corruption =======\n");
pr_err("config %s\n", ksw_get_config()->user_input);
dump_stack();
@@ -168,6 +205,7 @@ int ksw_watch_init(void)
{
int ret;
+ ksw_watch_resolve_trampoline();
ret = ksw_watch_alloc();
if (ret <= 0)
return -EBUSY;
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-09 10:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-09 10:55 [PATCH v7 00/23] mm/ksw: Introduce real-time KStackWatch debugging tool Jinchao Wang
2025-10-09 10:55 ` [PATCH v7 01/23] x86/hw_breakpoint: Unify breakpoint install/uninstall Jinchao Wang
2025-10-09 10:55 ` [PATCH v7 02/23] x86/hw_breakpoint: Add arch_reinstall_hw_breakpoint Jinchao Wang
2025-10-09 10:55 ` [PATCH v7 03/23] HWBP: Add modify_wide_hw_breakpoint_local() API Jinchao Wang
2025-10-09 10:55 ` [PATCH v7 04/23] mm/ksw: add build system support Jinchao Wang
2025-10-09 10:55 ` [PATCH v7 05/23] mm/ksw: add ksw_config struct and parser Jinchao Wang
2025-10-09 10:55 ` [PATCH v7 06/23] mm/ksw: add singleton debugfs interface Jinchao Wang
2025-10-09 10:55 ` [PATCH v7 07/23] mm/ksw: add HWBP pre-allocation Jinchao Wang
2025-10-09 10:55 ` [PATCH v7 08/23] mm/ksw: Add atomic watchpoint management api Jinchao Wang
2025-10-09 10:55 ` Jinchao Wang [this message]
2025-10-09 10:55 ` [PATCH v7 10/23] mm/ksw: support CPU hotplug Jinchao Wang
2025-10-09 10:55 ` [PATCH v7 11/23] sched: add per-task context Jinchao Wang
2025-10-09 10:55 ` [PATCH v7 12/23] mm/ksw: add entry kprobe and exit fprobe management Jinchao Wang
2025-10-09 10:55 ` [PATCH v7 13/23] mm/ksw: add per-task ctx tracking Jinchao Wang
2025-10-09 10:55 ` [PATCH v7 14/23] mm/ksw: resolve stack watch addr and len Jinchao Wang
2025-10-09 10:55 ` [PATCH v7 15/23] mm/ksw: manage probe and HWBP lifecycle via procfs Jinchao Wang
2025-10-09 10:55 ` [PATCH v7 16/23] mm/ksw: add self-debug helpers Jinchao Wang
2025-10-09 10:55 ` [PATCH v7 17/23] mm/ksw: add test module Jinchao Wang
2025-10-09 10:55 ` [PATCH v7 18/23] mm/ksw: add stack overflow test Jinchao Wang
2025-10-09 10:55 ` [PATCH v7 19/23] mm/ksw: add recursive depth test Jinchao Wang
2025-10-09 10:55 ` [PATCH v7 20/23] mm/ksw: add multi-thread corruption test cases Jinchao Wang
2025-10-09 10:55 ` [PATCH v7 21/23] tools/ksw: add test script Jinchao Wang
2025-10-09 10:55 ` [PATCH v7 22/23] docs: add KStackWatch document Jinchao Wang
2025-10-10 20:02 ` Randy Dunlap
2025-10-09 10:55 ` [PATCH v7 23/23] MAINTAINERS: add entry for KStackWatch Jinchao Wang
2025-10-10 0:51 ` [PATCH v7 00/23] mm/ksw: Introduce real-time KStackWatch debugging tool Andrew Morton
2025-10-10 7:58 ` Jinchao Wang
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