From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Alexei Starovoitov" <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next 4/9] uprobes/x86: Don't WARN if an optimized probe can't be written
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 02:03:07 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-180854@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261022015712.1297331-5-alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
> From: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
>
> __arch_uprobe_optimize() and set_orig_insn() do WARN_ON_ONCE() when
> uprobe_write() fails, and user space can make it fail:
> - -EINTR from get_user_pages_remote() when current is being killed.
> - -ENOMEM when COW can't be broken, since memcg is at its limit.
> - -EINVAL from __update_ref_ctr() when the process cleared the semaphore
> of SDT probe.
>
> Kill the processes that call probed nop10. It warns in 8 of 8 runs:
>
> WARNING: arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c:1186 at arch_uprobe_optimize+0x291/0x3a0
> uprobe_notify_resume+0x1c3/0x4c0
> exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x63/0x4e0
> exc_int3+0x1f3/0x250
> [ ... ]
>
> This depends on the previous patch. Without it WARN was the only sign of
> the bytes that set_orig_insn() cannot restore. Hence no Fixes tag.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-22 2:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-22 1:57 [PATCH bpf-next 0/9] uprobes: Don't stall fork() when mmap_lock is busy Alexei Starovoitov
2026-10-22 1:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next 1/9] mm: Bring back mmap_write_trylock() Alexei Starovoitov
2026-10-22 2:02 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-22 1:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next 2/9] uprobes: Don't run exit_mmap() under dup_mmap_sem Alexei Starovoitov
2026-10-22 2:04 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-22 1:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next 3/9] uprobes/x86: Finish an unoptimization which failed half-way Alexei Starovoitov
2026-10-22 2:06 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-22 2:57 ` Gregory Price (Meta)
2026-10-22 1:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next 4/9] uprobes/x86: Don't WARN if an optimized probe can't be written Alexei Starovoitov
2026-10-22 2:03 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-10-22 2:37 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-22 17:56 ` Jann Horn
2026-10-22 19:33 ` Liam R. Howlett
2026-10-22 1:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next 5/9] uprobes: Don't sleep on mmap_lock under dup_mmap_sem Alexei Starovoitov
2026-10-22 2:16 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-22 2:37 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-22 23:11 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-10-22 1:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next 6/9] uprobes: Don't sleep on mmap_lock with dup_mmap_sem held in dup_mmap() Alexei Starovoitov
2026-10-22 2:15 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-22 18:42 ` Jann Horn
2026-10-22 1:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next 7/9] fork: Let the new task point to its mm before uprobes can find it Alexei Starovoitov
2026-10-22 2:23 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-22 1:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next 8/9] uprobes: Don't leak the breakpoints if the unregistering task is killed Alexei Starovoitov
2026-10-22 2:20 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-22 1:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next 9/9] selftests/bpf: Test uprobes and fork() with busy mmap_lock Alexei Starovoitov
2026-10-22 2:10 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-22 2:22 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-10-22 2:37 ` bot+bpf-ci
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