Re: [PATCH v4 14/15] kprobes: remove dependency on CONFIG_MODULES

Masami Hiramatsu
2024-04-17T21:16:27Z

Hi Mike,

On Thu, 11 Apr 2024 19:00:50 +0300
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> wrote:

> From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt@kernel.org>
>
> kprobes depended on CONFIG_MODULES because it has to allocate memory for
> code.
>
> Since code allocations are now implemented with execmem, kprobes can be
> enabled in non-modular kernels.
>
> Add #ifdef CONFIG_MODULE guards for the code dealing with kprobes inside
> modules, make CONFIG_KPROBES select CONFIG_EXECMEM and drop the
> dependency of CONFIG_KPROBES on CONFIG_MODULES.

Thanks for this work, but this conflicts with the latest fix in v6.9-rc4.
Also, can you use IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MODULES) instead of #ifdefs in
function body? We have enough dummy functions for that, so it should
not make a problem.

Thank you,

>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@kernel.org>
> ---
> arch/Kconfig | 2 +-
> kernel/kprobes.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++----------------
> kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c | 11 ++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
> index bc9e8e5dccd5..68177adf61a0 100644
> --- a/arch/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/Kconfig
> @@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ config GENERIC_ENTRY
>
> config KPROBES
> bool "Kprobes"
> - depends on MODULES
> depends on HAVE_KPROBES
> select KALLSYMS
> + select EXECMEM
> select TASKS_RCU if PREEMPTION
> help
> Kprobes allows you to trap at almost any kernel address and
> diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
> index 047ca629ce49..90c056853e6f 100644
> --- a/kernel/kprobes.c
> +++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
> @@ -1580,6 +1580,7 @@ static int check_kprobe_address_safe(struct kprobe *p,
> goto out;
> }
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
> /* Check if 'p' is probing a module. */
> *probed_mod = __module_text_address((unsigned long) p->addr);
> if (*probed_mod) {
> @@ -1603,6 +1604,8 @@ static int check_kprobe_address_safe(struct kprobe *p,
> ret = -ENOENT;
> }
> }
> +#endif
> +
> out:
> preempt_enable();
> jump_label_unlock();
> @@ -2482,24 +2485,6 @@ int kprobe_add_area_blacklist(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
> return 0;
> }
>
> -/* Remove all symbols in given area from kprobe blacklist */
> -static void kprobe_remove_area_blacklist(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
> -{
> - struct kprobe_blacklist_entry *ent, *n;
> -
> - list_for_each_entry_safe(ent, n, &kprobe_blacklist, list) {
> - if (ent->start_addr < start || ent->start_addr >= end)
> - continue;
> - list_del(&ent->list);
> - kfree(ent);
> - }
> -}
> -
> -static void kprobe_remove_ksym_blacklist(unsigned long entry)
> -{
> - kprobe_remove_area_blacklist(entry, entry + 1);
> -}
> -
> int __weak arch_kprobe_get_kallsym(unsigned int *symnum, unsigned long *value,
> char *type, char *sym)
> {
> @@ -2564,6 +2549,25 @@ static int __init populate_kprobe_blacklist(unsigned long *start,
> return ret ? : arch_populate_kprobe_blacklist();
> }
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
> +/* Remove all symbols in given area from kprobe blacklist */
> +static void kprobe_remove_area_blacklist(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
> +{
> + struct kprobe_blacklist_entry *ent, *n;
> +
> + list_for_each_entry_safe(ent, n, &kprobe_blacklist, list) {
> + if (ent->start_addr < start || ent->start_addr >= end)
> + continue;
> + list_del(&ent->list);
> + kfree(ent);
> + }
> +}
> +
> +static void kprobe_remove_ksym_blacklist(unsigned long entry)
> +{
> + kprobe_remove_area_blacklist(entry, entry + 1);
> +}
> +
> static void add_module_kprobe_blacklist(struct module *mod)
> {
> unsigned long start, end;
> @@ -2665,6 +2669,7 @@ static struct notifier_block kprobe_module_nb = {
> .notifier_call = kprobes_module_callback,
> .priority = 0
> };
> +#endif
>
> void kprobe_free_init_mem(void)
> {
> @@ -2724,8 +2729,10 @@ static int __init init_kprobes(void)
> err = arch_init_kprobes();
> if (!err)
> err = register_die_notifier(&kprobe_exceptions_nb);
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
> if (!err)
> err = register_module_notifier(&kprobe_module_nb);
> +#endif
>
> kprobes_initialized = (err == 0);
> kprobe_sysctls_init();
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
> index 14099cc17fc9..f0610137d6a3 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
> @@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ static nokprobe_inline bool trace_kprobe_within_module(struct trace_kprobe *tk,
> return strncmp(module_name(mod), name, len) == 0 && name[len] == ':';
> }
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
> static nokprobe_inline bool trace_kprobe_module_exist(struct trace_kprobe *tk)
> {
> char *p;
> @@ -129,6 +130,12 @@ static nokprobe_inline bool trace_kprobe_module_exist(struct trace_kprobe *tk)
>
> return ret;
> }
> +#else
> +static inline bool trace_kprobe_module_exist(struct trace_kprobe *tk)
> +{
> + return false;
> +}
> +#endif
>
> static bool trace_kprobe_is_busy(struct dyn_event *ev)
> {
> @@ -670,6 +677,7 @@ static int register_trace_kprobe(struct trace_kprobe *tk)
> return ret;
> }
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
> /* Module notifier call back, checking event on the module */
> static int trace_kprobe_module_callback(struct notifier_block *nb,
> unsigned long val, void *data)
> @@ -704,6 +712,7 @@ static struct notifier_block trace_kprobe_module_nb = {
> .notifier_call = trace_kprobe_module_callback,
> .priority = 1 /* Invoked after kprobe module callback */
> };
> +#endif
>
> static int count_symbols(void *data, unsigned long unused)
> {
> @@ -1933,8 +1942,10 @@ static __init int init_kprobe_trace_early(void)
> if (ret)
> return ret;
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
> if (register_module_notifier(&trace_kprobe_module_nb))
> return -EINVAL;
> +#endif
>
> return 0;
> }
> --
> 2.43.0
>
>

--
Masami Hiramatsu