From: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
live-patching@vger.kernel.org
Cc: ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net, andrii@kernel.org,
rostedt@goodmis.org, andrey.grodzovsky@crowdstrike.com,
mhiramat@kernel.org, kernel-team@meta.com, olsajiri@gmail.com,
Song Liu <song@kernel.org>,
stable@vger.kernel.org, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v4 bpf 1/3] ftrace: Fix BPF fexit with livepatch
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 10:50:21 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251027175023.1521602-2-song@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251027175023.1521602-1-song@kernel.org>
When livepatch is attached to the same function as bpf trampoline with
a fexit program, bpf trampoline code calls register_ftrace_direct()
twice. The first time will fail with -EAGAIN, and the second time it
will succeed. This requires register_ftrace_direct() to unregister
the address on the first attempt. Otherwise, the bpf trampoline cannot
attach. Here is an easy way to reproduce this issue:
insmod samples/livepatch/livepatch-sample.ko
bpftrace -e 'fexit:cmdline_proc_show {}'
ERROR: Unable to attach probe: fexit:vmlinux:cmdline_proc_show...
Fix this by cleaning up the hash when register_ftrace_function_nolock hits
errors.
Also, move the code that resets ops->func and ops->trampoline to the error
path of register_ftrace_direct(); and add a helper function reset_direct()
in register_ftrace_direct() and unregister_ftrace_direct().
Fixes: d05cb470663a ("ftrace: Fix modification of direct_function hash while in use")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.6+
Reported-by: Andrey Grodzovsky <andrey.grodzovsky@crowdstrike.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/live-patching/c5058315a39d4615b333e485893345be@crowdstrike.com/
Cc: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Acked-and-tested-by: Andrey Grodzovsky <andrey.grodzovsky@crowdstrike.com>
Signed-off-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
---
kernel/bpf/trampoline.c | 5 -----
kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 20 ++++++++++++++------
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/trampoline.c b/kernel/bpf/trampoline.c
index 5949095e51c3..f2cb0b097093 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/trampoline.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/trampoline.c
@@ -479,11 +479,6 @@ static int bpf_trampoline_update(struct bpf_trampoline *tr, bool lock_direct_mut
* BPF_TRAMP_F_SHARE_IPMODIFY is set, we can generate the
* trampoline again, and retry register.
*/
- /* reset fops->func and fops->trampoline for re-register */
- tr->fops->func = NULL;
- tr->fops->trampoline = 0;
-
- /* free im memory and reallocate later */
bpf_tramp_image_free(im);
goto again;
}
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 42bd2ba68a82..cbeb7e833131 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -5953,6 +5953,17 @@ static void register_ftrace_direct_cb(struct rcu_head *rhp)
free_ftrace_hash(fhp);
}
+static void reset_direct(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned long addr)
+{
+ struct ftrace_hash *hash = ops->func_hash->filter_hash;
+
+ remove_direct_functions_hash(hash, addr);
+
+ /* cleanup for possible another register call */
+ ops->func = NULL;
+ ops->trampoline = 0;
+}
+
/**
* register_ftrace_direct - Call a custom trampoline directly
* for multiple functions registered in @ops
@@ -6048,6 +6059,8 @@ int register_ftrace_direct(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned long addr)
ops->direct_call = addr;
err = register_ftrace_function_nolock(ops);
+ if (err)
+ reset_direct(ops, addr);
out_unlock:
mutex_unlock(&direct_mutex);
@@ -6080,7 +6093,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_ftrace_direct);
int unregister_ftrace_direct(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned long addr,
bool free_filters)
{
- struct ftrace_hash *hash = ops->func_hash->filter_hash;
int err;
if (check_direct_multi(ops))
@@ -6090,13 +6102,9 @@ int unregister_ftrace_direct(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned long addr,
mutex_lock(&direct_mutex);
err = unregister_ftrace_function(ops);
- remove_direct_functions_hash(hash, addr);
+ reset_direct(ops, addr);
mutex_unlock(&direct_mutex);
- /* cleanup for possible another register call */
- ops->func = NULL;
- ops->trampoline = 0;
-
if (free_filters)
ftrace_free_filter(ops);
return err;
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-27 17:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-27 17:50 [PATCH v4 bpf 0/3] Fix ftrace for livepatch + BPF fexit programs Song Liu
2025-10-27 17:50 ` Song Liu [this message]
2025-10-27 17:50 ` [PATCH v4 bpf 2/3] ftrace: bpf: Fix IPMODIFY + DIRECT in modify_ftrace_direct() Song Liu
2025-10-27 17:50 ` [PATCH v4 bpf 3/3] selftests/bpf: Add tests for livepatch + bpf trampoline Song Liu
2025-11-01 0:19 ` [PATCH v4 bpf 0/3] Fix ftrace for livepatch + BPF fexit programs Alexei Starovoitov
2025-11-01 13:11 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-11-02 23:39 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-11-04 1:40 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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