[PATCH v5 5/14] Slot allocation for execution out of line (XOL)

Srikar Dronamraju
2010-06-14T08:30:40Z

ubp_xol.patch

From: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Changelog form v3:
* Added a memory barrier after the slot gets initialized.

Changelog from v2: (addressing Oleg's comments)
* Removed code in !CONFIG_USER_BKPT_XOL
* Functions now pass pointer to user_bkpt_xol_area instead of pointer
to void.

Slot allocation for Execution out of line strategy(XOL)

This patch provides slot allocation mechanism for execution out of
line strategy for use with user space breakpoint infrastructure.

Traditional method of replacing the original instructions on breakpoint
hit are racy when used on multithreaded applications.

Alternatives for the traditional method include:
- Emulating the breakpointed instruction.
- Execution out of line.

Emulating the instruction:
This approach would use a in-kernel instruction emulator to
emulate the breakpointed instruction. This approach could be looked in
at a later point of time.

Execution out of line:
In execution out of line strategy, a new vma is injected into
the target process, a copy of the instructions which are breakpointed is
stored in one of the slots. On breakpoint hit, the copy of the
instruction is single-stepped leaving the breakpoint instruction as is.
This method is architecture independent.

This method is useful while handling multithreaded processes.

This patch allocates one page per process for slots to be used to copy the
breakpointed instructions.

Current slot allocation mechanism:
1. Allocate one dedicated slot per user breakpoint. Each slot is big
enuf to accomodate the biggest instruction for that architecture. (16
bytes for x86).
2. We currently allocate only one page for slots. Hence the number of
slots is limited to active breakpoint hits on that process.
3. Bitmap to track used slots.

Signed-off-by: Jim Keniston <jkenisto@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---

arch/Kconfig | 4 +
include/linux/user_bkpt_xol.h | 40 +++++
kernel/Makefile | 1
kernel/user_bkpt_xol.c | 302 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 347 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 include/linux/user_bkpt_xol.h
create mode 100644 kernel/user_bkpt_xol.c

diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 4018d49..16541af 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ config USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER
config HAVE_USER_BKPT
def_bool n

+config USER_BKPT_XOL
+ def_bool y
+ depends on USER_BKPT
+
config HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT
bool

diff --git a/include/linux/user_bkpt_xol.h b/include/linux/user_bkpt_xol.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47e8d62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/user_bkpt_xol.h
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#ifndef _LINUX_XOL_H
+#define _LINUX_XOL_H
+/*
+ * User-space BreakPoint support (user_bkpt) -- Allocation of instruction
+ * slots for execution out of line (XOL)
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2009, 2010
+ * Authors:
+ * Srikar Dronamraju
+ * Jim Keniston
+ */
+
+#define UINSNS_PER_PAGE (PAGE_SIZE/USER_BKPT_XOL_SLOT_BYTES)
+#define MAX_USER_BKPT_XOL_SLOTS UINSNS_PER_PAGE
+struct user_bkpt_xol_area;
+
+extern unsigned long xol_get_insn_slot(struct user_bkpt *user_bkpt,
+ struct user_bkpt_xol_area *xol_area);
+extern void xol_free_insn_slot(unsigned long,
+ struct user_bkpt_xol_area *xol_area);
+extern int xol_validate_vaddr(struct pid *pid, unsigned long vaddr,
+ struct user_bkpt_xol_area *xol_area);
+extern struct user_bkpt_xol_area *xol_alloc_area(void);
+extern void xol_free_area(struct user_bkpt_xol_area *xol_area);
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_XOL_H */
diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index f670347..7033f49 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT) += hw_breakpoint.o
obj-$(CONFIG_USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER) += user-return-notifier.o
obj-$(CONFIG_PADATA) += padata.o
obj-$(CONFIG_USER_BKPT) += user_bkpt.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_USER_BKPT_XOL) += user_bkpt_xol.o

ifneq ($(CONFIG_SCHED_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER),y)
# According to Alan Modra <alan@linuxcare.com.au>, the -fno-omit-frame-pointer is
diff --git a/kernel/user_bkpt_xol.c b/kernel/user_bkpt_xol.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..437ddea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/user_bkpt_xol.c
@@ -0,0 +1,302 @@
+/*
+ * User-space BreakPoint support (user_bkpt) -- Allocation of instruction
+ * slots for execution out of line (XOL)
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2009, 2010
+ * Authors:
+ * Srikar Dronamraju
+ * Jim Keniston
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Every probepoint gets its own slot. Once it's assigned a slot, it
+ * keeps that slot until the probepoint goes away. Only definite number
+ * of slots are allocated.
+ */
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/mman.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
+#include <linux/pid.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/user_bkpt.h>
+#include <linux/user_bkpt_xol.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+
+struct user_bkpt_xol_area {
+ spinlock_t lock; /* protects bitmap and slot (de)allocation*/
+ unsigned long *bitmap; /* 0 = free slot */
+
+ /*
+ * We keep the vma's vm_start rather than a pointer to the vma
+ * itself. The probed process or a naughty kernel module could make
+ * the vma go away, and we must handle that reasonably gracefully.
+ */
+ unsigned long vaddr; /* Page(s) of instruction slots */
+};
+
+static int xol_add_vma(struct user_bkpt_xol_area *area)
+{
+ struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+ struct mm_struct *mm;
+ struct file *file;
+ unsigned long addr;
+
+ mm = get_task_mm(current);
+ if (!mm)
+ return -ESRCH;
+
+ down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+ /*
+ * Find the end of the top mapping and skip a page.
+ * If there is no space for PAGE_SIZE above
+ * that, mmap will ignore our address hint.
+ *
+ * We allocate a "fake" unlinked shmem file because
+ * anonymous memory might not be granted execute
+ * permission when the selinux security hooks have
+ * their way.
+ */
+ vma = rb_entry(rb_last(&mm->mm_rb), struct vm_area_struct, vm_rb);
+ addr = vma->vm_end + PAGE_SIZE;
+ file = shmem_file_setup("uprobes/xol", PAGE_SIZE, VM_NORESERVE);
+ if (!file) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "user_bkpt_xol failed to setup shmem_file "
+ "while allocating vma for pid/tgid %d/%d for "
+ "single-stepping out of line.\n",
+ current->pid, current->tgid);
+ goto fail;
+ }
+ addr = do_mmap_pgoff(file, addr, PAGE_SIZE, PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 0);
+ fput(file);
+
+ if (addr & ~PAGE_MASK) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "user_bkpt_xol failed to allocate a vma for "
+ "pid/tgid %d/%d for single-stepping out of "
+ "line.\n", current->pid, current->tgid);
+ goto fail;
+ }
+ vma = find_vma(mm, addr);
+
+ /* Don't expand vma on mremap(). */
+ vma->vm_flags |= VM_DONTEXPAND | VM_DONTCOPY;
+ area->vaddr = vma->vm_start;
+ up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+ mmput(mm);
+ return 0;
+
+fail:
+ up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+ mmput(mm);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+/**
+ * xol_alloc_area - Allocate process's user_bkpt_xol_area.
+ * This area will be used for storing instructions for execution out of
+ * line.
+ *
+ * Called with mm->uproc->mutex locked.
+ * Returns the allocated area or NULL.
+ */
+struct user_bkpt_xol_area *xol_alloc_area(void)
+{
+ struct user_bkpt_xol_area *area = NULL;
+
+ area = kzalloc(sizeof(*area), GFP_USER);
+ if (unlikely(!area))
+ return NULL;
+
+ area->bitmap = kzalloc(BITS_TO_LONGS(UINSNS_PER_PAGE) * sizeof(long),
+ GFP_USER);
+
+ if (!area->bitmap)
+ goto fail;
+ if (xol_add_vma(area)) {
+ kfree(area->bitmap);
+ goto fail;
+ }
+ spin_lock_init(&area->lock);
+ return area;
+
+fail:
+ kfree(area);
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * xol_free_area - Free the area allocated for slots.
+ * @xol_area refers the unique per process user_bkpt_xol_area for
+ * this process.
+ *
+ */
+void xol_free_area(struct user_bkpt_xol_area *xol_area)
+{
+ kfree(xol_area->bitmap);
+ kfree(xol_area);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Find a slot
+ * - searching in existing vmas for a free slot.
+ * - If no free slot in existing vmas, return 0;
+ *
+ * Called when holding xol_area->lock
+ */
+static unsigned long xol_take_insn_slot(struct user_bkpt_xol_area *area)
+{
+ unsigned long slot_addr;
+ int slot_nr;
+
+ slot_nr = find_first_zero_bit(area->bitmap, UINSNS_PER_PAGE);
+ if (slot_nr < UINSNS_PER_PAGE) {
+ set_bit(slot_nr, area->bitmap);
+ slot_addr = area->vaddr +
+ (slot_nr * USER_BKPT_XOL_SLOT_BYTES);
+ return slot_addr;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * xol_get_insn_slot - If user_bkpt was not allocated a slot, then
+ * allocate a slot. If user_bkpt_insert_bkpt is already called, (i.e
+ * user_bkpt.vaddr != 0) then copy the instruction into the slot.
+ * @user_bkpt: probepoint information
+ * @xol_area refers the unique per process user_bkpt_xol_area for
+ * this process.
+ *
+ * Called with mm->uproc->mutex locked.
+ * Returns the allocated slot address or 0.
+ */
+unsigned long xol_get_insn_slot(struct user_bkpt *user_bkpt,
+ struct user_bkpt_xol_area *xol_area)
+{
+ unsigned long flags, xol_vaddr = 0;
+ int len;
+
+ if (unlikely(!xol_area))
+ return 0;
+
+ if (user_bkpt->xol_vaddr)
+ return user_bkpt->xol_vaddr;
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&xol_area->lock, flags);
+ xol_vaddr = xol_take_insn_slot(xol_area);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&xol_area->lock, flags);
+
+ /*
+ * Initialize the slot if user_bkpt->vaddr points to valid
+ * instruction slot.
+ */
+ if (likely(xol_vaddr) && user_bkpt->vaddr) {
+ len = access_process_vm(current, xol_vaddr, user_bkpt->insn,
+ USER_BKPT_XOL_SLOT_BYTES, 1);
+ if (unlikely(len < USER_BKPT_XOL_SLOT_BYTES))
+ printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to copy instruction at %#lx "
+ "len = %d\n", user_bkpt->vaddr, len);
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Update user_bkpt->xol_vaddr after giving a chance for the slot to
+ * be initialized.
+ */
+ mb();
+ user_bkpt->xol_vaddr = xol_vaddr;
+ return user_bkpt->xol_vaddr;
+}
+
+/**
+ * xol_free_insn_slot - If slot was earlier allocated by
+ * @xol_get_insn_slot(), make the slot available for
+ * subsequent requests.
+ * @slot_addr: slot address as returned by
+ * @xol_get_insn_area().
+ * @xol_area refers the unique per process user_bkpt_xol_area for
+ * this process.
+ */
+void xol_free_insn_slot(unsigned long slot_addr,
+ struct user_bkpt_xol_area *xol_area)
+{
+ unsigned long vma_end;
+ int found = 0;
+
+ if (unlikely(!slot_addr || IS_ERR_VALUE(slot_addr)))
+ return;
+
+ if (unlikely(!xol_area))
+ return;
+
+ vma_end = xol_area->vaddr + PAGE_SIZE;
+ if (xol_area->vaddr <= slot_addr && slot_addr < vma_end) {
+ int slot_nr;
+ unsigned long offset = slot_addr - xol_area->vaddr;
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ BUG_ON(offset % USER_BKPT_XOL_SLOT_BYTES);
+
+ slot_nr = offset / USER_BKPT_XOL_SLOT_BYTES;
+ BUG_ON(slot_nr >= UINSNS_PER_PAGE);
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&xol_area->lock, flags);
+ clear_bit(slot_nr, xol_area->bitmap);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&xol_area->lock, flags);
+ found = 1;
+ }
+
+ if (!found)
+ printk(KERN_ERR "%s: no XOL vma for slot address %#lx\n",
+ __func__, slot_addr);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xol_validate_vaddr - Verify if the specified address is in an
+ * executable vma, but not in an XOL vma.
+ * - Return 0 if the specified virtual address is in an
+ * executable vma, but not in an XOL vma.
+ * - Return 1 if the specified virtual address is in an
+ * XOL vma.
+ * - Return -EINTR otherwise.(i.e non executable vma, or
+ * not a valid address
+ * @pid: the probed process
+ * @vaddr: virtual address of the instruction to be validated.
+ * @xol_area refers the unique per process user_bkpt_xol_area for
+ * this process.
+ */
+int xol_validate_vaddr(struct pid *pid, unsigned long vaddr,
+ struct user_bkpt_xol_area *xol_area)
+{
+ struct task_struct *tsk;
+ unsigned long vma_end;
+ int result;
+
+ tsk = pid_task(pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
+ result = user_bkpt_validate_insn_addr(tsk, vaddr);
+ if (result != 0)
+ return result;
+
+ if (unlikely(!xol_area))
+ return 0;
+
+ vma_end = xol_area->vaddr + PAGE_SIZE;
+ if (xol_area->vaddr <= vaddr && vaddr < vma_end)
+ result = 1;
+
+ return result;
+}