[for-next][PATCH 0/4] ftrace: scripts/sorttable: Updates for v6.15

[for-next][PATCH 0/4] ftrace: scripts/sorttable: Updates for v6.15

[Steven Rostedt]

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace.git
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Head SHA1: dc208c69c033d3caba0509da1ae065d2b5ff165f


Steven Rostedt (4):
      ftrace: Test mcount_loc addr before calling ftrace_call_addr()
      ftrace: Check against is_kernel_text() instead of kaslr_offset()
      scripts/sorttable: Use normal sort if theres no relocs in the mcount section
      scripts/sorttable: Allow matches to functions before function entry

----
 kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++------
 scripts/sorttable.c   | 16 +++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

[for-next][PATCH 1/4] ftrace: Test mcount_loc addr before calling ftrace_call_addr()

[Steven Rostedt]

From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>

The addresses in the mcount_loc can be zeroed and then moved by KASLR
making them invalid addresses. ftrace_call_addr() for ARM 64 expects a
valid address to kernel text. If the addr read from the mcount_loc section
is invalid, it must not call ftrace_call_addr(). Move the addr check
before calling ftrace_call_addr() in ftrace_process_locs().

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250225182054.290128736@goodmis.org
Fixes: ef378c3b8233 ("scripts/sorttable: Zero out weak functions in mcount_loc table")
Reported-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Reported-by: "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250225025631.GA271248@ax162/
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/91523154-072b-437b-bbdc-0b70e9783fd0@app.fastmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 27c8def2139d..183f72cf15ed 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -7063,7 +7063,9 @@ static int ftrace_process_locs(struct module *mod,
 	pg = start_pg;
 	while (p < end) {
 		unsigned long end_offset;
-		addr = ftrace_call_adjust(*p++);
+
+		addr = *p++;
+
 		/*
 		 * Some architecture linkers will pad between
 		 * the different mcount_loc sections of different
@@ -7075,6 +7077,8 @@ static int ftrace_process_locs(struct module *mod,
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		addr = ftrace_call_adjust(addr);
+
 		end_offset = (pg->index+1) * sizeof(pg->records[0]);
 		if (end_offset > PAGE_SIZE << pg->order) {
 			/* We should have allocated enough */
-- 
2.47.2

[for-next][PATCH 2/4] ftrace: Check against is_kernel_text() instead of kaslr_offset()

[Steven Rostedt]

From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>

As kaslr_offset() is architecture dependent and also may not be defined by
all architectures, when zeroing out unused weak functions, do not check
against kaslr_offset(), but instead check if the address is within the
kernel text sections. If KASLR added a shift to the zeroed out function,
it would still not be located in the kernel text. This is a more robust
way to test if the text is valid or not.

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250225182054.471759017@goodmis.org
Fixes: ef378c3b8233 ("scripts/sorttable: Zero out weak functions in mcount_loc table")
Reported-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250224180805.GA1536711@ax162/
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/5225b07b-a9b2-4558-9d5f-aa60b19f6317@sirena.org.uk/
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 183f72cf15ed..bec7b5dbdb3b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -7004,7 +7004,6 @@ static int ftrace_process_locs(struct module *mod,
 	unsigned long count;
 	unsigned long *p;
 	unsigned long addr;
-	unsigned long kaslr;
 	unsigned long flags = 0; /* Shut up gcc */
 	unsigned long pages;
 	int ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -7056,9 +7055,6 @@ static int ftrace_process_locs(struct module *mod,
 		ftrace_pages->next = start_pg;
 	}
 
-	/* For zeroed locations that were shifted for core kernel */
-	kaslr = !mod ? kaslr_offset() : 0;
-
 	p = start;
 	pg = start_pg;
 	while (p < end) {
@@ -7072,7 +7068,18 @@ static int ftrace_process_locs(struct module *mod,
 		 * object files to satisfy alignments.
 		 * Skip any NULL pointers.
 		 */
-		if (!addr || addr == kaslr) {
+		if (!addr) {
+			skipped++;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * If this is core kernel, make sure the address is in core
+		 * or inittext, as weak functions get zeroed and KASLR can
+		 * move them to something other than zero. It just will not
+		 * move it to an area where kernel text is.
+		 */
+		if (!mod && !(is_kernel_text(addr) || is_kernel_inittext(addr))) {
 			skipped++;
 			continue;
 		}
-- 
2.47.2

[for-next][PATCH 3/4] scripts/sorttable: Use normal sort if theres no relocs in the mcount section

[Steven Rostedt]

From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>

When ARM 64 is compiled with gcc, the mcount_loc section will be filled
with zeros and the addresses will be located in the Elf_Rela sections. To
sort the mcount_loc section, the addresses from the Elf_Rela need to be
placed into an array and that is sorted.

But when ARM 64 is compiled with clang, it does it the same way as other
architectures and leaves the addresses as is in the mcount_loc section.

To handle both cases, ARM 64 will first try to sort the Elf_Rela section,
and if it doesn't find any functions, it will then fall back to the
sorting of the addresses in the mcount_loc section itself.

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250225182054.648398403@goodmis.org
Fixes: b3d09d06e052 ("arm64: scripts/sorttable: Implement sorting mcount_loc at boot for arm64")
Reported-by: "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/893cd8f1-8585-4d25-bf0f-4197bf872465@app.fastmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
 scripts/sorttable.c | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/sorttable.c b/scripts/sorttable.c
index 23c7e0e6c024..07ad8116bc8d 100644
--- a/scripts/sorttable.c
+++ b/scripts/sorttable.c
@@ -827,9 +827,14 @@ static void *sort_mcount_loc(void *arg)
 		pthread_exit(m_err);
 	}
 
-	if (sort_reloc)
+	if (sort_reloc) {
 		count = fill_relocs(vals, size, ehdr, emloc->start_mcount_loc);
-	else
+		/* gcc may use relocs to save the addresses, but clang does not. */
+		if (!count) {
+			count = fill_addrs(vals, size, start_loc);
+			sort_reloc = 0;
+		}
+	} else
 		count = fill_addrs(vals, size, start_loc);
 
 	if (count < 0) {
-- 
2.47.2

[for-next][PATCH 4/4] scripts/sorttable: Allow matches to functions before function entry

[Steven Rostedt]

From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>

ARM 64 uses -fpatchable-function-entry=4,2 which adds padding before the
function and the addresses in the mcount_loc point there instead of the
function entry that is returned by nm. In order to find a function from nm
to make sure it's not an unused weak function, the entries in the
mcount_loc section needs to match the entries from nm. Since it can be an
instruction before the entry, add a before_func variable that ARM 64 can
set to 8, and if the mcount_loc entry is within 8 bytes of the nm function
entry, then it will be considered a match.

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250225182054.815536219@goodmis.org
Fixes: ef378c3b82338 ("scripts/sorttable: Zero out weak functions in mcount_loc table")
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
 scripts/sorttable.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/sorttable.c b/scripts/sorttable.c
index 07ad8116bc8d..7b4b3714b1af 100644
--- a/scripts/sorttable.c
+++ b/scripts/sorttable.c
@@ -611,13 +611,16 @@ static int add_field(uint64_t addr, uint64_t size)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* Used for when mcount/fentry is before the function entry */
+static int before_func;
+
 /* Only return match if the address lies inside the function size */
 static int cmp_func_addr(const void *K, const void *A)
 {
 	uint64_t key = *(const uint64_t *)K;
 	const struct func_info *a = A;
 
-	if (key < a->addr)
+	if (key + before_func < a->addr)
 		return -1;
 	return key >= a->addr + a->size;
 }
@@ -1253,6 +1256,8 @@ static int do_file(char const *const fname, void *addr)
 #ifdef MCOUNT_SORT_ENABLED
 		sort_reloc = true;
 		rela_type = 0x403;
+		/* arm64 uses patchable function entry placing before function */
+		before_func = 8;
 #endif
 		/* fallthrough */
 	case EM_386:
-- 
2.47.2