* [PATCH] riscv: kprobes: Prevent probes in breakpoint handlers
@ 2026-08-04 6:43 Rui Qi
2026-08-04 6:56 ` Nam Cao
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Rui Qi @ 2026-08-04 6:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-riscv
Cc: Rui Qi, Paul Walmsley, Palmer Dabbelt, Albert Ou, Alexandre Ghiti,
Thomas Gleixner, Zong Li, Conor Dooley, Nam Cao, Lukas Gerlach,
Deepak Gupta, Ryan Roberts, linux-kernel
The ftrace selftest multiple_kprobes.tc registers kprobe events on
the first 256 text symbols from /proc/kallsyms. If handle_break() is
selected as a probe target on RISC-V, the breakpoint exception path
can trap again before it reaches the kprobe breakpoint handler. That
recursively enters do_trap_break() and can make the system
unresponsive.
Mark handle_break() and its local probe dispatch helpers as nokprobe
symbols so they are added to the kprobe blacklist, matching other
low-level breakpoint exception paths.
Signed-off-by: Rui Qi <qirui.001@bytedance.com>
---
arch/riscv/kernel/traps.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/traps.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/traps.c
index 2f57fd48ec28..5eb5785874dd 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/traps.c
@@ -270,6 +270,8 @@ static bool probe_single_step_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
return user ? uprobe_single_step_handler(regs) : kprobe_single_step_handler(regs);
}
+NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(probe_single_step_handler);
+
static bool probe_breakpoint_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
bool user = user_mode(regs);
@@ -277,6 +279,8 @@ static bool probe_breakpoint_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
return user ? uprobe_breakpoint_handler(regs) : kprobe_breakpoint_handler(regs);
}
+NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(probe_breakpoint_handler);
+
void handle_break(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
if (probe_single_step_handler(regs))
@@ -301,6 +305,8 @@ void handle_break(struct pt_regs *regs)
die(regs, "Kernel BUG");
}
+NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(handle_break);
+
asmlinkage __visible __trap_section void do_trap_break(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
if (user_mode(regs)) {
--
2.20.1
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* Re: [PATCH] riscv: kprobes: Prevent probes in breakpoint handlers
2026-08-04 6:43 [PATCH] riscv: kprobes: Prevent probes in breakpoint handlers Rui Qi
@ 2026-08-04 6:56 ` Nam Cao
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Nam Cao @ 2026-08-04 6:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Rui Qi, linux-riscv
Cc: Rui Qi, Paul Walmsley, Palmer Dabbelt, Albert Ou, Alexandre Ghiti,
Thomas Gleixner, Zong Li, Conor Dooley, Lukas Gerlach,
Deepak Gupta, Ryan Roberts, linux-kernel
"Rui Qi" <qirui.001@bytedance.com> writes:
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/traps.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/traps.c
> index 2f57fd48ec28..5eb5785874dd 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/traps.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/traps.c
> @@ -270,6 +270,8 @@ static bool probe_single_step_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
> return user ? uprobe_single_step_handler(regs) : kprobe_single_step_handler(regs);
> }
>
> +NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(probe_single_step_handler);
> +
The usual style is NOKPROBE_SYMBOL() following the function with no
blank line.
Other than that:
Reviewed-by: Nam Cao <namcao@linutronix.de>
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