Re: [PATCH 0/8] unwind, arm64: add sframe unwinder for kernel

Puranjay Mohan
2025-02-27T09:38:30Z

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Indu Bhagat <indu.bhagat@oracle.com> writes:

> On 2/26/25 2:23 AM, Puranjay Mohan wrote:
>> Indu Bhagat <indu.bhagat@oracle.com> writes:
>>
>>> On 2/25/25 3:54 PM, Weinan Liu wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM Indu Bhagat <indu.bhagat@oracle.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM Weinan Liu <wnliu@google.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> I already have a WIP patch to add sframe support to the kernel module.
>>>>>>> However, it is not yet working. I had trouble unwinding frames for the
>>>>>>> kernel module using the current algorithm.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Indu has likely identified the issue and will be addressing it from the
>>>>>>> toolchain side.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32666
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a working in progress patch that adds sframe support for kernel
>>>>>> module.
>>>>>> https://github.com/heuza/linux/tree/sframe_unwinder.rfc
>>>>>>
>>>>>> According to the sframe table values I got during runtime testing, looks
>>>>>> like the offsets are not correct .
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope to sanitize the fix for 32666 and post upstream soon (I had to
>>>>> address other related issues).  Unless fixed, relocating .sframe
>>>>> sections using the .rela.sframe is expected to generate incorrect output.
>>>>>
>>>>>> When unwind symbols init_module(0xffff80007b155048) from the kernel
>>>>>> module(livepatch-sample.ko), the start_address of the FDE entries in the
>>>>>> sframe table of the kernel modules appear incorrect.
>>>>>
>>>>> init_module will apply the relocations on the .sframe section, isnt it ?
>>>>>
>>>>>> For instance, the first FDE's start_addr is reported as -20564. Adding
>>>>>> this offset to the module's sframe section address (0xffff80007b15a040)
>>>>>> yields 0xffff80007b154fec, which is not within the livepatch-sample.ko
>>>>>> memory region(It should be larger than 0xffff80007b155000).
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hmm..something seems off here.  Having tested a potential fix for 32666
>>>>> locally, I do not expect the first FDE to show this symptom.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Sorry for not responding in the past few days. I was on PTO and was
>> trying to improve my snowboarding technique, I am back now!!
>>
>> I think what we are seeing is expected behaviour:
>>
>> | For instance, the first FDE's start_addr is reported as -20564. Adding
>> | this offset to the module's sframe section address (0xffff80007b15a040)
>> | yields 0xffff80007b154fec, which is not within the livepatch-sample.ko
>> | memory region(It should be larger than 0xffff80007b155000).
>>
>>
>> Let me explain using a __dummy__ example.
>>
>> Assume Memory layout before relocation:
>>
>> | Address | Element | Relocation
>> | .... | .... |
>> | 60 | init_module (start address) |
>> | 72 | init_module (end address) |
>> | .... | ..... |
>> | 100 | Sframe section header start address |
>> | 128 | First FDE's start address | RELOC_OP_PREL -> Put init_module address (60) - current address (128)
>>
>> So, after relocation First FDE's start address has value 60 - 128 = -68
>>
>
> For SFrame FDE function start address is :
>
> "Signed 32-bit integral field denoting the virtual memory address of the
> described function, for which the SFrame FDE applies. The value encoded
> in the ‘sfde_func_start_address’ field is the offset in bytes of the
> function’s start address, from the SFrame section."
>
> So, in your case, after applying the relocations, you will get:
> S + A - P = 60 - 128 = -68
>
> This is the distance of the function start address (60) from the current
> location in SFrame section (128)
>
> But what we intend to store is the distance of the function start
> address from the start of the SFrame section. So we need to do an
> additional step for SFrame FDE: Value += r_offset

Thanks for the explaination, now it makes sense.

But I couldn't find a relocation type in AARCH64 that does this extra +=
r_offset along with PREL32.

The kernel's module loader is only doing the R_AARCH64_PREL32 which is
why we see this issue.

How is this working even for the kernel itself? or for that matter, any
other binary compiled with sframe?

From my limited undestanding, the way to fix this would be to hack the
relocator to do this additional step while relocating .sframe sections.
Or the 'addend' values in .rela.sframe should already have the +r_offset
added to it, then no change to the relocator would be needed.

> -68 + 28 = -40
> Where 28 is the r_offset in the RELA.
>
> So we really expect a -40 in the relocated SFrame section instead of -68
> above. IOW, the RELAs of SFrame section will need an additional step
> after relocation.
>

Thanks,
Puranjay

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