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From: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
To: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>,
	 Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@gmail.com>,
	 Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
	 Nick Desaulniers <nick.desaulniers+lkml@gmail.com>,
	 Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>,
	Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>,
	 linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kasan-dev@googlegroups.com,
	 llvm@lists.linux.dev, Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH RFC v3 03/12] kcov: introduce extended PC coverage collection mode
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:54:43 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260908-kcov-extrecord-v3-3-dcbc11593e88@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260908-kcov-extrecord-v3-0-dcbc11593e88@google.com>

This is the second half of CONFIG_KCOV_EXT_RECORDS.

Introduce a new KCOV mode KCOV_TRACE_PC_EXT which replaces the upper 8 bits
of recorded instruction pointers with metadata. For now, userspace can use
this metadata to distinguish three types of records:

 - function entry
 - function exit
 - normal basic block inside the function

Internally, this new mode is represented as a variant of
KCOV_MODE_TRACE_PC, distinguished with the flag KCOV_EXT_FORMAT.
Store this flag as part of the mode in task_struct::kcov_mode and in
kcov::mode to avoid having to pass it around separately everywhere.

Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
---
 include/linux/kcov.h      |  7 +++++++
 include/uapi/linux/kcov.h | 12 ++++++++++++
 kernel/kcov.c             | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 3 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kcov.h b/include/linux/kcov.h
index cd79715db241..6c9f0373022f 100644
--- a/include/linux/kcov.h
+++ b/include/linux/kcov.h
@@ -23,8 +23,15 @@ enum kcov_mode {
 	KCOV_MODE_TRACE_CMP = 3,
 };
 
+/*
+ * Modifier for KCOV_MODE_TRACE_PC to record function entry/exit marked with
+ * metadata bits.
+ */
+#define KCOV_EXT_FORMAT	(1 << 29)
 #define KCOV_IN_CTXSW	(1 << 30)
 
+#define KCOV_MODE_TRACE_PC_EXT (KCOV_MODE_TRACE_PC | KCOV_EXT_FORMAT)
+
 void kcov_task_init(struct task_struct *t);
 void kcov_task_exit(struct task_struct *t);
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kcov.h b/include/uapi/linux/kcov.h
index ed95dba9fa37..8d8a233bd61f 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/kcov.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/kcov.h
@@ -35,8 +35,20 @@ enum {
 	KCOV_TRACE_PC = 0,
 	/* Collecting comparison operands mode. */
 	KCOV_TRACE_CMP = 1,
+	/*
+	 * Extended PC coverage collection mode.
+	 * In this mode, the top byte of the PC is replaced with flag bits
+	 * (KCOV_RECORDFLAG_*).
+	 */
+	KCOV_TRACE_PC_EXT = 2,
 };
 
+#define KCOV_RECORD_IP_MASK         0x00ffffffffffffff
+#define KCOV_RECORDFLAG_TYPEMASK    0xf000000000000000
+#define KCOV_RECORDFLAG_TYPE_NORMAL 0xf000000000000000
+#define KCOV_RECORDFLAG_TYPE_ENTRY  0x0000000000000000
+#define KCOV_RECORDFLAG_TYPE_EXIT   0x1000000000000000
+
 /*
  * The format for the types of collected comparisons.
  *
diff --git a/kernel/kcov.c b/kernel/kcov.c
index 26baccaaefa9..701ad69493bf 100644
--- a/kernel/kcov.c
+++ b/kernel/kcov.c
@@ -55,7 +55,12 @@ struct kcov {
 	refcount_t		refcount;
 	/* The lock protects mode, size, area and t. */
 	spinlock_t		lock;
-	enum kcov_mode		mode __guarded_by(&lock);
+	/*
+	 * Mode, consists of:
+	 *  - enum kcov_mode
+	 *  - flag KCOV_EXT_FORMAT
+	 */
+	unsigned int		mode __guarded_by(&lock);
 	/* Size of arena (in long's). */
 	unsigned int		size __guarded_by(&lock);
 	/* Coverage buffer shared with user space. */
@@ -228,8 +233,14 @@ void notrace __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc(void)
 {
 	struct task_struct *cur = current;
 
-	if (READ_ONCE(cur->kcov_mode) != KCOV_MODE_TRACE_PC)
+	if ((READ_ONCE(cur->kcov_mode) & ~KCOV_EXT_FORMAT) != KCOV_MODE_TRACE_PC)
 		return;
+	/*
+	 * No bitops are needed here for setting the record type because
+	 * KCOV_RECORDFLAG_TYPE_NORMAL has the high bits set.
+	 * This relies on userspace not caring about the rest of the top byte
+	 * for KCOV_RECORDFLAG_TYPE_NORMAL records.
+	 */
 	kcov_add_pc_record(cur, canonicalize_ip(_RET_IP_));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc);
@@ -245,12 +256,28 @@ void notrace __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc_entry(void)
 	 * This hook replaces __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc() for the function entry
 	 * basic block; it should still emit a record even in classic kcov mode.
 	 */
-	if (kcov_mode != KCOV_MODE_TRACE_PC)
+	if ((kcov_mode & ~KCOV_EXT_FORMAT) != KCOV_MODE_TRACE_PC)
 		return;
+	if ((kcov_mode & KCOV_EXT_FORMAT) != 0)
+		record = (record & KCOV_RECORD_IP_MASK) | KCOV_RECORDFLAG_TYPE_ENTRY;
 	kcov_add_pc_record(cur, record);
 }
 void notrace __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc_exit(void)
 {
+	struct task_struct *cur = current;
+	unsigned long record;
+
+	/*
+	 * This hook is not called at the beginning of a basic block; the basic
+	 * block from which the hook was invoked is already covered by a
+	 * preceding hook call.
+	 * So unlike __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc_entry(), this PC should only be
+	 * reported in extended mode, where function exit events are recorded.
+	 */
+	if (READ_ONCE(cur->kcov_mode) != KCOV_MODE_TRACE_PC_EXT)
+		return;
+	record = (canonicalize_ip(_RET_IP_) & KCOV_RECORD_IP_MASK) | KCOV_RECORDFLAG_TYPE_EXIT;
+	kcov_add_pc_record(cur, record);
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -373,7 +400,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__sanitizer_cov_trace_switch);
 #endif /* ifdef CONFIG_KCOV_ENABLE_COMPARISONS */
 
 static void kcov_start(struct task_struct *t, struct kcov *kcov,
-			unsigned int size, void *area, enum kcov_mode mode,
+			unsigned int size, void *area, unsigned int mode,
 			int sequence)
 {
 	kcov_debug("t = %px, size = %u, area = %px\n", t, size, area);
@@ -590,6 +617,8 @@ static int kcov_get_mode(unsigned long arg)
 #else
 		return -ENOTSUPP;
 #endif
+	else if (arg == KCOV_TRACE_PC_EXT)
+		return IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KCOV_EXT_RECORDS) ? KCOV_MODE_TRACE_PC_EXT : -ENOTSUPP;
 	else
 		return -EINVAL;
 }
@@ -1098,7 +1127,7 @@ void kcov_remote_stop(void)
 	 * and kcov_remote_stop(), hence the sequence check.
 	 */
 	if (sequence == kcov->sequence && kcov->remote)
-		kcov_move_area(kcov->mode, kcov->area, kcov->size, area);
+		kcov_move_area(kcov->mode & ~KCOV_EXT_FORMAT, kcov->area, kcov->size, area);
 	spin_unlock(&kcov->lock);
 
 	spin_lock(&kcov_remote_lock);

-- 
2.55.0.979.g7e5102b832-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-08 16:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-08 16:54 [PATCH RFC v3 00/12] KCOV: entry/exit records, memory access records, and delay injection Jann Horn
2026-09-08 16:54 ` [PATCH RFC v3 01/12] kcov: wire up compiler instrumentation for CONFIG_KCOV_EXT_RECORDS Jann Horn
2026-09-08 16:54 ` [PATCH RFC v3 02/12] kcov: refactor mode check out of check_kcov_mode() Jann Horn
2026-09-08 16:54 ` Jann Horn [this message]
2026-09-08 16:54 ` [PATCH RFC v3 04/12] kcov: summarize entry/exit while disabled Jann Horn
2026-09-08 16:54 ` [PATCH RFC v3 05/12] kasan: refactor write/is_write arguments to flags Jann Horn
2026-09-08 16:54 ` [PATCH RFC v3 06/12] kcov: introduce memory access tracing Jann Horn
2026-09-08 16:54 ` [PATCH RFC v3 07/12] kasan: provide memory access information to KCOV Jann Horn
2026-09-08 16:54 ` [PATCH RFC v3 08/12] kcov: log freeing of SLUB objects and pages Jann Horn
2026-09-08 17:04   ` Jann Horn
2026-09-08 16:54 ` [PATCH RFC v3 09/12] kcov: record return address on function entry Jann Horn
2026-09-08 16:54 ` [PATCH RFC v3 10/12] kcov: log old value Jann Horn
2026-09-08 16:54 ` [PATCH RFC v3 11/12] kcov: introduce delay injection Jann Horn
2026-09-08 16:54 ` [PATCH RFC v3 12/12] Documentation/kcov: add documentation for EXT_RECORDS and KCOV_MEMORY Jann Horn

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