[PATCH v2 3/4] powerpc/kprobes_on_ftrace: Skip livepatch_handler() for jprobes

Naveen N. Rao naveen.n.rao at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Thu Jun 1 20:48:17 AEST 2017


ftrace_caller() depends on a modified regs->nip to detect if a certain
function has been livepatched. However, with KPROBES_ON_FTRACE, it is
possible for regs->nip to have been modified by the kprobes pre_handler
(jprobes, for instance). In this case, we do not want to invoke the
livepatch_handler so as not to consume the livepatch stack.

To distinguish between the two (kprobes and livepatch), we check if
there is an active kprobe on the current function. If there is, then we
know for sure that it must have modified the NIP as we don't support
livepatching a kprobe'd function. In this case, we simply skip the
livepatch_handler and branch to the new NIP. Otherwise, the
livepatch_handler is invoked.

Fixes: ead514d5fb30a ("powerpc/kprobes: Add support for
KPROBES_ON_FTRACE")
Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
v2: Changed to use current_kprobe->addr to determine jprobe vs.
livepatch.

 arch/powerpc/include/asm/kprobes.h             |  1 +
 arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c                  |  6 +++++
 arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_mprofile.S | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++----
 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kprobes.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kprobes.h
index a83821f33ea3..8814a7249ceb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kprobes.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kprobes.h
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ extern int kprobe_exceptions_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
 extern int kprobe_fault_handler(struct pt_regs *regs, int trapnr);
 extern int kprobe_handler(struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern int kprobe_post_handler(struct pt_regs *regs);
+extern int is_current_kprobe_addr(unsigned long addr);
 #ifdef CONFIG_KPROBES_ON_FTRACE
 extern int skip_singlestep(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs,
 			   struct kprobe_ctlblk *kcb);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
index 0554d6e66194..ec9d94c82fbd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct kprobe_ctlblk, kprobe_ctlblk);
 
 struct kretprobe_blackpoint kretprobe_blacklist[] = {{NULL, NULL}};
 
+int is_current_kprobe_addr(unsigned long addr)
+{
+	struct kprobe *p = kprobe_running();
+	return (p && (unsigned long)p->addr == addr) ? 1 : 0;
+}
+
 bool arch_within_kprobe_blacklist(unsigned long addr)
 {
 	return  (addr >= (unsigned long)__kprobes_text_start &&
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_mprofile.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_mprofile.S
index fa0921410fa4..e6837e85ec28 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_mprofile.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_mprofile.S
@@ -99,13 +99,37 @@ ftrace_call:
 	bl	ftrace_stub
 	nop
 
-	/* Load ctr with the possibly modified NIP */
-	ld	r3, _NIP(r1)
-	mtctr	r3
+	/* Load the possibly modified NIP */
+	ld	r15, _NIP(r1)
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_LIVEPATCH
-	cmpd	r14,r3		/* has NIP been altered? */
+	cmpd	r14, r15		/* has NIP been altered? */
+#endif
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_LIVEPATCH) && defined(CONFIG_KPROBES_ON_FTRACE)
+	beq	1f
+
+	/* Check if there is an active kprobe on us */
+	subi	r3, r14, 4
+	bl	is_current_kprobe_addr
+	nop
+
+	/*
+	 * If r3 == 1, then this is a kprobe/jprobe.
+	 * else, this is livepatched function.
+	 *
+	 * The subsequent conditional branch for livepatch_handler
+	 * will use the result of this compare. For kprobe/jprobe,
+	 * we just need to branch to the new NIP, so nothing special
+	 * is needed.
+	 */
+	cmpdi	r3, 1
+1:
 #endif
 
+	/* Load CTR with the possibly modified NIP */
+	mtctr	r15
+
 	/* Restore gprs */
 	REST_GPR(0,r1)
 	REST_10GPRS(2,r1)
-- 
2.12.2



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