[PATCH v4 14/15] kprobes: remove dependency on CONFIG_MODULES

[Masami Hiramatsu]

Hi Mike,

On Thu, 11 Apr 2024 19:00:50 +0300
Mike Rapoport <rppt at kernel.org> wrote:

> From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt at kernel.org>
> 
> kprobes depended on CONFIG_MODULES because it has to allocate memory for
> code.
> 
> Since code allocations are now implemented with execmem, kprobes can be
> enabled in non-modular kernels.
> 
> Add #ifdef CONFIG_MODULE guards for the code dealing with kprobes inside
> modules, make CONFIG_KPROBES select CONFIG_EXECMEM and drop the
> dependency of CONFIG_KPROBES on CONFIG_MODULES.

Thanks for this work, but this conflicts with the latest fix in v6.9-rc4.
Also, can you use IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MODULES) instead of #ifdefs in
function body? We have enough dummy functions for that, so it should
not make a problem.

Thank you,

> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt at kernel.org>
> ---
>  arch/Kconfig                |  2 +-
>  kernel/kprobes.c            | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>  kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c | 11 ++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
> index bc9e8e5dccd5..68177adf61a0 100644
> --- a/arch/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/Kconfig
> @@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ config GENERIC_ENTRY
>  
>  config KPROBES
>  	bool "Kprobes"
> -	depends on MODULES
>  	depends on HAVE_KPROBES
>  	select KALLSYMS
> +	select EXECMEM
>  	select TASKS_RCU if PREEMPTION
>  	help
>  	  Kprobes allows you to trap at almost any kernel address and
> diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
> index 047ca629ce49..90c056853e6f 100644
> --- a/kernel/kprobes.c
> +++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
> @@ -1580,6 +1580,7 @@ static int check_kprobe_address_safe(struct kprobe *p,
>  		goto out;
>  	}
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
>  	/* Check if 'p' is probing a module. */
>  	*probed_mod = __module_text_address((unsigned long) p->addr);
>  	if (*probed_mod) {
> @@ -1603,6 +1604,8 @@ static int check_kprobe_address_safe(struct kprobe *p,
>  			ret = -ENOENT;
>  		}
>  	}
> +#endif
> +
>  out:
>  	preempt_enable();
>  	jump_label_unlock();
> @@ -2482,24 +2485,6 @@ int kprobe_add_area_blacklist(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -/* Remove all symbols in given area from kprobe blacklist */
> -static void kprobe_remove_area_blacklist(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
> -{
> -	struct kprobe_blacklist_entry *ent, *n;
> -
> -	list_for_each_entry_safe(ent, n, &kprobe_blacklist, list) {
> -		if (ent->start_addr < start || ent->start_addr >= end)
> -			continue;
> -		list_del(&ent->list);
> -		kfree(ent);
> -	}
> -}
> -
> -static void kprobe_remove_ksym_blacklist(unsigned long entry)
> -{
> -	kprobe_remove_area_blacklist(entry, entry + 1);
> -}
> -
>  int __weak arch_kprobe_get_kallsym(unsigned int *symnum, unsigned long *value,
>  				   char *type, char *sym)
>  {
> @@ -2564,6 +2549,25 @@ static int __init populate_kprobe_blacklist(unsigned long *start,
>  	return ret ? : arch_populate_kprobe_blacklist();
>  }
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
> +/* Remove all symbols in given area from kprobe blacklist */
> +static void kprobe_remove_area_blacklist(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
> +{
> +	struct kprobe_blacklist_entry *ent, *n;
> +
> +	list_for_each_entry_safe(ent, n, &kprobe_blacklist, list) {
> +		if (ent->start_addr < start || ent->start_addr >= end)
> +			continue;
> +		list_del(&ent->list);
> +		kfree(ent);
> +	}
> +}
> +
> +static void kprobe_remove_ksym_blacklist(unsigned long entry)
> +{
> +	kprobe_remove_area_blacklist(entry, entry + 1);
> +}
> +
>  static void add_module_kprobe_blacklist(struct module *mod)
>  {
>  	unsigned long start, end;
> @@ -2665,6 +2669,7 @@ static struct notifier_block kprobe_module_nb = {
>  	.notifier_call = kprobes_module_callback,
>  	.priority = 0
>  };
> +#endif
>  
>  void kprobe_free_init_mem(void)
>  {
> @@ -2724,8 +2729,10 @@ static int __init init_kprobes(void)
>  	err = arch_init_kprobes();
>  	if (!err)
>  		err = register_die_notifier(&kprobe_exceptions_nb);
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
>  	if (!err)
>  		err = register_module_notifier(&kprobe_module_nb);
> +#endif
>  
>  	kprobes_initialized = (err == 0);
>  	kprobe_sysctls_init();
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
> index 14099cc17fc9..f0610137d6a3 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
> @@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ static nokprobe_inline bool trace_kprobe_within_module(struct trace_kprobe *tk,
>  	return strncmp(module_name(mod), name, len) == 0 && name[len] == ':';
>  }
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
>  static nokprobe_inline bool trace_kprobe_module_exist(struct trace_kprobe *tk)
>  {
>  	char *p;
> @@ -129,6 +130,12 @@ static nokprobe_inline bool trace_kprobe_module_exist(struct trace_kprobe *tk)
>  
>  	return ret;
>  }
> +#else
> +static inline bool trace_kprobe_module_exist(struct trace_kprobe *tk)
> +{
> +	return false;
> +}
> +#endif
>  
>  static bool trace_kprobe_is_busy(struct dyn_event *ev)
>  {
> @@ -670,6 +677,7 @@ static int register_trace_kprobe(struct trace_kprobe *tk)
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
>  /* Module notifier call back, checking event on the module */
>  static int trace_kprobe_module_callback(struct notifier_block *nb,
>  				       unsigned long val, void *data)
> @@ -704,6 +712,7 @@ static struct notifier_block trace_kprobe_module_nb = {
>  	.notifier_call = trace_kprobe_module_callback,
>  	.priority = 1	/* Invoked after kprobe module callback */
>  };
> +#endif
>  
>  static int count_symbols(void *data, unsigned long unused)
>  {
> @@ -1933,8 +1942,10 @@ static __init int init_kprobe_trace_early(void)
>  	if (ret)
>  		return ret;
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
>  	if (register_module_notifier(&trace_kprobe_module_nb))
>  		return -EINVAL;
> +#endif
>  
>  	return 0;
>  }
> -- 
> 2.43.0
> 
> 


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu