Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753918Ab2KSRrK (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:47:10 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:35565 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752811Ab2KSRrI (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:47:08 -0500 Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:47:28 +0100 From: Oleg Nesterov To: Frederic Weisbecker , Ingo Molnar , Peter Zijlstra , Steven Rostedt Cc: Amnon Shiloh , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] arch_check_bp_in_kernelspace: fix the range check Message-ID: <20121119174728.GA11365@redhat.com> References: <20121109182943.GA2789@redhat.com> <20121109183026.GA2719@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20121109183026.GA2719@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2221 Lines: 76 On 11/09, Oleg Nesterov wrote: > > On 11/09, Oleg Nesterov wrote: > > > > Note: TASK_SIZE doesn't look right at least on x86, I think it should > > be replaced by TASK_SIZE_MAX. > > ... > > --- x/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c > > +++ x/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c > > @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ int arch_check_bp_in_kernelspace(struct > > va = info->address; > > len = get_hbp_len(info->len); > > > > - return (va >= TASK_SIZE) && ((va + len - 1) >= TASK_SIZE); > > + return (va >= TASK_SIZE) || ((va + len - 1) >= TASK_SIZE); > > But actully I'd like to ask another question. > > Can't we add the additional !in_gate_area_no_mm() check to allow > the hw breakpoints in vsyscall? > > Quoting Amnon: > > My service needs to catch the system-calls of its traced son. > Almost all system-calls are caught with PTRACE_SYSCALL, but not those > using the vsyscall page - especially "gettimeofday()" and "time()". > > ... > > However, the code in "arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c" forbids catching kernel > addresses. > > I tend to agree with Amnon... > > What do you think? ping ;) I agree the patch I sent is very minor (although it looks like the trivial bugfix to me). Just I think Amnon has a point, shouldn't we change this change like below? (on top of this fixlet). Oleg. --- x/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c +++ x/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c @@ -188,6 +188,11 @@ static int get_hbp_len(u8 hbp_len) return len_in_bytes; } +static inline bool bp_in_gate(unsigned long start, unsigned long end) +{ + return in_gate_area_no_mm(start) && in_gate_area_no_mm(end); +} + /* * Check for virtual address in kernel space. */ @@ -200,7 +205,8 @@ int arch_check_bp_in_kernelspace(struct va = info->address; len = get_hbp_len(info->len); - return (va >= TASK_SIZE) || ((va + len - 1) >= TASK_SIZE); + return ((va >= TASK_SIZE) || ((va + len - 1) >= TASK_SIZE)) && + !bp_in_gate(va, va + len - 1); } int arch_bp_generic_fields(int x86_len, int x86_type, -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/