Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:04:18 +0100
From: Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@mailshack.com>
To: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
       "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>,
       Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: KPROBE_ENTRY should be paired wth KPROBE_END
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On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 05:12:37PM +0300, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> [Cyrill Gorcunov - Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 04:51:34PM +0300]
> | [Ingo Molnar - Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 02:27:52PM +0100]
> | | 
> | | * Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@mailshack.com> wrote:
> | | 
> | | > Impact: moves some code out of .kprobes.text
> | | > 
> | | > KPROBE_ENTRY switches code generation to .kprobes.text, and KPROBE_END
> | | > uses .popsection to get back to the previous section (.text, normally).
> | | > Also replace ENDPROC by END, for consistency.
> | | > 
> | | > Signed-off-by: Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@fastmail.fm>
> | | 
> | | applied to tip/x86/irq, thanks Alexander!
> | | 
> | | > One more small change for today. The xen-related functions 
> | | > xen_do_hypervisor_callback and xen_failsafe_callback are put
> | | > in the .kprobes.text even in the current kernel: ignore_sysret
> | | > is enclosed in KPROBE_ENTRY / ENDPROC, instead of KPROBE_ENTRY /
> | | > KPROBE_END, but I guess the situation is harmless.
> | | 
> | | yeah. It narrows no-kprobes protection for that code, but it should 
> | | indeed be fine (and that's the intention as well).
> | | 
> | | Note that this is a reoccuring bug type, and rather long-lived. Can 
> | | you think of any way to get automated nesting protection of both the 
> | | .cfi_startproc/endproc macros and kprobes start/end? A poor man's 
> | | solution would be to grep the number of start and end methods and 
> | | enforce that they are equal.
> | | 
> | | 	Ingo
> | | 
> | 
> | I think we could play with preprocessor and check if ENTRY/END matches.
> | Looking now.
> | 
> | 		- Cyrill -
> 
> Here is what I've done
> 
> 1) Add some macros like:
> 
> 	.macro __set_entry
> 	.set _ENTRY_IN, 1
> 	.endm
> 
> 	.macro __unset_entry
> 	.set _ENTRY_IN, 0
> 	.endm
> 
> 	.macro __check_entry
> 	.ifeq _ENTRY_IN
> 	.error "END should be used"
> 	.abort
> 	.endif
> 	.endm
> 
> So the code
> 
> ENTRY(mcount)
> 	__unset_entry
> 	retq
> 	__check_entry
> END(mcount)

Looks like a good approach to me. But I assume the ENTRY cppmacro
will include magic?

Greetings,
	Alexander

> will fail like
> 
> cyrill@lenovo linux-2.6.git $ make arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.o
>   CHK     include/linux/version.h
>   CHK     include/linux/utsrelease.h
>   SYMLINK include/asm -> include/asm-x86
>   CALL    scripts/checksyscalls.sh
>   AS      arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.o
> arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S: Assembler messages:
> arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S:84: Error: END should be used
> arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S:84: Fatal error: .abort detected.  Abandoning ship.
> make[1]: *** [arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.o] Error 1
> make: *** [arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.o] Error 2
> cyrill@lenovo linux-2.6.git $ 
> 
> So if such an approach is acceptable (in general) -- I could take a more
> deeper look. So every ENTRY would check if other ENTRY/KPROBE is active
> and report that.
> 
> 		- Cyrill -
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