linux/arch
Peter Zijlstra 9e298e8604 ftrace/x86_64: Emulate call function while updating in breakpoint handler
Nicolai Stange discovered[1] that if live kernel patching is enabled, and the
function tracer started tracing the same function that was patched, the
conversion of the fentry call site during the translation of going from
calling the live kernel patch trampoline to the iterator trampoline, would
have as slight window where it didn't call anything.

As live kernel patching depends on ftrace to always call its code (to
prevent the function being traced from being called, as it will redirect
it). This small window would allow the old buggy function to be called, and
this can cause undesirable results.

Nicolai submitted new patches[2] but these were controversial. As this is
similar to the static call emulation issues that came up a while ago[3].
But after some debate[4][5] adding a gap in the stack when entering the
breakpoint handler allows for pushing the return address onto the stack to
easily emulate a call.

[1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180726104029.7736-1-nstange@suse.de
[2] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190427100639.15074-1-nstange@suse.de
[3] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/3cf04e113d71c9f8e4be95fb84a510f085aa4afa.1541711457.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com
[4] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wh5OpheSU8Em_Q3Hg8qw_JtoijxOdPtHru6d+5K8TWM=A@mail.gmail.com
[5] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wjvQxY4DvPrJ6haPgAa6b906h=MwZXO6G8OtiTGe=N7_w@mail.gmail.com

[
  Live kernel patching is not implemented on x86_32, thus the emulate
  calls are only for x86_64.
]

Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Nicolai Stange <nstange@suse.de>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@kernel.org>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>
Cc: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Cc: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Cc: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Cc: Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Cc: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@suse.de>
Cc: "open list:KERNEL SELFTEST FRAMEWORK" <linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: b700e7f03d ("livepatch: kernel: add support for live patching")
Tested-by: Nicolai Stange <nstange@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Nicolai Stange <nstange@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
[ Changed to only implement emulated calls for x86_64 ]
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2019-05-08 12:14:59 -04:00
..
alpha KVM: export <linux/kvm_para.h> and <asm/kvm_para.h> iif KVM is supported 2019-03-28 17:27:42 +01:00
arc KVM: export <linux/kvm_para.h> and <asm/kvm_para.h> iif KVM is supported 2019-03-28 17:27:42 +01:00
arm A collection of x86 and ARM bugfixes, and some improvements to documentation. 2019-03-31 08:55:59 -07:00
arm64 A collection of x86 and ARM bugfixes, and some improvements to documentation. 2019-03-31 08:55:59 -07:00
c6x KVM: export <linux/kvm_para.h> and <asm/kvm_para.h> iif KVM is supported 2019-03-28 17:27:42 +01:00
csky kbuild: force all architectures except um to include mandatory-y 2019-03-17 12:56:32 +09:00
h8300 KVM: export <linux/kvm_para.h> and <asm/kvm_para.h> iif KVM is supported 2019-03-28 17:27:42 +01:00
hexagon KVM: export <linux/kvm_para.h> and <asm/kvm_para.h> iif KVM is supported 2019-03-28 17:27:42 +01:00
ia64 KVM: export <linux/kvm_para.h> and <asm/kvm_para.h> iif KVM is supported 2019-03-28 17:27:42 +01:00
m68k KVM: export <linux/kvm_para.h> and <asm/kvm_para.h> iif KVM is supported 2019-03-28 17:27:42 +01:00
microblaze KVM: export <linux/kvm_para.h> and <asm/kvm_para.h> iif KVM is supported 2019-03-28 17:27:42 +01:00
mips A small batch of MIPS fixes for 5.1: 2019-03-19 10:50:15 -07:00
nds32 function_graph: Place ftrace_graph_entry_stub() prototype in include/linux/ftrace.h 2019-04-29 17:17:22 -04:00
nios2 KVM: export <linux/kvm_para.h> and <asm/kvm_para.h> iif KVM is supported 2019-03-28 17:27:42 +01:00
openrisc KVM: export <linux/kvm_para.h> and <asm/kvm_para.h> iif KVM is supported 2019-03-28 17:27:42 +01:00
parisc function_graph: Place ftrace_graph_entry_stub() prototype in include/linux/ftrace.h 2019-04-29 17:17:22 -04:00
powerpc powerpc fixes for 5.1 #4 2019-03-31 07:44:13 -07:00
riscv kbuild: force all architectures except um to include mandatory-y 2019-03-17 12:56:32 +09:00
s390 s390 update with improvements and bug fixes for 5.1-rc2 2019-03-28 08:35:32 -07:00
sh KVM: export <linux/kvm_para.h> and <asm/kvm_para.h> iif KVM is supported 2019-03-28 17:27:42 +01:00
sparc KVM: export <linux/kvm_para.h> and <asm/kvm_para.h> iif KVM is supported 2019-03-28 17:27:42 +01:00
um Merge branch 'for-linus-5.1-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rw/uml 2019-03-15 15:07:32 -07:00
unicore32 KVM: export <linux/kvm_para.h> and <asm/kvm_para.h> iif KVM is supported 2019-03-28 17:27:42 +01:00
x86 ftrace/x86_64: Emulate call function while updating in breakpoint handler 2019-05-08 12:14:59 -04:00
xtensa KVM: export <linux/kvm_para.h> and <asm/kvm_para.h> iif KVM is supported 2019-03-28 17:27:42 +01:00
.gitignore
Kconfig Char/Misc driver patches for 5.1-rc1 2019-03-06 14:18:59 -08:00