On 2015/1/19 20:45, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> (2015/01/19 20:21), Wang Nan wrote:
>> On 2015/1/19 17:05, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
>>> Hi Wang,
>>>
>>> I've found a problem on this patch, since kprobes calls unoptioize_kprobe
>>> with kprobes_all_disarmed=true when trying to disable all kprobes, this
>>> cause a serious problem.
>>>
>>> Moreover, I couldn't reproduce your reported bug on my 3.19-rc4 kernel.
>>> Could you test it again?
>>>
>>
>> I tested it again based on 3.19-rc5 and found that the problem still exists.
>> My testing is based on QEMU.
>>
>> First I tested my kprobeopt for ARM, then on x86_64. The test results are 
>> pasted
>> at the bottom of this mail. Commands after 'gdb attaches to QEMU' is my 
>> actions
>> on a gdb console attached to QEMU; commands after 'inside virtual machine' is
>> what I do in Linux run under QEMU.
> 
> Thank you for the reporting.
> So, now I know what happened, the problem is "debugfs/kprobes/enabled doesn't 
> work
> correctly on optimized kprobes". Please make update the patch description.
> 
> I also reproduced the bug without gdb.
> Here is the log.
> 
> ----
> [root@localhost ~]# cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/
> [root@localhost tracing]# echo p do_fork+5 > kprobe_events    # setup new 
> event
> [root@localhost tracing]# echo $$ > set_ftrace_pid            # trace only 
> this process
> [root@localhost tracing]# echo 1 > events/kprobes/p_do_fork_5/enable  # 
> enable it
> [root@localhost tracing]# cat trace                           # check the 
> trace data
> # tracer: nop
> #
> # entries-in-buffer/entries-written: 1/1   #P:8
> #
> #                              _-----=> irqs-off
> #                             / _----=> need-resched
> #                            | / _---=> hardirq/softirq
> #                            || / _--=> preempt-depth
> #                            ||| /     delay
> #           TASK-PID   CPU#  ||||    TIMESTAMP  FUNCTION
> #              | |       |   ||||       |         |
>             bash-3883  [006] d...   279.799023: p_do_fork_5: 
> (do_fork+0x5/0x360) # OK, now tracing
> [root@localhost tracing]# cat ../kprobes/list
> ffffffff810bc1c5  k  do_fork+0x5    [OPTIMIZED]                       # and 
> it is actually optimized
> [root@localhost tracing]# echo 0 > ../kprobes/enabled         # disable *ALL* 
> kprobes
> [root@localhost tracing]# echo > trace                                # clear 
> events
> [root@localhost tracing]# cat trace                           # this should 
> show empty buffer
> # tracer: nop
> #
> # entries-in-buffer/entries-written: 1/1   #P:8
> #
> #                              _-----=> irqs-off
> #                             / _----=> need-resched
> #                            | / _---=> hardirq/softirq
> #                            || / _--=> preempt-depth
> #                            ||| /     delay
> #           TASK-PID   CPU#  ||||    TIMESTAMP  FUNCTION
> #              | |       |   ||||       |         |
>             bash-3883  [006] d...   337.770785: p_do_fork_5: 
> (do_fork+0x5/0x360)  # But still tracing!
> [root@localhost tracing]# cat trace                           # Check again
> # tracer: nop
> #
> # entries-in-buffer/entries-written: 2/2   #P:8
> #
> #                              _-----=> irqs-off
> #                             / _----=> need-resched
> #                            | / _---=> hardirq/softirq
> #                            || / _--=> preempt-depth
> #                            ||| /     delay
> #           TASK-PID   CPU#  ||||    TIMESTAMP  FUNCTION
> #              | |       |   ||||       |         |
>             bash-3883  [006] d...   337.770785: p_do_fork_5: 
> (do_fork+0x5/0x360)
>             bash-3883  [006] d...   345.592178: p_do_fork_5: 
> (do_fork+0x5/0x360) # We are tracing!!
> 
> So, after global disabling kprobes, ALL kprobes event should be disabled, but 
> not.
> 
> OK, I think your first patch is better than the second one, but not enough.
> What we should do is use kprobes_all_disarmed for force option like below.
> 
>       unoptimize_kprobe(p, kprobes_all_disarmed);    /* Try to unoptimize */
> 
> We also would better to check the flag in unregistering path for skipping 
> unneeded
> disarming process when kprobes globally disarmed.
> 
> Thank you,
> 

Thanks to your quick reply. I'll post an improved v1 patch tomorrow.


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