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<entry>
<title>kprobes: Make list and blacklist root user read only</title>
<updated>2018-09-05T07:26:41+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masami Hiramatsu</name>
<email>mhiramat@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2018-04-28T12:35:01+00:00</published>
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commit f2a3ab36077222437b4826fc76111caa14562b7c upstream.

Since the blacklist and list files on debugfs indicates
a sensitive address information to reader, it should be
restricted to the root user.

Suggested-by: Thomas Richter &lt;tmricht@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli &lt;ananth@in.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Anil S Keshavamurthy &lt;anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Cc: David Howells &lt;dhowells@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: David S . Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Cc: Heiko Carstens &lt;heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Jon Medhurst &lt;tixy@linaro.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: Tobin C . Harding &lt;me@tobin.cc&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Cc: acme@kernel.org
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: brueckner@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org
Cc: schwidefsky@de.ibm.com
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/lkml/152491890171.9916.5183693615601334087.stgit@devbox
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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commit f2a3ab36077222437b4826fc76111caa14562b7c upstream.

Since the blacklist and list files on debugfs indicates
a sensitive address information to reader, it should be
restricted to the root user.

Suggested-by: Thomas Richter &lt;tmricht@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli &lt;ananth@in.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Anil S Keshavamurthy &lt;anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Cc: David Howells &lt;dhowells@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: David S . Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Cc: Heiko Carstens &lt;heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Jon Medhurst &lt;tixy@linaro.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: Tobin C . Harding &lt;me@tobin.cc&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Cc: acme@kernel.org
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: brueckner@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org
Cc: schwidefsky@de.ibm.com
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/lkml/152491890171.9916.5183693615601334087.stgit@devbox
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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<entry>
<title>kprobes: Use synchronize_rcu_tasks() for optprobe with CONFIG_PREEMPT=y</title>
<updated>2017-12-10T12:40:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masami Hiramatsu</name>
<email>mhiramat@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-10-19T23:43:39+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit a30b85df7d599f626973e9cd3056fe755bd778e0 ]

We want to wait for all potentially preempted kprobes trampoline
execution to have completed. This guarantees that any freed
trampoline memory is not in use by any task in the system anymore.
synchronize_rcu_tasks() gives such a guarantee, so use it.

Also, this guarantees to wait for all potentially preempted tasks
on the instructions which will be replaced with a jump.

Since this becomes a problem only when CONFIG_PREEMPT=y, enable
CONFIG_TASKS_RCU=y for synchronize_rcu_tasks() in that case.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli &lt;ananth@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Naveen N . Rao &lt;naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Paul E . McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/150845661962.5443.17724352636247312231.stgit@devbox
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;alexander.levin@verizon.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit a30b85df7d599f626973e9cd3056fe755bd778e0 ]

We want to wait for all potentially preempted kprobes trampoline
execution to have completed. This guarantees that any freed
trampoline memory is not in use by any task in the system anymore.
synchronize_rcu_tasks() gives such a guarantee, so use it.

Also, this guarantees to wait for all potentially preempted tasks
on the instructions which will be replaced with a jump.

Since this becomes a problem only when CONFIG_PREEMPT=y, enable
CONFIG_TASKS_RCU=y for synchronize_rcu_tasks() in that case.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli &lt;ananth@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Naveen N . Rao &lt;naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Paul E . McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/150845661962.5443.17724352636247312231.stgit@devbox
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;alexander.levin@verizon.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>kprobes: Ensure that jprobe probepoints are at function entry</title>
<updated>2017-07-08T09:05:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Naveen N. Rao</name>
<email>naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-07-07T17:07:26+00:00</published>
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Similar to commit 90ec5e89e393c ("kretprobes: Ensure probe location is
at function entry"), ensure that the jprobe probepoint is at function
entry.

Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao &lt;naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli &lt;ananth@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/a4525af6c5a42df385efa31251246cf7cca73598.1499443367.git.naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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Similar to commit 90ec5e89e393c ("kretprobes: Ensure probe location is
at function entry"), ensure that the jprobe probepoint is at function
entry.

Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao &lt;naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli &lt;ananth@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/a4525af6c5a42df385efa31251246cf7cca73598.1499443367.git.naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>kprobes: Simplify register_jprobes()</title>
<updated>2017-07-08T09:05:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Naveen N. Rao</name>
<email>naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-07-07T17:07:25+00:00</published>
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Re-factor jprobe registration functions as the current version is
getting too unwieldy. Move the actual jprobe registration to
register_jprobe() and re-organize code accordingly.

Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao &lt;naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli &lt;ananth@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/089cae4bfe73767f765291ee0e6fb0c3d240e5f1.1499443367.git.naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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Re-factor jprobe registration functions as the current version is
getting too unwieldy. Move the actual jprobe registration to
register_jprobe() and re-organize code accordingly.

Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao &lt;naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli &lt;ananth@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/089cae4bfe73767f765291ee0e6fb0c3d240e5f1.1499443367.git.naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>kprobes: Rename [arch_]function_offset_within_entry() to [arch_]kprobe_on_func_entry()</title>
<updated>2017-07-08T09:05:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Naveen N. Rao</name>
<email>naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-07-07T17:07:24+00:00</published>
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Rename function_offset_within_entry() to scope it to kprobe namespace by
using kprobe_ prefix, and to also simplify it.

Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Suggested-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao &lt;naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli &lt;ananth@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/3aa6c7e2e4fb6e00f3c24fa306496a66edb558ea.1499443367.git.naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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Rename function_offset_within_entry() to scope it to kprobe namespace by
using kprobe_ prefix, and to also simplify it.

Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Suggested-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao &lt;naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli &lt;ananth@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/3aa6c7e2e4fb6e00f3c24fa306496a66edb558ea.1499443367.git.naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'smp-hotplug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2017-07-04T01:08:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-07-04T01:08:06+00:00</published>
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Pull SMP hotplug updates from Thomas Gleixner:
 "This update is primarily a cleanup of the CPU hotplug locking code.

  The hotplug locking mechanism is an open coded RWSEM, which allows
  recursive locking. The main problem with that is the recursive nature
  as it evades the full lockdep coverage and hides potential deadlocks.

  The rework replaces the open coded RWSEM with a percpu RWSEM and
  establishes full lockdep coverage that way.

  The bulk of the changes fix up recursive locking issues and address
  the now fully reported potential deadlocks all over the place. Some of
  these deadlocks have been observed in the RT tree, but on mainline the
  probability was low enough to hide them away."

* 'smp-hotplug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (37 commits)
  cpu/hotplug: Constify attribute_group structures
  powerpc: Only obtain cpu_hotplug_lock if called by rtasd
  ARM/hw_breakpoint: Fix possible recursive locking for arch_hw_breakpoint_init
  cpu/hotplug: Remove unused check_for_tasks() function
  perf/core: Don't release cred_guard_mutex if not taken
  cpuhotplug: Link lock stacks for hotplug callbacks
  acpi/processor: Prevent cpu hotplug deadlock
  sched: Provide is_percpu_thread() helper
  cpu/hotplug: Convert hotplug locking to percpu rwsem
  s390: Prevent hotplug rwsem recursion
  arm: Prevent hotplug rwsem recursion
  arm64: Prevent cpu hotplug rwsem recursion
  kprobes: Cure hotplug lock ordering issues
  jump_label: Reorder hotplug lock and jump_label_lock
  perf/tracing/cpuhotplug: Fix locking order
  ACPI/processor: Use cpu_hotplug_disable() instead of get_online_cpus()
  PCI: Replace the racy recursion prevention
  PCI: Use cpu_hotplug_disable() instead of get_online_cpus()
  perf/x86/intel: Drop get_online_cpus() in intel_snb_check_microcode()
  x86/perf: Drop EXPORT of perf_check_microcode
  ...
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Pull SMP hotplug updates from Thomas Gleixner:
 "This update is primarily a cleanup of the CPU hotplug locking code.

  The hotplug locking mechanism is an open coded RWSEM, which allows
  recursive locking. The main problem with that is the recursive nature
  as it evades the full lockdep coverage and hides potential deadlocks.

  The rework replaces the open coded RWSEM with a percpu RWSEM and
  establishes full lockdep coverage that way.

  The bulk of the changes fix up recursive locking issues and address
  the now fully reported potential deadlocks all over the place. Some of
  these deadlocks have been observed in the RT tree, but on mainline the
  probability was low enough to hide them away."

* 'smp-hotplug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (37 commits)
  cpu/hotplug: Constify attribute_group structures
  powerpc: Only obtain cpu_hotplug_lock if called by rtasd
  ARM/hw_breakpoint: Fix possible recursive locking for arch_hw_breakpoint_init
  cpu/hotplug: Remove unused check_for_tasks() function
  perf/core: Don't release cred_guard_mutex if not taken
  cpuhotplug: Link lock stacks for hotplug callbacks
  acpi/processor: Prevent cpu hotplug deadlock
  sched: Provide is_percpu_thread() helper
  cpu/hotplug: Convert hotplug locking to percpu rwsem
  s390: Prevent hotplug rwsem recursion
  arm: Prevent hotplug rwsem recursion
  arm64: Prevent cpu hotplug rwsem recursion
  kprobes: Cure hotplug lock ordering issues
  jump_label: Reorder hotplug lock and jump_label_lock
  perf/tracing/cpuhotplug: Fix locking order
  ACPI/processor: Use cpu_hotplug_disable() instead of get_online_cpus()
  PCI: Replace the racy recursion prevention
  PCI: Use cpu_hotplug_disable() instead of get_online_cpus()
  perf/x86/intel: Drop get_online_cpus() in intel_snb_check_microcode()
  x86/perf: Drop EXPORT of perf_check_microcode
  ...
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>kprobes/x86: Fix to set RWX bits correctly before releasing trampoline</title>
<updated>2017-05-27T02:37:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masami Hiramatsu</name>
<email>mhiramat@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-05-25T10:38:17+00:00</published>
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Fix kprobes to set(recover) RWX bits correctly on trampoline
buffer before releasing it. Releasing readonly page to
module_memfree() crash the kernel.

Without this fix, if kprobes user register a bunch of kprobes
in function body (since kprobes on function entry usually
use ftrace) and unregister it, kernel hits a BUG and crash.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/149570868652.3518.14120169373590420503.stgit@devbox

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Fixes: d0381c81c2f7 ("kprobes/x86: Set kprobes pages read-only")
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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Fix kprobes to set(recover) RWX bits correctly on trampoline
buffer before releasing it. Releasing readonly page to
module_memfree() crash the kernel.

Without this fix, if kprobes user register a bunch of kprobes
in function body (since kprobes on function entry usually
use ftrace) and unregister it, kernel hits a BUG and crash.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/149570868652.3518.14120169373590420503.stgit@devbox

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Fixes: d0381c81c2f7 ("kprobes/x86: Set kprobes pages read-only")
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>kprobes: Cure hotplug lock ordering issues</title>
<updated>2017-05-26T08:10:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2017-05-24T08:15:36+00:00</published>
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Converting the cpu hotplug locking to a percpu rwsem unearthed hidden lock
ordering problems.

There is a wide range of locks involved in this: kprobe_mutex,
jump_label_mutex, ftrace_lock, text_mutex, event_mutex, module_mutex,
func_hash-&gt;regex_lock and a gazillion of lock order permutations with
nested get_online_cpus() calls.

Some of those permutations are potential deadlocks even with the current
nesting hotplug locking scheme, but they can't be discovered by lockdep.

The conversion of the hotplug locking to a percpu rwsem requires to prevent
nested locking, so it's required to take the hotplug rwsem early in the
call chain and establish a proper lock order.

After quite some analysis and going down the wrong road severa times the
following lock order has been chosen:

kprobe_mutex -&gt; cpus_rwsem -&gt; jump_label_mutex -&gt; text_mutex

For kprobes which hook on an ftrace function trace point, it's required to
drop cpus_rwsem before calling into the ftrace code to avoid a deadlock on
the func_hash-&gt;regex_lock.

[ Steven: Ftrace interaction fixes ]

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Sebastian Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170524081549.104864779@linutronix.de

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Converting the cpu hotplug locking to a percpu rwsem unearthed hidden lock
ordering problems.

There is a wide range of locks involved in this: kprobe_mutex,
jump_label_mutex, ftrace_lock, text_mutex, event_mutex, module_mutex,
func_hash-&gt;regex_lock and a gazillion of lock order permutations with
nested get_online_cpus() calls.

Some of those permutations are potential deadlocks even with the current
nesting hotplug locking scheme, but they can't be discovered by lockdep.

The conversion of the hotplug locking to a percpu rwsem requires to prevent
nested locking, so it's required to take the hotplug rwsem early in the
call chain and establish a proper lock order.

After quite some analysis and going down the wrong road severa times the
following lock order has been chosen:

kprobe_mutex -&gt; cpus_rwsem -&gt; jump_label_mutex -&gt; text_mutex

For kprobes which hook on an ftrace function trace point, it's required to
drop cpus_rwsem before calling into the ftrace code to avoid a deadlock on
the func_hash-&gt;regex_lock.

[ Steven: Ftrace interaction fixes ]

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Sebastian Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170524081549.104864779@linutronix.de

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<title>kprobes: Document how optimized kprobes are removed from module unload</title>
<updated>2017-05-18T01:55:58+00:00</updated>
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<name>Steven Rostedt (VMware)</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
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<published>2017-05-16T18:58:35+00:00</published>
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Thomas discovered a bug where the kprobe trace tests had a race
condition where the kprobe_optimizer called from a delayed work queue
that does the optimizing and "unoptimizing" of a kprobe, can try to
modify the text after it has been freed by the init code.

The kprobe trace selftest is a special case, and Thomas and myself
investigated to see if there's a chance that this could also be a bug
with module unloading, as the code is not obvious to how it handles
this. After adding lots of printks, I figured it out. Thomas suggested
that this should be commented so that others will not have to go
through this exercise again.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170516145835.3827d3aa@gandalf.local.home

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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Thomas discovered a bug where the kprobe trace tests had a race
condition where the kprobe_optimizer called from a delayed work queue
that does the optimizing and "unoptimizing" of a kprobe, can try to
modify the text after it has been freed by the init code.

The kprobe trace selftest is a special case, and Thomas and myself
investigated to see if there's a chance that this could also be a bug
with module unloading, as the code is not obvious to how it handles
this. After adding lots of printks, I figured it out. Thomas suggested
that this should be commented so that others will not have to go
through this exercise again.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170516145835.3827d3aa@gandalf.local.home

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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<title>tracing/kprobes: Enforce kprobes teardown after testing</title>
<updated>2017-05-18T01:50:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
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<published>2017-05-17T08:19:49+00:00</published>
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Enabling the tracer selftest triggers occasionally the warning in
text_poke(), which warns when the to be modified page is not marked
reserved.

The reason is that the tracer selftest installs kprobes on functions marked
__init for testing. These probes are removed after the tests, but that
removal schedules the delayed kprobes_optimizer work, which will do the
actual text poke. If the work is executed after the init text is freed,
then the warning triggers. The bug can be reproduced reliably when the work
delay is increased.

Flush the optimizer work and wait for the optimizing/unoptimizing lists to
become empty before returning from the kprobes tracer selftest. That
ensures that all operations which were queued due to the probes removal
have completed.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170516094802.76a468bb@gandalf.local.home

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 6274de498 ("kprobes: Support delayed unoptimizing")
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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Enabling the tracer selftest triggers occasionally the warning in
text_poke(), which warns when the to be modified page is not marked
reserved.

The reason is that the tracer selftest installs kprobes on functions marked
__init for testing. These probes are removed after the tests, but that
removal schedules the delayed kprobes_optimizer work, which will do the
actual text poke. If the work is executed after the init text is freed,
then the warning triggers. The bug can be reproduced reliably when the work
delay is increased.

Flush the optimizer work and wait for the optimizing/unoptimizing lists to
become empty before returning from the kprobes tracer selftest. That
ensures that all operations which were queued due to the probes removal
have completed.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170516094802.76a468bb@gandalf.local.home

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 6274de498 ("kprobes: Support delayed unoptimizing")
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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