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[RFC,2/2] kallsyms: Do not display SyS_foo() syscall aliases in kallsyms

Message ID 20150506182359.216601202@goodmis.org (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Steven Rostedt May 6, 2015, 6:18 p.m. UTC
From: "Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>

The SyS_foo() alias wrapper was added to make sure that system call
arguments were signed extended. The call itself is to never be used
by anything, only the sys_foo() version is. But this symbol is stored
in /proc/kallsyms, and is returned sometimes as the name of system
call functions when a ksym lookup is made, it confuses the function
tracer interface (see available_filter_functions in the tracefs
directory).

Al Viro even suggested that this should be removed from kallsyms
as well:

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130510211716.GN25399@ZenIV.linux.org.uk

Modify the compile time kallsyms.c to check if the function name
begins with SyS_ and is before or after the same name that starts
with sys_ and if so, do not record it. This saves some space and
more importantly removes the confusing variations of the system
call name.

 wc kallsyms.*
  90151  284644 3819255 kallsyms.orig
  89826  283669 3808628 kallsyms.patched

 size vmlinux*
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
9990933 2368592 1249280 13608805         cfa765 vmlinux.orig
9986837 2368592 1249280 13604709         cf9765 vmlinux.patched

This patch only removes SyS_*, it does not do anything with
compat_SyS_*.

Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
 scripts/kallsyms.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Comments

Borislav Petkov May 22, 2015, 10:55 a.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, May 06, 2015 at 02:18:33PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> From: "Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> 
> The SyS_foo() alias wrapper was added to make sure that system call
> arguments were signed extended. The call itself is to never be used
> by anything, only the sys_foo() version is. But this symbol is stored
> in /proc/kallsyms, and is returned sometimes as the name of system
> call functions when a ksym lookup is made, it confuses the function
> tracer interface (see available_filter_functions in the tracefs
> directory).
> 
> Al Viro even suggested that this should be removed from kallsyms
> as well:
> 
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130510211716.GN25399@ZenIV.linux.org.uk
> 
> Modify the compile time kallsyms.c to check if the function name
> begins with SyS_ and is before or after the same name that starts
> with sys_ and if so, do not record it. This saves some space and
> more importantly removes the confusing variations of the system
> call name.
> 
>  wc kallsyms.*
>   90151  284644 3819255 kallsyms.orig
>   89826  283669 3808628 kallsyms.patched
> 
>  size vmlinux*
>    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
> 9990933 2368592 1249280 13608805         cfa765 vmlinux.orig
> 9986837 2368592 1249280 13604709         cf9765 vmlinux.patched
> 
> This patch only removes SyS_*, it does not do anything with
> compat_SyS_*.
> 
> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> ---
>  scripts/kallsyms.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/kallsyms.c b/scripts/kallsyms.c
> index 8fa81e84e295..a64d89c6641c 100644
> --- a/scripts/kallsyms.c
> +++ b/scripts/kallsyms.c
> @@ -193,8 +193,22 @@ static int symbol_in_range(struct sym_entry *s, struct addr_range *ranges,
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -static int symbol_valid(struct sym_entry *s)
> +static const char *skip_prefix(const char *sym)
>  {
> +	if (symbol_prefix_char && *sym == symbol_prefix_char)
> +		return sym + 1;
> +	return sym;
> +}

scripts/kallsyms.c: In function ‘symbol_valid’:
scripts/kallsyms.c:241:11: warning: assignment discards ‘const’ qualifier from pointer target type
  sym_name = skip_prefix(sym_name);
           ^
scripts/kallsyms.c:277:20: warning: assignment discards ‘const’ qualifier from pointer target type
    sym_name_before = skip_prefix(sym_name_before);
                    ^
scripts/kallsyms.c:282:19: warning: assignment discards ‘const’ qualifier from pointer target type
    sym_name_after = skip_prefix(sym_name_after);
                   ^

That sym_name should be const?

> +
> +static int match_sys(const char *sym, const char *sys)
> +{
> +	return !strncmp(sys, "sys_", 4) && !strcmp(sym + 4, sys + 4);
> +}
> +
> +static int symbol_valid(int idx)
> +{
> +	struct sym_entry *s = &table[idx];
> +
>  	/* Symbols which vary between passes.  Passes 1 and 2 must have
>  	 * identical symbol lists.  The kallsyms_* symbols below are only added
>  	 * after pass 1, they would be included in pass 2 when --all-symbols is
> @@ -224,9 +238,7 @@ static int symbol_valid(struct sym_entry *s)
>  	if (s->addr < kernel_start_addr)
>  		return 0;
>  
> -	/* skip prefix char */
> -	if (symbol_prefix_char && *sym_name == symbol_prefix_char)
> -		sym_name++;
> +	sym_name = skip_prefix(sym_name);
>  
>  
>  	/* if --all-symbols is not specified, then symbols outside the text
> @@ -255,6 +267,27 @@ static int symbol_valid(struct sym_entry *s)
>  		if (strcmp(sym_name, special_symbols[i]) == 0)
>  			return 0;
>  
> +	/* Ignore SyS_* alias system calls */
> +	if (!strncmp(sym_name, "SyS_", 4)) {

I guess we won't have to hide more symbols from kallsyms. If we do, then
probably will have to generalize this... Oh well.

Other than that, I think this a step in the right direction as the first
patch makes the SyS_ symbols local and that's a good way for tools
parsing the symbol table to know which symbol to show:

readelf -a vmlinux | grep -iE "\Wsys_" | sort -k8 | head -50
 77462: ffffffff815928f0    18 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 sys_accept
 43024: ffffffff815928f0    18 FUNC    LOCAL  DEFAULT    1 SyS_accept
 71564: ffffffff815926e0   526 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 sys_accept4
 43023: ffffffff815926e0   526 FUNC    LOCAL  DEFAULT    1 SyS_accept4
 50484: ffffffff81181170    26 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 sys_access
 12656: ffffffff81181170    26 FUNC    LOCAL  DEFAULT    1 SyS_access
 ...

i.e., the global one, provided all the other attributes are the same.

Before that we had them all identical:

readelf -a vmlinux | grep -iE "\Wsys_" | sort -k8 | head -50
 77446: ffffffff815928f0    18 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 sys_accept
 69532: ffffffff815928f0    18 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 SyS_accept
 71484: ffffffff815926e0   526 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 sys_accept4
 50916: ffffffff815926e0   526 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 SyS_accept4
 50192: ffffffff81181170    26 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 sys_access
 59364: ffffffff81181170    26 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 SyS_access
 52487: ffffffff81078920    18 FUNC    WEAK   DEFAULT    1 sys_acct
 57730: ffffffff812b7d20   629 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 sys_add_key
 64564: ffffffff812b7d20   629 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 SyS_add_key
 74229: ffffffff810c7b00   154 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 sys_adjtimex
 50534: ffffffff810c7b00   154 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 SyS_adjtimex
 58974: ffffffff810cbab0    18 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 sys_alarm
 54082: ffffffff810cbab0    18 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 SyS_alarm
 ...
Steven Rostedt May 22, 2015, 12:42 p.m. UTC | #2
On Fri, 22 May 2015 12:55:49 +0200
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> wrote:

> > diff --git a/scripts/kallsyms.c b/scripts/kallsyms.c
> > index 8fa81e84e295..a64d89c6641c 100644
> > --- a/scripts/kallsyms.c
> > +++ b/scripts/kallsyms.c
> > @@ -193,8 +193,22 @@ static int symbol_in_range(struct sym_entry *s, struct addr_range *ranges,
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> >  
> > -static int symbol_valid(struct sym_entry *s)
> > +static const char *skip_prefix(const char *sym)
> >  {
> > +	if (symbol_prefix_char && *sym == symbol_prefix_char)
> > +		return sym + 1;
> > +	return sym;
> > +}
> 
> scripts/kallsyms.c: In function ‘symbol_valid’:
> scripts/kallsyms.c:241:11: warning: assignment discards ‘const’ qualifier from pointer target type
>   sym_name = skip_prefix(sym_name);
>            ^
> scripts/kallsyms.c:277:20: warning: assignment discards ‘const’ qualifier from pointer target type
>     sym_name_before = skip_prefix(sym_name_before);
>                     ^
> scripts/kallsyms.c:282:19: warning: assignment discards ‘const’ qualifier from pointer target type
>     sym_name_after = skip_prefix(sym_name_after);
>                    ^
> 
> That sym_name should be const?

Hmm, thanks. I'll take a look at this.

> 
> > +
> > +static int match_sys(const char *sym, const char *sys)
> > +{
> > +	return !strncmp(sys, "sys_", 4) && !strcmp(sym + 4, sys + 4);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int symbol_valid(int idx)
> > +{
> > +	struct sym_entry *s = &table[idx];
> > +
> >  	/* Symbols which vary between passes.  Passes 1 and 2 must have
> >  	 * identical symbol lists.  The kallsyms_* symbols below are only added
> >  	 * after pass 1, they would be included in pass 2 when --all-symbols is
> > @@ -224,9 +238,7 @@ static int symbol_valid(struct sym_entry *s)
> >  	if (s->addr < kernel_start_addr)
> >  		return 0;
> >  
> > -	/* skip prefix char */
> > -	if (symbol_prefix_char && *sym_name == symbol_prefix_char)
> > -		sym_name++;
> > +	sym_name = skip_prefix(sym_name);
> >  
> >  
> >  	/* if --all-symbols is not specified, then symbols outside the text
> > @@ -255,6 +267,27 @@ static int symbol_valid(struct sym_entry *s)
> >  		if (strcmp(sym_name, special_symbols[i]) == 0)
> >  			return 0;
> >  
> > +	/* Ignore SyS_* alias system calls */
> > +	if (!strncmp(sym_name, "SyS_", 4)) {
> 
> I guess we won't have to hide more symbols from kallsyms. If we do, then
> probably will have to generalize this... Oh well.

I started writing a more generalize version to begin with, then
realized, "why? this isn't something we do every day". Yeah, if we add
another one then we should take the time to do so.

> 
> Other than that, I think this a step in the right direction as the first
> patch makes the SyS_ symbols local and that's a good way for tools
> parsing the symbol table to know which symbol to show:
> 
> readelf -a vmlinux | grep -iE "\Wsys_" | sort -k8 | head -50
>  77462: ffffffff815928f0    18 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 sys_accept
>  43024: ffffffff815928f0    18 FUNC    LOCAL  DEFAULT    1 SyS_accept
>  71564: ffffffff815926e0   526 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 sys_accept4
>  43023: ffffffff815926e0   526 FUNC    LOCAL  DEFAULT    1 SyS_accept4
>  50484: ffffffff81181170    26 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 sys_access
>  12656: ffffffff81181170    26 FUNC    LOCAL  DEFAULT    1 SyS_access
>  ...
> 
> i.e., the global one, provided all the other attributes are the same.
> 
> Before that we had them all identical:

Yep!

Thanks, I'll update this patch.

-- Steve

> 
> readelf -a vmlinux | grep -iE "\Wsys_" | sort -k8 | head -50
>  77446: ffffffff815928f0    18 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 sys_accept
>  69532: ffffffff815928f0    18 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 SyS_accept
>  71484: ffffffff815926e0   526 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 sys_accept4
>  50916: ffffffff815926e0   526 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 SyS_accept4
>  50192: ffffffff81181170    26 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 sys_access
>  59364: ffffffff81181170    26 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 SyS_access
>  52487: ffffffff81078920    18 FUNC    WEAK   DEFAULT    1 sys_acct
>  57730: ffffffff812b7d20   629 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 sys_add_key
>  64564: ffffffff812b7d20   629 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 SyS_add_key
>  74229: ffffffff810c7b00   154 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 sys_adjtimex
>  50534: ffffffff810c7b00   154 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 SyS_adjtimex
>  58974: ffffffff810cbab0    18 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 sys_alarm
>  54082: ffffffff810cbab0    18 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 SyS_alarm
>  ...
> 

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diff --git a/scripts/kallsyms.c b/scripts/kallsyms.c
index 8fa81e84e295..a64d89c6641c 100644
--- a/scripts/kallsyms.c
+++ b/scripts/kallsyms.c
@@ -193,8 +193,22 @@  static int symbol_in_range(struct sym_entry *s, struct addr_range *ranges,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int symbol_valid(struct sym_entry *s)
+static const char *skip_prefix(const char *sym)
 {
+	if (symbol_prefix_char && *sym == symbol_prefix_char)
+		return sym + 1;
+	return sym;
+}
+
+static int match_sys(const char *sym, const char *sys)
+{
+	return !strncmp(sys, "sys_", 4) && !strcmp(sym + 4, sys + 4);
+}
+
+static int symbol_valid(int idx)
+{
+	struct sym_entry *s = &table[idx];
+
 	/* Symbols which vary between passes.  Passes 1 and 2 must have
 	 * identical symbol lists.  The kallsyms_* symbols below are only added
 	 * after pass 1, they would be included in pass 2 when --all-symbols is
@@ -224,9 +238,7 @@  static int symbol_valid(struct sym_entry *s)
 	if (s->addr < kernel_start_addr)
 		return 0;
 
-	/* skip prefix char */
-	if (symbol_prefix_char && *sym_name == symbol_prefix_char)
-		sym_name++;
+	sym_name = skip_prefix(sym_name);
 
 
 	/* if --all-symbols is not specified, then symbols outside the text
@@ -255,6 +267,27 @@  static int symbol_valid(struct sym_entry *s)
 		if (strcmp(sym_name, special_symbols[i]) == 0)
 			return 0;
 
+	/* Ignore SyS_* alias system calls */
+	if (!strncmp(sym_name, "SyS_", 4)) {
+		char *sym_name_before = "";
+		char *sym_name_after = "";
+
+		if (i > 0) {
+			sym_name_before = (char *)table[idx-1].sym + 1;
+			sym_name_before = skip_prefix(sym_name_before);
+		}
+
+		if (i < table_cnt - 1) {
+			sym_name_after = (char *)table[idx+1].sym + 1;
+			sym_name_after = skip_prefix(sym_name_after);
+		}
+
+		/* If SyS_foo matches a sys_foo, skip it */
+		if (match_sys(sym_name, sym_name_before) ||
+		    match_sys(sym_name, sym_name_after))
+			return 0;
+	}
+
 	for (i = 0; special_suffixes[i]; i++) {
 		int l = strlen(sym_name) - strlen(special_suffixes[i]);
 
@@ -447,7 +480,7 @@  static void build_initial_tok_table(void)
 
 	pos = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < table_cnt; i++) {
-		if ( symbol_valid(&table[i]) ) {
+		if ( symbol_valid(i) ) {
 			if (pos != i)
 				table[pos] = table[i];
 			learn_symbol(table[pos].sym, table[pos].len);