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[RFC] ftrace: Skip __fentry__ location of overridden weak functions

Message ID 20240607115211.734845-1-zhengyejian1@huawei.com (mailing list archive)
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Series [RFC] ftrace: Skip __fentry__ location of overridden weak functions | expand

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Zheng Yejian June 7, 2024, 11:52 a.m. UTC
ftrace_location() was changed to not only return the __fentry__ location
when called for the __fentry__ location, but also when called for the
sym+0 location after commit aebfd12521d9 ("x86/ibt,ftrace: Search for
__fentry__ location"). That is, if sym+0 location is not __fentry__,
ftrace_location() would find one over the entire size of the sym.

However, there is case that more than one __fentry__ exist in the sym
range (described below) and ftrace_location() would find wrong __fentry__
location by binary searching, which would cause its users like livepatch/
kprobe/bpf to not work properly on this sym!

The case is that, based on current compiler behavior, suppose:
 - function A is followed by weak function B1 in same binary file;
 - weak function B1 is overridden by function B2;
Then in the final binary file:
 - symbol B1 will be removed from symbol table while its instructions are
   not removed;
 - __fentry__ of B1 will be still in __mcount_loc table;
 - function size of A is computed by substracting the symbol address of
   A from its next symbol address (see kallsyms_lookup_size_offset()),
   but because symbol info of B1 is removed, the next symbol of A is
   originally the next symbol of B1. See following example, function
   sizeof A will be (symbol_address_C - symbol_address_A):

     symbol_address_A
     symbol_address_B1 (Not in symbol table)
     symbol_address_C

The weak function issue has been discovered in commit b39181f7c690
("ftrace: Add FTRACE_MCOUNT_MAX_OFFSET to avoid adding weak function")
but it didn't resolve the issue in ftrace_location().

There may be following resolutions:

1. Shrink the search range when __fentry__ is not a sym+0 location,
   for example use the macro FTRACE_MCOUNT_MAX_OFFSET. This need every
   arch to define its own FTRACE_MCOUNT_MAX_OFFSET:

   ftrace_location() {
     ...
     if (!offset)
       loc = ftrace_location_range(ip, ip + FTRACE_MCOUNT_MAX_OFFSET + 1);
     ...
  }

2. Define arch-specific arch_ftrace_location() based on its own
   different cases of __fentry__ position, for example:

   ftrace_location() {
     ...
     if (!offset)
       loc = arch_ftrace_location(ip);
     ...
  }

3. Skip __fentry__ of non-override weak function in ftrace_process_locs()
   then all records in ftrace_pages are valid. The reason why this scheme
   may work is that both __mcount_loc and symbol table are sorted and it
   can be assumed that one function has only one __fentry__ location. Then
   commit b39181f7c690 ("ftrace: Add FTRACE_MCOUNT_MAX_OFFSET to avoid
   adding weak function") can be reverted (not do in this patch). However,
   looking up size and offset of every record in __mount_loc table will
   slow down system boot and module load.

Solution 1 and 2 need every arch to handle the complex fentry location
case, I use solution 3 as RFC.

Fixes: aebfd12521d9 ("x86/ibt,ftrace: Search for __fentry__ location")
Signed-off-by: Zheng Yejian <zhengyejian1@huawei.com>
---
 include/linux/module.h   |  8 ++++++++
 kernel/module/kallsyms.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++------
 kernel/trace/ftrace.c    | 20 +++++++++++++-------
 3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

Comments

Peter Zijlstra June 7, 2024, 3:02 p.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, Jun 07, 2024 at 07:52:11PM +0800, Zheng Yejian wrote:
> ftrace_location() was changed to not only return the __fentry__ location
> when called for the __fentry__ location, but also when called for the
> sym+0 location after commit aebfd12521d9 ("x86/ibt,ftrace: Search for
> __fentry__ location"). That is, if sym+0 location is not __fentry__,
> ftrace_location() would find one over the entire size of the sym.
> 
> However, there is case that more than one __fentry__ exist in the sym
> range (described below) and ftrace_location() would find wrong __fentry__
> location by binary searching, which would cause its users like livepatch/
> kprobe/bpf to not work properly on this sym!
> 
> The case is that, based on current compiler behavior, suppose:
>  - function A is followed by weak function B1 in same binary file;
>  - weak function B1 is overridden by function B2;
> Then in the final binary file:
>  - symbol B1 will be removed from symbol table while its instructions are
>    not removed;
>  - __fentry__ of B1 will be still in __mcount_loc table;
>  - function size of A is computed by substracting the symbol address of
>    A from its next symbol address (see kallsyms_lookup_size_offset()),
>    but because symbol info of B1 is removed, the next symbol of A is
>    originally the next symbol of B1. See following example, function
>    sizeof A will be (symbol_address_C - symbol_address_A):
> 
>      symbol_address_A
>      symbol_address_B1 (Not in symbol table)
>      symbol_address_C
> 
> The weak function issue has been discovered in commit b39181f7c690
> ("ftrace: Add FTRACE_MCOUNT_MAX_OFFSET to avoid adding weak function")
> but it didn't resolve the issue in ftrace_location().
> 
> There may be following resolutions:

Oh gawd, sodding weak functions again.

I would suggest changing scipts/kallsyms.c to emit readily identifiable
symbol names for all the weak junk, eg:

  __weak_junk_NNNNN

That instantly fixes the immediate problem and Steve's horrid hack can
go away.

Additionally, I would add a boot up pass that would INT3 fill all such
functions and remove/invalidate all
static_call/static_jump/fentry/alternative entry that is inside of them.
Steven Rostedt June 7, 2024, 3:39 p.m. UTC | #2
On Fri, 7 Jun 2024 17:02:28 +0200
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:

> > There may be following resolutions:  
> 
> Oh gawd, sodding weak functions again.
> 
> I would suggest changing scipts/kallsyms.c to emit readily identifiable
> symbol names for all the weak junk, eg:
> 
>   __weak_junk_NNNNN
> 
> That instantly fixes the immediate problem and Steve's horrid hack can
> go away.

Right. And when I wrote that hack, I specifically said this should be
fixed in kallsyms, and preferably at build time, as that's when the
weak functions should all be resolved.

-- Steve


> 
> Additionally, I would add a boot up pass that would INT3 fill all such
> functions and remove/invalidate all
> static_call/static_jump/fentry/alternative entry that is inside of them.
Zheng Yejian June 11, 2024, 1:56 a.m. UTC | #3
On 2024/6/7 23:02, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 07, 2024 at 07:52:11PM +0800, Zheng Yejian wrote:
>> ftrace_location() was changed to not only return the __fentry__ location
>> when called for the __fentry__ location, but also when called for the
>> sym+0 location after commit aebfd12521d9 ("x86/ibt,ftrace: Search for
>> __fentry__ location"). That is, if sym+0 location is not __fentry__,
>> ftrace_location() would find one over the entire size of the sym.
>>
>> However, there is case that more than one __fentry__ exist in the sym
>> range (described below) and ftrace_location() would find wrong __fentry__
>> location by binary searching, which would cause its users like livepatch/
>> kprobe/bpf to not work properly on this sym!
>>
>> The case is that, based on current compiler behavior, suppose:
>>   - function A is followed by weak function B1 in same binary file;
>>   - weak function B1 is overridden by function B2;
>> Then in the final binary file:
>>   - symbol B1 will be removed from symbol table while its instructions are
>>     not removed;
>>   - __fentry__ of B1 will be still in __mcount_loc table;
>>   - function size of A is computed by substracting the symbol address of
>>     A from its next symbol address (see kallsyms_lookup_size_offset()),
>>     but because symbol info of B1 is removed, the next symbol of A is
>>     originally the next symbol of B1. See following example, function
>>     sizeof A will be (symbol_address_C - symbol_address_A):
>>
>>       symbol_address_A
>>       symbol_address_B1 (Not in symbol table)
>>       symbol_address_C
>>
>> The weak function issue has been discovered in commit b39181f7c690
>> ("ftrace: Add FTRACE_MCOUNT_MAX_OFFSET to avoid adding weak function")
>> but it didn't resolve the issue in ftrace_location().
>>
>> There may be following resolutions:
> 
> Oh gawd, sodding weak functions again.
> 
> I would suggest changing scipts/kallsyms.c to emit readily identifiable
> symbol names for all the weak junk, eg:
> 
>    __weak_junk_NNNNN
> 

Sorry for the late reply, I just had a long noon holiday :>

scripts/kallsyms.c is compiled and used to handle symbols in vmlinux.o
or vmlinux.a, see kallsyms_step() in scripts/link-vmlinux.sh, those
overridden weak symbols has been removed from symbol table of vmlinux.o
or vmlinux.a. But we can found those symbols from original xx/xx.o file,
for example, the weak free_initmem() in in init/main.c is overridden,
its symbol is not in vmlinx but is still in init/main.o .

How about traversing all origin xx/xx.o and finding all weak junk symbols ?

> That instantly fixes the immediate problem and Steve's horrid hack can
> go away.
> 

Yes, this can be done in same patch series.

> Additionally, I would add a boot up pass that would INT3 fill all such
> functions and remove/invalidate all
> static_call/static_jump/fentry/alternative entry that is inside of them.
> 
> 
> 

--

Thanks,
Zheng Yejian
Peter Zijlstra June 11, 2024, 9:21 a.m. UTC | #4
On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 09:56:51AM +0800, Zheng Yejian wrote:
> On 2024/6/7 23:02, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> > Oh gawd, sodding weak functions again.
> > 
> > I would suggest changing scipts/kallsyms.c to emit readily identifiable
> > symbol names for all the weak junk, eg:
> > 
> >    __weak_junk_NNNNN
> > 
> 
> Sorry for the late reply, I just had a long noon holiday :>
> 
> scripts/kallsyms.c is compiled and used to handle symbols in vmlinux.o
> or vmlinux.a, see kallsyms_step() in scripts/link-vmlinux.sh, those
> overridden weak symbols has been removed from symbol table of vmlinux.o
> or vmlinux.a. But we can found those symbols from original xx/xx.o file,
> for example, the weak free_initmem() in in init/main.c is overridden,
> its symbol is not in vmlinx but is still in init/main.o .
> 
> How about traversing all origin xx/xx.o and finding all weak junk symbols ?

You don't need to. ELF symbl tables have an entry size for FUNC type
objects, this means that you can readily find holes in the text and fill
them with a symbol.

Specifically, you can check the mcount locations against the symbol
table and for every one that falls in a hole, generate a new junk
symbol.

Also see 4adb23686795 where objtool adds these holes to the
ignore/unreachable code check.


The lack of size for kallsyms is in a large part what is causing the
problems.
Zheng Yejian June 11, 2024, 9:36 a.m. UTC | #5
On 2024/6/11 17:21, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 09:56:51AM +0800, Zheng Yejian wrote:
>> On 2024/6/7 23:02, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> 
>>> Oh gawd, sodding weak functions again.
>>>
>>> I would suggest changing scipts/kallsyms.c to emit readily identifiable
>>> symbol names for all the weak junk, eg:
>>>
>>>     __weak_junk_NNNNN
>>>
>>
>> Sorry for the late reply, I just had a long noon holiday :>
>>
>> scripts/kallsyms.c is compiled and used to handle symbols in vmlinux.o
>> or vmlinux.a, see kallsyms_step() in scripts/link-vmlinux.sh, those
>> overridden weak symbols has been removed from symbol table of vmlinux.o
>> or vmlinux.a. But we can found those symbols from original xx/xx.o file,
>> for example, the weak free_initmem() in in init/main.c is overridden,
>> its symbol is not in vmlinx but is still in init/main.o .
>>
>> How about traversing all origin xx/xx.o and finding all weak junk symbols ?
> 
> You don't need to. ELF symbl tables have an entry size for FUNC type
> objects, this means that you can readily find holes in the text and fill
> them with a symbol.
> 
> Specifically, you can check the mcount locations against the symbol
> table and for every one that falls in a hole, generate a new junk
> symbol.
> 
> Also see 4adb23686795 where objtool adds these holes to the
> ignore/unreachable code check.
> 
> 
> The lack of size for kallsyms is in a large part what is causing the
> problems.

Thanks for your suggestions, I'll try it soon.

--

Thanks,
ZYJ
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Patch

diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index ffa1c603163c..3d5a2165160d 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -954,6 +954,9 @@  unsigned long module_kallsyms_lookup_name(const char *name);
 
 unsigned long find_kallsyms_symbol_value(struct module *mod, const char *name);
 
+int find_kallsyms_symbol(struct module *mod, unsigned long addr,
+			 unsigned long *size, unsigned long *offset);
+
 #else	/* CONFIG_MODULES && CONFIG_KALLSYMS */
 
 static inline int module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol(const char *modname,
@@ -997,6 +1000,11 @@  static inline unsigned long find_kallsyms_symbol_value(struct module *mod,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline int find_kallsyms_symbol(struct module *mod, unsigned long addr,
+				       unsigned long *size, unsigned long *offset)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
 #endif  /* CONFIG_MODULES && CONFIG_KALLSYMS */
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_MODULE_H */
diff --git a/kernel/module/kallsyms.c b/kernel/module/kallsyms.c
index 62fb57bb9f16..d70fb4ead794 100644
--- a/kernel/module/kallsyms.c
+++ b/kernel/module/kallsyms.c
@@ -253,10 +253,10 @@  static const char *kallsyms_symbol_name(struct mod_kallsyms *kallsyms, unsigned
  * Given a module and address, find the corresponding symbol and return its name
  * while providing its size and offset if needed.
  */
-static const char *find_kallsyms_symbol(struct module *mod,
-					unsigned long addr,
-					unsigned long *size,
-					unsigned long *offset)
+static const char *__find_kallsyms_symbol(struct module *mod,
+					  unsigned long addr,
+					  unsigned long *size,
+					  unsigned long *offset)
 {
 	unsigned int i, best = 0;
 	unsigned long nextval, bestval;
@@ -311,6 +311,17 @@  static const char *find_kallsyms_symbol(struct module *mod,
 	return kallsyms_symbol_name(kallsyms, best);
 }
 
+int find_kallsyms_symbol(struct module *mod, unsigned long addr,
+			 unsigned long *size, unsigned long *offset)
+{
+	const char *ret;
+
+	preempt_disable();
+	ret = __find_kallsyms_symbol(mod, addr, size, offset);
+	preempt_enable();
+	return !!ret;
+}
+
 void * __weak dereference_module_function_descriptor(struct module *mod,
 						     void *ptr)
 {
@@ -344,7 +355,7 @@  const char *module_address_lookup(unsigned long addr,
 #endif
 		}
 
-		ret = find_kallsyms_symbol(mod, addr, size, offset);
+		ret = __find_kallsyms_symbol(mod, addr, size, offset);
 	}
 	/* Make a copy in here where it's safe */
 	if (ret) {
@@ -367,7 +378,7 @@  int lookup_module_symbol_name(unsigned long addr, char *symname)
 		if (within_module(addr, mod)) {
 			const char *sym;
 
-			sym = find_kallsyms_symbol(mod, addr, NULL, NULL);
+			sym = __find_kallsyms_symbol(mod, addr, NULL, NULL);
 			if (!sym)
 				goto out;
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 65208d3b5ed9..3c56be753ae8 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -6488,6 +6488,7 @@  static int ftrace_process_locs(struct module *mod,
 	unsigned long addr;
 	unsigned long flags = 0; /* Shut up gcc */
 	int ret = -ENOMEM;
+	unsigned long last_func = 0;
 
 	count = end - start;
 
@@ -6538,6 +6539,8 @@  static int ftrace_process_locs(struct module *mod,
 	pg = start_pg;
 	while (p < end) {
 		unsigned long end_offset;
+		unsigned long cur_func, off;
+
 		addr = ftrace_call_adjust(*p++);
 		/*
 		 * Some architecture linkers will pad between
@@ -6549,6 +6552,16 @@  static int ftrace_process_locs(struct module *mod,
 			skipped++;
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (mod)
+			WARN_ON_ONCE(!find_kallsyms_symbol(mod, addr, NULL, &off));
+		else
+			WARN_ON_ONCE(!kallsyms_lookup_size_offset(addr, NULL, &off));
+		cur_func = addr - off;
+		if (cur_func == last_func) {
+			skipped++;
+			continue;
+		}
+		last_func = cur_func;
 
 		end_offset = (pg->index+1) * sizeof(pg->records[0]);
 		if (end_offset > PAGE_SIZE << pg->order) {
@@ -6860,13 +6873,6 @@  void ftrace_module_enable(struct module *mod)
 		if (!within_module(rec->ip, mod))
 			break;
 
-		/* Weak functions should still be ignored */
-		if (!test_for_valid_rec(rec)) {
-			/* Clear all other flags. Should not be enabled anyway */
-			rec->flags = FTRACE_FL_DISABLED;
-			continue;
-		}
-
 		cnt = 0;
 
 		/*