[PATCH v2 4/4] kprobes: Remove core dependency on modules

Mark Rutland mark.rutland at arm.com
Wed Apr 3 08:01:54 PDT 2024


From: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko at kernel.org>

Tracing with kprobes while running a monolithic kernel is currently
impossible because KPROBES depends on MODULES. While this dependency is
necessary when HAVE_KPROBES_ALLOC=n and the core kprobes code allocates
memory using module_alloc(), all the other module-specific code only
exist to handle the case when MODULES=y, and can be hidden behind
ifdeffery.

Add the necessary ifdeffery, and remove the dependency on MODULES=y when
HAVE_KPROBES_ALLOC=y.

As of this patch kprobes can be used when MODULES=n on arm64 and
riscv. All other architectures still depend on MODULES, either by virtue
of the core dependency on MODULES when HAVE_KPROBES_ALLOC=n, or by
virtue of an explciit dependency on MODULES in arch code.

Other architectures can enable support by implementing their own
kprobes_alloc_insn_page() and kprobes_free_insn_page() which do not
depend on MODULES.

Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko at kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240326134616.7691-1-jarkko@kernel.org/
[Mark: Remove execmem changes, depend on HAVE_KPROBES_ALLOC]
Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
Cc: Albert Ou <aou at eecs.berkeley.edu>
Cc: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy at intel.com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem at davemloft.net>
Cc: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko at kernel.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat at kernel.org>
Cc: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao at linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer at dabbelt.com>
Cc: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley at sifive.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
---
 arch/Kconfig                |  2 +-
 kernel/kprobes.c            | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c | 15 ++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 85bb59f7b8c07..0df2c88547b3c 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ config GENERIC_ENTRY
 
 config KPROBES
 	bool "Kprobes"
-	depends on MODULES
+	depends on MODULES || HAVE_KPROBES_ALLOC
 	depends on HAVE_KPROBES
 	select KALLSYMS
 	select TASKS_RCU if PREEMPTION
diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index fa2ee4e59eca2..ec4493a41b505 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -1594,6 +1594,7 @@ static int check_kprobe_address_safe(struct kprobe *p,
 			goto out;
 		}
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
 		/*
 		 * If the module freed '.init.text', we couldn't insert
 		 * kprobes in there.
@@ -1604,7 +1605,9 @@ static int check_kprobe_address_safe(struct kprobe *p,
 			*probed_mod = NULL;
 			ret = -ENOENT;
 		}
+#endif /* CONFIG_MODULES */
 	}
+
 out:
 	preempt_enable();
 	jump_label_unlock();
@@ -2484,24 +2487,6 @@ int kprobe_add_area_blacklist(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* Remove all symbols in given area from kprobe blacklist */
-static void kprobe_remove_area_blacklist(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
-{
-	struct kprobe_blacklist_entry *ent, *n;
-
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(ent, n, &kprobe_blacklist, list) {
-		if (ent->start_addr < start || ent->start_addr >= end)
-			continue;
-		list_del(&ent->list);
-		kfree(ent);
-	}
-}
-
-static void kprobe_remove_ksym_blacklist(unsigned long entry)
-{
-	kprobe_remove_area_blacklist(entry, entry + 1);
-}
-
 int __weak arch_kprobe_get_kallsym(unsigned int *symnum, unsigned long *value,
 				   char *type, char *sym)
 {
@@ -2566,6 +2551,25 @@ static int __init populate_kprobe_blacklist(unsigned long *start,
 	return ret ? : arch_populate_kprobe_blacklist();
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+/* Remove all symbols in given area from kprobe blacklist */
+static void kprobe_remove_area_blacklist(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
+{
+	struct kprobe_blacklist_entry *ent, *n;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(ent, n, &kprobe_blacklist, list) {
+		if (ent->start_addr < start || ent->start_addr >= end)
+			continue;
+		list_del(&ent->list);
+		kfree(ent);
+	}
+}
+
+static void kprobe_remove_ksym_blacklist(unsigned long entry)
+{
+	kprobe_remove_area_blacklist(entry, entry + 1);
+}
+
 static void add_module_kprobe_blacklist(struct module *mod)
 {
 	unsigned long start, end;
@@ -2662,6 +2666,9 @@ static int kprobes_module_callback(struct notifier_block *nb,
 	mutex_unlock(&kprobe_mutex);
 	return NOTIFY_DONE;
 }
+#else
+#define kprobes_module_callback	(NULL)
+#endif /* CONFIG_MODULES */
 
 static struct notifier_block kprobe_module_nb = {
 	.notifier_call = kprobes_module_callback,
@@ -2726,7 +2733,8 @@ static int __init init_kprobes(void)
 	err = arch_init_kprobes();
 	if (!err)
 		err = register_die_notifier(&kprobe_exceptions_nb);
-	if (!err)
+
+	if (!err && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MODULES))
 		err = register_module_notifier(&kprobe_module_nb);
 
 	kprobes_initialized = (err == 0);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
index 14099cc17fc9e..c509ba776e679 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ static nokprobe_inline bool trace_kprobe_within_module(struct trace_kprobe *tk,
 	return strncmp(module_name(mod), name, len) == 0 && name[len] == ':';
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
 static nokprobe_inline bool trace_kprobe_module_exist(struct trace_kprobe *tk)
 {
 	char *p;
@@ -129,6 +130,9 @@ static nokprobe_inline bool trace_kprobe_module_exist(struct trace_kprobe *tk)
 
 	return ret;
 }
+#else
+#define trace_kprobe_module_exist(tk) false /* aka a module never exists */
+#endif /* CONFIG_MODULES */
 
 static bool trace_kprobe_is_busy(struct dyn_event *ev)
 {
@@ -670,6 +674,7 @@ static int register_trace_kprobe(struct trace_kprobe *tk)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
 /* Module notifier call back, checking event on the module */
 static int trace_kprobe_module_callback(struct notifier_block *nb,
 				       unsigned long val, void *data)
@@ -699,6 +704,9 @@ static int trace_kprobe_module_callback(struct notifier_block *nb,
 
 	return NOTIFY_DONE;
 }
+#else
+#define trace_kprobe_module_callback (NULL)
+#endif /* CONFIG_MODULES */
 
 static struct notifier_block trace_kprobe_module_nb = {
 	.notifier_call = trace_kprobe_module_callback,
@@ -1933,8 +1941,11 @@ static __init int init_kprobe_trace_early(void)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	if (register_module_notifier(&trace_kprobe_module_nb))
-		return -EINVAL;
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MODULES)) {
+		ret = register_module_notifier(&trace_kprobe_module_nb);
+		if (ret)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.30.2




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