[PATCH] riscv: ftrace: Fix ftrace_modify_call failure on kprobed functions
Pu Lehui
pulehui at huawei.com
Thu Aug 6 18:14:46 PDT 2026
Gentle ping~
Hi all, Is this commit looks proper?
On 2026/8/2 17:49, Pu Lehui wrote:
> From: Pu Lehui <pulehui at huawei.com>
>
> We are frequently hitting the following splat during the riscv bpf
> selftests:
>
> 00000000026dc75a: expected (7c3ff297) but got (00100073)
> ------------[ ftrace bug ]------------
> ftrace failed to modify
> [<ffffffff03c44c1c>] bpf_kfunc_common_test+0x4/0x20 [bpf_testmod]
> actual: e7:82:c2:ce
> Updating ftrace call site to call a different ftrace function
> ftrace record flags: 80100002
> (2)
> expected tramp: ffffffff80043904
> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> WARNING: kernel/trace/ftrace.c:2278 at ftrace_bug+0x46e/0x4b0, CPU#1: test_progs/98
> ...
> [<ffffffff80008f4e>] ftrace_bug+0x46e/0x4b0
> [<ffffffff803d3e86>] ftrace_replace_code+0x16e/0x170
> [<ffffffff803d42b6>] ftrace_modify_all_code+0x12e/0x1b8
> [<ffffffff800430f4>] arch_ftrace_update_code+0x14/0x28
> [<ffffffff803e0324>] ftrace_startup+0x14c/0x2a0
> [<ffffffff803e133c>] ftrace_startup_subops+0x584/0x1050
> [<ffffffff804500e6>] register_ftrace_graph+0x4e6/0x1018
> [<ffffffff804cf9f6>] register_fprobe_ips+0xc66/0x12f8
> [<ffffffff8049abe8>] bpf_kprobe_multi_link_attach+0x5d8/0xe68
> [<ffffffff8050fcaa>] __sys_bpf+0x3d5a/0x47f0
> [<ffffffff805107ee>] __riscv_sys_bpf+0xae/0x168
> [<ffffffff80034d78>] syscall_handler+0x60/0x100
> [<ffffffff8228b4f4>] do_trap_ecall_u+0x174/0x208
> [<ffffffff822b69c4>] handle_exception+0x16c/0x178
>
> After debugging, it can be triggered by similar commands below:
> ```
> echo do_nanosleep > set_ftrace_filter
> echo function > current_tracer
> echo 'p do_nanosleep' > kprobe_events
> echo 1 > events/kprobes/enable
> echo 'f do_nanosleep' > dynamic_events
> echo 1 > events/fprobes/enable
> ```
>
> The reason is that attaching a kprobe to an ftrace-traced function entry
> replaces its initial auipc insn with ebreak. When ftrace_modify_call
> later runs, it expects auipc insn, so verification fails and triggers
> ftrace_bug.
>
> The expected auipc logic remains conceptually unchanged, and kprobe
> single-stepping ensures normal execution. Therefore, if the first insn
> is ebreak, bypassing the check to continue patching the jalr insn is
> safe and avoids ftrace failures.
>
> Fixes: b2137c3b6d7a ("riscv: ftrace: prepare ftrace for atomic code patching")
> Signed-off-by: Pu Lehui <pulehui at huawei.com>
> ---
> arch/riscv/kernel/ftrace.c | 5 ++++-
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/ftrace.c
> index b430edfb83f4..be8b68514417 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/ftrace.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/ftrace.c
> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
> #include <linux/stop_machine.h>
> #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
> #include <asm/text-patching.h>
> +#include <asm/insn.h>
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
> void ftrace_arch_code_modify_prepare(void)
> @@ -63,7 +64,9 @@ static int __ftrace_modify_call(unsigned long source, unsigned long target, bool
> if (copy_from_kernel_nofault(replaced, (void *)source, 2 * MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE))
> return -EFAULT;
>
> - if (replaced[0] != call[0]) {
> + /* Bypass the check if the auipc insn is a kprobe breakpoint */
> + if (replaced[0] != call[0] &&
> + !(riscv_insn_is_ebreak(replaced[0]) || riscv_insn_is_c_ebreak(replaced[0]))) {
> pr_err("%p: expected (%08x) but got (%08x)\n",
> (void *)source, call[0], replaced[0]);
> return -EINVAL;
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