[PATCH RESEND v8 11/16] powerpc: extend execmem_params for kprobes allocations
Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)
chleroy at kernel.org
Fri Nov 13 06:36:01 PST 2026
Hi Mike,
Looks like I missed this change ...
Le 05/05/2024 à 18:06, Mike Rapoport a écrit :
> From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt at kernel.org>
>
> powerpc overrides kprobes::alloc_insn_page() to remove writable
> permissions when STRICT_MODULE_RWX is on.
>
> Add definition of EXECMEM_KRPOBES to execmem_params to allow using the
> generic kprobes::alloc_insn_page() with the desired permissions.
>
> As powerpc uses breakpoint instructions to inject kprobes, it does not
> need to constrain kprobe allocations to the modules area and can use the
> entire vmalloc address space.
Using breakpoint means the segment must still be executable.
On book3s/32 VMALLOC segment is not executable, while module segment is.
See commit 6ca055322da8 ("powerpc/32s: Use dedicated segment for modules
with STRICT_KERNEL_RWX")
See report and fix at
https://lore.kernel.org/all/ed03d290d440d579a81ae0b7de5243721291d903.1794543909.git.ritesh.list@gmail.com/
Christophe
>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt at kernel.org>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c | 20 --------------------
> arch/powerpc/kernel/module.c | 7 +++++++
> 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
> index 9fcd01bb2ce6..14c5ddec3056 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
> @@ -126,26 +126,6 @@ kprobe_opcode_t *arch_adjust_kprobe_addr(unsigned long addr, unsigned long offse
> return (kprobe_opcode_t *)(addr + offset);
> }
>
> -void *alloc_insn_page(void)
> -{
> - void *page;
> -
> - page = execmem_alloc(EXECMEM_KPROBES, PAGE_SIZE);
> - if (!page)
> - return NULL;
> -
> - if (strict_module_rwx_enabled()) {
> - int err = set_memory_rox((unsigned long)page, 1);
> -
> - if (err)
> - goto error;
> - }
> - return page;
> -error:
> - execmem_free(page);
> - return NULL;
> -}
> -
> int arch_prepare_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
> {
> int ret = 0;
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/module.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/module.c
> index ac80559015a3..2a23cf7e141b 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/module.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/module.c
> @@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ static struct execmem_info execmem_info __ro_after_init;
>
> struct execmem_info __init *execmem_arch_setup(void)
> {
> + pgprot_t kprobes_prot = strict_module_rwx_enabled() ? PAGE_KERNEL_ROX : PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC;
> pgprot_t prot = strict_module_rwx_enabled() ? PAGE_KERNEL : PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC;
> unsigned long fallback_start = 0, fallback_end = 0;
> unsigned long start, end;
> @@ -132,6 +133,12 @@ struct execmem_info __init *execmem_arch_setup(void)
> .fallback_start = fallback_start,
> .fallback_end = fallback_end,
> },
> + [EXECMEM_KPROBES] = {
> + .start = VMALLOC_START,
> + .end = VMALLOC_END,
> + .pgprot = kprobes_prot,
> + .alignment = 1,
> + },
> [EXECMEM_MODULE_DATA] = {
> .start = VMALLOC_START,
> .end = VMALLOC_END,
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