Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 19 Jan 2019 22:31:26 +0900 | From | Masami Hiramatsu <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] arm64: kprobes: Update blacklist checking on arm64 |
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Hi Will,
On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 13:40:07 +0000 Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> wrote:
> Hi Masami, > > On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 03:23:39PM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Here is the v2 series of update of the kprobe blacklist > > checking on arm64. > > > > I found that some blacklist checking code were mis-placed in > > arch_prepare_kprobe() and arch_within_kprobe_blacklist(). > > Since the blacklist just filters by symbol, smaller than the > > symbol, like extable must be checked in arch_prepare_kprobe(). > > Also, all function (symbol) level check must be done by blacklist. > > > > For arm64, it checks the extable entry address in blacklist > > and exception/irqentry function in arch_prepare_kprobe(). > > And, RODATA check is unneeded since kernel/kprobes.c > > already ensures the probe address is in kernel-text area. > > > > In v2, I updated [1/4]'s description and added James' > > Reviewed-by. Also, in this version, I added a patch which > > uses arch_populate_kprobe_blacklist() instead of > > arch_within_kprobe_blacklist() so that user can see the full > > list of blacklisted symbols under the debugfs. > > Assuming these are targetting the arm64 tree, are you intending to get them > merged for 5.0?
No, I don't rush it, since these are not bugfix but just enhancements. (User can see the blacklisted symbols precisely) If you think you are easy to pick this to arm64/next, it is OK to me.
Thank you,
-- Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
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