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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] powerpc/kprobes: Fix Oops by passing ppc_inst as a pointer to emulate_step() on ppc32
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Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu> writes:
> Le 24/06/2021 à 12:59, Naveen N. Rao a écrit :
>> Christophe Leroy wrote:
>>> From: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>>>
>>> Trying to use a kprobe on ppc32 results in the below splat:
>>>     BUG: Unable to handle kernel data access on read at 0x7c0802a6
>>>     Faulting instruction address: 0xc002e9f0
>>>     Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1]
>>>     BE PAGE_SIZE=4K PowerPC 44x Platform
>>>     Modules linked in:
>>>     CPU: 0 PID: 89 Comm: sh Not tainted 5.13.0-rc1-01824-g3a81c0495fdb #7
>>>     NIP:  c002e9f0 LR: c0011858 CTR: 00008a47
>>>     REGS: c292fd50 TRAP: 0300   Not tainted  (5.13.0-rc1-01824-g3a81c0495fdb)
>>>     MSR:  00009000 <EE,ME>  CR: 24002002  XER: 20000000
>>>     DEAR: 7c0802a6 ESR: 00000000
>>>     <snip>
>>>     NIP [c002e9f0] emulate_step+0x28/0x324
>>>     LR [c0011858] optinsn_slot+0x128/0x10000
>>>     Call Trace:
>>>      opt_pre_handler+0x7c/0xb4 (unreliable)
>>>      optinsn_slot+0x128/0x10000
>>>      ret_from_syscall+0x0/0x28
>>>
>>> The offending instruction is:
>>>     81 24 00 00     lwz     r9,0(r4)
>>>
>>> Here, we are trying to load the second argument to emulate_step():
>>> struct ppc_inst, which is the instruction to be emulated. On ppc64,
>>> structures are passed in registers when passed by value. However, per
>>> the ppc32 ABI, structures are always passed to functions as pointers.
>>> This isn't being adhered to when setting up the call to emulate_step()
>>> in the optprobe trampoline. Fix the same.
>>>
>>> Fixes: eacf4c0202654a ("powerpc: Enable OPTPROBES on PPC32")
>>> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
>>> Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>>> ---
>>> v2: Rebased on powerpc/merge 7f030e9d57b8
>>> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
>>
>> Thanks for rebasing this!
>>
>> I think git am drops everything after three dashes, so applying this patch will drop your SOB. The
>> recommended style (*) for adding a changelog is to include it within [] before the second SOB.
>
> Yes, I saw that after sending the mail. Usually I add a signed-off-by with 'git --amend -s' when I
> add the history, so it goes before the '---' I'm adding.
>
> This time I must have forgotten the '-s' so it was added by the 'git format-patch -s' which is in my
> submit script, and so it was added at the end.
>
> It's not really a big deal, up to Michael to either move it at the right place or discard it, I
> don't really mind. Do the easiest for you.

I just added Christophe's SoB.

cheers

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