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SubjectRe: [PATCH] ftrace: Have architectures opt-in for mcount build time sorting
On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 11:42:49AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>
>
> First S390 complained that the sorting of the mcount sections at build
> time caused the kernel to crash on their architecture. Now PowerPC is
> complaining about it too. And also ARM64 appears to be having issues.
>
> It may be necessary to also update the relocation table for the values
> in the mcount table. Not only do we have to sort the table, but also
> update the relocations that may be applied to the items in the table.
>
> If the system is not relocatable, then it is fine to sort, but if it is,
> some architectures may have issues (although x86 does not as it shifts all
> addresses the same).
>
> Add a HAVE_BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT that an architecture can set to say it is
> safe to do the sorting at build time.
>
> Also update the config to compile in build time sorting in the sorttable
> code in scripts/ to depend on CONFIG_BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/944D10DA-8200-4BA9-8D0A-3BED9AA99F82@linux.ibm.com/
>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
> Cc: Yinan Liu <yinan@linux.alibaba.com>
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
> Reported-by: Sachin Sant <sachinp@linux.ibm.com>
> Tested-by: Sachin Sant <sachinp@linux.ibm.com>
> Fixes: 72b3942a173c ("scripts: ftrace - move the sort-processing in ftrace_init")
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> ---
> arch/arm/Kconfig | 1 +
> arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 +
> kernel/trace/Kconfig | 8 +++++++-
> scripts/Makefile | 2 +-
> 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> index c2724d986fa0..5256ebe57451 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> @@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ config ARM
> select HAVE_EBPF_JIT if !CPU_ENDIAN_BE32
> select HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING
> select HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT
> + select HAVE_BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT
> select HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK if !XIP_KERNEL
> select HAVE_DMA_CONTIGUOUS if MMU
> select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE if !XIP_KERNEL && !CPU_ENDIAN_BE32 && MMU
> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> index 7399327d1eff..46080dea5dba 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ config X86
> select HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING_OFFSTACK if HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING
> select HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT
> select HAVE_OBJTOOL_MCOUNT if STACK_VALIDATION
> + select HAVE_BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT
> select HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
> select HAVE_DMA_CONTIGUOUS
> select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
> index 752ed89a293b..7e5b92090faa 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
> +++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
> @@ -70,10 +70,16 @@ config HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT
> help
> C version of recordmcount available?
>
> +config HAVE_BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT
> + bool
> + help
> + An architecture selects this if it sorts the mcount_loc section
> + at build time.
> +
> config BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT
> bool
> default y
> - depends on BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT && !S390
> + depends on HAVE_BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT
> help
> Sort the mcount_loc section at build time.
>
> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile b/scripts/Makefile
> index b082d2f93357..cedc1f0e21d8 100644
> --- a/scripts/Makefile
> +++ b/scripts/Makefile
> @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ HOSTCFLAGS_sorttable.o += -I$(srctree)/tools/arch/x86/include
> HOSTCFLAGS_sorttable.o += -DUNWINDER_ORC_ENABLED
> endif
>
> -ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
> +ifdef CONFIG_BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT
> HOSTCFLAGS_sorttable.o += -DMCOUNT_SORT_ENABLED
> endif
>
> --
> 2.33.0
>

Hi Steve,

I just finished bisecting what is probably the same problem... when
running the livepatch selftests for 5.17-rc1, x86_64 passes, but I kept
getting errors like this on ppc64le:

kernel: livepatch: enabling patch 'test_klp_livepatch'
kernel: livepatch: failed to find location for function 'cmdline_proc_show'
kernel: livepatch: failed to patch object 'vmlinux'
kernel: livepatch: failed to enable patch 'test_klp_livepatch'
kernel: livepatch: 'test_klp_livepatch': unpatching complete

which means klp_get_ftrace_location() / ftrace_location_range() hit a
problem with that function.

The bisect finally landed on:

72b3942a173c387b27860ba1069636726e208777 is the first bad commit
commit 72b3942a173c387b27860ba1069636726e208777
Author: Yinan Liu <yinan@linux.alibaba.com>
Date: Sun Dec 12 19:33:58 2021 +0800

scripts: ftrace - move the sort-processing in ftrace_init

and I can confirm that your updates today in "[for-linus][PATCH 00/10]
tracing: Fixes for 5.17-rc1" fix or avoid the issue. I just wanted to
add my report in case this adds any future complications for mcount
build time sorting. Let me know if any additional tests would be
helpful.

Regards,

-- Joe

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