Re: [PATCH] Fix show_kernel_taints() for kernel version > 4.9

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Hi Dave,

Thanks for the review

On Wednesday 04 January 2017 08:54 PM, Dave Anderson wrote:

Hi Pratyush,

Thanks for catching this so soon, and I appreciate the patch
proposal along with it.

I've got a few questions, comments, and suggestions re: the patch.

This failure occurs during session initialization, and I'm sure
that the patch fixes that, and also when running the "sys -t" option
during runtime.  But what happens when you run "mod -t"?  It would seem
that the same type of bug would occur, right?


This is what I see with `mod -t`. But looking into code, it seems that show_module_taint() will have to be modified similarly.

crash> mod -t
NAME     TAINTS
realtek  2000

More comments and questions below:

----- Original Message -----
Following kernel commit removed "struct tnt".

commit 7fd8329ba502ef76dd91db561c7aed696b2c7720
Author: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
Date:   Wed Sep 21 13:47:22 2016 +0200

    taint/module: Clean up global and module taint flags handling

Now "struct taint_flag" has tainted character information.

Without this patch we see following error on a kernel version v4.10-rc1.

    crash: invalid structure size: tnt
           FILE: kernel.c  LINE: 10459  FUNCTION: show_kernel_taints()

    [./crash] error trace: 4cb49c => 4c7cd0 => 50f4e0 => 50f464

      50f464: SIZE_verify.part.29+72
      50f4e0: store_module_kallsyms_v1.part.30+0
      4c7cd0: show_kernel_taints+352
      4cb49c: is_livepatch+44

Signed-off-by: Pratyush Anand <panand@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 defs.h   |  1 +
 kernel.c | 66
 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 67 insertions(+)

diff --git a/defs.h b/defs.h
index 31a4dc490ed4..0c25d5aa4afd 100644
--- a/defs.h
+++ b/defs.h
@@ -2117,6 +2117,7 @@ struct size_table {         /* stash of commonly-used
sizes */
 	long hrtimer_clock_base;
 	long hrtimer_base;
 	long tnt;
+	long taint_flag;
 	long trace_print_flags;
 	long task_struct_flags;
 	long timer_base;


Minor nit here -- all additions to the size_table (and offset_table)
should be added to the end of the structure to avoid breaking pre-compiled
extension modules.  Also, it's customary to display the value of the new
field in dump_offset_table(), which is called from "help -o".  You can
display the size of the "taint_flag" underneath the "tnt" size in that
function.


OK.


diff --git a/kernel.c b/kernel.c
index bdd0d05eed97..31917176e8c9 100644
--- a/kernel.c
+++ b/kernel.c
@@ -10416,6 +10416,67 @@ dump_variable_length_record(void)
 }

 static void
+show_kernel_taints_v4_10(char *buf, int verbose)

It's definitely worth breaking out a new function given that the
current show_kernel_taints() is covering a bit of history.  But
I think you're carrying forward some unnecessary baggage.  See
below...

+{
+	int i, bx;
+	char tnt_true, tnt_false;
+	int tnts_len;
+	ulong tnts_addr;
+	ulong tainted_mask, *tainted_mask_ptr;
+	int tainted;
+	struct syment *sp;
+
+	if (!VALID_STRUCT(taint_flag)) {
+		STRUCT_SIZE_INIT(taint_flag, "taint_flag");
+		MEMBER_OFFSET_INIT(tnt_true, "taint_flag", "true");
+		MEMBER_OFFSET_INIT(tnt_false, "taint_flag", "false");
+	}
+
+	if (VALID_STRUCT(taint_flag) && (sp = symbol_search("taint_flags"))) {
+		tnts_len = get_array_length("taint_flags", NULL, 0);
+		tnts_addr = sp->value;
+	} else
+		tnts_addr = tnts_len = 0;

As of 4.10, is there any possibility of "tnts_addr" and "tnts_len" being 0?

Yes, in 4.10, "tnts_addr" and "tnts_len" will always have none-zero values.


+
+	bx = 0;
+	buf[0] = '\0';
+
+	tainted_mask = tainted = 0;
+
+	if (kernel_symbol_exists("tainted_mask")) {
+		get_symbol_data("tainted_mask", sizeof(ulong), &tainted_mask);
+		tainted_mask_ptr = &tainted_mask;
+	} else if (kernel_symbol_exists("tainted")) {
+		get_symbol_data("tainted", sizeof(int), &tainted);
+		if (verbose)
+			fprintf(fp, "TAINTED: %x\n", tainted);
+		return;
+	} else if (verbose)
+		option_not_supported('t');

In 4.10, only "tainted_mask" applies, so there is no reason
to continue checking for the old "tainted" symbol.


OK.

+
+	for (i = 0; i < (tnts_len * SIZE(taint_flag)); i += SIZE(taint_flag)) {
+		if (NUM_IN_BITMAP(tainted_mask_ptr, i)) {
+			readmem((tnts_addr + i) + OFFSET(tnt_true),
+				KVADDR, &tnt_true, sizeof(char),
+				"tnt true", FAULT_ON_ERROR);
+				buf[bx++] = tnt_true;
+		} else {
+			readmem((tnts_addr + i) + OFFSET(tnt_false),
+				KVADDR, &tnt_false, sizeof(char),
+				"tnt false", FAULT_ON_ERROR);
+			if (tnt_false != ' ' && tnt_false != '-' &&
+			    tnt_false != 'G')
+				buf[bx++] = tnt_false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	buf[bx++] = '\0';
+
+	if (verbose)
+		fprintf(fp, "TAINTED_MASK: %lx  %s\n", tainted_mask, buf);
+}
+
+static void
 show_kernel_taints(char *buf, int verbose)
 {
 	int i, bx;
@@ -10427,6 +10488,11 @@ show_kernel_taints(char *buf, int verbose)
 	int tainted;
 	struct syment *sp;

+	if (THIS_KERNEL_VERSION > LINUX(4,9,0)) {
+		show_kernel_taints_v4_10(buf, verbose);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (!VALID_STRUCT(tnt)) {
                 STRUCT_SIZE_INIT(tnt, "tnt");
                 MEMBER_OFFSET_INIT(tnt_bit, "tnt", "bit");
--

While the THIS_KERNEL_VERSION is used quite frequently, it
can be a problem if the kernel patch is backported into an
older kernel.  So it is often preferable to utilize the existence
of a kernel data structure and/or symbol as the decision point
instead.  So in this case, I would suggest something like:

 show_kernel_taints(char *buf, int verbose)
 {
 	int i, bx;
@@ -10427,6 +10488,11 @@ show_kernel_taints(char *buf, int verbose)
 	int tainted;
 	struct syment *sp;

+	if (kernel_symbol_exists("taint_flags") && STRUCT_EXISTS("taint_flag")) {
+		show_kernel_taints_v4_10(buf, verbose);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (!VALID_STRUCT(tnt)) {
                 STRUCT_SIZE_INIT(tnt, "tnt");
                 MEMBER_OFFSET_INIT(tnt_bit, "tnt", "bit");

Note that the STRUCT_EXISTS() macro works regardless whether
the size_table.taint_flag has been initialized.


Ok..That sounds better.

Will send v2 with your feedback implemented.

~Pratyush

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