On 5/16/2022 3:18 PM, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 02:55:46PM +0800, Xu Kuohai wrote:
>> On 5/13/2022 10:59 PM, Mark Rutland wrote:
>>> On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 11:40:25AM -0400, Xu Kuohai wrote:
>>>> Impelment bpf_arch_text_poke() for arm64, so bpf trampoline code can use
>>>> it to replace nop with jump, or replace jump with nop.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Xu Kuohai <xukuohai@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Acked-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>> arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>> 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c b/arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
>>>> index 8ab4035dea27..3f9bdfec54c4 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
>>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
>>>> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
>>>>
>>>> #include <linux/bitfield.h>
>>>> #include <linux/bpf.h>
>>>> +#include <linux/memory.h>
>>>> #include <linux/filter.h>
>>>> #include <linux/printk.h>
>>>> #include <linux/slab.h>
>>>> @@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
>>>> #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
>>>> #include <asm/debug-monitors.h>
>>>> #include <asm/insn.h>
>>>> +#include <asm/patching.h>
>>>> #include <asm/set_memory.h>
>>>>
>>>> #include "bpf_jit.h"
>>>> @@ -1529,3 +1531,64 @@ void bpf_jit_free_exec(void *addr)
>>>> {
>>>> return vfree(addr);
>>>> }
>>>> +
>>>> +static int gen_branch_or_nop(enum aarch64_insn_branch_type type, void *ip,
>>>> + void *addr, u32 *insn)
>>>> +{
>>>> + if (!addr)
>>>> + *insn = aarch64_insn_gen_nop();
>>>> + else
>>>> + *insn = aarch64_insn_gen_branch_imm((unsigned long)ip,
>>>> + (unsigned long)addr,
>>>> + type);
>>>> +
>>>> + return *insn != AARCH64_BREAK_FAULT ? 0 : -EFAULT;
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>> +int bpf_arch_text_poke(void *ip, enum bpf_text_poke_type poke_type,
>>>> + void *old_addr, void *new_addr)
>>>> +{
>>>> + int ret;
>>>> + u32 old_insn;
>>>> + u32 new_insn;
>>>> + u32 replaced;
>>>> + enum aarch64_insn_branch_type branch_type;
>>>> +
>>>> + if (!is_bpf_text_address((long)ip))
>>>> + /* Only poking bpf text is supported. Since kernel function
>>>> + * entry is set up by ftrace, we reply on ftrace to poke kernel
>>>> + * functions. For kernel funcitons, bpf_arch_text_poke() is only
>>>> + * called after a failed poke with ftrace. In this case, there
>>>> + * is probably something wrong with fentry, so there is nothing
>>>> + * we can do here. See register_fentry, unregister_fentry and
>>>> + * modify_fentry for details.
>>>> + */
>>>> + return -EINVAL;
>>>
>>> If you rely on ftrace to poke functions, why do you need to patch text
>>> at all? Why does the rest of this function exist?
>>>
>>> I really don't like having another piece of code outside of ftrace
>>> patching the ftrace patch-site; this needs a much better explanation.
>>>
>>
>> Sorry for the incorrect explaination in the comment. I don't think it's
>> reasonable to patch ftrace patch-site without ftrace code either.
>>
>> The patching logic in register_fentry, unregister_fentry and
>> modify_fentry is as follows:
>>
>> if (tr->func.ftrace_managed)
>> ret = register_ftrace_direct((long)ip, (long)new_addr);
>> else
>> ret = bpf_arch_text_poke(ip, BPF_MOD_CALL, NULL, new_addr,
>> true);
>>
>> ftrace patch-site is patched by ftrace code. bpf_arch_text_poke() is
>> only used to patch bpf prog and bpf trampoline, which are not managed by
>> ftrace.
>
> Sorry, I had misunderstood. Thanks for the correction!
>
> I'll have another look with that in mind.
>>>>> +
>>>> + if (poke_type == BPF_MOD_CALL)
>>>> + branch_type = AARCH64_INSN_BRANCH_LINK;
>>>> + else
>>>> + branch_type = AARCH64_INSN_BRANCH_NOLINK;
>>>> +
>>>> + if (gen_branch_or_nop(branch_type, ip, old_addr, &old_insn) < 0)
>>>> + return -EFAULT;
>>>> +
>>>> + if (gen_branch_or_nop(branch_type, ip, new_addr, &new_insn) < 0)
>>>> + return -EFAULT;
>>>> +
>>>> + mutex_lock(&text_mutex);
>>>> + if (aarch64_insn_read(ip, &replaced)) {
>>>> + ret = -EFAULT;
>>>> + goto out;
>>>> + }
>>>> +
>>>> + if (replaced != old_insn) {
>>>> + ret = -EFAULT;
>>>> + goto out;
>>>> + }
>>>> +
>>>> + ret = aarch64_insn_patch_text_nosync((void *)ip, new_insn);
>>>
>>> ... and where does the actual synchronization come from in this case?
>>
>> aarch64_insn_patch_text_nosync() replaces an instruction atomically, so
>> no other CPUs will fetch a half-new and half-old instruction.
>>
>> The scenario here is that there is a chance that another CPU fetches the
>> old instruction after bpf_arch_text_poke() finishes, that is, different
>> CPUs may execute different versions of instructions at the same time.
>>
>> 1. When a new trampoline is attached, it doesn't seem to be an issue for
>> different CPUs to jump to different trampolines temporarily.
>>
>> 2. When an old trampoline is freed, we should wait for all other CPUs to
>> exit the trampoline and make sure the trampoline is no longer reachable,
>> IIUC, bpf_tramp_image_put() function already uses percpu_ref and rcu
>> tasks to do this.
>
> It would be good to have a comment for these points>
will add a comment for this in v4, thanks!
> Thanks,
> Mark.
> .
