On Wed, Oct 06, 2021 at 12:54:41PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > Psuedo code example of typical usage: > > page_fd = open("user_events_mmap", O_RDWR); > > page_data = mmap(NULL, PAGE_SIZE, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, page_fd, 0); > > > > data_fd = open("user_events_data", O_RDWR); > > data_id = ioctl(data_fd, DIAG_IOCSREG, "test"); > > > > if (page_data[data_id]) write(data_fd, &payload, sizeof(payload)); > > What is the type of "page_data". I'd like to test it before accepting it. > > From playing around, I see that page_data is of type char *. Yes, it is char *. I'll make this clear in the next patch version description. > > +/* Bits 0-6 are for known probe types, Bit 7 is for unknown probes */ > > +#define EVENT_BIT_FTRACE 0 > > +#define EVENT_BIT_PERF 1 > > +#define EVENT_BIT_OTHER 7 > > + > > +#define EVENT_STATUS_FTRACE (1 << EVENT_BIT_FTRACE) > > +#define EVENT_STATUS_PERF (1 << EVENT_BIT_PERF) > > +#define EVENT_STATUS_OTHER (1 << EVENT_BIT_OTHER) ... > > +#define DIAG_IOC_MAGIC '*' > > +#define DIAG_IOCSREG _IOW(DIAG_IOC_MAGIC, 0, char*) > > +#define DIAG_IOCSDEL _IOW(DIAG_IOC_MAGIC, 1, char*) > > +#define DIAG_IOCQLOCOFFSET _IO(DIAG_IOC_MAGIC, 2) > > These obviously will need to go into a user abi header file. > Yes, I'm glad you mentioned it. I wasn't entirely sure where it should live. Is there precedent on where to put these so they span both kernel and user for discovery / distribution? > > + > > +static char *register_page_data; > > + > > +static DEFINE_HASHTABLE(register_table, 4); > > +static DECLARE_BITMAP(page_bitmap, MAX_EVENTS); > > + > > +struct user_event { > > + struct tracepoint tracepoint; > > + struct trace_event_call call; > > + struct trace_event_class class; > > + struct dyn_event devent; > > + struct hlist_node node; > > + atomic_t refs; > > + int index; > > + char *args; > > +}; > > + > > +#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS > > +struct user_bpf_context { > > + int udatalen; > > + const char __user *udata; > > +}; > > +#endif > > + > > +typedef void (*user_event_func_t) (struct user_event *user, > > + const char __user *udata, > > + size_t udatalen, void *tpdata); > > + > > +static int register_user_event(char *name, char *args, > > + struct user_event **newuser); > > + > > [..] > Is the ask here to get user_bpf_context definition also into a user ABI header? (I took it as that). > > +static int __init trace_events_user_init(void) > > +{ > > + int ret; > > + > > + /* Zero all bits beside 0 (which is reserved for failures) */ > > + bitmap_zero(page_bitmap, MAX_EVENTS); > > + set_bit(0, page_bitmap); > > + > > + register_page_data = kmalloc(MAX_EVENTS, GFP_KERNEL); > > You want "kzalloc" here. Because when I read the map without adding > anything, I get: > > printf("%lx\n", *(unsigned long *)page_data); > > Produces: > > ffffffff9065004e > > But if I convert it to kzalloc() it gives me: > > 0 > > Thus, you are exposing stale memory. If you want to expose this to > non-admin users, this is a major security leak. > > -- Steve > Oops, sorry about that! Thanks, -Beau