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    x86/kprobes: Fix ordering while text-patching · 5c02ece8
    Peter Zijlstra authored
    Kprobes does something like:
    
    register:
    	arch_arm_kprobe()
    	  text_poke(INT3)
              /* guarantees nothing, INT3 will become visible at some point, maybe */
    
            kprobe_optimizer()
    	  /* guarantees the bytes after INT3 are unused */
    	  synchronize_rcu_tasks();
    	  text_poke_bp(JMP32);
    	  /* implies IPI-sync, kprobe really is enabled */
    
    unregister:
    	__disarm_kprobe()
    	  unoptimize_kprobe()
    	    text_poke_bp(INT3 + tail);
    	    /* implies IPI-sync, so tail is guaranteed visible */
              arch_disarm_kprobe()
                text_poke(old);
    	    /* guarantees nothing, old will maybe become visible */
    
    	synchronize_rcu()
    
            free-stuff
    
    Now the problem is that on register, the synchronize_rcu_tasks() does
    not imply sufficient to guarantee all CPUs have already observed INT3
    (although in practice this is exceedingly unlikely not to have
    happened) (similar to how MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED does not
    imply MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_SYNC_CORE).
    
    Worse, even if it did, we'd have to do 2 synchronize calls to provide
    the guarantee we're looking for, the first to ensure INT3 is visible,
    the second to guarantee nobody is then still using the instruction
    bytes after INT3.
    
    Similar on unregister; the synchronize_rcu() between
    __unregister_kprobe_top() and __unregister_kprobe_bottom() does not
    guarantee all CPUs are free of the INT3 (and observe the old text).
    
    Therefore, sprinkle some IPI-sync love around. This guarantees that
    all CPUs agree on the text and RCU once again provides the required
    guaranteed.
    Tested-by: default avatarAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
    Tested-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPeter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarMathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarMasami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
    Acked-by: default avatarAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
    Acked-by: default avatarPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
    Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
    Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
    Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
    Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
    Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
    Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
    Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191111132458.162172862@infradead.orgSigned-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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