Thread (24 messages) 24 messages, 5 authors, 2025-11-15

Re: [PATCH RFC bpf-next 1/7] ftrace: introduce FTRACE_OPS_FL_JMP

From: bot+bpf-ci@kernel.org
Date: 2025-11-14 10:20:26
Also in: bpf, lkml

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diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace.h b/include/linux/ftrace.h
index 7ded7df6e..14705dec1 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace.h
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ enum {
 	FTRACE_OPS_FL_DIRECT			= BIT(17),
 	FTRACE_OPS_FL_SUBOP			= BIT(18),
 	FTRACE_OPS_FL_GRAPH			= BIT(19),
+	FTRACE_OPS_FL_JMP			= BIT(20),
 };

 #ifndef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
[ ... ]
+#ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_JMP
+static inline bool ftrace_is_jmp(unsigned long addr)
+{
+	return addr & 1;
+}
+
+static inline unsigned long ftrace_jmp_set(unsigned long addr)
+{
+	return addr | 1UL;
+}
+
+static inline unsigned long ftrace_jmp_get(unsigned long addr)
+{
+	return addr & ~1UL;
+}
[ ... ]
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diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 42bd2ba68..b143a79e6 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -5938,7 +5938,8 @@ static void remove_direct_functions_hash(struct ftrace_hash *hash, unsigned long
 	for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
 		hlist_for_each_entry(entry, &hash->buckets[i], hlist) {
 			del = __ftrace_lookup_ip(direct_functions, entry->ip);
-			if (del && del->direct == addr) {
+			if (del && ftrace_jmp_get(del->direct) ==
+				   ftrace_jmp_get(addr)) {
 				remove_hash_entry(direct_functions, del);
 				kfree(del);
 			}
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@@ -5994,6 +5995,9 @@ int register_ftrace_direct(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned long addr)

 	mutex_lock(&direct_mutex);

+	if (ops->flags & FTRACE_OPS_FL_JMP)
+		addr = ftrace_jmp_set(addr);
+
When FTRACE_OPS_FL_JMP is set, this encodes the flag into the last bit
of addr. The modified addr is then stored in entry->direct and
ops->direct_call. However, this flagged address later flows through
ftrace_find_rec_direct()->ftrace_get_addr_new()->ftrace_make_call()->
ftrace_call_replace() without being masked.

Can ftrace_call_replace() generate correct CALL instructions when addr
has the LSB set? On x86, ftrace_call_replace() calls text_gen_insn()
with the raw address to generate a relative CALL instruction. If addr
has bit 0 set to 1, this would generate a CALL to an odd address,
causing execution to skip the first instruction byte at the trampoline.

Similarly, at runtime call_direct_funcs() reads ops->direct_call and
passes it to arch_ftrace_set_direct_caller() without masking. The x86
assembly then does RET to this address, which would jump to addr+1 if
the LSB is set.

The commit message says "we can tell if we should use 'jmp' for the
callback in ftrace_call_replace()" but ftrace_call_replace() isn't
modified to check or mask the bit. Are there missing changes to handle
the encoded address in these paths?
 	/* Make sure requested entries are not already registered.. */
 	size = 1 << hash->size_bits;
 	for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
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@@ -6117,6 +6121,9 @@ __modify_ftrace_direct(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned long addr)

 	lockdep_assert_held_once(&direct_mutex);

+	if (ops->flags & FTRACE_OPS_FL_JMP)
+		addr = ftrace_jmp_set(addr);
+
Same issue here - the flagged addr is stored but downstream consumers
don't mask it before using as a jump target.


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