From: Oleg Nesterov Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 16:06:42 +0000 (+0200) Subject: ptrace/x86: Partly fix set_task_blockstep()->update_debugctlmsr() logic X-Git-Url: http://drtracing.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=95cf00fa5d5e2a200a2c044c84bde8389a237e02;p=deliverable%2Flinux.git ptrace/x86: Partly fix set_task_blockstep()->update_debugctlmsr() logic Afaics the usage of update_debugctlmsr() and TIF_BLOCKSTEP in step.c was always very wrong. 1. update_debugctlmsr() was simply unneeded. The child sleeps TASK_TRACED, __switch_to_xtra(next_p => child) should notice TIF_BLOCKSTEP and set/clear DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF after resume if needed. 2. It is wrong. The state of DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF bit in CPU register should always match the state of current's TIF_BLOCKSTEP bit. 3. Even get_debugctlmsr() + update_debugctlmsr() itself does not look right. Irq can change other bits in MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR register or the caller can be preempted in between. 4. It is not safe to play with TIF_BLOCKSTEP if task != current. DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF and TIF_BLOCKSTEP should always match each other if the task is running. The tracee is stopped but it can be SIGKILL'ed right before set/clear_tsk_thread_flag(). However, now that uprobes uses user_enable_single_step(current) we can't simply remove update_debugctlmsr(). So this patch adds the additional "task == current" check and disables irqs to avoid the race with interrupts/preemption. Unfortunately this patch doesn't solve the last problem, we need another fix. Probably we should teach ptrace_stop() to set/clear single/block stepping after resume. And afaics there is yet another problem: perf can play with MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR from nmi, this obviously means that even __switch_to_xtra() has problems. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov --- diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/step.c b/arch/x86/kernel/step.c index 7a514986ca09..f89cdc6ccd5b 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/step.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/step.c @@ -161,6 +161,16 @@ static void set_task_blockstep(struct task_struct *task, bool on) { unsigned long debugctl; + /* + * Ensure irq/preemption can't change debugctl in between. + * Note also that both TIF_BLOCKSTEP and debugctl should + * be changed atomically wrt preemption. + * FIXME: this means that set/clear TIF_BLOCKSTEP is simply + * wrong if task != current, SIGKILL can wakeup the stopped + * tracee and set/clear can play with the running task, this + * can confuse the next __switch_to_xtra(). + */ + local_irq_disable(); debugctl = get_debugctlmsr(); if (on) { debugctl |= DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF; @@ -169,7 +179,9 @@ static void set_task_blockstep(struct task_struct *task, bool on) debugctl &= ~DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF; clear_tsk_thread_flag(task, TIF_BLOCKSTEP); } - update_debugctlmsr(debugctl); + if (task == current) + update_debugctlmsr(debugctl); + local_irq_enable(); } /*