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authorJinke Han <jinkehan@didiglobal.com>2026-09-08 15:37:42 +0800
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x86/kprobes: Fix crash when probing CS CALL instructionsgrafted
When using eBPF to probe CS CALL instructions within a function, a crash can be triggered. The eBPF tool probes offset 257 of the __hrtimer_run_queues() function: <__hrtimer_run_queues+249>: nopl 0x0(%rax,%rax,1) <__hrtimer_run_queues+254>: mov %r14,%rdi <__hrtimer_run_queues+257>: cs call <__x86_indirect_thunk_r12> <__hrtimer_run_queues+263>: mov %eax,%r12d <__hrtimer_run_queues+266>: xchg %ax,%ax <__hrtimer_run_queues+268>: mov %r13,%rdi Which triggers this crash: BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 00000000000f41c9 #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP NOPTI CPU: 1 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Kdump: loaded Tainted: P RIP: 0010:__hrtimer_run_queues+0x106/0x230 Note that __hrtimer_run_queues+0x106 is __hrtimer_run_queues+262, which is at the 6th byte of the above CS CALL instruction. Since the CS CALL instruction occupies 6 bytes, the exception occurred in the middle of that call instruction. The root cause is that when using eBPF tools to probe in the middle of a function, a kprobe with INT3 is used as the underlying implementation. During single-step emulation of the original CALL instruction, int3_emulate_call() assumes that the probed CALL instruction is 5 bytes long. However, the actual CS-prefixed CALL instruction occupies 6 bytes, so it constructs an incorrect exception return address. When the CPU returns from the kprobe handler, the next instruction to be executed is at the address of the last byte of that CS CALL instruction. Coincidentally, starting from that address, the CPU fetches and decodes a completely different instruction, which ultimately triggers a kernel crash. Fix the issue by using the actual instruction length obtained from the instruction decoder when constructing the exception return address, rather than relying on the hardcoded CALL_INSN_SIZE macro. [ mingo: Refined the changelog ] Fixes: 6256e668b7af ("x86/kprobes: Use int3 instead of debug trap for single-step") Suggested-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jinke Han <jinkehan@didiglobal.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org> Acked-by: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@gmail.com> Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260908073742.GA10517@didi-ThinkCentre-M920t-N000
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+What: /sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/
+Date: January 2008
+Contact: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
+Description:
+
+Provide a place in sysfs for the backing_dev_info object. This allows
+setting and retrieving various BDI specific variables.
+
+The <bdi> identifier can be either of the following:
+
+MAJOR:MINOR
+
+ Device number for block devices, or value of st_dev on
+ non-block filesystems which provide their own BDI, such as NFS
+ and FUSE.
+
+MAJOR:MINOR-fuseblk
+
+ Value of st_dev on fuseblk filesystems.
+
+default
+
+ The default backing dev, used for non-block device backed
+ filesystems which do not provide their own BDI.
+
+What: /sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/read_ahead_kb
+Date: January 2008
+Contact: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
+Description:
+ Size of the read-ahead window in kilobytes
+
+ (read-write)
+What: /sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/min_ratio
+Date: January 2008
+Contact: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
+Description:
+ Under normal circumstances each device is given a part of the
+ total write-back cache that relates to its current average
+ writeout speed in relation to the other devices.
+
+ The 'min_ratio' parameter allows assigning a minimum
+ percentage of the write-back cache to a particular device.
+ For example, this is useful for providing a minimum QoS.
+
+ (read-write)
+
+What: /sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/min_ratio_fine
+Date: November 2022
+Contact: Stefan Roesch <shr@devkernel.io>
+Description:
+ Under normal circumstances each device is given a part of the
+ total write-back cache that relates to its current average
+ writeout speed in relation to the other devices.
+
+ The 'min_ratio_fine' parameter allows assigning a minimum reserve
+ of the write-back cache to a particular device. The value is
+ expressed as part of 1 million. For example, this is useful for
+ providing a minimum QoS.
+
+ (read-write)
+
+What: /sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/max_ratio
+Date: January 2008
+Contact: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
+Description:
+ Allows limiting a particular device to use not more than the
+ given percentage of the write-back cache. This is useful in
+ situations where we want to avoid one device taking all or
+ most of the write-back cache. For example in case of an NFS
+ mount that is prone to get stuck, or a FUSE mount which cannot
+ be trusted to play fair.
+
+ (read-write)
+
+What: /sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/max_ratio_fine
+Date: November 2022
+Contact: Stefan Roesch <shr@devkernel.io>
+Description:
+ Allows limiting a particular device to use not more than the
+ given value of the write-back cache. The value is given as part
+ of 1 million. This is useful in situations where we want to avoid
+ one device taking all or most of the write-back cache. For example
+ in case of an NFS mount that is prone to get stuck, or a FUSE mount
+ which cannot be trusted to play fair.
+
+ (read-write)
+
+What: /sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/min_bytes
+Date: October 2022
+Contact: Stefan Roesch <shr@devkernel.io>
+Description:
+ Under normal circumstances each device is given a part of the
+ total write-back cache that relates to its current average
+ writeout speed in relation to the other devices.
+
+ The 'min_bytes' parameter allows assigning a minimum
+ percentage of the write-back cache to a particular device
+ expressed in bytes.
+ For example, this is useful for providing a minimum QoS.
+
+ (read-write)
+
+What: /sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/max_bytes
+Date: October 2022
+Contact: Stefan Roesch <shr@devkernel.io>
+Description:
+ Allows limiting a particular device to use not more than the
+ given 'max_bytes' of the write-back cache. This is useful in
+ situations where we want to avoid one device taking all or
+ most of the write-back cache. For example in case of an NFS
+ mount that is prone to get stuck, a FUSE mount which cannot be
+ trusted to play fair, or a nbd device.
+
+ (read-write)
+
+What: /sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/strict_limit
+Date: October 2022
+Contact: Stefan Roesch <shr@devkernel.io>
+Description:
+ Forces per-BDI checks for the share of given device in the write-back
+ cache even before the global background dirty limit is reached. This
+ is useful in situations where the global limit is much higher than
+ affordable for given relatively slow (or untrusted) device. Turning
+ strictlimit on has no visible effect if max_ratio is equal to 100%.
+
+ (read-write)
+What: /sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/stable_pages_required
+Date: January 2008
+Contact: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
+Description:
+ If set, the backing device requires that all pages comprising a write
+ request must not be changed until writeout is complete.
+
+ (read-only)