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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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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+Linux kernel for ARC processors
+*******************************
+
+Other sources of information
+############################
+
+Below are some resources where more information can be found on
+ARC processors and relevant open source projects.
+
+- `<https://embarc.org>`_ - Community portal for open source on ARC.
+ Good place to start to find relevant FOSS projects, toolchain releases,
+ news items and more.
+
+- `<https://github.com/foss-for-synopsys-dwc-arc-processors>`_ -
+ Home for all development activities regarding open source projects for
+ ARC processors. Some of the projects are forks of various upstream projects,
+ where "work in progress" is hosted prior to submission to upstream projects.
+ Other projects are developed by Synopsys and made available to community
+ as open source for use on ARC Processors.
+
+- `Official Synopsys ARC Processors website
+ <https://www.synopsys.com/designware-ip/processor-solutions.html>`_ -
+ location, with access to some IP documentation (`Programmer's Reference
+ Manual, AKA PRM for ARC HS processors
+ <https://www.synopsys.com/dw/doc.php/ds/cc/programmers-reference-manual-ARC-HS.pdf>`_)
+ and free versions of some commercial tools (`Free nSIM
+ <https://www.synopsys.com/cgi-bin/dwarcnsim/req1.cgi>`_ and
+ `MetaWare Light Edition <https://www.synopsys.com/cgi-bin/arcmwtk_lite/reg1.cgi>`_).
+ Please note though, registration is required to access both the documentation and
+ the tools.
+
+Important note on ARC processors configurability
+################################################
+
+ARC processors are highly configurable and several configurable options
+are supported in Linux. Some options are transparent to software
+(e.g., cache geometries), some can be detected at runtime and configured
+and used accordingly, while some need to be explicitly selected or configured
+in the kernel's configuration utility (AKA "make menuconfig").
+
+However not all configurable options are supported when an ARC processor
+is to run Linux. SoC design teams should refer to "Appendix E:
+Configuration for ARC Linux" in the ARC HS Databook for configurability
+guidelines.
+
+Following these guidelines and selecting valid configuration options
+up front is critical to help prevent any unwanted issues during
+SoC bringup and software development in general.
+
+Building the Linux kernel for ARC processors
+############################################
+
+The process of kernel building for ARC processors is the same as for any other
+architecture and could be done in 2 ways:
+
+- Cross-compilation: process of compiling for ARC targets on a development
+ host with a different processor architecture (generally x86_64/amd64).
+- Native compilation: process of compiling for ARC on a ARC platform
+ (hardware board or a simulator like QEMU) with complete development environment
+ (GNU toolchain, dtc, make etc) installed on the platform.
+
+In both cases, up-to-date GNU toolchain for ARC for the host is needed.
+Synopsys offers prebuilt toolchain releases which can be used for this purpose,
+available from:
+
+- Synopsys GNU toolchain releases:
+ `<https://github.com/foss-for-synopsys-dwc-arc-processors/toolchain/releases>`_
+
+- Linux kernel compilers collection:
+ `<https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool>`_
+
+- Bootlin's toolchain collection: `<https://toolchains.bootlin.com>`_
+
+Once the toolchain is installed in the system, make sure its "bin" folder
+is added in your ``PATH`` environment variable. Then set ``ARCH=arc`` &
+``CROSS_COMPILE=arc-linux`` (or whatever matches installed ARC toolchain prefix)
+and then as usual ``make defconfig && make``.
+
+This will produce "vmlinux" file in the root of the kernel source tree
+usable for loading on the target system via JTAG.
+If you need to get an image usable with U-Boot bootloader,
+type ``make uImage`` and ``uImage`` will be produced in ``arch/arc/boot``
+folder.
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+.. kernel-feat:: features arc
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+===================
+ARC architecture
+===================
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+
+ arc
+
+ features