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| author | Jinke Han <jinkehan@didiglobal.com> | 2026-09-08 15:37:42 +0800 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2026-09-17 09:48:42 +0200 |
| commit | a5f7a5bb3b7f28ba7e4fa246775b29a0e5537255 (patch) | |
| tree | 73fef824f9a846cf935869d0dbc5070ef6e2f741 /Documentation/block/null_blk.rst | |
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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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diff --git a/Documentation/block/null_blk.rst b/Documentation/block/null_blk.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4dd78f24d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/block/null_blk.rst @@ -0,0 +1,151 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +======================== +Null block device driver +======================== + +Overview +======== + +The null block device (``/dev/nullb*``) is used for benchmarking the various +block-layer implementations. It emulates a block device of X gigabytes in size. +It does not execute any read/write operation, just mark them as complete in +the request queue. The following instances are possible: + + Multi-queue block-layer + + - Request-based. + - Configurable submission queues per device. + + No block-layer (Known as bio-based) + + - Bio-based. IO requests are submitted directly to the device driver. + - Directly accepts bio data structure and returns them. + +All of them have a completion queue for each core in the system. + +Module parameters +================= + +queue_mode=[0-2]: Default: 2-Multi-queue + Selects which block-layer the module should instantiate with. + + = ============ + 0 Bio-based + 1 Single-queue (deprecated) + 2 Multi-queue + = ============ + +home_node=[0--nr_nodes]: Default: NUMA_NO_NODE + Selects what CPU node the data structures are allocated from. + +gb=[Size in GB]: Default: 250GB + The size of the device reported to the system. + +bs=[Block size (in bytes)]: Default: 512 bytes + The block size reported to the system. + +nr_devices=[Number of devices]: Default: 1 + Number of block devices instantiated. They are instantiated as /dev/nullb0, + etc. + +irqmode=[0-2]: Default: 1-Soft-irq + The completion mode used for completing IOs to the block-layer. + + = =========================================================================== + 0 None. + 1 Soft-irq. Uses IPI to complete IOs across CPU nodes. Simulates the overhead + when IOs are issued from another CPU node than the home the device is + connected to. + 2 Timer: Waits a specific period (completion_nsec) for each IO before + completion. + = =========================================================================== + +completion_nsec=[ns]: Default: 10,000ns + Combined with irqmode=2 (timer). The time each completion event must wait. + +submit_queues=[1..nr_cpus]: Default: 1 + The number of submission queues attached to the device driver. If unset, it + defaults to 1. For multi-queue, it is ignored when use_per_node_hctx module + parameter is 1. + +hw_queue_depth=[0..qdepth]: Default: 64 + The hardware queue depth of the device. + +memory_backed=[0/1]: Default: 0 + Whether or not to use a memory buffer to respond to IO requests + + = ============================================= + 0 Transfer no data in response to IO requests + 1 Use a memory buffer to respond to IO requests + = ============================================= + +discard=[0/1]: Default: 0 + Support discard operations (requires memory-backed null_blk device). + + = ===================================== + 0 Do not support discard operations + 1 Enable support for discard operations + = ===================================== + +cache_size=[Size in MB]: Default: 0 + Cache size in MB for memory-backed device. + +mbps=[Maximum bandwidth in MB/s]: Default: 0 (no limit) + Bandwidth limit for device performance. + +Multi-queue specific parameters +------------------------------- + +use_per_node_hctx=[0/1]: Default: 0 + Number of hardware context queues. + + = ===================================================================== + 0 The number of submit queues are set to the value of the submit_queues + parameter. + 1 The multi-queue block layer is instantiated with a hardware dispatch + queue for each CPU node in the system. + = ===================================================================== + +no_sched=[0/1]: Default: 0 + Enable/disable the io scheduler. + + = ====================================== + 0 nullb* use default blk-mq io scheduler + 1 nullb* doesn't use io scheduler + = ====================================== + +blocking=[0/1]: Default: 0 + Blocking behavior of the request queue. + + = =============================================================== + 0 Register as a non-blocking blk-mq driver device. + 1 Register as a blocking blk-mq driver device, null_blk will set + the BLK_MQ_F_BLOCKING flag, indicating that it sometimes/always + needs to block in its ->queue_rq() function. + = =============================================================== + +shared_tags=[0/1]: Default: 0 + Sharing tags between devices. + + = ================================================================ + 0 Tag set is not shared. + 1 Tag set shared between devices for blk-mq. Only makes sense with + nr_devices > 1, otherwise there's no tag set to share. + = ================================================================ + +zoned=[0/1]: Default: 0 + Device is a random-access or a zoned block device. + + = ====================================================================== + 0 Block device is exposed as a random-access block device. + 1 Block device is exposed as a host-managed zoned block device. Requires + CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED. + = ====================================================================== + +zone_size=[MB]: Default: 256 + Per zone size when exposed as a zoned block device. Must be a power of two. + +zone_nr_conv=[nr_conv]: Default: 0 + The number of conventional zones to create when block device is zoned. If + zone_nr_conv >= nr_zones, it will be reduced to nr_zones - 1. |
