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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
+
+========
+Clk API
+========
+
+The KUnit clk API is used to test clk providers and clk consumers.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/clk/clk_kunit_helpers.c
+ :export:
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+========================
+Function Redirection API
+========================
+
+Overview
+========
+
+When writing unit tests, it's important to be able to isolate the code being
+tested from other parts of the kernel. This ensures the reliability of the test
+(it won't be affected by external factors), reduces dependencies on specific
+hardware or config options (making the test easier to run), and protects the
+stability of the rest of the system (making it less likely for test-specific
+state to interfere with the rest of the system).
+
+While for some code (typically generic data structures, helpers, and other
+"pure functions") this is trivial, for others (like device drivers,
+filesystems, core subsystems) the code is heavily coupled with other parts of
+the kernel.
+
+This coupling is often due to global state in some way: be it a global list of
+devices, the filesystem, or some hardware state. Tests need to either carefully
+manage, isolate, and restore state, or they can avoid it altogether by
+replacing access to and mutation of this state with a "fake" or "mock" variant.
+
+By refactoring access to such state, such as by introducing a layer of
+indirection which can use or emulate a separate set of test state. However,
+such refactoring comes with its own costs (and undertaking significant
+refactoring before being able to write tests is suboptimal).
+
+A simpler way to intercept and replace some of the function calls is to use
+function redirection via static stubs.
+
+
+Static Stubs
+============
+
+Static stubs are a way of redirecting calls to one function (the "real"
+function) to another function (the "replacement" function).
+
+It works by adding a macro to the "real" function which checks to see if a test
+is running, and if a replacement function is available. If so, that function is
+called in place of the original.
+
+Using static stubs is pretty straightforward:
+
+1. Add the KUNIT_STATIC_STUB_REDIRECT() macro to the start of the "real"
+ function.
+
+ This should be the first statement in the function, after any variable
+ declarations. KUNIT_STATIC_STUB_REDIRECT() takes the name of the
+ function, followed by all of the arguments passed to the real function.
+
+ For example:
+
+ .. code-block:: c
+
+ void send_data_to_hardware(const char *str)
+ {
+ KUNIT_STATIC_STUB_REDIRECT(send_data_to_hardware, str);
+ /* real implementation */
+ }
+
+2. Write one or more replacement functions.
+
+ These functions should have the same function signature as the real function.
+ In the event they need to access or modify test-specific state, they can use
+ kunit_get_current_test() to get a struct kunit pointer. This can then
+ be passed to the expectation/assertion macros, or used to look up KUnit
+ resources.
+
+ For example:
+
+ .. code-block:: c
+
+ void fake_send_data_to_hardware(const char *str)
+ {
+ struct kunit *test = kunit_get_current_test();
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_STREQ(test, str, "Hello World!");
+ }
+
+3. Activate the static stub from your test.
+
+ From within a test, the redirection can be enabled with
+ kunit_activate_static_stub(), which accepts a struct kunit pointer,
+ the real function, and the replacement function. You can call this several
+ times with different replacement functions to swap out implementations of the
+ function.
+
+ In our example, this would be
+
+ .. code-block:: c
+
+ kunit_activate_static_stub(test,
+ send_data_to_hardware,
+ fake_send_data_to_hardware);
+
+4. Call (perhaps indirectly) the real function.
+
+ Once the redirection is activated, any call to the real function will call
+ the replacement function instead. Such calls may be buried deep in the
+ implementation of another function, but must occur from the test's kthread.
+
+ For example:
+
+ .. code-block:: c
+
+ send_data_to_hardware("Hello World!"); /* Succeeds */
+ send_data_to_hardware("Something else"); /* Fails the test. */
+
+5. (Optionally) disable the stub.
+
+ When you no longer need it, disable the redirection (and hence resume the
+ original behaviour of the 'real' function) using
+ kunit_deactivate_static_stub(). Otherwise, it will be automatically disabled
+ when the test exits.
+
+ For example:
+
+ .. code-block:: c
+
+ kunit_deactivate_static_stub(test, send_data_to_hardware);
+
+
+It's also possible to use these replacement functions to test to see if a
+function is called at all, for example:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ void send_data_to_hardware(const char *str)
+ {
+ KUNIT_STATIC_STUB_REDIRECT(send_data_to_hardware, str);
+ /* real implementation */
+ }
+
+ /* In test file */
+ int times_called = 0;
+ void fake_send_data_to_hardware(const char *str)
+ {
+ times_called++;
+ }
+ ...
+ /* In the test case, redirect calls for the duration of the test */
+ kunit_activate_static_stub(test, send_data_to_hardware, fake_send_data_to_hardware);
+
+ send_data_to_hardware("hello");
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, times_called, 1);
+
+ /* Can also deactivate the stub early, if wanted */
+ kunit_deactivate_static_stub(test, send_data_to_hardware);
+
+ send_data_to_hardware("hello again");
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, times_called, 1);
+
+
+
+API Reference
+=============
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/kunit/static_stub.h
+ :internal:
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/api/index.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/api/index.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+=============
+API Reference
+=============
+.. toctree::
+ :hidden:
+
+ test
+ resource
+ functionredirection
+ clk
+ of
+ platformdevice
+
+
+This page documents the KUnit kernel testing API. It is divided into the
+following sections:
+
+Core KUnit API
+==============
+
+Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/api/test.rst
+
+ - Documents all of the standard testing API
+
+Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/api/resource.rst
+
+ - Documents the KUnit resource API
+
+Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/api/functionredirection.rst
+
+ - Documents the KUnit Function Redirection API
+
+Driver KUnit API
+================
+
+Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/api/clk.rst
+
+ - Documents the KUnit clk API
+
+Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/api/of.rst
+
+ - Documents the KUnit device tree (OF) API
+
+Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/api/platformdevice.rst
+
+ - Documents the KUnit platform device API
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/api/of.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/api/of.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+====================
+Device Tree (OF) API
+====================
+
+The KUnit device tree API is used to test device tree (of_*) dependent code.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/kunit/of.h
+ :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/of/of_kunit_helpers.c
+ :export:
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/api/platformdevice.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/api/platformdevice.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+===================
+Platform Device API
+===================
+
+The KUnit platform device API is used to test platform devices.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/kunit/platform.c
+ :export:
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/api/resource.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/api/resource.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+============
+Resource API
+============
+
+This file documents the KUnit resource API.
+
+Most users won't need to use this API directly, power users can use it to store
+state on a per-test basis, register custom cleanup actions, and more.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/kunit/resource.h
+ :internal:
+
+Managed Devices
+---------------
+
+Functions for using KUnit-managed struct device and struct device_driver.
+Include ``kunit/device.h`` to use these.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/kunit/device.h
+ :internal:
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/api/test.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/api/test.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+========
+Test API
+========
+
+This file documents all of the standard testing API.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/kunit/test.h
+ :internal: