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authorJinke Han <jinkehan@didiglobal.com>2026-09-08 15:37:42 +0800
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2026-09-17 09:48:42 +0200
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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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+#!/usr/bin/env drgn
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2024 Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@huaweicloud.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2024 Huawei Inc
+
+desc = """
+This is a drgn script based on wq_monitor.py to monitor writeback info on
+backing dev. For more info on drgn, visit https://github.com/osandov/drgn.
+
+ writeback(kB) Amount of dirty pages are currently being written back to
+ disk.
+
+ reclaimable(kB) Amount of pages are currently reclaimable.
+
+ dirtied(kB) Amount of pages have been dirtied.
+
+ wrttien(kB) Amount of dirty pages have been written back to disk.
+
+ avg_wb(kBps) Smoothly estimated write bandwidth of writing dirty pages
+ back to disk.
+"""
+
+import signal
+import re
+import time
+import json
+
+import drgn
+from drgn.helpers.linux.list import list_for_each_entry
+
+import argparse
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=desc,
+ formatter_class=argparse.RawTextHelpFormatter)
+parser.add_argument('bdi', metavar='REGEX', nargs='*',
+ help='Target backing device name patterns (all if empty)')
+parser.add_argument('-i', '--interval', metavar='SECS', type=float, default=1,
+ help='Monitoring interval (0 to print once and exit)')
+parser.add_argument('-j', '--json', action='store_true',
+ help='Output in json')
+parser.add_argument('-c', '--cgroup', action='store_true',
+ help='show writeback of bdi in cgroup')
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+bdi_list = prog['bdi_list']
+
+WB_RECLAIMABLE = prog['WB_RECLAIMABLE']
+WB_WRITEBACK = prog['WB_WRITEBACK']
+WB_DIRTIED = prog['WB_DIRTIED']
+WB_WRITTEN = prog['WB_WRITTEN']
+NR_WB_STAT_ITEMS = prog['NR_WB_STAT_ITEMS']
+
+PAGE_SHIFT = prog['PAGE_SHIFT']
+
+def K(x):
+ return x << (PAGE_SHIFT - 10)
+
+class Stats:
+ def dict(self, now):
+ return { 'timestamp' : now,
+ 'name' : self.name,
+ 'writeback' : self.stats[WB_WRITEBACK],
+ 'reclaimable' : self.stats[WB_RECLAIMABLE],
+ 'dirtied' : self.stats[WB_DIRTIED],
+ 'written' : self.stats[WB_WRITTEN],
+ 'avg_wb' : self.avg_bw, }
+
+ def table_header_str():
+ return f'{"":>16} {"writeback":>10} {"reclaimable":>12} ' \
+ f'{"dirtied":>9} {"written":>9} {"avg_bw":>9}'
+
+ def table_row_str(self):
+ out = f'{self.name[-16:]:16} ' \
+ f'{self.stats[WB_WRITEBACK]:10} ' \
+ f'{self.stats[WB_RECLAIMABLE]:12} ' \
+ f'{self.stats[WB_DIRTIED]:9} ' \
+ f'{self.stats[WB_WRITTEN]:9} ' \
+ f'{self.avg_bw:9} '
+ return out
+
+ def show_header():
+ if Stats.table_fmt:
+ print()
+ print(Stats.table_header_str())
+
+ def show_stats(self):
+ if Stats.table_fmt:
+ print(self.table_row_str())
+ else:
+ print(self.dict(Stats.now))
+
+class WbStats(Stats):
+ def __init__(self, wb):
+ bdi_name = wb.bdi.dev_name.string_().decode()
+ # avoid to use bdi.wb.memcg_css which is only defined when
+ # CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK is enabled
+ if wb == wb.bdi.wb.address_of_():
+ ino = "1"
+ else:
+ ino = str(wb.memcg_css.cgroup.kn.id.value_())
+ self.name = bdi_name + '_' + ino
+
+ self.stats = [0] * NR_WB_STAT_ITEMS
+ for i in range(NR_WB_STAT_ITEMS):
+ if wb.stat[i].count >= 0:
+ self.stats[i] = int(K(wb.stat[i].count))
+ else:
+ self.stats[i] = 0
+
+ self.avg_bw = int(K(wb.avg_write_bandwidth))
+
+class BdiStats(Stats):
+ def __init__(self, bdi):
+ self.name = bdi.dev_name.string_().decode()
+ self.stats = [0] * NR_WB_STAT_ITEMS
+ self.avg_bw = 0
+
+ def collectStats(self, wb_stats):
+ for i in range(NR_WB_STAT_ITEMS):
+ self.stats[i] += wb_stats.stats[i]
+
+ self.avg_bw += wb_stats.avg_bw
+
+exit_req = False
+
+def sigint_handler(signr, frame):
+ global exit_req
+ exit_req = True
+
+def main():
+ # handle args
+ Stats.table_fmt = not args.json
+ interval = args.interval
+ cgroup = args.cgroup
+
+ re_str = None
+ if args.bdi:
+ for r in args.bdi:
+ if re_str is None:
+ re_str = r
+ else:
+ re_str += '|' + r
+
+ filter_re = re.compile(re_str) if re_str else None
+
+ # monitoring loop
+ signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, sigint_handler)
+
+ while not exit_req:
+ Stats.now = time.time()
+
+ Stats.show_header()
+ for bdi in list_for_each_entry('struct backing_dev_info', bdi_list.address_of_(), 'bdi_list'):
+ bdi_stats = BdiStats(bdi)
+ if filter_re and not filter_re.search(bdi_stats.name):
+ continue
+
+ for wb in list_for_each_entry('struct bdi_writeback', bdi.wb_list.address_of_(), 'bdi_node'):
+ wb_stats = WbStats(wb)
+ bdi_stats.collectStats(wb_stats)
+ if cgroup:
+ wb_stats.show_stats()
+
+ bdi_stats.show_stats()
+ if cgroup and Stats.table_fmt:
+ print()
+
+ if interval == 0:
+ break
+ time.sleep(interval)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ main()