linux-toradex.git/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c, branch v5.3-rc6

kdb: Fix bound check compiler warning

2019-05-14T12:44:24+00:00

The strncpy() function may leave the destination string buffer
unterminated, better use strscpy() instead.

This fixes the following warning with gcc 8.2:

kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c: In function 'kdb_getstr':
kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c:449:3: warning: 'strncpy' specified bound 256 equals destination size [-Wstringop-truncation]
   strncpy(kdb_prompt_str, prompt, CMD_BUFLEN);
   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Signed-off-by: Wenlin Kang 
Signed-off-by: Daniel Thompson

kdb: Use strscpy with destination buffer size

2018-11-13T20:27:53+00:00

gcc 8.1.0 warns with:

kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_support.c: In function ‘kallsyms_symbol_next’:
kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_support.c:239:4: warning: ‘strncpy’ specified bound depends on the length of the source argument [-Wstringop-overflow=]
     strncpy(prefix_name, name, strlen(name)+1);
     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_support.c:239:31: note: length computed here

Use strscpy() with the destination buffer size, and use ellipses when
displaying truncated symbols.

v2: Use strscpy()

Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava 
Cc: Jonathan Toppins 
Cc: Jason Wessel 
Cc: Daniel Thompson 
Cc: kgdb-bugreport@lists.sourceforge.net
Reviewed-by: Daniel Thompson 
Signed-off-by: Daniel Thompson

kdb: Fix handling of kallsyms_symbol_next() return value

2017-12-06T22:12:43+00:00

kallsyms_symbol_next() returns a boolean (true on success). Currently
kdb_read() tests the return value with an inequality that
unconditionally evaluates to true.

This is fixed in the obvious way and, since the conditional branch is
supposed to be unreachable, we also add a WARN_ON().

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter 
Signed-off-by: Daniel Thompson 
Cc: linux-stable 
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel

kdb: call vkdb_printf() from vprintk_default() only when wanted

2016-12-15T00:04:08+00:00

kdb_trap_printk allows to pass normal printk() messages to kdb via
vkdb_printk().  For example, it is used to get backtrace using the
classic show_stack(), see kdb_show_stack().

vkdb_printf() tries to avoid a potential infinite loop by disabling the
trap.  But this approach is racy, for example:

CPU1					CPU2

vkdb_printf()
  // assume that kdb_trap_printk == 0
  saved_trap_printk = kdb_trap_printk;
  kdb_trap_printk = 0;

					kdb_show_stack()
					  kdb_trap_printk++;

Problem1: Now, a nested printk() on CPU0 calls vkdb_printf()
	  even when it should have been disabled. It will not
	  cause a deadlock but...

   // using the outdated saved value: 0
   kdb_trap_printk = saved_trap_printk;

					  kdb_trap_printk--;

Problem2: Now, kdb_trap_printk == -1 and will stay like this.
   It means that all messages will get passed to kdb from
   now on.

This patch removes the racy saved_trap_printk handling.  Instead, the
recursion is prevented by a check for the locked CPU.

The solution is still kind of racy.  A non-related printk(), from
another process, might get trapped by vkdb_printf().  And the wanted
printk() might not get trapped because kdb_printf_cpu is assigned.  But
this problem existed even with the original code.

A proper solution would be to get_cpu() before setting kdb_trap_printk
and trap messages only from this CPU.  I am not sure if it is worth the
effort, though.

In fact, the race is very theoretical.  When kdb is running any of the
commands that use kdb_trap_printk there is a single active CPU and the
other CPUs should be in a holding pen inside kgdb_cpu_enter().

The only time this is violated is when there is a timeout waiting for
the other CPUs to report to the holding pen.

Finally, note that the situation is a bit schizophrenic.  vkdb_printf()
explicitly allows recursion but only from KDB code that calls
kdb_printf() directly.  On the other hand, the generic printk()
recursion is not allowed because it might cause an infinite loop.  This
is why we could not hide the decision inside vkdb_printf() easily.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1480412276-16690-4-git-send-email-pmladek@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek 
Cc: Daniel Thompson 
Cc: Jason Wessel 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

kdb: properly synchronize vkdb_printf() calls with other CPUs

2016-12-15T00:04:08+00:00

kdb_printf_lock does not prevent other CPUs from entering the critical
section because it is ignored when KDB_STATE_PRINTF_LOCK is set.

The problematic situation might look like:

CPU0					CPU1

vkdb_printf()
  if (!KDB_STATE(PRINTF_LOCK))
    KDB_STATE_SET(PRINTF_LOCK);
    spin_lock_irqsave(&kdb_printf_lock, flags);

					vkdb_printf()
					  if (!KDB_STATE(PRINTF_LOCK))

BANG: The PRINTF_LOCK state is set and CPU1 is entering the critical
section without spinning on the lock.

The problem is that the code tries to implement locking using two state
variables that are not handled atomically.  Well, we need a custom
locking because we want to allow reentering the critical section on the
very same CPU.

Let's use solution from Petr Zijlstra that was proposed for a similar
scenario, see
https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161018171513.734367391@infradead.org

This patch uses the same trick with cmpxchg().  The only difference is
that we want to handle only recursion from the same context and
therefore we disable interrupts.

In addition, KDB_STATE_PRINTF_LOCK is removed.  In fact, we are not able
to set it a non-racy way.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1480412276-16690-3-git-send-email-pmladek@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek 
Reviewed-by: Daniel Thompson 
Cc: Jason Wessel 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

kdb: remove unused kdb_event handling

2016-12-15T00:04:08+00:00

kdb_event state variable is only set but never checked in the kernel
code.

http://www.spinics.net/lists/kdb/msg01733.html suggests that this
variable affected WARN_CONSOLE_UNLOCKED() in the original
implementation.  But this check never went upstream.

The semantic is unclear and racy.  The value is updated after the
kdb_printf_lock is acquired and after it is released.  It should be
symmetric at minimum.  The value should be manipulated either inside or
outside the locked area.

Fortunately, it seems that the original function is gone and we could
simply remove the state variable.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1480412276-16690-2-git-send-email-pmladek@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek 
Suggested-by: Daniel Thompson 
Cc: Jason Wessel 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

printk/kdb: handle more message headers

2016-12-13T02:55:09+00:00

Commit 4bcc595ccd80 ("printk: reinstate KERN_CONT for printing
continuation lines") allows to define more message headers for a single
message.  The motivation is that continuous lines might get mixed.
Therefore it make sense to define the right log level for every piece of
a cont line.

This patch introduces printk_skip_headers() that will skip all headers
and uses it in the kdb code instead of printk_skip_level().

This approach helps to fix other printk_skip_level() users
independently.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1478695291-12169-3-git-send-email-pmladek@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek 
Cc: Joe Perches 
Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky 
Cc: Steven Rostedt 
Cc: Jason Wessel 
Cc: Jaroslav Kysela 
Cc: Takashi Iwai 
Cc: Chris Mason 
Cc: Josef Bacik 
Cc: David Sterba 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

kdb: Const qualifier for kdb_getstr's prompt argument

2015-02-19T18:39:03+00:00

All current callers of kdb_getstr() can pass constant pointers via the
prompt argument. This patch adds a const qualification to make explicit
the fact that this is safe.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Thompson 
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel

kdb: Provide forward search at more prompt

2015-02-19T18:39:03+00:00

Currently kdb allows the output of comamnds to be filtered using the
| grep feature. This is useful but does not permit the output emitted
shortly after a string match to be examined without wading through the
entire unfiltered output of the command. Such a feature is particularly
useful to navigate function traces because these traces often have a
useful trigger string *before* the point of interest.

This patch reuses the existing filtering logic to introduce a simple
forward search to kdb that can be triggered from the more prompt.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Thompson 
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel

kdb: Avoid printing KERN_ levels to consoles

2015-02-19T18:39:02+00:00

Currently when kdb traps printk messages then the raw log level prefix
(consisting of '\001' followed by a numeral) does not get stripped off
before the message is issued to the various I/O handlers supported by
kdb. This causes annoying visual noise as well as causing problems
grepping for ^. It is also a change of behaviour compared to normal usage
of printk() usage. For example -h ends up with different output to
that of kdb's "sr h".

This patch addresses the problem by stripping log levels from messages
before they are issued to the I/O handlers. printk() which can also
act as an i/o handler in some cases is special cased; if the caller
provided a log level then the prefix will be preserved when sent to
printk().

The addition of non-printable characters to the output of kdb commands is a
regression, albeit and extremely elderly one, introduced by commit
04d2c8c83d0e ("printk: convert the format for KERN_ to a 2 byte
pattern"). Note also that this patch does *not* restore the original
behaviour from v3.5. Instead it makes printk() from within a kdb command
display the message without any prefix (i.e. like printk() normally does).

Signed-off-by: Daniel Thompson 
Cc: Joe Perches 
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel