tree 5ea3e36d839819b4ec8deb0a4fec766d12fdf13f
parent 5b268d1ebcdceacf992dfda8f9031d56005a274e
author Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev> 1707289262 -0800
committer Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> 1707851485 -0800

bpf: Mark bpf_spin_{lock,unlock}() helpers with notrace correctly

Currently tracing is supposed not to allow for bpf_spin_{lock,unlock}()
helper calls. This is to prevent deadlock for the following cases:
  - there is a prog (prog-A) calling bpf_spin_{lock,unlock}().
  - there is a tracing program (prog-B), e.g., fentry, attached
    to bpf_spin_lock() and/or bpf_spin_unlock().
  - prog-B calls bpf_spin_{lock,unlock}().
For such a case, when prog-A calls bpf_spin_{lock,unlock}(),
a deadlock will happen.

The related source codes are below in kernel/bpf/helpers.c:
  notrace BPF_CALL_1(bpf_spin_lock, struct bpf_spin_lock *, lock)
  notrace BPF_CALL_1(bpf_spin_unlock, struct bpf_spin_lock *, lock)
notrace is supposed to prevent fentry prog from attaching to
bpf_spin_{lock,unlock}().

But actually this is not the case and fentry prog can successfully
attached to bpf_spin_lock(). Siddharth Chintamaneni reported
the issue in [1]. The following is the macro definition for
above BPF_CALL_1:
  #define BPF_CALL_x(x, name, ...)                                               \
        static __always_inline                                                 \
        u64 ____##name(__BPF_MAP(x, __BPF_DECL_ARGS, __BPF_V, __VA_ARGS__));   \
        typedef u64 (*btf_##name)(__BPF_MAP(x, __BPF_DECL_ARGS, __BPF_V, __VA_ARGS__)); \
        u64 name(__BPF_REG(x, __BPF_DECL_REGS, __BPF_N, __VA_ARGS__));         \
        u64 name(__BPF_REG(x, __BPF_DECL_REGS, __BPF_N, __VA_ARGS__))          \
        {                                                                      \
                return ((btf_##name)____##name)(__BPF_MAP(x,__BPF_CAST,__BPF_N,__VA_ARGS__));\
        }                                                                      \
        static __always_inline                                                 \
        u64 ____##name(__BPF_MAP(x, __BPF_DECL_ARGS, __BPF_V, __VA_ARGS__))

  #define BPF_CALL_1(name, ...)   BPF_CALL_x(1, name, __VA_ARGS__)

The notrace attribute is actually applied to the static always_inline function
____bpf_spin_{lock,unlock}(). The actual callback function
bpf_spin_{lock,unlock}() is not marked with notrace, hence
allowing fentry prog to attach to two helpers, and this
may cause the above mentioned deadlock. Siddharth Chintamaneni
actually has a reproducer in [2].

To fix the issue, a new macro NOTRACE_BPF_CALL_1 is introduced which
will add notrace attribute to the original function instead of
the hidden always_inline function and this fixed the problem.

  [1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/CAE5sdEigPnoGrzN8WU7Tx-h-iFuMZgW06qp0KHWtpvoXxf1OAQ@mail.gmail.com/
  [2] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/CAE5sdEg6yUc_Jz50AnUXEEUh6O73yQ1Z6NV2srJnef0ZrQkZew@mail.gmail.com/

Fixes: d83525ca62cf ("bpf: introduce bpf_spin_lock")
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20240207070102.335167-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev