From: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
To: glider@google.com
Cc: quic_jiangenj@quicinc.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
kasan-dev@googlegroups.com, Aleksandr Nogikh <nogikh@google.com>,
Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@gmail.com>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>,
Marco Elver <elver@google.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH 5/7] kcov: add ioctl(KCOV_UNIQUE_ENABLE)
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 10:54:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250416085446.480069-6-glider@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250416085446.480069-1-glider@google.com>
ioctl(KCOV_UNIQUE_ENABLE) enables collection of deduplicated coverage
in the presence of CONFIG_KCOV_ENABLE_GUARDS.
The buffer shared with the userspace is divided in two parts, one holding
a bitmap, and the other one being the trace. The single parameter of
ioctl(KCOV_UNIQUE_ENABLE) determines the number of words used for the
bitmap.
Each __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc_guard() instrumentation hook receives a
pointer to a unique guard variable. Upon the first call of each hook,
the guard variable is initialized with a unique integer, which is used to
map those hooks to bits in the bitmap. In the new coverage collection mode,
the kernel first checks whether the bit corresponding to a particular hook
is set, and then, if it is not, the PC is written into the trace buffer,
and the bit is set.
Note: when CONFIG_KCOV_ENABLE_GUARDS is disabled, ioctl(KCOV_UNIQUE_ENABLE)
returns -ENOTSUPP, which is consistent with the existing kcov code.
Also update the documentation.
Signed-off-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
---
Documentation/dev-tools/kcov.rst | 43 +++++++++++
include/linux/kcov-state.h | 8 ++
include/linux/kcov.h | 2 +
include/uapi/linux/kcov.h | 1 +
kernel/kcov.c | 129 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
5 files changed, 170 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kcov.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kcov.rst
index 6611434e2dd24..271260642d1a6 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kcov.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kcov.rst
@@ -137,6 +137,49 @@ mmaps coverage buffer, and then forks child processes in a loop. The child
processes only need to enable coverage (it gets disabled automatically when
a thread exits).
+Unique coverage collection
+---------------------------
+
+Instead of collecting raw PCs, KCOV can deduplicate them on the fly.
+This mode is enabled by the ``KCOV_UNIQUE_ENABLE`` ioctl (only available if
+``CONFIG_KCOV_ENABLE_GUARDS`` is on).
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ /* Same includes and defines as above. */
+ #define KCOV_UNIQUE_ENABLE _IOW('c', 103, unsigned long)
+ #define BITMAP_SIZE (4<<10)
+
+ /* Instead of KCOV_ENABLE, enable unique coverage collection. */
+ if (ioctl(fd, KCOV_UNIQUE_ENABLE, BITMAP_SIZE))
+ perror("ioctl"), exit(1);
+ /* Reset the coverage from the tail of the ioctl() call. */
+ __atomic_store_n(&cover[BITMAP_SIZE], 0, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+ memset(cover, 0, BITMAP_SIZE * sizeof(unsigned long));
+
+ /* Call the target syscall call. */
+ /* ... */
+
+ /* Read the number of collected PCs. */
+ n = __atomic_load_n(&cover[BITMAP_SIZE], __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+ /* Disable the coverage collection. */
+ if (ioctl(fd, KCOV_DISABLE, 0))
+ perror("ioctl"), exit(1);
+
+Calling ``ioctl(fd, KCOV_UNIQUE_ENABLE, bitmap_size)`` carves out ``bitmap_size``
+words from those allocated by ``KCOV_INIT_TRACE`` to keep an opaque bitmap that
+prevents the kernel from storing the same PC twice. The remaining part of the
+trace is used to collect PCs, like in other modes (this part must contain at
+least two words, like when collecting non-unique PCs).
+
+The mapping between a PC and its position in the bitmap is persistent during the
+kernel lifetime, so it is possible for the callers to directly use the bitmap
+contents as a coverage signal (like when fuzzing userspace with AFL).
+
+In order to reset the coverage between the runs, the user needs to rewind the
+trace (by writing 0 into the first word past ``bitmap_size``) and wipe the whole
+bitmap.
+
Comparison operands collection
------------------------------
diff --git a/include/linux/kcov-state.h b/include/linux/kcov-state.h
index 6e576173fd442..26e275fe90684 100644
--- a/include/linux/kcov-state.h
+++ b/include/linux/kcov-state.h
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ struct kcov_state {
/* Buffer for coverage collection, shared with the userspace. */
unsigned long *trace;
+ /* Size of the bitmap (in bits). */
+ unsigned int bitmap_size;
+ /*
+ * Bitmap for coverage deduplication, shared with the
+ * userspace.
+ */
+ unsigned long *bitmap;
+
/*
* KCOV sequence number: incremented each time kcov is
* reenabled, used by kcov_remote_stop(), see the comment there.
diff --git a/include/linux/kcov.h b/include/linux/kcov.h
index 7ec2669362fd1..41eebcd3ab335 100644
--- a/include/linux/kcov.h
+++ b/include/linux/kcov.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ struct task_struct;
#ifdef CONFIG_KCOV
enum kcov_mode {
+ KCOV_MODE_INVALID = -1,
/* Coverage collection is not enabled yet. */
KCOV_MODE_DISABLED = 0,
/* KCOV was initialized, but tracing mode hasn't been chosen yet. */
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ enum kcov_mode {
KCOV_MODE_TRACE_CMP = 3,
/* The process owns a KCOV remote reference. */
KCOV_MODE_REMOTE = 4,
+ KCOV_MODE_TRACE_UNIQUE_PC = 5,
};
#define KCOV_IN_CTXSW (1 << 30)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kcov.h b/include/uapi/linux/kcov.h
index ed95dba9fa37e..fe1695ddf8a06 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/kcov.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/kcov.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ struct kcov_remote_arg {
#define KCOV_ENABLE _IO('c', 100)
#define KCOV_DISABLE _IO('c', 101)
#define KCOV_REMOTE_ENABLE _IOW('c', 102, struct kcov_remote_arg)
+#define KCOV_UNIQUE_ENABLE _IOR('c', 103, unsigned long)
enum {
/*
diff --git a/kernel/kcov.c b/kernel/kcov.c
index 7b726fd761c1b..dea25c8a53b52 100644
--- a/kernel/kcov.c
+++ b/kernel/kcov.c
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
#include <asm/setup.h>
+#ifdef CONFIG_KCOV_ENABLE_GUARDS
+atomic_t kcov_guard_max_index = ATOMIC_INIT(1);
+#endif
+
#define kcov_debug(fmt, ...) pr_debug("%s: " fmt, __func__, ##__VA_ARGS__)
/* Number of 64-bit words written per one comparison: */
@@ -161,8 +165,7 @@ static __always_inline bool in_softirq_really(void)
return in_serving_softirq() && !in_hardirq() && !in_nmi();
}
-static notrace bool check_kcov_mode(enum kcov_mode needed_mode,
- struct task_struct *t)
+static notrace enum kcov_mode get_kcov_mode(struct task_struct *t)
{
unsigned int mode;
@@ -172,7 +175,7 @@ static notrace bool check_kcov_mode(enum kcov_mode needed_mode,
* coverage collection section in a softirq.
*/
if (!in_task() && !(in_softirq_really() && t->kcov_softirq))
- return false;
+ return KCOV_MODE_INVALID;
mode = READ_ONCE(t->kcov_state.mode);
/*
* There is some code that runs in interrupts but for which
@@ -182,7 +185,7 @@ static notrace bool check_kcov_mode(enum kcov_mode needed_mode,
* kcov_start().
*/
barrier();
- return mode == needed_mode;
+ return mode;
}
static notrace unsigned long canonicalize_ip(unsigned long ip)
@@ -201,7 +204,7 @@ static void sanitizer_cov_write_subsequent(unsigned long *trace, int size,
if (likely(pos < size)) {
/*
- * Some early interrupt code could bypass check_kcov_mode() check
+ * Some early interrupt code could bypass get_kcov_mode() check
* and invoke __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc(). If such interrupt is
* raised between writing pc and updating pos, the pc could be
* overitten by the recursive __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc().
@@ -220,7 +223,7 @@ static void sanitizer_cov_write_subsequent(unsigned long *trace, int size,
#ifndef CONFIG_KCOV_ENABLE_GUARDS
void notrace __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc(void)
{
- if (!check_kcov_mode(KCOV_MODE_TRACE_PC, current))
+ if (get_kcov_mode(current) != KCOV_MODE_TRACE_PC)
return;
sanitizer_cov_write_subsequent(current->kcov_state.s.trace,
@@ -229,14 +232,73 @@ void notrace __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc(void)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc);
#else
+
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(u32, saved_index);
+/*
+ * Assign an index to a guard variable that does not have one yet.
+ * For an unlikely case of a race with another task executing the same basic
+ * block, we store the unused index in a per-cpu variable.
+ * In an even less likely case the current task may lose a race and get
+ * rescheduled onto a CPU that already has a saved index, discarding that index.
+ * This will result in an unused hole in the bitmap, but such events should have
+ * minor impact on the overall memory consumption.
+ */
+static __always_inline u32 init_pc_guard(u32 *guard)
+{
+ /* If the current CPU has a saved free index, use it. */
+ u32 index = this_cpu_xchg(saved_index, 0);
+ u32 old_guard;
+
+ if (likely(!index))
+ /*
+ * Allocate a new index. No overflow is possible, because 2**32
+ * unique basic blocks will take more space than the max size
+ * of the kernel text segment.
+ */
+ index = atomic_inc_return(&kcov_guard_max_index) - 1;
+
+ /*
+ * Make sure another task is not initializing the same guard
+ * concurrently.
+ */
+ old_guard = cmpxchg(guard, 0, index);
+ if (unlikely(old_guard)) {
+ /* We lost the race, save the index for future use. */
+ this_cpu_write(saved_index, index);
+ return old_guard;
+ }
+ return index;
+}
+
void notrace __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc_guard(u32 *guard)
{
- if (!check_kcov_mode(KCOV_MODE_TRACE_PC, current))
- return;
+ u32 pc_index;
+ enum kcov_mode mode = get_kcov_mode(current);
- sanitizer_cov_write_subsequent(current->kcov_state.s.trace,
- current->kcov_state.s.trace_size,
- canonicalize_ip(_RET_IP_));
+ switch (mode) {
+ case KCOV_MODE_TRACE_UNIQUE_PC:
+ pc_index = READ_ONCE(*guard);
+ if (unlikely(!pc_index))
+ pc_index = init_pc_guard(guard);
+
+ /*
+ * Use the bitmap for coverage deduplication. We assume both
+ * s.bitmap and s.trace are non-NULL.
+ */
+ if (likely(pc_index < current->kcov_state.s.bitmap_size))
+ if (test_and_set_bit(pc_index,
+ current->kcov_state.s.bitmap))
+ return;
+ /* If the PC is new, write it to the trace. */
+ fallthrough;
+ case KCOV_MODE_TRACE_PC:
+ sanitizer_cov_write_subsequent(current->kcov_state.s.trace,
+ current->kcov_state.s.trace_size,
+ canonicalize_ip(_RET_IP_));
+ break;
+ default:
+ return;
+ }
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc_guard);
@@ -255,7 +317,7 @@ static void notrace write_comp_data(u64 type, u64 arg1, u64 arg2, u64 ip)
u64 *trace;
t = current;
- if (!check_kcov_mode(KCOV_MODE_TRACE_CMP, t))
+ if (get_kcov_mode(t) != KCOV_MODE_TRACE_CMP)
return;
ip = canonicalize_ip(ip);
@@ -374,7 +436,7 @@ static void kcov_start(struct task_struct *t, struct kcov *kcov,
/* Cache in task struct for performance. */
t->kcov_state.s = state->s;
barrier();
- /* See comment in check_kcov_mode(). */
+ /* See comment in get_kcov_mode(). */
WRITE_ONCE(t->kcov_state.mode, state->mode);
}
@@ -408,6 +470,10 @@ static void kcov_reset(struct kcov *kcov)
kcov->state.mode = KCOV_MODE_INIT;
kcov->remote = false;
kcov->remote_size = 0;
+ kcov->state.s.trace = kcov->state.s.area;
+ kcov->state.s.trace_size = kcov->state.s.size;
+ kcov->state.s.bitmap = NULL;
+ kcov->state.s.bitmap_size = 0;
kcov->state.s.sequence++;
}
@@ -594,6 +660,41 @@ static inline bool kcov_check_handle(u64 handle, bool common_valid,
return false;
}
+static long kcov_handle_unique_enable(struct kcov *kcov,
+ unsigned long bitmap_words)
+{
+ struct task_struct *t = current;
+
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KCOV_ENABLE_GUARDS))
+ return -ENOTSUPP;
+ if (kcov->state.mode != KCOV_MODE_INIT || !kcov->state.s.area)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (kcov->t != NULL || t->kcov != NULL)
+ return -EBUSY;
+
+ /*
+ * Cannot use zero-sized bitmap, also the bitmap must leave at least two
+ * words for the trace.
+ */
+ if ((!bitmap_words) || (bitmap_words >= (kcov->state.s.size - 1)))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ kcov->state.s.bitmap_size = bitmap_words * sizeof(unsigned long) * 8;
+ kcov->state.s.bitmap = kcov->state.s.area;
+ kcov->state.s.trace_size = kcov->state.s.size - bitmap_words;
+ kcov->state.s.trace =
+ ((unsigned long *)kcov->state.s.area + bitmap_words);
+
+ kcov_fault_in_area(kcov);
+ kcov->state.mode = KCOV_MODE_TRACE_UNIQUE_PC;
+ kcov_start(t, kcov, &kcov->state);
+ kcov->t = t;
+ /* Put either in kcov_task_exit() or in KCOV_DISABLE. */
+ kcov_get(kcov);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int kcov_ioctl_locked(struct kcov *kcov, unsigned int cmd,
unsigned long arg)
{
@@ -627,6 +728,8 @@ static int kcov_ioctl_locked(struct kcov *kcov, unsigned int cmd,
/* Put either in kcov_task_exit() or in KCOV_DISABLE. */
kcov_get(kcov);
return 0;
+ case KCOV_UNIQUE_ENABLE:
+ return kcov_handle_unique_enable(kcov, arg);
case KCOV_DISABLE:
/* Disable coverage for the current task. */
unused = arg;
--
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2025-04-16 8:54 [PATCH 0/7] RFC: coverage deduplication for KCOV Alexander Potapenko
2025-04-16 8:54 ` [PATCH 1/7] kcov: apply clang-format to kcov code Alexander Potapenko
2025-04-17 16:47 ` Marco Elver
2025-06-18 14:23 ` Alexander Potapenko
2025-04-16 8:54 ` [PATCH 2/7] kcov: factor out struct kcov_state Alexander Potapenko
2025-04-17 16:42 ` Marco Elver
2025-06-18 17:41 ` Alexander Potapenko
2025-06-25 16:36 ` Alexander Potapenko
2025-04-16 8:54 ` [PATCH 3/7] kcov: x86: introduce CONFIG_KCOV_ENABLE_GUARDS Alexander Potapenko
2025-04-17 19:43 ` Marco Elver
2025-04-22 5:27 ` Joey Jiao
2025-04-24 13:58 ` Alexander Potapenko
2025-04-24 14:03 ` Marco Elver
2025-04-16 8:54 ` [PATCH 4/7] kcov: add `trace` and `trace_size` to `struct kcov_state` Alexander Potapenko
2025-04-16 8:54 ` Alexander Potapenko [this message]
2025-04-22 9:29 ` [PATCH 5/7] kcov: add ioctl(KCOV_UNIQUE_ENABLE) Marco Elver
2025-04-23 13:08 ` Alexander Potapenko
2025-04-23 13:16 ` Alexander Potapenko
2025-04-23 13:30 ` Alexander Potapenko
2025-04-30 2:21 ` Joey Jiao
2025-04-30 6:32 ` Alexander Potapenko
2025-04-16 8:54 ` [PATCH 6/7] x86: objtool: add support for R_X86_64_REX_GOTPCRELX Alexander Potapenko
2025-04-16 14:21 ` Uros Bizjak
2025-04-17 15:37 ` Alexander Potapenko
2025-04-17 15:49 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2025-04-16 8:54 ` [PATCH 7/7] mm/kasan: define __asan_before_dynamic_init, __asan_after_dynamic_init Alexander Potapenko
2025-04-22 6:46 ` Marco Elver
2025-04-22 8:02 ` Alexander Potapenko
2025-04-16 10:52 ` [PATCH 0/7] RFC: coverage deduplication for KCOV Dmitry Vyukov
2025-04-17 4:04 ` Joey Jiao
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