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From: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
To: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>,
	 Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@gmail.com>,
	 Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
	 Nick Desaulniers <nick.desaulniers+lkml@gmail.com>,
	 Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>,
	Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>,
	 linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kasan-dev@googlegroups.com,
	 llvm@lists.linux.dev, Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH RFC v3 09/12] kcov: record return address on function entry
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:54:49 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260908-kcov-extrecord-v3-9-dcbc11593e88@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260908-kcov-extrecord-v3-0-dcbc11593e88@google.com>

It is helpful to know which code location a function was called from for:

 - attributing calls to source locations in the callee
 - attributing calls to inlined functions

For this purpose, make function entry records bigger, and record the caller
instruction address in them.

Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
---
 kernel/kcov.c     | 26 ++++++++++++++++++--------
 lib/Kconfig.debug |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/kcov.c b/kernel/kcov.c
index 83e05aa61728..88aedaf41a9e 100644
--- a/kernel/kcov.c
+++ b/kernel/kcov.c
@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@ static notrace unsigned long canonicalize_ip(unsigned long ip)
 	return ip;
 }
 
-static __always_inline void notrace kcov_add_pc_record(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long record)
+static __always_inline notrace
+void kcov_add_pc_record(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long record, bool hasext, unsigned long ext)
 {
 	unsigned long *area;
 	unsigned long pos;
@@ -213,7 +214,7 @@ static __always_inline void notrace kcov_add_pc_record(struct task_struct *t, un
 	area = t->kcov_area;
 	/* The first 64-bit word is the number of subsequent PCs. */
 	pos = READ_ONCE(area[0]) + 1;
-	if (likely(pos < t->kcov_size)) {
+	if (likely(pos + (hasext?1:0) < t->kcov_size)) {
 		/* Previously we write pc before updating pos. However, some
 		 * early interrupt code could bypass check_kcov_context() check
 		 * and invoke __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc(). If such interrupt is
@@ -221,9 +222,11 @@ static __always_inline void notrace kcov_add_pc_record(struct task_struct *t, un
 		 * overitten by the recursive __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc().
 		 * Update pos before writing pc to avoid such interleaving.
 		 */
-		WRITE_ONCE(area[0], pos);
+		WRITE_ONCE(area[0], pos + (hasext?1:0));
 		barrier();
 		area[pos] = record;
+		if (hasext)
+			area[pos+1] = ext;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -244,7 +247,7 @@ void notrace __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc(void)
 	 * This relies on userspace not caring about the rest of the top byte
 	 * for KCOV_RECORDFLAG_TYPE_NORMAL records.
 	 */
-	kcov_add_pc_record(cur, canonicalize_ip(_RET_IP_));
+	kcov_add_pc_record(cur, canonicalize_ip(_RET_IP_), false, 0);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc);
 
@@ -254,6 +257,7 @@ void notrace __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc_entry(void)
 	struct task_struct *cur = current;
 	unsigned long record = canonicalize_ip(_RET_IP_);
 	unsigned int kcov_mode = READ_ONCE(cur->kcov_mode);
+	bool ext_format;
 
 	/*
 	 * This hook replaces __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc() for the function entry
@@ -265,9 +269,15 @@ void notrace __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc_entry(void)
 		cur->kcov->suppressed_stack_delta++;
 		return;
 	}
-	if ((kcov_mode & KCOV_EXT_FORMAT) != 0)
+	ext_format = (kcov_mode & KCOV_EXT_FORMAT) != 0;
+	if (ext_format)
 		record = (record & KCOV_RECORD_IP_MASK) | KCOV_RECORDFLAG_TYPE_ENTRY;
-	kcov_add_pc_record(cur, record);
+	/*
+	 * __builtin_return_address(1) is safe because this function is only
+	 * called from C functions, which are compiled with frame pointers
+	 * enabled
+	 */
+	kcov_add_pc_record(cur, record, ext_format, (unsigned long)__builtin_return_address(1));
 }
 void notrace __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc_exit(void)
 {
@@ -293,7 +303,7 @@ void notrace __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc_exit(void)
 		return;
 	}
 	record = (canonicalize_ip(_RET_IP_) & KCOV_RECORD_IP_MASK) | KCOV_RECORDFLAG_TYPE_EXIT;
-	kcov_add_pc_record(cur, record);
+	kcov_add_pc_record(cur, record, false, 0);
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -441,7 +451,7 @@ void kcov_finish_switch(struct task_struct *cur)
 	record = KCOV_RECORDFLAG_TYPE_EESUM |
 		(((u16)(s16)kcov->suppressed_stack_mindelta)<<16) |
 		(((u16)(s16)kcov->suppressed_stack_delta)<<16);
-	kcov_add_pc_record(cur, record);
+	kcov_add_pc_record(cur, record, false, 0);
 }
 
 static void kcov_start(struct task_struct *t, struct kcov *kcov,
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index f763f0504f62..55c786a373b5 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -2200,6 +2200,8 @@ config KCOV_EXT_RECORDS
 	depends on KCOV
 	depends on 64BIT
 	depends on $(cc-option,-fsanitize-coverage=trace-pc-entry-exit)
+	select ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS
+	select FRAME_POINTER
 	help
 	  Extended KCOV records allow distinguishing between multiple types of
 	  records: Normal edge coverage, function entry, and function exit.

-- 
2.55.0.979.g7e5102b832-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-08 16:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-08 16:54 [PATCH RFC v3 00/12] KCOV: entry/exit records, memory access records, and delay injection Jann Horn
2026-09-08 16:54 ` [PATCH RFC v3 01/12] kcov: wire up compiler instrumentation for CONFIG_KCOV_EXT_RECORDS Jann Horn
2026-09-08 16:54 ` [PATCH RFC v3 02/12] kcov: refactor mode check out of check_kcov_mode() Jann Horn
2026-09-08 16:54 ` [PATCH RFC v3 03/12] kcov: introduce extended PC coverage collection mode Jann Horn
2026-09-08 16:54 ` [PATCH RFC v3 04/12] kcov: summarize entry/exit while disabled Jann Horn
2026-09-08 16:54 ` [PATCH RFC v3 05/12] kasan: refactor write/is_write arguments to flags Jann Horn
2026-09-08 16:54 ` [PATCH RFC v3 06/12] kcov: introduce memory access tracing Jann Horn
2026-09-08 16:54 ` [PATCH RFC v3 07/12] kasan: provide memory access information to KCOV Jann Horn
2026-09-08 16:54 ` [PATCH RFC v3 08/12] kcov: log freeing of SLUB objects and pages Jann Horn
2026-09-08 17:04   ` Jann Horn
2026-09-08 16:54 ` Jann Horn [this message]
2026-09-08 16:54 ` [PATCH RFC v3 10/12] kcov: log old value Jann Horn
2026-09-08 16:54 ` [PATCH RFC v3 11/12] kcov: introduce delay injection Jann Horn
2026-09-08 16:54 ` [PATCH RFC v3 12/12] Documentation/kcov: add documentation for EXT_RECORDS and KCOV_MEMORY Jann Horn

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