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From: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: daniel@iogearbox.net, andrii@kernel.org, eddyz87@gmail.com,
	memxor@gmail.com, oleg@redhat.com, peterz@infradead.org,
	mhiramat@kernel.org, jolsa@kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
	liam@infradead.org, ljs@kernel.org, surenb@google.com,
	david@kernel.org, vbabka@kernel.org, jannh@google.com,
	hughd@google.com, kees@kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com,
	tglx@kernel.org, x86@kernel.org,
	linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next 4/9] uprobes/x86: Don't WARN if an optimized probe can't be written
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 01:57:07 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261022015712.1297331-5-alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261022015712.1297331-1-alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>

From: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>

__arch_uprobe_optimize() and set_orig_insn() do WARN_ON_ONCE() when
uprobe_write() fails, and user space can make it fail:
- -EINTR from get_user_pages_remote() when current is being killed.
- -ENOMEM when COW can't be broken, since memcg is at its limit.
- -EINVAL from __update_ref_ctr() when the process cleared the semaphore
  of SDT probe.

Kill the processes that call probed nop10. It warns in 8 of 8 runs:

  WARNING: arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c:1186 at arch_uprobe_optimize+0x291/0x3a0
   uprobe_notify_resume+0x1c3/0x4c0
   exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x63/0x4e0
   exc_int3+0x1f3/0x250

The next patch calls set_orig_insn() from fork(). Kill the processes that
fork and keep mmap_lock busy, while a trace event on nop10 is enabled and
disabled. The kernel with the next two patches and without this one warns
in 3 of 3 runs. The whole series in 0 of 3:

  WARNING: arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c:1161 at set_orig_insn+0x161/0x170
   register_one_mm+0x154/0x180
   uprobe_dup_mmap+0x61/0xb0
   dup_mmap+0x149/0x9f0

The callers handle the error. arch_uprobe_optimize() marks uprobe as not
optimizable and byte 0 stays a breakpoint. set_orig_insn() returns
the error. Drop both WARNs.

This depends on the previous patch. Without it WARN was the only sign of
the bytes that set_orig_insn() cannot restore. Hence no Fixes tag.

Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c | 9 +++------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c b/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c
index 62bbe41c6466..33c35bf07801 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c
@@ -1170,11 +1170,8 @@ int set_orig_insn(struct arch_uprobe *auprobe, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		int ret = is_optimized(vma->vm_mm, vaddr);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
-		if (ret) {
-			ret = swbp_unoptimize(auprobe, vma, vaddr);
-			WARN_ON_ONCE(ret);
-			return ret;
-		}
+		if (ret)
+			return swbp_unoptimize(auprobe, vma, vaddr);
 	}
 	return uprobe_write_opcode(auprobe, vma, vaddr, *(uprobe_opcode_t *)&auprobe->insn,
 				   false /* is_register */);
@@ -1197,7 +1194,7 @@ static int __arch_uprobe_optimize(struct arch_uprobe *auprobe, struct mm_struct
 	if (IS_ERR(tramp))
 		return PTR_ERR(tramp);
 	ret = swbp_optimize(auprobe, vma, vaddr, tramp->vm_start);
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ret) && new_mapping)
+	if (ret && new_mapping)
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(do_munmap(mm, tramp->vm_start, PAGE_SIZE, NULL));
 	return ret;
 }
-- 
2.55.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-22  1:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-22  1:57 [PATCH bpf-next 0/9] uprobes: Don't stall fork() when mmap_lock is busy Alexei Starovoitov
2026-10-22  1:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next 1/9] mm: Bring back mmap_write_trylock() Alexei Starovoitov
2026-10-22  1:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next 2/9] uprobes: Don't run exit_mmap() under dup_mmap_sem Alexei Starovoitov
2026-10-22  1:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next 3/9] uprobes/x86: Finish an unoptimization which failed half-way Alexei Starovoitov
2026-10-22  2:57   ` Gregory Price (Meta)
2026-10-22  1:57 ` Alexei Starovoitov [this message]
2026-10-22  2:37   ` [PATCH bpf-next 4/9] uprobes/x86: Don't WARN if an optimized probe can't be written bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-22  1:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next 5/9] uprobes: Don't sleep on mmap_lock under dup_mmap_sem Alexei Starovoitov
2026-10-22  2:37   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-22  1:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next 6/9] uprobes: Don't sleep on mmap_lock with dup_mmap_sem held in dup_mmap() Alexei Starovoitov
2026-10-22  1:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next 7/9] fork: Let the new task point to its mm before uprobes can find it Alexei Starovoitov
2026-10-22  1:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next 8/9] uprobes: Don't leak the breakpoints if the unregistering task is killed Alexei Starovoitov
2026-10-22  1:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next 9/9] selftests/bpf: Test uprobes and fork() with busy mmap_lock Alexei Starovoitov
2026-10-22  2:37   ` bot+bpf-ci

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