Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] kfence: Allow re-enabling KFENCE after system startup

[Tianchen Ding <dtcccc@linux.alibaba.com>]

On 2022/3/5 13:26, Tianchen Ding wrote:
> On 2022/3/5 02:13, Marco Elver wrote:
>> On Thu, 3 Mar 2022 at 04:15, Tianchen Ding <dtcccc@linux.alibaba.com> 
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> If once KFENCE is disabled by:
>>> echo 0 > /sys/module/kfence/parameters/sample_interval
>>> KFENCE could never be re-enabled until next rebooting.
>>>
>>> Allow re-enabling it by writing a positive num to sample_interval.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Tianchen Ding <dtcccc@linux.alibaba.com>
>>
>> The only problem I see with this is if KFENCE was disabled because of
>> a KFENCE_WARN_ON(). See below.
>>
>>> ---
>>>   mm/kfence/core.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
>>>   1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/mm/kfence/core.c b/mm/kfence/core.c
>>> index 13128fa13062..19eb123c0bba 100644
>>> --- a/mm/kfence/core.c
>>> +++ b/mm/kfence/core.c
>>> @@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kfence_sample_interval); /* 
>>> Export for test modules. */
>>>   #endif
>>>   #define MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX "kfence."
>>>
>>> +static int kfence_enable_late(void);
>>>   static int param_set_sample_interval(const char *val, const struct 
>>> kernel_param *kp)
>>>   {
>>>          unsigned long num;
>>> @@ -65,10 +66,11 @@ static int param_set_sample_interval(const char 
>>> *val, const struct kernel_param
>>>
>>>          if (!num) /* Using 0 to indicate KFENCE is disabled. */
>>>                  WRITE_ONCE(kfence_enabled, false);
>>> -       else if (!READ_ONCE(kfence_enabled) && system_state != 
>>> SYSTEM_BOOTING)
>>> -               return -EINVAL; /* Cannot (re-)enable KFENCE 
>>> on-the-fly. */
>>>
>>>          *((unsigned long *)kp->arg) = num;
>>> +
>>> +       if (num && !READ_ONCE(kfence_enabled) && system_state != 
>>> SYSTEM_BOOTING)
>>
>> Should probably have an 'old_sample_interval = *((unsigned long
>> *)kp->arg)' somewhere before, and add a '&& !old_sample_interval',
>> because if old_sample_interval!=0 then KFENCE was disabled due to a
>> KFENCE_WARN_ON(). Also in this case, it should return -EINVAL. So you
>> want a flow like this:
>>
>> old_sample_interval = ...;
>> ...
>> if (num && !READ_ONCE(kfence_enabled) && system_state != SYSTEM_BOOTING)
>>    return old_sample_interval ? -EINVAL : kfence_enable_late();
>> ...
>>
> 
> Because sample_interval will used by delayed_work, we must put setting 
> sample_interval before enabling KFENCE.
> So the order would be:
> 
> old_sample_interval = sample_interval;
> sample_interval = num;
> if (...) kfence_enable_late();
> 
> This may be bypassed after KFENCE_WARN_ON() happens, if we first write 
> 0, and then write 100 to it.
> 
> How about this one:
> 
>      if (ret < 0)
>          return ret;
> 
> +    /* Cannot set sample_interval after KFENCE_WARN_ON(). */
> +    if (unlikely(*((unsigned long *)kp->arg) && 
> !READ_ONCE(kfence_enabled)))
> +        return -EINVAL;
> +
>      if (!num) /* Using 0 to indicate KFENCE is disabled. */
>          WRITE_ONCE(kfence_enabled, false);
> 

Hmm...
I found KFENCE_WARN_ON() may be called when sample_interval==0. (e.g., 
kfence_guarded_free())
So it's better to add a bool.

diff --git a/mm/kfence/core.c b/mm/kfence/core.c
index ae69b2a113a4..c729be0207e8 100644
--- a/mm/kfence/core.c
+++ b/mm/kfence/core.c
@@ -38,14 +38,17 @@
  #define KFENCE_WARN_ON(cond) 
          \
  	({                                                                     \
  		const bool __cond = WARN_ON(cond);                             \
-		if (unlikely(__cond))                                          \
+		if (unlikely(__cond)) {                                        \
  			WRITE_ONCE(kfence_enabled, false);                     \
+			disabled_by_warn = true;                               \
+		}                                                              \
  		__cond;                                                        \
  	})

  /* === Data 
================================================================= */

  static bool kfence_enabled __read_mostly;
+static bool disabled_by_warn __read_mostly;

  unsigned long kfence_sample_interval __read_mostly = 
CONFIG_KFENCE_SAMPLE_INTERVAL;
  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kfence_sample_interval); /* Export for test modules. */
@@ -70,7 +73,7 @@ static int param_set_sample_interval(const char *val, 
const struct kernel_param
  	*((unsigned long *)kp->arg) = num;

  	if (num && !READ_ONCE(kfence_enabled) && system_state != SYSTEM_BOOTING)
-		return kfence_enable_late();
+		return disabled_by_warn ? -EINVAL : kfence_enable_late();
  	return 0;
  }