Re: [PATCH 3/3] Kprobes: Update Documentation/kprobes.txt

[Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>]

On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 05:27:01PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 05:34:47PM +0530, Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli wrote:
> > From: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
> > 
> > Update Documentation/kprobes.txt to reflect addition of KPROBE_ADDR,
> > KPROBE_RETVAL and the in-kernel symbol resolution.
> 
> Thanks.  With my updated patch we shouldn't document KPROBE_ADDR anymore
> but tell people to always use the symbol_name mechanisms. 

Done! Updated patch to documentation below.

> Any chance to add some kerneldoc comments for the exported kprobes
> functions?

Its on the TODO list along with the other CodingStyle cleanups.

Ananth
---

Update Documentation/kprobes.txt:
- Add usage details of "symbol_name" and "offset" fields of struct kprobe
- Document JPROBE_ENTRY
- Update references list
- Update module examples to use module_init/module_exit interfaces


Signed-off-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>

---
 Documentation/kprobes.txt |   77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
 1 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.18-rc3/Documentation/kprobes.txt
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.18-rc3.orig/Documentation/kprobes.txt
+++ linux-2.6.18-rc3/Documentation/kprobes.txt
@@ -179,6 +179,21 @@ occurs during execution of kp->pre_handl
 or during single-stepping of the probed instruction, Kprobes calls
 kp->fault_handler.  Any or all handlers can be NULL.
 
+NOTE:
+1. With the introduction of the "symbol_name" field to struct kprobe,
+the probepoint address resolution will now be taken care of by the kernel.
+The following will now work:
+
+	kp.symbol_name = "symbol_name";
+
+2. Use the "offset" field of struct kprobe if the offset into the symbol
+to install a probepoint is known. This field is used to calculate the
+probepoint address only if the "symbol_name" method of address resolution
+is used.
+
+3. Specify either the kprobe "symbol_name" with "offset" OR the "addr".
+If both are specified, kprobe registration will fail with -EINVAL.
+
 register_kprobe() returns 0 on success, or a negative errno otherwise.
 
 User's pre-handler (kp->pre_handler):
@@ -225,6 +240,12 @@ control to Kprobes.)  If the probed func
 fastcall, or anything else that affects how args are passed, the
 handler's declaration must match.
 
+NOTE: A macro JPROBE_ENTRY is provided to handle architecture-specific
+aliasing of jp->entry. In the interest of portability, it is advised
+to use:
+
+	jp->entry = JPROBE_ENTRY(handler);
+
 register_jprobe() returns 0 on success, or a negative errno otherwise.
 
 4.3 register_kretprobe
@@ -251,6 +272,11 @@ of interest:
 - ret_addr: the return address
 - rp: points to the corresponding kretprobe object
 - task: points to the corresponding task struct
+
+The get_retval(regs) macro provides a simple abstraction to extract
+the return value from the appropriate register as defined by the
+architecture's ABI.
+
 The handler's return value is currently ignored.
 
 4.4 unregister_*probe
@@ -369,7 +395,6 @@ stack trace and selected i386 registers 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/kprobes.h>
-#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 
 /*For each probe you need to allocate a kprobe structure*/
@@ -403,18 +428,14 @@ int handler_fault(struct kprobe *p, stru
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int init_module(void)
+static int __init kprobe_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 	kp.pre_handler = handler_pre;
 	kp.post_handler = handler_post;
 	kp.fault_handler = handler_fault;
-	kp.addr = (kprobe_opcode_t*) kallsyms_lookup_name("do_fork");
-	/* register the kprobe now */
-	if (!kp.addr) {
-		printk("Couldn't find %s to plant kprobe\n", "do_fork");
-		return -1;
-	}
+	kp.symbol_name = "do_fork";
+
 	if ((ret = register_kprobe(&kp) < 0)) {
 		printk("register_kprobe failed, returned %d\n", ret);
 		return -1;
@@ -423,12 +444,14 @@ int init_module(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void cleanup_module(void)
+static void __exit kprobe_exit(void)
 {
 	unregister_kprobe(&kp);
 	printk("kprobe unregistered\n");
 }
 
+module_init(kprobe_init)
+module_exit(kprobe_exit)
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 ----- cut here -----
 
@@ -463,7 +486,6 @@ the arguments of do_fork().
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/uio.h>
 #include <linux/kprobes.h>
-#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
 
 /*
  * Jumper probe for do_fork.
@@ -485,17 +507,13 @@ long jdo_fork(unsigned long clone_flags,
 }
 
 static struct jprobe my_jprobe = {
-	.entry = (kprobe_opcode_t *) jdo_fork
+	.entry = JPROBE_ENTRY(jdo_fork)
 };
 
-int init_module(void)
+static int __init jprobe_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
-	my_jprobe.kp.addr = (kprobe_opcode_t *) kallsyms_lookup_name("do_fork");
-	if (!my_jprobe.kp.addr) {
-		printk("Couldn't find %s to plant jprobe\n", "do_fork");
-		return -1;
-	}
+	my_jprobe.kp.symbol_name = "do_fork";
 
 	if ((ret = register_jprobe(&my_jprobe)) <0) {
 		printk("register_jprobe failed, returned %d\n", ret);
@@ -506,12 +524,14 @@ int init_module(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void cleanup_module(void)
+static void __exit jprobe_exit(void)
 {
 	unregister_jprobe(&my_jprobe);
 	printk("jprobe unregistered\n");
 }
 
+module_init(jprobe_init)
+module_exit(jprobe_exit)
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 ----- cut here -----
 
@@ -530,16 +550,13 @@ report failed calls to sys_open().
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/kprobes.h>
-#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
 
 static const char *probed_func = "sys_open";
 
 /* Return-probe handler: If the probed function fails, log the return value. */
 static int ret_handler(struct kretprobe_instance *ri, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	// Substitute the appropriate register name for your architecture --
-	// e.g., regs->rax for x86_64, regs->gpr[3] for ppc64.
-	int retval = (int) regs->eax;
+	int retval = get_retval(regs);
 	if (retval < 0) {
 		printk("%s returns %d\n", probed_func, retval);
 	}
@@ -552,15 +569,11 @@ static struct kretprobe my_kretprobe = {
 	.maxactive = 20
 };
 
-int init_module(void)
+static int __init kretprobe_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
-	my_kretprobe.kp.addr =
-		(kprobe_opcode_t *) kallsyms_lookup_name(probed_func);
-	if (!my_kretprobe.kp.addr) {
-		printk("Couldn't find %s to plant return probe\n", probed_func);
-		return -1;
-	}
+	my_kretprobe.kp.symbol_name = (char *)probed_func;
+
 	if ((ret = register_kretprobe(&my_kretprobe)) < 0) {
 		printk("register_kretprobe failed, returned %d\n", ret);
 		return -1;
@@ -569,7 +582,7 @@ int init_module(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void cleanup_module(void)
+static void __exit kretprobe_exit(void)
 {
 	unregister_kretprobe(&my_kretprobe);
 	printk("kretprobe unregistered\n");
@@ -578,6 +591,8 @@ void cleanup_module(void)
 		my_kretprobe.nmissed, probed_func);
 }
 
+module_init(kretprobe_init)
+module_exit(kretprobe_exit)
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 ----- cut here -----
 
@@ -590,3 +605,5 @@ messages.)
 For additional information on Kprobes, refer to the following URLs:
 http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-kprobes.html?ca=dgr-lnxw42Kprobe
 http://www.redhat.com/magazine/005mar05/features/kprobes/
+http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~boutcher/kprobes/
+http://www.linuxsymposium.org/2006/linuxsymposium_procv2.pdf (pages 101-115)
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