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[v2,7/7] proc/kcore: add vmcoreinfo note to /proc/kcore

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Omar Sandoval July 13, 2018, 12:09 a.m. UTC 
From: Omar Sandoval <osandov@fb.com>

The vmcoreinfo information is useful for runtime debugging tools, not
just for crash dumps. A lot of this information can be determined by
other means, but this is much more convenient.

Signed-off-by: Omar Sandoval <osandov@fb.com>
---
 fs/proc/Kconfig            |  1 +
 fs/proc/kcore.c            | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 include/linux/crash_core.h |  2 ++
 kernel/crash_core.c        |  4 ++--
 4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Comments

Andrew Morton July 18, 2018, 2:44 a.m. UTC | #1 
On Thu, 12 Jul 2018 17:09:39 -0700 Omar Sandoval <osandov@osandov.com> wrote:

> From: Omar Sandoval <osandov@fb.com>
> 
> The vmcoreinfo information is useful for runtime debugging tools, not
> just for crash dumps. A lot of this information can be determined by
> other means, but this is much more convenient.
> 

What effect does this have upon the overall size of the dump file?
Omar Sandoval July 18, 2018, 3:27 a.m. UTC | #2 
On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 07:44:21PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jul 2018 17:09:39 -0700 Omar Sandoval <osandov@osandov.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Omar Sandoval <osandov@fb.com>
> > 
> > The vmcoreinfo information is useful for runtime debugging tools, not
> > just for crash dumps. A lot of this information can be determined by
> > other means, but this is much more convenient.
> > 
> 
> What effect does this have upon the overall size of the dump file?

About 2 kB on my machine, and no more than one page + the few bytes of
extra headers.
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diff --git a/fs/proc/Kconfig b/fs/proc/Kconfig
index 0eaeb41453f5..817c02b13b1d 100644
--- a/fs/proc/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/proc/Kconfig
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@  config PROC_FS
 config PROC_KCORE
 	bool "/proc/kcore support" if !ARM
 	depends on PROC_FS && MMU
+	select CRASH_CORE
 	help
 	  Provides a virtual ELF core file of the live kernel.  This can
 	  be read with gdb and other ELF tools.  No modifications can be
diff --git a/fs/proc/kcore.c b/fs/proc/kcore.c
index d1b875afc359..bef78923b387 100644
--- a/fs/proc/kcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/kcore.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ 
  *	Safe accesses to vmalloc/direct-mapped discontiguous areas, Kanoj Sarcar <kanoj@sgi.com>
  */
 
+#include <linux/crash_core.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/kcore.h>
@@ -81,10 +82,13 @@  static size_t get_kcore_size(int *nphdr, size_t *phdrs_len, size_t *notes_len,
 	}
 
 	*phdrs_len = *nphdr * sizeof(struct elf_phdr);
-	*notes_len = (3 * (sizeof(struct elf_note) + ALIGN(sizeof(CORE_STR), 4)) +
+	*notes_len = (4 * sizeof(struct elf_note) +
+		      3 * ALIGN(sizeof(CORE_STR), 4) +
+		      VMCOREINFO_NOTE_NAME_BYTES +
 		      ALIGN(sizeof(struct elf_prstatus), 4) +
 		      ALIGN(sizeof(struct elf_prpsinfo), 4) +
-		      ALIGN(arch_task_struct_size, 4));
+		      ALIGN(arch_task_struct_size, 4) +
+		      ALIGN(vmcoreinfo_size, 4));
 	*data_offset = PAGE_ALIGN(sizeof(struct elfhdr) + *phdrs_len +
 				  *notes_len);
 	return *data_offset + size;
@@ -406,6 +410,16 @@  read_kcore(struct file *file, char __user *buffer, size_t buflen, loff_t *fpos)
 				  sizeof(prpsinfo));
 		append_kcore_note(notes, &i, CORE_STR, NT_TASKSTRUCT, current,
 				  arch_task_struct_size);
+		/*
+		 * vmcoreinfo_size is mostly constant after init time, but it
+		 * can be changed by crash_save_vmcoreinfo(). Racing here with a
+		 * panic on another CPU before the machine goes down is insanely
+		 * unlikely, but it's better to not leave potential buffer
+		 * overflows lying around, regardless.
+		 */
+		append_kcore_note(notes, &i, VMCOREINFO_NOTE_NAME, 0,
+				  vmcoreinfo_data,
+				  min(vmcoreinfo_size, notes_len - i));
 
 		tsz = min_t(size_t, buflen, notes_offset + notes_len - *fpos);
 		if (copy_to_user(buffer, notes + *fpos - notes_offset, tsz)) {
diff --git a/include/linux/crash_core.h b/include/linux/crash_core.h
index b511f6d24b42..525510a9f965 100644
--- a/include/linux/crash_core.h
+++ b/include/linux/crash_core.h
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@  phys_addr_t paddr_vmcoreinfo_note(void);
 #define VMCOREINFO_CONFIG(name) \
 	vmcoreinfo_append_str("CONFIG_%s=y\n", #name)
 
+extern unsigned char *vmcoreinfo_data;
+extern size_t vmcoreinfo_size;
 extern u32 *vmcoreinfo_note;
 
 Elf_Word *append_elf_note(Elf_Word *buf, char *name, unsigned int type,
diff --git a/kernel/crash_core.c b/kernel/crash_core.c
index b66aced5e8c2..d02c58b94460 100644
--- a/kernel/crash_core.c
+++ b/kernel/crash_core.c
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ 
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 
 /* vmcoreinfo stuff */
-static unsigned char *vmcoreinfo_data;
-static size_t vmcoreinfo_size;
+unsigned char *vmcoreinfo_data;
+size_t vmcoreinfo_size;
 u32 *vmcoreinfo_note;
 
 /* trusted vmcoreinfo, e.g. we can make a copy in the crash memory */