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kprobes: Remove unneeded warnings from __arm_kprobe_ftrace()

2026-03-13T14:15:26Z

Remove unneeded warnings for handled errors from __arm_kprobe_ftrace() because all caller handled the error correctly. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/177261531182.1312989.8737778408503961141.stgit@mhiramat.tok.corp.google.com/ Reported-by: Zw Tang Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAPHJ_V+J6YDb_wX2nhXU6kh466Dt_nyDSas-1i_Y8s7tqY-Mzw@mail.gmail.com/ Fixes: 9c89bb8e3272 ("kprobes: treewide: Cleanup the error messages for kprobes") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google)

kprobes: avoid crash when rmmod/insmod after ftrace killed

2026-03-13T14:14:14Z

After we hit ftrace is killed by some errors, the kernel crash if we remove modules in which kprobe probes. BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffbfff805000d PGD 817fcc067 P4D 817fcc067 PUD 817fc8067 PMD 101555067 PTE 0 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 2012 Comm: rmmod Tainted: G W OE Tainted: [W]=WARN, [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE RIP: 0010:kprobes_module_callback+0x89/0x790 RSP: 0018:ffff88812e157d30 EFLAGS: 00010a02 RAX: 1ffffffff805000d RBX: dffffc0000000000 RCX: ffffffff86a8de90 RDX: ffffed1025c2af9b RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: ffffffffc0280068 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffed1025c2af9a R10: ffff88812e157cd7 R11: 205d323130325420 R12: 0000000000000002 R13: ffffffffc0290488 R14: 0000000000000002 R15: ffffffffc0280040 FS: 00007fbc450dd740(0000) GS:ffff888420331000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: fffffbfff805000d CR3: 000000010f624000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 Call Trace: notifier_call_chain+0xc6/0x280 blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x60/0x90 __do_sys_delete_module.constprop.0+0x32a/0x4e0 do_syscall_64+0x5d/0xfa0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e This is because the kprobe on ftrace does not correctly handles the kprobe_ftrace_disabled flag set by ftrace_kill(). To prevent this error, check kprobe_ftrace_disabled in __disarm_kprobe_ftrace() and skip all ftrace related operations. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/176473947565.1727781.13110060700668331950.stgit@mhiramat.tok.corp.google.com/ Reported-by: Ye Bin Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251125020536.2484381-1-yebin@huaweicloud.com/ Fixes: ae6aa16fdc16 ("kprobes: introduce ftrace based optimization") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (Google)

Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument

2026-02-22T01:09:51Z

This is the exact same thing as the 'alloc_obj()' version, only much smaller because there are a lot fewer users of the *alloc_flex() interface. As with alloc_obj() version, this was done entirely with mindless brute force, using the same script, except using 'flex' in the pattern rather than 'objs*'. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument

2026-02-22T01:09:51Z

This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\

treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types

2026-02-21T09:02:28Z

This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union object instances: Single allocations: kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...) Array allocations: kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...) Flex array allocations: kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...) (where TYPE may also be *VAR) The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning "TYPE *". Signed-off-by: Kees Cook

kprobes: Use dedicated kthread for kprobe optimizer

2026-01-30T02:49:38Z

Instead of using generic workqueue, use a dedicated kthread for optimizing kprobes, because it can wait (sleep) for a long time inside the process by synchronize_rcu_task(). This means other works can be stopped until it finishes. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/176970170302.114949.5175231591310436910.stgit@devnote2/ Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google)

kprobes: retry blocked optprobe in do_free_cleaned_kprobes

2026-01-20T14:53:07Z

Once the aggrprobe is fully reverted in do_free_cleaned_kprobes(), retry optimize_kprobe() on that sibling so it can return to OPTIMIZED. Also remove the stale comment in __disarm_kprobe(). Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/349359900266B25F+20260115023804.3951960-2-hongao@uniontech.com/ Signed-off-by: hongao Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google)

kprobes: Add missing kerneldoc for __get_insn_slot

2025-07-15T09:45:34Z

Add kerneldoc for '__get_insn_slot' function to fix W=1 warnings: kernel/kprobes.c:141 function parameter 'c' not described in '__get_insn_slot' Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250704143817707TOCcfTRWsO5OAbQ2eYoU9@zte.com.cn/ Signed-off-by: Peng Jiang Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google)

kprobes: Use RCU in all users of __module_text_address().

2025-03-10T10:54:46Z

__module_text_address() can be invoked within a RCU section, there is no requirement to have preemption disabled. Replace the preempt_disable() section around __module_text_address() with RCU. Cc: David S. Miller Cc: Anil S Keshavamurthy Cc: Masami Hiramatsu Cc: Naveen N Rao Cc: linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250129084925.9ppBjGLC@linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu

treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable

2025-01-28T12:48:37Z

Add the const qualifier to all the ctl_tables in the tree except for watchdog_hardlockup_sysctl, memory_allocation_profiling_sysctls, loadpin_sysctl_table and the ones calling register_net_sysctl (./net, drivers/inifiniband dirs). These are special cases as they use a registration function with a non-const qualified ctl_table argument or modify the arrays before passing them on to the registration function. Constifying ctl_table structs will prevent the modification of proc_handler function pointers as the arrays would reside in .rodata. This is made possible after commit 78eb4ea25cd5 ("sysctl: treewide: constify the ctl_table argument of proc_handlers") constified all the proc_handlers. Created this by running an spatch followed by a sed command: Spatch: virtual patch @ depends on !(file in "net") disable optional_qualifier @ identifier table_name != { watchdog_hardlockup_sysctl, iwcm_ctl_table, ucma_ctl_table, memory_allocation_profiling_sysctls, loadpin_sysctl_table }; @@ + const struct ctl_table table_name [] = { ... }; sed: sed --in-place \ -e "s/struct ctl_table .table = &uts_kern/const struct ctl_table *table = \&uts_kern/" \ kernel/utsname_sysctl.c Reviewed-by: Song Liu Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) # for kernel/trace/ Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen # SCSI Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong # xfs Acked-by: Jani Nikula Acked-by: Corey Minyard Acked-by: Wei Liu Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner Reviewed-by: Bill O'Donnell Acked-by: Baoquan He Acked-by: Ashutosh Dixit Acked-by: Anna Schumaker Signed-off-by: Joel Granados