[tip:perf/core] perf probe: Fix kprobe blacklist checking condition

From: tip-bot for Li Bin
Date: Tue Aug 29 2017 - 17:28:17 EST


Commit-ID: 2c29461e273abaf149cf8220c3403e9d67dd8b61
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/2c29461e273abaf149cf8220c3403e9d67dd8b61
Author: Li Bin <huawei.libin@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 20:57:23 +0800
Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 11:14:12 -0300

perf probe: Fix kprobe blacklist checking condition

The commit 9aaf5a5f479b ("perf probe: Check kprobes blacklist when
adding new events"), 'perf probe' supports checking the blacklist of the
fuctions which can not be probed. But the checking condition is wrong,
that the end_addr of the symbol which is the start_addr of the next
symbol can't be included.

Committer notes:

IOW make it match its kernel counterpart in kernel/kprobes.c:

bool within_kprobe_blacklist(unsigned long addr)

Each entry have as its end address not its end address, but the first
address _outside_ that symbol, which for related functions, is the first
address of the next symbol, like these from kernel/trace/trace_probe.c:

0xffffffffbd198df0-0xffffffffbd198e40 print_type_u8
0xffffffffbd198e40-0xffffffffbd198e90 print_type_u16
0xffffffffbd198e90-0xffffffffbd198ee0 print_type_u32
0xffffffffbd198ee0-0xffffffffbd198f30 print_type_u64
0xffffffffbd198f30-0xffffffffbd198f80 print_type_s8
0xffffffffbd198f80-0xffffffffbd198fd0 print_type_s16
0xffffffffbd198fd0-0xffffffffbd199020 print_type_s32
0xffffffffbd199020-0xffffffffbd199070 print_type_s64
0xffffffffbd199070-0xffffffffbd1990c0 print_type_x8
0xffffffffbd1990c0-0xffffffffbd199110 print_type_x16
0xffffffffbd199110-0xffffffffbd199160 print_type_x32
0xffffffffbd199160-0xffffffffbd1991b0 print_type_x64

But not always:

0xffffffffbd1997b0-0xffffffffbd1997c0 fetch_kernel_stack_address (kernel/trace/trace_probe.c)
0xffffffffbd1c57f0-0xffffffffbd1c58b0 __context_tracking_enter (kernel/context_tracking.c)

Signed-off-by: Li Bin <huawei.libin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: zhangmengting@xxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 9aaf5a5f479b ("perf probe: Check kprobes blacklist when adding new events")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1504011443-7269-1-git-send-email-huawei.libin@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/probe-event.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index d7cd114..b7aaf9b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -2395,7 +2395,7 @@ kprobe_blacklist__find_by_address(struct list_head *blacklist,
struct kprobe_blacklist_node *node;

list_for_each_entry(node, blacklist, list) {
- if (node->start <= address && address <= node->end)
+ if (node->start <= address && address < node->end)
return node;
}