Re: [PATCH] kernel: add kcov code coverage

From: Dmitry Vyukov
Date: Tue Jan 12 2016 - 14:20:28 EST


On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 6:31 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 8:15 AM, Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> kcov provides code coverage collection for coverage-guided fuzzing
>> (randomized testing). Coverage-guided fuzzing is a testing technique
>> that uses coverage feedback to determine new interesting inputs to a
>> system. A notable user-space example is AFL
>> (http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/afl/). However, this technique is not
>> widely used for kernel testing due to missing compiler and kernel
>> support.
>>
>> kcov does not aim to collect as much coverage as possible. It aims
>> to collect more or less stable coverage that is function of syscall
>> inputs. To achieve this goal it does not collect coverage in
>> soft/hard interrupts and instrumentation of some inherently
>> non-deterministic or non-interesting parts of kernel is disbled
>> (e.g. scheduler, locking).
>>
>> Currently there is a single coverage collection mode (tracing),
>> but the API anticipates additional collection modes.
>> Initially I also implemented a second mode which exposes
>> coverage in a fixed-size hash table of counters (what Quentin
>> used in his original patch). I've dropped the second mode for
>> simplicity.
>>
>> This patch adds the necessary support on kernel side.
>> The complimentary compiler support was added in gcc revision 231296.
>>
>> We've used this support to build syzkaller system call fuzzer,
>> which has found 90 kernel bugs in just 2 months:
>> https://github.com/google/syzkaller/wiki/Found-Bugs
>> We've also found 30+ bugs in our internal systems with syzkaller.
>> Another (yet unexplored) direction where kcov coverage would greatly
>> help is more traditional "blob mutation". For example, mounting
>> a random blob as a filesystem, or receiving a random blob over wire.
>>
>> Why not gcov. Typical fuzzing loop looks as follows: (1) reset
>> coverage, (2) execute a bit of code, (3) collect coverage, repeat.
>> A typical coverage can be just a dozen of basic blocks (e.g. an
>> invalid input). In such context gcov becomes prohibitively expensive
>> as reset/collect coverage steps depend on total number of basic
>> blocks/edges in program (in case of kernel it is about 2M). Cost of
>> kcov depends only on number of executed basic blocks/edges. On top of
>> that, kernel requires per-thread coverage because there are
>> always background threads and unrelated processes that also produce
>> coverage. With inlined gcov instrumentation per-thread coverage is not
>> possible.
>>
>> Based on a patch by Quentin Casasnovas.
>> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>> ---
>> Anticipating reasonable questions regarding usage of this feature.
>> Quentin Casasnovas and Vegard Nossum also plan to use kcov for
>> coverage-guided fuzzing. Currently they use a custom kernel patch
>> for their fuzzer and found several dozens of bugs.
>> There is also interest from Intel 0-DAY kernel test infrastructure.
>>
>> Based on commit 03891f9c853d5c4473224478a1e03ea00d70ff8d.
>> ---
>> Documentation/kcov.txt | 111 +++++++++++++++
>> Makefile | 10 +-
>> arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 +
>> arch/x86/boot/Makefile | 6 +
>> arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile | 2 +
>> arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile | 2 +
>> arch/x86/kernel/Makefile | 5 +
>> arch/x86/kernel/apic/Makefile | 4 +
>> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile | 4 +
>> arch/x86/lib/Makefile | 3 +
>> arch/x86/mm/Makefile | 3 +
>> arch/x86/realmode/rm/Makefile | 2 +
>> include/linux/kcov.h | 19 +++
>> include/linux/sched.h | 10 ++
>> include/uapi/linux/kcov.h | 10 ++
>> kernel/Makefile | 9 ++
>> kernel/exit.c | 2 +
>> kernel/fork.c | 3 +
>> kernel/kcov/Makefile | 5 +
>> kernel/kcov/kcov.c | 287 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> kernel/locking/Makefile | 3 +
>> kernel/rcu/Makefile | 4 +
>> kernel/sched/Makefile | 4 +
>> lib/Kconfig.debug | 27 ++++
>> lib/Makefile | 9 ++
>> mm/Makefile | 15 ++
>> mm/kasan/Makefile | 1 +
>> scripts/Makefile.lib | 6 +
>> 28 files changed, 566 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> create mode 100644 Documentation/kcov.txt
>> create mode 100644 include/linux/kcov.h
>> create mode 100644 include/uapi/linux/kcov.h
>> create mode 100644 kernel/kcov/Makefile
>> create mode 100644 kernel/kcov/kcov.c
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/kcov.txt b/Documentation/kcov.txt
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..1fa6a3d
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/kcov.txt
>> @@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
>> +kcov: code coverage for fuzzing
>> +===============================
>> +
>> +kcov exposes kernel code coverage information in a form suitable for coverage-
>> +guided fuzzing (randomized testing). Coverage data of a running kernel is
>> +exported via the "kcov" debugfs file. Coverage collection is enabled on a task
>> +basis, and thus it can capture precise coverage of a single system call.
>> +
>> +Note that kcov does not aim to collect as much coverage as possible. It aims
>> +to collect more or less stable coverage that is function of syscall inputs.
>> +To achieve this goal it does not collect coverage in soft/hard interrupts
>> +and instrumentation of some inherently non-deterministic parts of kernel is
>> +disbled (e.g. scheduler, locking).
>> +
>> +Usage:
>> +======
>> +
>> +Configure kernel with:
>> +
>> + CONFIG_KCOV=y
>> + CONFIG_DEBUG_FS=y
>> +
>> +CONFIG_KCOV requires gcc built on revision 231296 or later.
>> +Profiling data will only become accessible once debugfs has been mounted:
>> +
>> + mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug
>> +
>> +The following program demonstrates kcov usage from within a test program:
>> +
>> +#include <stdio.h>
>> +#include <stddef.h>
>> +#include <stdint.h>
>> +#include <sys/types.h>
>> +#include <sys/stat.h>
>> +#include <sys/ioctl.h>
>> +#include <sys/mman.h>
>> +#include <fcntl.h>
>> +
>> +#define KCOV_INIT_TRACE _IOR('c', 1, unsigned long)
>> +#define KCOV_ENABLE _IO('c', 100)
>> +#define KCOV_DISABLE _IO('c', 101)
>> +#define COVER_SIZE (64<<10)
>> +
>> +int main(int argc, char **argv)
>> +{
>> + int fd;
>> + uint32_t *cover, n, i;
>> +
>> + /* A single fd descriptor allows coverage collection on a single
>> + * thread.
>> + */
>> + fd = open("/sys/kernel/debug/kcov", O_RDWR);
>> + if (fd == -1)
>> + perror("open");
>> + /* Setup trace mode and trace size. */
>> + if (ioctl(fd, KCOV_INIT_TRACE, COVER_SIZE))
>> + perror("ioctl");
>> + /* Mmap buffer shared between kernel- and user-space. */
>> + cover = (uint32_t*)mmap(NULL, COVER_SIZE * sizeof(uint32_t),
>> + PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
>> + if ((void*)cover == MAP_FAILED)
>> + perror("mmap");
>> + /* Enable coverage collection on the current thread. */
>> + if (ioctl(fd, KCOV_ENABLE, 0))
>> + perror("ioctl");
>> + /* Reset coverage from the tail of the ioctl() call. */
>> + __atomic_store_n(&cover[0], 0, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
>> + /* That's the target syscal call. */
>> + read(-1, NULL, 0);
>> + /* Read number of PCs collected. */
>> + n = __atomic_load_n(&cover[0], __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
>> + /* PCs are shorten to uint32_t, so we need to restore the upper part. */
>> + for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
>> + printf("0xffffffff%0lx\n", (unsigned long)cover[i + 1]);
>> + /* Disable coverage collection for the current thread. After this call
>> + * coverage can be enabled for a different thread.
>> + */
>> + if (ioctl(fd, KCOV_DISABLE, 0))
>> + perror("ioctl");
>> + /* Free resources. */
>> + if (munmap(cover, COVER_SIZE * sizeof(uint32_t)))
>> + perror("munmap");
>> + if (close(fd))
>> + perror("close");
>> + return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> +After piping through addr2line output of the program looks as follows:
>> +
>> +SyS_read
>> +fs/read_write.c:562
>> +__fdget_pos
>> +fs/file.c:774
>> +__fget_light
>> +fs/file.c:746
>> +__fget_light
>> +fs/file.c:750
>> +__fget_light
>> +fs/file.c:760
>> +__fdget_pos
>> +fs/file.c:784
>> +SyS_read
>> +fs/read_write.c:562
>> +
>> +If a program needs to collect coverage from several threads (independently),
>> +it needs to open /sys/kernel/debug/kcov in each thread separately.
>> +
>> +The interface is fine-grained to allow efficient forking of test processes.
>> +That is, a parent process opens /sys/kernel/debug/kcov, enables trace mode,
>> +mmaps coverage buffer and then forks child processes in a loop. Child processes
>> +only need to enable coverage (disable happens automatically on thread end).
>> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
>> index 70dea02..9fe404a 100644
>> --- a/Makefile
>> +++ b/Makefile
>> @@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ LDFLAGS_MODULE =
>> CFLAGS_KERNEL =
>> AFLAGS_KERNEL =
>> CFLAGS_GCOV = -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage
>> +CFLAGS_KCOV = -fsanitize-coverage=trace-pc
>>
>>
>> # Use USERINCLUDE when you must reference the UAPI directories only.
>> @@ -411,7 +412,7 @@ export MAKE AWK GENKSYMS INSTALLKERNEL PERL PYTHON UTS_MACHINE
>> export HOSTCXX HOSTCXXFLAGS LDFLAGS_MODULE CHECK CHECKFLAGS
>>
>> export KBUILD_CPPFLAGS NOSTDINC_FLAGS LINUXINCLUDE OBJCOPYFLAGS LDFLAGS
>> -export KBUILD_CFLAGS CFLAGS_KERNEL CFLAGS_MODULE CFLAGS_GCOV CFLAGS_KASAN
>> +export KBUILD_CFLAGS CFLAGS_KERNEL CFLAGS_MODULE CFLAGS_GCOV CFLAGS_KCOV CFLAGS_KASAN
>> export KBUILD_AFLAGS AFLAGS_KERNEL AFLAGS_MODULE
>> export KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE
>> export KBUILD_AFLAGS_KERNEL KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL
>> @@ -667,6 +668,13 @@ endif
>> endif
>> KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(stackp-flag)
>>
>> +ifdef CONFIG_KCOV
>> + ifeq ($(call cc-option, $(CFLAGS_KCOV)),)
>> + $(warning Cannot use CONFIG_KCOV: \
>> + -fsanitize-coverage=trace-pc is not supported by compiler)
>> + endif
>> +endif
>> +
>> ifeq ($(cc-name),clang)
>> KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Qunused-arguments,)
>> KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Wno-unknown-warning-option,)
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
>> index 258965d..be39ab5 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
>> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
>> @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ config X86
>> select ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE
>> select ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER
>> select ARCH_HAS_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL
>> + select ARCH_HAS_KCOV if X86_64
>> select ARCH_HAS_PMEM_API if X86_64
>> select ARCH_HAS_MMIO_FLUSH
>> select ARCH_HAS_SG_CHAIN
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
>> index 2ee62db..b2eb295 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
>> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
>> @@ -10,6 +10,12 @@
>> #
>>
>> KASAN_SANITIZE := n
>> +# Kernel does not boot with kcov instrumentation here.
>> +# One of the problems observed was insertion of __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc()
>> +# callback into middle of per-cpu data enabling code. Thus the callback observed
>> +# inconsistent state and crashed. We are interested mostly in syscall coverage,
>> +# so boot code is not interesting anyway.
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT := n
>>
>> # If you want to preset the SVGA mode, uncomment the next line and
>> # set SVGA_MODE to whatever number you want.
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
>> index 0a291cd..e625939 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
>> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
>> @@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
>> # compressed vmlinux.bin.all + u32 size of vmlinux.bin.all
>>
>> KASAN_SANITIZE := n
>> +# Prevents link failures: __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc() is not linked in.
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT := n
>>
>> targets := vmlinux vmlinux.bin vmlinux.bin.gz vmlinux.bin.bz2 vmlinux.bin.lzma \
>> vmlinux.bin.xz vmlinux.bin.lzo vmlinux.bin.lz4
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile
>> index 265c0ed..1b663b8 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile
>> +++ b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile
>> @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
>>
>> KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(DISABLE_LTO)
>> KASAN_SANITIZE := n
>> +# Prevents link failures: __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc() is not linked in.
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT := n
>>
>> VDSO64-$(CONFIG_X86_64) := y
>> VDSOX32-$(CONFIG_X86_X32_ABI) := y
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
>> index b1b78ff..4648960 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
>> @@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ endif
>> KASAN_SANITIZE_head$(BITS).o := n
>> KASAN_SANITIZE_dumpstack.o := n
>> KASAN_SANITIZE_dumpstack_$(BITS).o := n
>> +# If instrumentation of this dir is enabled, boot hangs during first second.
>> +# Probably could be more selective here, but note that files related to irqs,
>> +# boot, dumpstack/stacktrace, etc are either non-interesting or can lead to
>> +# non-deterministic coverage.
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT := n
>>
>> CFLAGS_irq.o := -I$(src)/../include/asm/trace
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/Makefile b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/Makefile
>> index 8bb12dd..8f2a3d7 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/Makefile
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/Makefile
>> @@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
>> # Makefile for local APIC drivers and for the IO-APIC code
>> #
>>
>> +# Leads to non-deterministic coverage that is not a function of syscall inputs.
>> +# In particualr, smp_apic_timer_interrupt() is called in random places.
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT := n
>> +
>> obj-$(CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC) += apic.o apic_noop.o ipi.o vector.o
>> obj-y += hw_nmi.o
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
>> index 5803130..c108683 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
>> @@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ CFLAGS_REMOVE_common.o = -pg
>> CFLAGS_REMOVE_perf_event.o = -pg
>> endif
>>
>> +# If these files are instrumented, boot hangs during the first second.
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT_common.o := n
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT_perf_event.o := n
>> +
>> # Make sure load_percpu_segment has no stackprotector
>> nostackp := $(call cc-option, -fno-stack-protector)
>> CFLAGS_common.o := $(nostackp)
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/Makefile b/arch/x86/lib/Makefile
>> index a501fa2..fefca94 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/lib/Makefile
>> +++ b/arch/x86/lib/Makefile
>> @@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
>> # Makefile for x86 specific library files.
>> #
>>
>> +# Produces uninteresting flaky coverage.
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT_delay.o := n
>> +
>> inat_tables_script = $(srctree)/arch/x86/tools/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk
>> inat_tables_maps = $(srctree)/arch/x86/lib/x86-opcode-map.txt
>> quiet_cmd_inat_tables = GEN $@
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/Makefile b/arch/x86/mm/Makefile
>> index f9d38a4..147def6 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/mm/Makefile
>> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/Makefile
>> @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
>> +# Kernel does not boot with instrumentation of tlb.c.
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT_tlb.o := n
>> +
>> obj-y := init.o init_$(BITS).o fault.o ioremap.o extable.o pageattr.o mmap.o \
>> pat.o pgtable.o physaddr.o gup.o setup_nx.o
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/realmode/rm/Makefile b/arch/x86/realmode/rm/Makefile
>> index 2730d77..2abf667 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/realmode/rm/Makefile
>> +++ b/arch/x86/realmode/rm/Makefile
>> @@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
>> #
>> #
>> KASAN_SANITIZE := n
>> +# Prevents link failures: __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc() is not linked in.
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT := n
>>
>> always := realmode.bin realmode.relocs
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/kcov.h b/include/linux/kcov.h
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..72ff663
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/include/linux/kcov.h
>> @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
>> +#ifndef _LINUX_KCOV_H
>> +#define _LINUX_KCOV_H
>> +
>> +#include <uapi/linux/kcov.h>
>> +
>> +struct task_struct;
>> +
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_KCOV
>> +
>> +void kcov_task_init(struct task_struct *t);
>> +void kcov_task_exit(struct task_struct *t);
>> +
>> +#else
>> +
>> +static inline void kcov_task_init(struct task_struct *t) {}
>> +static inline void kcov_task_exit(struct task_struct *t) {}
>> +
>> +#endif /* CONFIG_KCOV */
>> +#endif /* _LINUX_KCOV_H */
>> diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
>> index 4bae8ab..299d0180 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/sched.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/sched.h
>> @@ -1806,6 +1806,16 @@ struct task_struct {
>> /* bitmask and counter of trace recursion */
>> unsigned long trace_recursion;
>> #endif /* CONFIG_TRACING */
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_KCOV
>> + /* Coverage collection mode enabled for this task (0 if disabled). */
>> + int kcov_mode;
>> + /* Size of the kcov_area. */
>> + unsigned long kcov_size;
>> + /* Buffer for coverage collection. */
>> + void *kcov_area;
>> + /* kcov desciptor wired with this task or NULL. */
>> + void *kcov;
>> +#endif
>> #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
>> struct mem_cgroup *memcg_in_oom;
>> gfp_t memcg_oom_gfp_mask;
>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kcov.h b/include/uapi/linux/kcov.h
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..574e22e
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/kcov.h
>> @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
>> +#ifndef _LINUX_KCOV_IOCTLS_H
>> +#define _LINUX_KCOV_IOCTLS_H
>> +
>> +#include <linux/types.h>
>> +
>> +#define KCOV_INIT_TRACE _IOR('c', 1, unsigned long)
>> +#define KCOV_ENABLE _IO('c', 100)
>> +#define KCOV_DISABLE _IO('c', 101)
>> +
>> +#endif /* _LINUX_KCOV_IOCTLS_H */
>> diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
>> index 53abf00..db7278b 100644
>> --- a/kernel/Makefile
>> +++ b/kernel/Makefile
>> @@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ CFLAGS_REMOVE_cgroup-debug.o = $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE)
>> CFLAGS_REMOVE_irq_work.o = $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE)
>> endif
>>
>> +# Prevents flicker of uninteresting __do_softirq()/__local_bh_disable_ip()
>> +# in coverage traces.
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT_softirq.o := n
>> +# These are called from save_stack_trace() on slub debug path,
>> +# and produce insane amounts of uninteresting coverage.
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT_module.o := n
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT_extable.o := n
>> +
>> # cond_syscall is currently not LTO compatible
>> CFLAGS_sys_ni.o = $(DISABLE_LTO)
>>
>> @@ -69,6 +77,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL) += auditsc.o
>> obj-$(CONFIG_AUDIT_WATCH) += audit_watch.o audit_fsnotify.o
>> obj-$(CONFIG_AUDIT_TREE) += audit_tree.o
>> obj-$(CONFIG_GCOV_KERNEL) += gcov/
>> +obj-$(CONFIG_KCOV) += kcov/
>> obj-$(CONFIG_KPROBES) += kprobes.o
>> obj-$(CONFIG_KGDB) += debug/
>> obj-$(CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK) += hung_task.o
>> diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
>> index 07110c6..49a1339 100644
>> --- a/kernel/exit.c
>> +++ b/kernel/exit.c
>> @@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
>> #include <linux/oom.h>
>> #include <linux/writeback.h>
>> #include <linux/shm.h>
>> +#include <linux/kcov.h>
>>
>> #include <asm/uaccess.h>
>> #include <asm/unistd.h>
>> @@ -657,6 +658,7 @@ void do_exit(long code)
>> TASKS_RCU(int tasks_rcu_i);
>>
>> profile_task_exit(tsk);
>> + kcov_task_exit(tsk);
>>
>> WARN_ON(blk_needs_flush_plug(tsk));
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
>> index 291b08c..6b28993 100644
>> --- a/kernel/fork.c
>> +++ b/kernel/fork.c
>> @@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
>> #include <linux/aio.h>
>> #include <linux/compiler.h>
>> #include <linux/sysctl.h>
>> +#include <linux/kcov.h>
>>
>> #include <asm/pgtable.h>
>> #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
>> @@ -384,6 +385,8 @@ static struct task_struct *dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *orig)
>>
>> account_kernel_stack(ti, 1);
>>
>> + kcov_task_init(tsk);
>> +
>> return tsk;
>>
>> free_ti:
>> diff --git a/kernel/kcov/Makefile b/kernel/kcov/Makefile
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..88892b7
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/kernel/kcov/Makefile
>> @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT := n
>> +KASAN_SANITIZE := n
>> +
>> +obj-y := kcov.o
>> +
>> diff --git a/kernel/kcov/kcov.c b/kernel/kcov/kcov.c
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..05ec361
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/kernel/kcov/kcov.c
>> @@ -0,0 +1,287 @@
>> +#define pr_fmt(fmt) "kcov: " fmt
>> +
>> +#include <linux/compiler.h>
>> +#include <linux/types.h>
>> +#include <linux/file.h>
>> +#include <linux/fs.h>
>> +#include <linux/mm.h>
>> +#include <linux/printk.h>
>> +#include <linux/slab.h>
>> +#include <linux/spinlock.h>
>> +#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
>> +#include <linux/debugfs.h>
>> +#include <linux/uaccess.h>
>> +#include <linux/kcov.h>
>> +
>> +enum kcov_mode {
>> + /* Tracing coverage collection mode.
>> + * Covered PCs are collected in a per-task buffer.
>> + */
>> + kcov_mode_trace = 1,
>> +};
>> +
>> +/* kcov descriptor (one per opened debugfs file). */
>> +struct kcov {
>> + /* Reference counter. We keep one for:
>> + * - opened file descriptor
>> + * - mmapped region (including copies after fork)
>> + * - task with enabled coverage (we can't unwire it from another task)
>> + */
>> + atomic_t rc;
>> + /* The lock protects state transitions of the descriptor:
>> + * - initial state after open()
>> + * - then there must be a single ioctl(KCOV_INIT_TRACE) call
>> + * - then, mmap() call (several calls are allowed but not useful)
>> + * - then, repeated enable/disable for a task (only one task a time
>> + * allowed
>> + */
>> + spinlock_t lock;
>> + enum kcov_mode mode;
>> + unsigned long size;
>> + void *area;
>> + struct task_struct *t;
>> +};
>> +
>> +/* Entry point from instrumented code.
>> + * This is called once per basic-block/edge.
>> + */
>> +void __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc(void)
>> +{
>> + struct task_struct *t;
>> + enum kcov_mode mode;
>> +
>> + t = current;
>> + /* We are interested in code coverage as a function of a syscall inputs,
>> + * so we ignore code executed in interrupts.
>> + */
>> + if (!t || in_interrupt())
>> + return;
>> + mode = READ_ONCE(t->kcov_mode);
>> + if (mode == kcov_mode_trace) {
>> + u32 *area;
>> + u32 pos;
>> +
>> + /* There is some code that runs in interrupts but for which
>> + * in_interrupt() returns false (e.g. preempt_schedule_irq()).
>> + * READ_ONCE()/barrier() effectively provides load-acquire wrt
>> + * interrupts, there are paired barrier()/WRITE_ONCE() in
>> + * kcov_ioctl_locked().
>> + */
>> + barrier();
>> + area = t->kcov_area;
>> + /* The first u32 is number of subsequent PCs. */
>> + pos = READ_ONCE(area[0]) + 1;
>> + if (likely(pos < t->kcov_size)) {
>> + area[pos] = (u32)_RET_IP_;
>> + WRITE_ONCE(area[0], pos);
>> + }
>> + }
>> +}
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc);
>> +
>> +static void kcov_put(struct kcov *kcov)
>> +{
>> + if (atomic_dec_and_test(&kcov->rc)) {
>> + vfree(kcov->area);
>> + kfree(kcov);
>> + }
>> +}
>> +
>> +void kcov_task_init(struct task_struct *t)
>> +{
>> + t->kcov_mode = 0;
>> + t->kcov_size = 0;
>> + t->kcov_area = NULL;
>> + t->kcov = NULL;
>> +}
>> +
>> +void kcov_task_exit(struct task_struct *t)
>> +{
>> + struct kcov *kcov;
>> +
>> + kcov = t->kcov;
>> + if (kcov == NULL)
>> + return;
>> + spin_lock(&kcov->lock);
>> + BUG_ON(kcov->t != t);
>> + /* Just to not leave dangling references behind. */
>> + kcov_task_init(t);
>> + kcov->t = NULL;
>> + spin_unlock(&kcov->lock);
>> + kcov_put(kcov);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static int kcov_vm_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
>> +{
>> + struct kcov *kcov;
>> + unsigned long off;
>> + struct page *page;
>> +
>> + /* Map the preallocated kcov->area. */
>> + kcov = vma->vm_file->private_data;
>> + off = vmf->pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT;
>> + if (off >= kcov->size * sizeof(u32))
>> + return -1;
>> +
>> + page = vmalloc_to_page(kcov->area + off);
>> + get_page(page);
>> + vmf->page = page;
>> + return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static void kcov_unmap(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>> +{
>> + kcov_put(vma->vm_file->private_data);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static void kcov_map_copied(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>> +{
>> + struct kcov *kcov;
>> +
>> + kcov = vma->vm_file->private_data;
>> + atomic_inc(&kcov->rc);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static const struct vm_operations_struct kcov_vm_ops = {
>> + .fault = kcov_vm_fault,
>> + .close = kcov_unmap,
>> + /* Called on fork()/clone() when the mapping is copied. */
>> + .open = kcov_map_copied,
>> +};
>> +
>> +static int kcov_mmap(struct file *filep, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>> +{
>> + int res = 0;
>> + void *area;
>> + struct kcov *kcov = vma->vm_file->private_data;
>> +
>> + /* Can't call vmalloc_user() under a spinlock. */
>> + area = vmalloc_user(vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start);
>> + if (!area)
>> + return -ENOMEM;
>> +
>> + spin_lock(&kcov->lock);
>> + if (kcov->mode == 0 || vma->vm_pgoff != 0 ||
>> + vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start != kcov->size * sizeof(u32)) {
>> + res = -EINVAL;
>> + goto exit;
>> + }
>> + if (!kcov->area) {
>> + kcov->area = area;
>> + area = NULL;
>> + }
>> + /* The file drops a reference on close, but the file
>> + * descriptor can be closed with the mmaping still alive so we keep
>> + * a reference for those. This is put in kcov_unmap().
>> + */
>> + atomic_inc(&kcov->rc);
>> + vma->vm_ops = &kcov_vm_ops;
>> +exit:
>> + spin_unlock(&kcov->lock);
>> + vfree(area);
>> + return res;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static int kcov_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filep)
>> +{
>> + struct kcov *kcov;
>> +
>> + kcov = kzalloc(sizeof(*kcov), GFP_KERNEL);
>> + if (!kcov)
>> + return -ENOMEM;
>> + atomic_set(&kcov->rc, 1);
>> + spin_lock_init(&kcov->lock);
>> + filep->private_data = kcov;
>> + return nonseekable_open(inode, filep);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static int kcov_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *filep)
>> +{
>> + kcov_put(filep->private_data);
>> + return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static int kcov_ioctl_locked(struct kcov *kcov, unsigned int cmd,
>> + unsigned long arg)
>> +{
>> + struct task_struct *t;
>> +
>> + switch (cmd) {
>> + case KCOV_INIT_TRACE:
>> + /* Enable kcov in trace mode and setup buffer size.
>> + * Must happen before anything else.
>> + */
>> + if (arg < 256 || arg > (128<<20) || arg & (arg - 1))
>> + return -EINVAL;
>> + if (kcov->mode != 0)
>> + return -EBUSY;
>> + kcov->mode = kcov_mode_trace;
>> + kcov->size = arg;
>> + return 0;
>> + case KCOV_ENABLE:
>> + /* Enable coverage for the current task.
>> + * At this point user must have been enabled trace mode,
>> + * and mmapped the file. Coverage collection is disabled only
>> + * at task exit or voluntary by KCOV_DISABLE. After that it can
>> + * be enabled for another task.
>> + */
>> + if (kcov->mode == 0 || kcov->area == NULL)
>> + return -EINVAL;
>> + if (kcov->t != NULL)
>> + return -EBUSY;
>> + t = current;
>> + /* Cache in task struct for performance. */
>> + t->kcov_size = kcov->size;
>> + t->kcov_area = kcov->area;
>> + /* See comment in __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc(). */
>> + barrier();
>> + WRITE_ONCE(t->kcov_mode, kcov->mode);
>> + t->kcov = kcov;
>> + kcov->t = t;
>> + /* This is put either in kcov_task_exit() or in KCOV_DISABLE. */
>> + atomic_inc(&kcov->rc);
>> + return 0;
>> + case KCOV_DISABLE:
>> + /* Disable coverage for the current task. */
>> + if (current->kcov != kcov)
>> + return -EINVAL;
>> + t = current;
>> + BUG_ON(kcov->t != t);
>> + kcov_task_init(t);
>> + kcov->t = NULL;
>> + BUG_ON(atomic_dec_and_test(&kcov->rc));
>> + return 0;
>> + default:
>> + return -EINVAL;
>> + }
>> +}
>> +
>> +static long kcov_ioctl(struct file *filep, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
>> +{
>> + struct kcov *kcov;
>> + int res;
>> +
>> + kcov = filep->private_data;
>> + spin_lock(&kcov->lock);
>> + res = kcov_ioctl_locked(kcov, cmd, arg);
>> + spin_unlock(&kcov->lock);
>> + return res;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static const struct file_operations kcov_fops = {
>> + .open = kcov_open,
>> + .unlocked_ioctl = kcov_ioctl,
>> + .mmap = kcov_mmap,
>> + .release = kcov_close,
>> +};
>> +
>> +static int __init kcov_init(void)
>> +{
>> + if (!debugfs_create_file("kcov", 0666, NULL, NULL, &kcov_fops)) {
>> + pr_err("init failed\n");
>> + return 1;
>> + }
>> + return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> +device_initcall(kcov_init);
>> diff --git a/kernel/locking/Makefile b/kernel/locking/Makefile
>> index 8e96f6c..f816de9 100644
>> --- a/kernel/locking/Makefile
>> +++ b/kernel/locking/Makefile
>> @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
>> +# Any varying coverage in these files is non-deterministic
>> +# and is generally not a function of system call inputs.
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT := n
>>
>> obj-y += mutex.o semaphore.o rwsem.o percpu-rwsem.o
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/Makefile b/kernel/rcu/Makefile
>> index 61a1656..032b2c0 100644
>> --- a/kernel/rcu/Makefile
>> +++ b/kernel/rcu/Makefile
>> @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
>> +# Any varying coverage in these files is non-deterministic
>> +# and is generally not a function of system call inputs.
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT := n
>> +
>> obj-y += update.o sync.o
>> obj-$(CONFIG_SRCU) += srcu.o
>> obj-$(CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST) += rcutorture.o
>> diff --git a/kernel/sched/Makefile b/kernel/sched/Makefile
>> index 6768797..f0a9265 100644
>> --- a/kernel/sched/Makefile
>> +++ b/kernel/sched/Makefile
>> @@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER
>> CFLAGS_REMOVE_clock.o = $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE)
>> endif
>>
>> +# These files are disabled because they produce non-interesting flaky coverage
>> +# that is not a function of syscall inputs. E.g. involuntary context switches.
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT := n
>> +
>> ifneq ($(CONFIG_SCHED_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER),y)
>> # According to Alan Modra <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, the -fno-omit-frame-pointer is
>> # needed for x86 only. Why this used to be enabled for all architectures is beyond
>> diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
>> index c98e93c..cb71e25 100644
>> --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
>> +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
>> @@ -670,6 +670,33 @@ config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
>>
>> If in doubt, say "N".
>>
>> +config ARCH_HAS_KCOV
>> + bool
>> +
>> +if ARCH_HAS_KCOV
>> +
>> +config KCOV
>> + bool "Code coverage for fuzzing"
>> + depends on !RANDOMIZE_BASE
>> + default n
>
> Minor nit: "default n" is redundant.

Will address this in a next version.


>> + help
>> + KCOV exposes kernel code coverage information in a form suitable
>> + for coverage-guided fuzzing (randomized testing).
>> +
>> + RANDOMIZE_BASE is not supported. KCOV exposes PC values that are meant
>> + to be stable on different machines and across reboots. RANDOMIZE_BASE
>> + breaks this assumption. Potentially it can be supported by subtracting
>> + _stext from [_stext, _send), but it is more tricky (and slow) for
>> + modules.
>
> In the future, it'd be nice if the kASLR conflict were run-time
> selectable instead of build-time selectable (as done for hibernation).

I think in the future we will just support KASLR one way or another.
It is required for Android. It will slowdown coverage a bit, but that
code will be under #ifdef CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE.



>> +
>> + KCOV does not have any arch-specific code, but currently it is enabled
>> + only for x86_64. KCOV requires testing on other archs, and most likely
>> + disabling of instrumentation for some early boot code.
>
> I don't see where this is enforced. Should this say "is tested only on
> x86_64" instead of "enabled"?

It is enforced with ARCH_HAS_KCOV.


Thanks for the review!

>> +
>> + For more details, see Documentation/kcov.txt.
>> +
>> +endif
>> +
>> source "lib/Kconfig.kmemcheck"
>>
>> source "lib/Kconfig.kasan"
>> diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
>> index 7f1de26..bfcc12e 100644
>> --- a/lib/Makefile
>> +++ b/lib/Makefile
>> @@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ ORIG_CFLAGS := $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)
>> KBUILD_CFLAGS = $(subst $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE),,$(ORIG_CFLAGS))
>> endif
>>
>> +# These files are disabled because they produce lots of non-interesting and/or
>> +# flaky coverage that is not a function of syscall inputs. For example,
>> +# rbtree can be global and individual rotations don't correlate with inputs.
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT_string.o := n
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT_rbtree.o := n
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT_list_debug.o := n
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT_debugobjects.o := n
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT_dynamic_debug.o := n
>> +
>> lib-y := ctype.o string.o vsprintf.o cmdline.o \
>> rbtree.o radix-tree.o dump_stack.o timerqueue.o\
>> idr.o int_sqrt.o extable.o \
>> diff --git a/mm/Makefile b/mm/Makefile
>> index 2ed4319..cf751bb 100644
>> --- a/mm/Makefile
>> +++ b/mm/Makefile
>> @@ -5,6 +5,21 @@
>> KASAN_SANITIZE_slab_common.o := n
>> KASAN_SANITIZE_slub.o := n
>>
>> +# These files are disabled because they produce non-interesting and/or
>> +# flaky coverage that is not a function of syscall inputs. E.g. slab is out of
>> +# free pages, or a task is migrated between nodes.
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT_slab_common.o := n
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT_slob.o := n
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT_slab.o := n
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT_slub.o := n
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT_page_alloc.o := n
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT_debug-pagealloc.o := n
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT_kmemleak.o := n
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT_kmemcheck.o := n
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT_memcontrol.o := n
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT_mmzone.o := n
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT_vmstat.o := n
>> +
>> mmu-y := nommu.o
>> mmu-$(CONFIG_MMU) := gup.o highmem.o memory.o mincore.o \
>> mlock.o mmap.o mprotect.o mremap.o msync.o rmap.o \
>> diff --git a/mm/kasan/Makefile b/mm/kasan/Makefile
>> index 6471014..ad97f0b 100644
>> --- a/mm/kasan/Makefile
>> +++ b/mm/kasan/Makefile
>> @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
>> KASAN_SANITIZE := n
>> +KCOV_INSTRUMENT := n
>>
>> CFLAGS_REMOVE_kasan.o = -pg
>> # Function splitter causes unnecessary splits in __asan_load1/__asan_store1
>> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
>> index 79e8661..ebf6f1b 100644
>> --- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
>> +++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
>> @@ -129,6 +129,12 @@ _c_flags += $(if $(patsubst n%,, \
>> $(CFLAGS_KASAN))
>> endif
>>
>> +ifeq ($(CONFIG_KCOV),y)
>> +_c_flags += $(if $(patsubst n%,, \
>> + $(KCOV_INSTRUMENT_$(basetarget).o)$(KCOV_INSTRUMENT)y), \
>> + $(CFLAGS_KCOV))
>> +endif
>> +
>> # If building the kernel in a separate objtree expand all occurrences
>> # of -Idir to -I$(srctree)/dir except for absolute paths (starting with '/').
>>
>> --
>> 2.6.0.rc2.230.g3dd15c0
>>
>
> Very cool! :)
>
> -Kees
>
> --
> Kees Cook
> Chrome OS & Brillo Security