When allocating memory through malloc(9), we always expect the amount of
memory requested to be unsigned as a negative value would either stand for
an error or an overflow.
Unsign some values, found when considering the use of mallocarray(9), to
avoid unnecessary casting. Also consider that indexes should be of
at least the same size/type as the upper limit they pretend to index.
MFC after: 3 weeks
ELF object files can contain program sections which are not supposed
to be loaded into memory (e.g. .comment). Normally the static linker
uses these flags to decide which sections are allocated to loadable
program segments in ELF binaries and shared objects (including kernels
on all architectures and kernel modules on architectures other than
amd64).
Mapping ELF object files (such as amd64 kernel modules) into memory
directly is a bit of a grey area. ELF object files are intended to be
used as inputs to the static linker. As a result, there is not a
standardized definition for what the memory layout of an ELF object
should be (none of the section headers have valid virtual memory
addresses for example).
The kernel and loader were not checking the SHF_ALLOC flag but loading
any program sections with certain types such as SHT_PROGBITS. As a
result, the kernel and loader would load into RAM some sections that
weren't marked with SHF_ALLOC such as .comment that are not loaded
into RAM for kernel modules on other architectures (which are
implemented as ELF shared objects). Aside from possibly requiring
slightly more RAM to hold a kernel module this does not affect runtime
correctness as the kernel relocates symbols based on the layout it
uses.
Debuggers such as gdb and lldb do not extract symbol tables from a
running process or kernel. Instead, they replicate the memory layout
of ELF executables and shared objects and use that to construct their
own symbol tables. For executables and shared objects this works
fine. For ELF objects the current logic in kgdb (and probably lldb
based on a simple reading) assumes that only sections with SHF_ALLOC
are memory resident when constructing a memory layout. If the
debugger constructs a different memory layout than the kernel, then it
will compute different addresses for symbols causing symbols in the
debugger to appear to have the wrong values (though the kernel itself
is working fine). The current port of mdb does not check SHF_ALLOC as
it replicates the kernel's logic in its existing kernel support.
The bfd linker sorts the sections in ELF object files such that all of
the allocated sections (sections with SHF_ALLOCATED) are placed first
followed by unallocated sections. As a result, when kgdb composed a
memory layout using only the allocated sections, this layout happened
to match the layout used by the kernel and loader. The lld linker
does not sort the sections in ELF object files and mixed allocated and
unallocated sections. This resulted in kgdb composing a different
memory layout than the kernel and loader.
We could either patch kgdb (and possibly in the future lldb) to use
custom handling when generating memory layouts for kernel modules that
are ELF objects, or we could change the kernel and loader to check
SHF_ALLOCATED. I chose the latter as I feel we shouldn't be loading
things into RAM that the module won't use. This should mostly be a
NOP when linking with bfd but will allow the existing kgdb to work
with amd64 kernel modules linked with lld.
Note that we only require SHF_ALLOC for "program" sections for types
like SHT_PROGBITS and SHT_NOBITS. Other section types such as symbol
tables, string tables, and relocations must also be loaded and are not
marked with SHF_ALLOC.
Reported by: np
Reviewed by: kib, emaste
MFC after: 1 month
Sponsored by: Chelsio Communications
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D13926
Mainly focus on files that use BSD 2-Clause license, however the tool I
was using misidentified many licenses so this was mostly a manual - error
prone - task.
The Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) group provides a specification
to make it easier for automated tools to detect and summarize well known
opensource licenses. We are gradually adopting the specification, noting
that the tags are considered only advisory and do not, in any way,
superceed or replace the license texts.
This function may be called recursively, when a module pulls its dependencies.
Under certain circumstances, e.g. quad chain of dependencies and presence
of dtrace we may run out of stack.
files format into printfs and errors to caller. Some leaks of
resources are there, but the same leaks are present in other error
pathes. With the change, the kernel at least boots even when module
with unexpected or corrupted ELF structure is preloaded.
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after: 2 weeks
as SHT_PROGBITS. This is needed after the clang 3.8 import, which
generates that type for .eh_frame section, which had SHT_PROGBITS type
before.
Reported by: Nikolai Lifanov <lifanov@mail.lifanov.com>
PR: 207729
Tested by: dim (previous version)
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after: 2 weeks
linkers no longer raise an error when undefined weak symbols are
found, but relocate as if the symbol value was 0. Note that we do not
repeat the mistake of userspace dynamic linker of making the symbol
lookup prefer non-weak symbol definition over the weak one, if both
are available. In fact, kernel linker uses the first definition
found, and ignores duplicates.
Signature of the elf_lookup() and elf_obj_lookup() functions changed
to split result/error code and the symbol address returned.
Otherwise, it is impossible to return zero address as the symbol
value, to MD relocation code. This explains the mechanical changes in
elf_machdep.c sources.
The powerpc64 R_PPC_JMP_SLOT handler did not checked error from the
lookup() call, the patch leaves the code as is (untested).
Reported by: glebius
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after: 1 week
It is not network-specific code and would
be better as part of libkern instead.
Move zlib.h and zutil.h from net/ to sys/
Update includes to use sys/zlib.h and sys/zutil.h instead of net/
Submitted by: Steve Kiernan stevek@juniper.net
Obtained from: Juniper Networks, Inc.
GitHub Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/pull/28
Relnotes: yes
Amd64 uses relocatable object files as the modules format. It is good
WRT not having unneeded overhead for PIC code, in particular, due to
absence of useless GOT and PLT. But the cost is that the module
linking process cannot use hash to speed up the symbol lookup, and
that each reference to the symbol requiring a relocation, instead of
single-place relocation in GOT.
Cache the successfull symbol lookup results in the module symbol
table, using the newly allocated SHN_FBSD_CACHED value from
SHN_LOOS-HIOS range as an indicator. The SHN_FBSD_CACHED together
with the non-existent definition of the found symbol are reverted
after successfull relocations, which is done under kld_sx lock, so it
should not be visible to other consumers of the symbol table.
Submitted by: Conrad Meyer
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D1718
MFC after: 3 weeks
This involves:
1. Have the loader pass the start and size of the .ctors section to the
kernel in 2 new metadata elements.
2. Have the linker backends look for and record the start and size of
the .ctors section in dynamically loaded modules.
3. Have the linker backends call the constructors as part of the final
work of initializing preloaded or dynamically loaded modules.
Note that LLVM appends the priority of the constructors to the name of
the .ctors section. Not so when compiling with GCC. The code currently
works for GCC and not for LLVM.
Submitted by: Dmitry Mikulin <dmitrym@juniper.net>
Obtained from: Juniper Networks, Inc.
an address in the first 2GB of the process's address space. This flag should
have the same semantics as the same flag on Linux.
To facilitate this, add a new parameter to vm_map_find() that specifies an
optional maximum virtual address. While here, fix several callers of
vm_map_find() to use a VMFS_* constant for the findspace argument instead of
TRUE and FALSE.
Reviewed by: alc
Approved by: re (kib)
In particular, do not lock Giant conditionally when calling into the
filesystem module, remove the VFS_LOCK_GIANT() and related
macros. Stop handling buffers belonging to non-mpsafe filesystems.
The VFS_VERSION is bumped to indicate the interface change which does
not result in the interface signatures changes.
Conducted and reviewed by: attilio
Tested by: pho
Add the sysctl debug.iosize_max_clamp, enabled by default. Setting the
sysctl to zero allows to perform the SSIZE_MAX-sized i/o requests from
the usermode.
Discussed with: bde, das (previous versions)
MFC after: 1 month
On amd64, link_elf_obj.c must specify KERNBASE rather than
VM_MIN_KERNEL_ADDRESS to vm_map_find() because kernel loadable
modules must be mapped for execution in the same upper region
of the kernel map as the kernel code and data segments.
For MIPS32 KERNBASE lies below KVA area (it's less than
VM_MIN_KERNEL_ADDRESS) so basically vm_map_find got whole
KVA to look through. On MIPS64 it's not the case because
KERNBASE is set to the very end of XKSEG, well out of KVA
bounds, so vm_map_find always fails. We should use
VM_MIN_KERNEL_ADDRESS as a base for vm_map_find.
Details obtained from: alc@
the linker_load_file methods. The change is that the consequent
linker_file_unload() call is not under the vnode lock anymore.
This prevents the LOR between kernel linker sx xlock and vnode lock,
because linker_file_unload() relocks kernel linker lock.
MFC after: 2 weeks
Current code doesn't check size of elf sections and may perform needless
actions of zero-sized memory allocation and similar.
The bigger issue is that alignment requirement of a zero-sized section
gets effectively applied to the next section if it has smaller alignment
requirement. But other tools, like gdb and consequently kgdb,
completely ignore zero-sized sections and thus may map symbols to
addresses differently.
Zero-sized sections are not typical in general.
Their typical (only, even) cause in FreeBSD modules is inline assembly that
creates custom sections which is found in pcpu.h and vnet.h. Mere inclusion
of one of those header files produces a custom section in elf output.
If there is no actual use for the section in a given module, then the
section remains empty.
Better solution is to avoid creating zero-sized sections altogether,
which is in plans.
Preloaded modules are handled in boot code (load_elf_obj.c), while
dynamically loaded modules are handled by kernel (link_elf_obj.c).
Based on code by: np
MFC after: 3 weeks
modules was present, which turns out to be false in some situations.
Back out the assertion.
Reported by: Luiz Otavio O Souza <lists.br at gmail.com>,
Florian Smeets <flo at kasimir.com>
Approved by: re (kensmith) (implicit)
(DPCPU), as suggested by Peter Wemm, and implement a new per-virtual
network stack memory allocator. Modify vnet to use the allocator
instead of monolithic global container structures (vinet, ...). This
change solves many binary compatibility problems associated with
VIMAGE, and restores ELF symbols for virtualized global variables.
Each virtualized global variable exists as a "reference copy", and also
once per virtual network stack. Virtualized global variables are
tagged at compile-time, placing the in a special linker set, which is
loaded into a contiguous region of kernel memory. Virtualized global
variables in the base kernel are linked as normal, but those in modules
are copied and relocated to a reserved portion of the kernel's vnet
region with the help of a the kernel linker.
Virtualized global variables exist in per-vnet memory set up when the
network stack instance is created, and are initialized statically from
the reference copy. Run-time access occurs via an accessor macro, which
converts from the current vnet and requested symbol to a per-vnet
address. When "options VIMAGE" is not compiled into the kernel, normal
global ELF symbols will be used instead and indirection is avoided.
This change restores static initialization for network stack global
variables, restores support for non-global symbols and types, eliminates
the need for many subsystem constructors, eliminates large per-subsystem
structures that caused many binary compatibility issues both for
monitoring applications (netstat) and kernel modules, removes the
per-function INIT_VNET_*() macros throughout the stack, eliminates the
need for vnet_symmap ksym(2) munging, and eliminates duplicate
definitions of virtualized globals under VIMAGE_GLOBALS.
Bump __FreeBSD_version and update UPDATING.
Portions submitted by: bz
Reviewed by: bz, zec
Discussed with: gnn, jamie, jeff, jhb, julian, sam
Suggested by: peter
Approved by: re (kensmith)
- Modules and kernel code alike may use DPCPU_DEFINE(),
DPCPU_GET(), DPCPU_SET(), etc. akin to the statically defined
PCPU_*. Requires only one extra instruction more than PCPU_* and is
virtually the same as __thread for builtin and much faster for shared
objects. DPCPU variables can be initialized when defined.
- Modules are supported by relocating the module's per-cpu linker set
over space reserved in the kernel. Modules may fail to load if there
is insufficient space available.
- Track space available for modules with a one-off extent allocator.
Free may block for memory to allocate space for an extent.
Reviewed by: jhb, rwatson, kan, sam, grehan, marius, marcel, stas
in symtab_get method symtab parameter is made constant as this reflects
actual intention and usage of the method
Reviewed by: imp, current@
Approved by: jhb (mentor)
and used in a large number of files, but also because an increasing number
of incorrect uses of MAC calls were sneaking in due to copy-and-paste of
MAC-aware code without the associated opt_mac.h include.
Discussed with: pjd
get a quick snapshot of the kernel's symbol table including the symbols
from any loaded modules (the symbols are all merged into one symbol
table). Unlike like other implementations, this ksyms driver maps
memory in the process memory space to store the snapshot at the time
/dev/ksyms is opened. It also checks to see if the process has already
a snapshot open and won't allow it to open /dev/ksyms it again until it
closes first. This prevents kernel and process memory from being
exhausted. Note that /dev/ksyms is used by the lockstat(1) command.
Reviewed by: gallatin kib (freebsd-arch)
Approved by: gnn (mentor)
result in errors for a format loading but subsequent correct recognizing
for another format.
File format loading functions should avoid printing any additional
informations but just returning appropriate (and different between each
other) error condition, characterizing different informations.
Additively, the linker should handle appropriately different format
loading errors.
While a general mechanism is desired, fix a simple and common case on
amd64: file type is not recognized for link elf and confuses the linker.
Printout an error if all the registered linker classes can't recognize
and load the module.
Reviewed by: jhb
Sponsored by: Sandvine Incorporated
vnode lock may cause a LOR between kld_sx lock and vnode lock.
linker_load_dependencies() drops kld_sx, and another thread may attempt
to load the same kld.
Reported and tested by: pjd
MFC after: 1 week
the elf files. This is complicated by the fact that the actual CTF
parsing has to be done in CDDL'd code, so the BSD licensed code only
knows about the opaque data which it must be able to free.
conjuction with 'thread' argument passing which is always curthread.
Remove the unuseful extra-argument and pass explicitly curthread to lower
layer functions, when necessary.
KPI results broken by this change, which should affect several ports, so
version bumping and manpage update will be further committed.
Tested by: kris, pho, Diego Sardina <siarodx at gmail dot com>
from Mac OS X Leopard--rationalize naming for entry points to
the following general forms:
mac_<object>_<method/action>
mac_<object>_check_<method/action>
The previous naming scheme was inconsistent and mostly
reversed from the new scheme. Also, make object types more
consistent and remove spaces from object types that contain
multiple parts ("posix_sem" -> "posixsem") to make mechanical
parsing easier. Introduce a new "netinet" object type for
certain IPv4/IPv6-related methods. Also simplify, slightly,
some entry point names.
All MAC policy modules will need to be recompiled, and modules
not updates as part of this commit will need to be modified to
conform to the new KPI.
Sponsored by: SPARTA (original patches against Mac OS X)
Obtained from: TrustedBSD Project, Apple Computer
Change the VOP_OPEN(), vn_open() vnode operation and d_fdopen() cdev operation
argument from being file descriptor index into the pointer to struct file.
Proposed and reviewed by: jhb
Reviewed by: daichi (unionfs)
Approved by: re (kensmith)
__stop_<section> symbols generated by the static linker for elf
sections. This is done only for the final link, and not for ld -r.
Augment elf_obj in-kernel linker by recognizing such special symbols,
and resolving them to the start and end of the section automatically.
As result, linker sets on amd64 could be used in the same way as on
other architectures, without explicit calls to linker_file_lookup_set().
Requested by: rdivacky
No objections from: peter, jhb
begun with a repo-copy of mac.h to mac_framework.h. sys/mac.h now
contains the userspace and user<->kernel API and definitions, with all
in-kernel interfaces moved to mac_framework.h, which is now included
across most of the kernel instead.
This change is the first step in a larger cleanup and sweep of MAC
Framework interfaces in the kernel, and will not be MFC'd.
Obtained from: TrustedBSD Project
Sponsored by: SPARTA
protect all linker-related data structures including the contents of
linker file objects and the any linker class data as well. Considering how
rarely the linker is used I just went with the simple solution of
single-threading the whole thing rather than expending a lot of effor on
something more fine-grained and complex. Giant is still explicitly
acquired while registering and deregistering sysctl's as well as in the
elf linker class while calling kmupetext(). The rest of the linker runs
without Giant unless it has to acquire Giant while loading files from a
non-MPSAFE filesystem.
means:
o Remove Elf64_Quarter,
o Redefine Elf64_Half to be 16-bit,
o Redefine Elf64_Word to be 32-bit,
o Add Elf64_Xword and Elf64_Sxword for 64-bit entities,
o Use Elf_Size in MI code to abstract the difference between
Elf32_Word and Elf64_Word.
o Add Elf_Ssize as the signed counterpart of Elf_Size.
MFC after: 2 weeks
Add a MOD_QUIESCE event for modules. This should return error (EBUSY)
of the module is in use.
MOD_UNLOAD should now only fail if it is impossible (as opposed to
inconvenient) to unload the module. Valid reasons are memory references
into the module which cannot be tracked down and eliminated.
When kldunloading, we abandon if MOD_UNLOAD fails, and if -force is
not given, MOD_QUIESCE failing will also prevent the unload.
For backwards compatibility, we treat EOPNOTSUPP from MOD_QUIESCE as
success.
Document that modules should return EOPNOTSUPP for unknown events.
