kcore: add _text to KCORE_TEXT
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PATCH 1/1 kcore: add _text to KCORE_TEXT
Extend KCORE_TEXT to cover the pages between _text and _stext, to allow examining some important page table pages.
readelf -a output on x86_64 before and after patch:
Type Offset VirtAddr PhysAddr
before LOAD 0x00007fff8100c000 0xffffffff81009000 0x0000000000000000 after LOAD 0x00007fff81003000 0xffffffff81000000 0x0000000000000000
The newly covered pages are:
0xffffffff81000000 <startup_64> etc. 0xffffffff81001000 <init_level4_pgt> 0xffffffff81002000 <level3_ident_pgt> 0xffffffff81003000 <level3_kernel_pgt> 0xffffffff81004000 <level2_fixmap_pgt> 0xffffffff81005000 <level1_fixmap_pgt> 0xffffffff81006000 <level2_ident_pgt> 0xffffffff81007000 <level2_kernel_pgt> 0xffffffff81008000 <level2_spare_pgt>
Before patch, /proc/kcore shows outdated contents for the above page table pages, for example:
(gdb) p level3_ident_pgt
$1 = {<text variable, no debug info>} 0xffffffff81002000 <level3_ident_pgt>
(gdb) p/x *((pud_t *)&level3_ident_pgt)@512
$2 = {{pud = 0x1006063}, {pud = 0x0} <repeats 511 times>}while the real content is:
root@hp /home/wfg# hexdump -s 0x1002000 -n 4096 /dev/mem 1002000 6063 0100 0000 0000 8067 0000 0000 0000 1002010 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 * 1003000
That is, on a x86_64 box with 2GB memory, we can see first-1GB / full-2GB identity mapping before/after patch:
(gdb) p/x *((pud_t *)&level3_ident_pgt)@512
before $1 = {{pud = 0x1006063}, {pud = 0x0} <repeats 511 times>}
after $1 = {{pud = 0x1006063}, {pud = 0x8067}, {pud = 0x0} <repeats 510 times>}
Obviously the content before patch is wrong.
--- fs/proc/kcore.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
fs/proc/kcore.c +1 -1
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ static struct kcore_list kcore_text;*/ static void __init proc_kcore_text_init (void ) { -kclist_add (&kcore_text, _stext, _end - _stext,KCORE_TEXT ); +kclist_add (&kcore_text, _text, _end - _text,KCORE_TEXT ); }#else static void __init proc_kcore_text_init (void )
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