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1 | | -=============== |
2 | | -Provoke crashes |
3 | | -=============== |
| 1 | +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 |
4 | 2 |
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5 | | -The lkdtm module provides an interface to crash or injure the kernel at |
6 | | -predefined crashpoints to evaluate the reliability of crash dumps obtained |
7 | | -using different dumping solutions. The module uses KPROBEs to instrument |
8 | | -crashing points, but can also crash the kernel directly without KRPOBE |
9 | | -support. |
| 3 | +============================================================ |
| 4 | +Provoking crashes with Linux Kernel Dump Test Module (LKDTM) |
| 5 | +============================================================ |
10 | 6 |
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| 7 | +The lkdtm module provides an interface to disrupt (and usually crash) |
| 8 | +the kernel at predefined code locations to evaluate the reliability of |
| 9 | +the kernel's exception handling and to test crash dumps obtained using |
| 10 | +different dumping solutions. The module uses KPROBEs to instrument the |
| 11 | +trigger location, but can also trigger the kernel directly without KPROBE |
| 12 | +support via debugfs. |
11 | 13 |
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12 | | -You can provide the way either through module arguments when inserting |
13 | | -the module, or through a debugfs interface. |
| 14 | +You can select the location of the trigger ("crash point name") and the |
| 15 | +type of action ("crash point type") either through module arguments when |
| 16 | +inserting the module, or through the debugfs interface. |
14 | 17 |
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15 | 18 | Usage:: |
16 | 19 |
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17 | 20 | insmod lkdtm.ko [recur_count={>0}] cpoint_name=<> cpoint_type=<> |
18 | 21 | [cpoint_count={>0}] |
19 | 22 |
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20 | 23 | recur_count |
21 | | - Recursion level for the stack overflow test. Default is 10. |
| 24 | + Recursion level for the stack overflow test. By default this is |
| 25 | + dynamically calculated based on kernel configuration, with the |
| 26 | + goal of being just large enough to exhaust the kernel stack. The |
| 27 | + value can be seen at `/sys/module/lkdtm/parameters/recur_count`. |
22 | 28 |
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23 | 29 | cpoint_name |
24 | | - Crash point where the kernel is to be crashed. It can be |
| 30 | + Where in the kernel to trigger the action. It can be |
25 | 31 | one of INT_HARDWARE_ENTRY, INT_HW_IRQ_EN, INT_TASKLET_ENTRY, |
26 | 32 | FS_DEVRW, MEM_SWAPOUT, TIMERADD, SCSI_DISPATCH_CMD, |
27 | | - IDE_CORE_CP, DIRECT |
| 33 | + IDE_CORE_CP, or DIRECT |
28 | 34 |
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29 | 35 | cpoint_type |
30 | 36 | Indicates the action to be taken on hitting the crash point. |
31 | | - It can be one of PANIC, BUG, EXCEPTION, LOOP, OVERFLOW, |
32 | | - CORRUPT_STACK, UNALIGNED_LOAD_STORE_WRITE, OVERWRITE_ALLOCATION, |
33 | | - WRITE_AFTER_FREE, |
| 37 | + These are numerous, and best queried directly from debugfs. Some |
| 38 | + of the common ones are PANIC, BUG, EXCEPTION, LOOP, and OVERFLOW. |
| 39 | + See the contents of `/sys/kernel/debug/provoke-crash/DIRECT` for |
| 40 | + a complete list. |
34 | 41 |
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35 | 42 | cpoint_count |
36 | 43 | Indicates the number of times the crash point is to be hit |
37 | | - to trigger an action. The default is 10. |
| 44 | + before triggering the action. The default is 10 (except for |
| 45 | + DIRECT, which always fires immediately). |
38 | 46 |
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39 | 47 | You can also induce failures by mounting debugfs and writing the type to |
40 | | -<mountpoint>/provoke-crash/<crashpoint>. E.g.:: |
| 48 | +<debugfs>/provoke-crash/<crashpoint>. E.g.:: |
41 | 49 |
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42 | | - mount -t debugfs debugfs /mnt |
43 | | - echo EXCEPTION > /mnt/provoke-crash/INT_HARDWARE_ENTRY |
| 50 | + mount -t debugfs debugfs /sys/kernel/debug |
| 51 | + echo EXCEPTION > /sys/kernel/debug/provoke-crash/INT_HARDWARE_ENTRY |
44 | 52 |
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| 53 | +The special file `DIRECT` will induce the action directly without KPROBE |
| 54 | +instrumentation. This mode is the only one available when the module is |
| 55 | +built for a kernel without KPROBEs support:: |
45 | 56 |
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46 | | -A special file is `DIRECT` which will induce the crash directly without |
47 | | -KPROBE instrumentation. This mode is the only one available when the module |
48 | | -is built on a kernel without KPROBEs support. |
| 57 | + # Instead of having a BUG kill your shell, have it kill "cat": |
| 58 | + cat <(echo WRITE_RO) >/sys/kernel/debug/provoke-crash/DIRECT |
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