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  1 KCOV: code coverage for fuzzing                     1 KCOV: code coverage for fuzzing
  2 ===============================                     2 ===============================
  3                                                     3 
  4 KCOV collects and exposes kernel code coverage      4 KCOV collects and exposes kernel code coverage information in a form suitable
  5 for coverage-guided fuzzing. Coverage data of       5 for coverage-guided fuzzing. Coverage data of a running kernel is exported via
  6 the ``kcov`` debugfs file. Coverage collection      6 the ``kcov`` debugfs file. Coverage collection is enabled on a task basis, and
  7 thus KCOV can capture precise coverage of a si      7 thus KCOV can capture precise coverage of a single system call.
  8                                                     8 
  9 Note that KCOV does not aim to collect as much      9 Note that KCOV does not aim to collect as much coverage as possible. It aims
 10 to collect more or less stable coverage that i     10 to collect more or less stable coverage that is a function of syscall inputs.
 11 To achieve this goal, it does not collect cove     11 To achieve this goal, it does not collect coverage in soft/hard interrupts
 12 (unless remove coverage collection is enabled,     12 (unless remove coverage collection is enabled, see below) and from some
 13 inherently non-deterministic parts of the kern     13 inherently non-deterministic parts of the kernel (e.g. scheduler, locking).
 14                                                    14 
 15 Besides collecting code coverage, KCOV can als     15 Besides collecting code coverage, KCOV can also collect comparison operands.
 16 See the "Comparison operands collection" secti     16 See the "Comparison operands collection" section for details.
 17                                                    17 
 18 Besides collecting coverage data from syscall      18 Besides collecting coverage data from syscall handlers, KCOV can also collect
 19 coverage for annotated parts of the kernel exe     19 coverage for annotated parts of the kernel executing in background kernel
 20 tasks or soft interrupts. See the "Remote cove     20 tasks or soft interrupts. See the "Remote coverage collection" section for
 21 details.                                           21 details.
 22                                                    22 
 23 Prerequisites                                      23 Prerequisites
 24 -------------                                      24 -------------
 25                                                    25 
 26 KCOV relies on compiler instrumentation and re     26 KCOV relies on compiler instrumentation and requires GCC 6.1.0 or later
 27 or any Clang version supported by the kernel.      27 or any Clang version supported by the kernel.
 28                                                    28 
 29 Collecting comparison operands is supported wi     29 Collecting comparison operands is supported with GCC 8+ or with Clang.
 30                                                    30 
 31 To enable KCOV, configure the kernel with::        31 To enable KCOV, configure the kernel with::
 32                                                    32 
 33         CONFIG_KCOV=y                              33         CONFIG_KCOV=y
 34                                                    34 
 35 To enable comparison operands collection, set:     35 To enable comparison operands collection, set::
 36                                                    36 
 37         CONFIG_KCOV_ENABLE_COMPARISONS=y           37         CONFIG_KCOV_ENABLE_COMPARISONS=y
 38                                                    38 
 39 Coverage data only becomes accessible once deb     39 Coverage data only becomes accessible once debugfs has been mounted::
 40                                                    40 
 41         mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debu     41         mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug
 42                                                    42 
 43 Coverage collection                                43 Coverage collection
 44 -------------------                                44 -------------------
 45                                                    45 
 46 The following program demonstrates how to use      46 The following program demonstrates how to use KCOV to collect coverage for a
 47 single syscall from within a test program:         47 single syscall from within a test program:
 48                                                    48 
 49 .. code-block:: c                                  49 .. code-block:: c
 50                                                    50 
 51     #include <stdio.h>                             51     #include <stdio.h>
 52     #include <stddef.h>                            52     #include <stddef.h>
 53     #include <stdint.h>                            53     #include <stdint.h>
 54     #include <stdlib.h>                            54     #include <stdlib.h>
 55     #include <sys/types.h>                         55     #include <sys/types.h>
 56     #include <sys/stat.h>                          56     #include <sys/stat.h>
 57     #include <sys/ioctl.h>                         57     #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 58     #include <sys/mman.h>                          58     #include <sys/mman.h>
 59     #include <unistd.h>                            59     #include <unistd.h>
 60     #include <fcntl.h>                             60     #include <fcntl.h>
 61     #include <linux/types.h>                       61     #include <linux/types.h>
 62                                                    62 
 63     #define KCOV_INIT_TRACE                        63     #define KCOV_INIT_TRACE                     _IOR('c', 1, unsigned long)
 64     #define KCOV_ENABLE                 _IO('c     64     #define KCOV_ENABLE                 _IO('c', 100)
 65     #define KCOV_DISABLE                           65     #define KCOV_DISABLE                        _IO('c', 101)
 66     #define COVER_SIZE                  (64<<1     66     #define COVER_SIZE                  (64<<10)
 67                                                    67 
 68     #define KCOV_TRACE_PC  0                       68     #define KCOV_TRACE_PC  0
 69     #define KCOV_TRACE_CMP 1                       69     #define KCOV_TRACE_CMP 1
 70                                                    70 
 71     int main(int argc, char **argv)                71     int main(int argc, char **argv)
 72     {                                              72     {
 73         int fd;                                    73         int fd;
 74         unsigned long *cover, n, i;                74         unsigned long *cover, n, i;
 75                                                    75 
 76         /* A single fd descriptor allows cover     76         /* A single fd descriptor allows coverage collection on a single
 77          * thread.                                 77          * thread.
 78          */                                        78          */
 79         fd = open("/sys/kernel/debug/kcov", O_     79         fd = open("/sys/kernel/debug/kcov", O_RDWR);
 80         if (fd == -1)                              80         if (fd == -1)
 81                 perror("open"), exit(1);           81                 perror("open"), exit(1);
 82         /* Setup trace mode and trace size. */     82         /* Setup trace mode and trace size. */
 83         if (ioctl(fd, KCOV_INIT_TRACE, COVER_S     83         if (ioctl(fd, KCOV_INIT_TRACE, COVER_SIZE))
 84                 perror("ioctl"), exit(1);          84                 perror("ioctl"), exit(1);
 85         /* Mmap buffer shared between kernel-      85         /* Mmap buffer shared between kernel- and user-space. */
 86         cover = (unsigned long*)mmap(NULL, COV     86         cover = (unsigned long*)mmap(NULL, COVER_SIZE * sizeof(unsigned long),
 87                                      PROT_READ     87                                      PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
 88         if ((void*)cover == MAP_FAILED)            88         if ((void*)cover == MAP_FAILED)
 89                 perror("mmap"), exit(1);           89                 perror("mmap"), exit(1);
 90         /* Enable coverage collection on the c     90         /* Enable coverage collection on the current thread. */
 91         if (ioctl(fd, KCOV_ENABLE, KCOV_TRACE_     91         if (ioctl(fd, KCOV_ENABLE, KCOV_TRACE_PC))
 92                 perror("ioctl"), exit(1);          92                 perror("ioctl"), exit(1);
 93         /* Reset coverage from the tail of the     93         /* Reset coverage from the tail of the ioctl() call. */
 94         __atomic_store_n(&cover[0], 0, __ATOMI     94         __atomic_store_n(&cover[0], 0, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
 95         /* Call the target syscall call. */        95         /* Call the target syscall call. */
 96         read(-1, NULL, 0);                         96         read(-1, NULL, 0);
 97         /* Read number of PCs collected. */        97         /* Read number of PCs collected. */
 98         n = __atomic_load_n(&cover[0], __ATOMI     98         n = __atomic_load_n(&cover[0], __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
 99         for (i = 0; i < n; i++)                    99         for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
100                 printf("0x%lx\n", cover[i + 1]    100                 printf("0x%lx\n", cover[i + 1]);
101         /* Disable coverage collection for the    101         /* Disable coverage collection for the current thread. After this call
102          * coverage can be enabled for a diffe    102          * coverage can be enabled for a different thread.
103          */                                       103          */
104         if (ioctl(fd, KCOV_DISABLE, 0))           104         if (ioctl(fd, KCOV_DISABLE, 0))
105                 perror("ioctl"), exit(1);         105                 perror("ioctl"), exit(1);
106         /* Free resources. */                     106         /* Free resources. */
107         if (munmap(cover, COVER_SIZE * sizeof(    107         if (munmap(cover, COVER_SIZE * sizeof(unsigned long)))
108                 perror("munmap"), exit(1);        108                 perror("munmap"), exit(1);
109         if (close(fd))                            109         if (close(fd))
110                 perror("close"), exit(1);         110                 perror("close"), exit(1);
111         return 0;                                 111         return 0;
112     }                                             112     }
113                                                   113 
114 After piping through ``addr2line`` the output     114 After piping through ``addr2line`` the output of the program looks as follows::
115                                                   115 
116     SyS_read                                      116     SyS_read
117     fs/read_write.c:562                           117     fs/read_write.c:562
118     __fdget_pos                                   118     __fdget_pos
119     fs/file.c:774                                 119     fs/file.c:774
120     __fget_light                                  120     __fget_light
121     fs/file.c:746                                 121     fs/file.c:746
122     __fget_light                                  122     __fget_light
123     fs/file.c:750                                 123     fs/file.c:750
124     __fget_light                                  124     __fget_light
125     fs/file.c:760                                 125     fs/file.c:760
126     __fdget_pos                                   126     __fdget_pos
127     fs/file.c:784                                 127     fs/file.c:784
128     SyS_read                                      128     SyS_read
129     fs/read_write.c:562                           129     fs/read_write.c:562
130                                                   130 
131 If a program needs to collect coverage from se    131 If a program needs to collect coverage from several threads (independently),
132 it needs to open ``/sys/kernel/debug/kcov`` in    132 it needs to open ``/sys/kernel/debug/kcov`` in each thread separately.
133                                                   133 
134 The interface is fine-grained to allow efficie    134 The interface is fine-grained to allow efficient forking of test processes.
135 That is, a parent process opens ``/sys/kernel/    135 That is, a parent process opens ``/sys/kernel/debug/kcov``, enables trace mode,
136 mmaps coverage buffer, and then forks child pr    136 mmaps coverage buffer, and then forks child processes in a loop. The child
137 processes only need to enable coverage (it get    137 processes only need to enable coverage (it gets disabled automatically when
138 a thread exits).                                  138 a thread exits).
139                                                   139 
140 Comparison operands collection                    140 Comparison operands collection
141 ------------------------------                    141 ------------------------------
142                                                   142 
143 Comparison operands collection is similar to c    143 Comparison operands collection is similar to coverage collection:
144                                                   144 
145 .. code-block:: c                                 145 .. code-block:: c
146                                                   146 
147     /* Same includes and defines as above. */     147     /* Same includes and defines as above. */
148                                                   148 
149     /* Number of 64-bit words per record. */      149     /* Number of 64-bit words per record. */
150     #define KCOV_WORDS_PER_CMP 4                  150     #define KCOV_WORDS_PER_CMP 4
151                                                   151 
152     /*                                            152     /*
153      * The format for the types of collected c    153      * The format for the types of collected comparisons.
154      *                                            154      *
155      * Bit 0 shows whether one of the argument    155      * Bit 0 shows whether one of the arguments is a compile-time constant.
156      * Bits 1 & 2 contain log2 of the argument    156      * Bits 1 & 2 contain log2 of the argument size, up to 8 bytes.
157      */                                           157      */
158                                                   158 
159     #define KCOV_CMP_CONST          (1 << 0)      159     #define KCOV_CMP_CONST          (1 << 0)
160     #define KCOV_CMP_SIZE(n)        ((n) << 1)    160     #define KCOV_CMP_SIZE(n)        ((n) << 1)
161     #define KCOV_CMP_MASK           KCOV_CMP_S    161     #define KCOV_CMP_MASK           KCOV_CMP_SIZE(3)
162                                                   162 
163     int main(int argc, char **argv)               163     int main(int argc, char **argv)
164     {                                             164     {
165         int fd;                                   165         int fd;
166         uint64_t *cover, type, arg1, arg2, is_    166         uint64_t *cover, type, arg1, arg2, is_const, size;
167         unsigned long n, i;                       167         unsigned long n, i;
168                                                   168 
169         fd = open("/sys/kernel/debug/kcov", O_    169         fd = open("/sys/kernel/debug/kcov", O_RDWR);
170         if (fd == -1)                             170         if (fd == -1)
171                 perror("open"), exit(1);          171                 perror("open"), exit(1);
172         if (ioctl(fd, KCOV_INIT_TRACE, COVER_S    172         if (ioctl(fd, KCOV_INIT_TRACE, COVER_SIZE))
173                 perror("ioctl"), exit(1);         173                 perror("ioctl"), exit(1);
174         /*                                        174         /*
175         * Note that the buffer pointer is of t    175         * Note that the buffer pointer is of type uint64_t*, because all
176         * the comparison operands are promoted    176         * the comparison operands are promoted to uint64_t.
177         */                                        177         */
178         cover = (uint64_t *)mmap(NULL, COVER_S    178         cover = (uint64_t *)mmap(NULL, COVER_SIZE * sizeof(unsigned long),
179                                      PROT_READ    179                                      PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
180         if ((void*)cover == MAP_FAILED)           180         if ((void*)cover == MAP_FAILED)
181                 perror("mmap"), exit(1);          181                 perror("mmap"), exit(1);
182         /* Note KCOV_TRACE_CMP instead of KCOV    182         /* Note KCOV_TRACE_CMP instead of KCOV_TRACE_PC. */
183         if (ioctl(fd, KCOV_ENABLE, KCOV_TRACE_    183         if (ioctl(fd, KCOV_ENABLE, KCOV_TRACE_CMP))
184                 perror("ioctl"), exit(1);         184                 perror("ioctl"), exit(1);
185         __atomic_store_n(&cover[0], 0, __ATOMI    185         __atomic_store_n(&cover[0], 0, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
186         read(-1, NULL, 0);                        186         read(-1, NULL, 0);
187         /* Read number of comparisons collecte    187         /* Read number of comparisons collected. */
188         n = __atomic_load_n(&cover[0], __ATOMI    188         n = __atomic_load_n(&cover[0], __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
189         for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {                 189         for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
190                 uint64_t ip;                      190                 uint64_t ip;
191                                                   191 
192                 type = cover[i * KCOV_WORDS_PE    192                 type = cover[i * KCOV_WORDS_PER_CMP + 1];
193                 /* arg1 and arg2 - operands of    193                 /* arg1 and arg2 - operands of the comparison. */
194                 arg1 = cover[i * KCOV_WORDS_PE    194                 arg1 = cover[i * KCOV_WORDS_PER_CMP + 2];
195                 arg2 = cover[i * KCOV_WORDS_PE    195                 arg2 = cover[i * KCOV_WORDS_PER_CMP + 3];
196                 /* ip - caller address. */        196                 /* ip - caller address. */
197                 ip = cover[i * KCOV_WORDS_PER_    197                 ip = cover[i * KCOV_WORDS_PER_CMP + 4];
198                 /* size of the operands. */       198                 /* size of the operands. */
199                 size = 1 << ((type & KCOV_CMP_    199                 size = 1 << ((type & KCOV_CMP_MASK) >> 1);
200                 /* is_const - true if either o    200                 /* is_const - true if either operand is a compile-time constant.*/
201                 is_const = type & KCOV_CMP_CON    201                 is_const = type & KCOV_CMP_CONST;
202                 printf("ip: 0x%lx type: 0x%lx,    202                 printf("ip: 0x%lx type: 0x%lx, arg1: 0x%lx, arg2: 0x%lx, "
203                         "size: %lu, %s\n",        203                         "size: %lu, %s\n",
204                         ip, type, arg1, arg2,     204                         ip, type, arg1, arg2, size,
205                 is_const ? "const" : "non-cons    205                 is_const ? "const" : "non-const");
206         }                                         206         }
207         if (ioctl(fd, KCOV_DISABLE, 0))           207         if (ioctl(fd, KCOV_DISABLE, 0))
208                 perror("ioctl"), exit(1);         208                 perror("ioctl"), exit(1);
209         /* Free resources. */                     209         /* Free resources. */
210         if (munmap(cover, COVER_SIZE * sizeof(    210         if (munmap(cover, COVER_SIZE * sizeof(unsigned long)))
211                 perror("munmap"), exit(1);        211                 perror("munmap"), exit(1);
212         if (close(fd))                            212         if (close(fd))
213                 perror("close"), exit(1);         213                 perror("close"), exit(1);
214         return 0;                                 214         return 0;
215     }                                             215     }
216                                                   216 
217 Note that the KCOV modes (collection of code c    217 Note that the KCOV modes (collection of code coverage or comparison operands)
218 are mutually exclusive.                           218 are mutually exclusive.
219                                                   219 
220 Remote coverage collection                        220 Remote coverage collection
221 --------------------------                        221 --------------------------
222                                                   222 
223 Besides collecting coverage data from handlers    223 Besides collecting coverage data from handlers of syscalls issued from a
224 userspace process, KCOV can also collect cover    224 userspace process, KCOV can also collect coverage for parts of the kernel
225 executing in other contexts - so-called "remot    225 executing in other contexts - so-called "remote" coverage.
226                                                   226 
227 Using KCOV to collect remote coverage requires    227 Using KCOV to collect remote coverage requires:
228                                                   228 
229 1. Modifying kernel code to annotate the code     229 1. Modifying kernel code to annotate the code section from where coverage
230    should be collected with ``kcov_remote_star    230    should be collected with ``kcov_remote_start`` and ``kcov_remote_stop``.
231                                                   231 
232 2. Using ``KCOV_REMOTE_ENABLE`` instead of ``K    232 2. Using ``KCOV_REMOTE_ENABLE`` instead of ``KCOV_ENABLE`` in the userspace
233    process that collects coverage.                233    process that collects coverage.
234                                                   234 
235 Both ``kcov_remote_start`` and ``kcov_remote_s    235 Both ``kcov_remote_start`` and ``kcov_remote_stop`` annotations and the
236 ``KCOV_REMOTE_ENABLE`` ioctl accept handles th    236 ``KCOV_REMOTE_ENABLE`` ioctl accept handles that identify particular coverage
237 collection sections. The way a handle is used     237 collection sections. The way a handle is used depends on the context where the
238 matching code section executes.                   238 matching code section executes.
239                                                   239 
240 KCOV supports collecting remote coverage from     240 KCOV supports collecting remote coverage from the following contexts:
241                                                   241 
242 1. Global kernel background tasks. These are t    242 1. Global kernel background tasks. These are the tasks that are spawned during
243    kernel boot in a limited number of instance    243    kernel boot in a limited number of instances (e.g. one USB ``hub_event``
244    worker is spawned per one USB HCD).            244    worker is spawned per one USB HCD).
245                                                   245 
246 2. Local kernel background tasks. These are sp    246 2. Local kernel background tasks. These are spawned when a userspace process
247    interacts with some kernel interface and ar    247    interacts with some kernel interface and are usually killed when the process
248    exits (e.g. vhost workers).                    248    exits (e.g. vhost workers).
249                                                   249 
250 3. Soft interrupts.                               250 3. Soft interrupts.
251                                                   251 
252 For #1 and #3, a unique global handle must be     252 For #1 and #3, a unique global handle must be chosen and passed to the
253 corresponding ``kcov_remote_start`` call. Then    253 corresponding ``kcov_remote_start`` call. Then a userspace process must pass
254 this handle to ``KCOV_REMOTE_ENABLE`` in the `    254 this handle to ``KCOV_REMOTE_ENABLE`` in the ``handles`` array field of the
255 ``kcov_remote_arg`` struct. This will attach t    255 ``kcov_remote_arg`` struct. This will attach the used KCOV device to the code
256 section referenced by this handle. Multiple gl    256 section referenced by this handle. Multiple global handles identifying
257 different code sections can be passed at once.    257 different code sections can be passed at once.
258                                                   258 
259 For #2, the userspace process instead must pas    259 For #2, the userspace process instead must pass a non-zero handle through the
260 ``common_handle`` field of the ``kcov_remote_a    260 ``common_handle`` field of the ``kcov_remote_arg`` struct. This common handle
261 gets saved to the ``kcov_handle`` field in the    261 gets saved to the ``kcov_handle`` field in the current ``task_struct`` and
262 needs to be passed to the newly spawned local     262 needs to be passed to the newly spawned local tasks via custom kernel code
263 modifications. Those tasks should in turn use     263 modifications. Those tasks should in turn use the passed handle in their
264 ``kcov_remote_start`` and ``kcov_remote_stop``    264 ``kcov_remote_start`` and ``kcov_remote_stop`` annotations.
265                                                   265 
266 KCOV follows a predefined format for both glob    266 KCOV follows a predefined format for both global and common handles. Each
267 handle is a ``u64`` integer. Currently, only t    267 handle is a ``u64`` integer. Currently, only the one top and the lower 4 bytes
268 are used. Bytes 4-7 are reserved and must be z    268 are used. Bytes 4-7 are reserved and must be zero.
269                                                   269 
270 For global handles, the top byte of the handle    270 For global handles, the top byte of the handle denotes the id of a subsystem
271 this handle belongs to. For example, KCOV uses    271 this handle belongs to. For example, KCOV uses ``1`` as the USB subsystem id.
272 The lower 4 bytes of a global handle denote th    272 The lower 4 bytes of a global handle denote the id of a task instance within
273 that subsystem. For example, each ``hub_event`    273 that subsystem. For example, each ``hub_event`` worker uses the USB bus number
274 as the task instance id.                          274 as the task instance id.
275                                                   275 
276 For common handles, a reserved value ``0`` is     276 For common handles, a reserved value ``0`` is used as a subsystem id, as such
277 handles don't belong to a particular subsystem    277 handles don't belong to a particular subsystem. The lower 4 bytes of a common
278 handle identify a collective instance of all l    278 handle identify a collective instance of all local tasks spawned by the
279 userspace process that passed a common handle     279 userspace process that passed a common handle to ``KCOV_REMOTE_ENABLE``.
280                                                   280 
281 In practice, any value can be used for common     281 In practice, any value can be used for common handle instance id if coverage
282 is only collected from a single userspace proc    282 is only collected from a single userspace process on the system. However, if
283 common handles are used by multiple processes,    283 common handles are used by multiple processes, unique instance ids must be
284 used for each process. One option is to use th    284 used for each process. One option is to use the process id as the common
285 handle instance id.                               285 handle instance id.
286                                                   286 
287 The following program demonstrates using KCOV     287 The following program demonstrates using KCOV to collect coverage from both
288 local tasks spawned by the process and the glo    288 local tasks spawned by the process and the global task that handles USB bus #1:
289                                                   289 
290 .. code-block:: c                                 290 .. code-block:: c
291                                                   291 
292     /* Same includes and defines as above. */     292     /* Same includes and defines as above. */
293                                                   293 
294     struct kcov_remote_arg {                      294     struct kcov_remote_arg {
295         __u32           trace_mode;               295         __u32           trace_mode;
296         __u32           area_size;                296         __u32           area_size;
297         __u32           num_handles;              297         __u32           num_handles;
298         __aligned_u64   common_handle;            298         __aligned_u64   common_handle;
299         __aligned_u64   handles[0];               299         __aligned_u64   handles[0];
300     };                                            300     };
301                                                   301 
302     #define KCOV_INIT_TRACE                       302     #define KCOV_INIT_TRACE                     _IOR('c', 1, unsigned long)
303     #define KCOV_DISABLE                          303     #define KCOV_DISABLE                        _IO('c', 101)
304     #define KCOV_REMOTE_ENABLE          _IOW('    304     #define KCOV_REMOTE_ENABLE          _IOW('c', 102, struct kcov_remote_arg)
305                                                   305 
306     #define COVER_SIZE  (64 << 10)                306     #define COVER_SIZE  (64 << 10)
307                                                   307 
308     #define KCOV_TRACE_PC       0                 308     #define KCOV_TRACE_PC       0
309                                                   309 
310     #define KCOV_SUBSYSTEM_COMMON       (0x00u    310     #define KCOV_SUBSYSTEM_COMMON       (0x00ull << 56)
311     #define KCOV_SUBSYSTEM_USB  (0x01ull << 56    311     #define KCOV_SUBSYSTEM_USB  (0x01ull << 56)
312                                                   312 
313     #define KCOV_SUBSYSTEM_MASK (0xffull << 56    313     #define KCOV_SUBSYSTEM_MASK (0xffull << 56)
314     #define KCOV_INSTANCE_MASK  (0xffffffffull    314     #define KCOV_INSTANCE_MASK  (0xffffffffull)
315                                                   315 
316     static inline __u64 kcov_remote_handle(__u    316     static inline __u64 kcov_remote_handle(__u64 subsys, __u64 inst)
317     {                                             317     {
318         if (subsys & ~KCOV_SUBSYSTEM_MASK || i    318         if (subsys & ~KCOV_SUBSYSTEM_MASK || inst & ~KCOV_INSTANCE_MASK)
319                 return 0;                         319                 return 0;
320         return subsys | inst;                     320         return subsys | inst;
321     }                                             321     }
322                                                   322 
323     #define KCOV_COMMON_ID      0x42              323     #define KCOV_COMMON_ID      0x42
324     #define KCOV_USB_BUS_NUM    1                 324     #define KCOV_USB_BUS_NUM    1
325                                                   325 
326     int main(int argc, char **argv)               326     int main(int argc, char **argv)
327     {                                             327     {
328         int fd;                                   328         int fd;
329         unsigned long *cover, n, i;               329         unsigned long *cover, n, i;
330         struct kcov_remote_arg *arg;              330         struct kcov_remote_arg *arg;
331                                                   331 
332         fd = open("/sys/kernel/debug/kcov", O_    332         fd = open("/sys/kernel/debug/kcov", O_RDWR);
333         if (fd == -1)                             333         if (fd == -1)
334                 perror("open"), exit(1);          334                 perror("open"), exit(1);
335         if (ioctl(fd, KCOV_INIT_TRACE, COVER_S    335         if (ioctl(fd, KCOV_INIT_TRACE, COVER_SIZE))
336                 perror("ioctl"), exit(1);         336                 perror("ioctl"), exit(1);
337         cover = (unsigned long*)mmap(NULL, COV    337         cover = (unsigned long*)mmap(NULL, COVER_SIZE * sizeof(unsigned long),
338                                      PROT_READ    338                                      PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
339         if ((void*)cover == MAP_FAILED)           339         if ((void*)cover == MAP_FAILED)
340                 perror("mmap"), exit(1);          340                 perror("mmap"), exit(1);
341                                                   341 
342         /* Enable coverage collection via comm    342         /* Enable coverage collection via common handle and from USB bus #1. */
343         arg = calloc(1, sizeof(*arg) + sizeof(    343         arg = calloc(1, sizeof(*arg) + sizeof(uint64_t));
344         if (!arg)                                 344         if (!arg)
345                 perror("calloc"), exit(1);        345                 perror("calloc"), exit(1);
346         arg->trace_mode = KCOV_TRACE_PC;          346         arg->trace_mode = KCOV_TRACE_PC;
347         arg->area_size = COVER_SIZE;              347         arg->area_size = COVER_SIZE;
348         arg->num_handles = 1;                     348         arg->num_handles = 1;
349         arg->common_handle = kcov_remote_handl    349         arg->common_handle = kcov_remote_handle(KCOV_SUBSYSTEM_COMMON,
350                                                   350                                                         KCOV_COMMON_ID);
351         arg->handles[0] = kcov_remote_handle(K    351         arg->handles[0] = kcov_remote_handle(KCOV_SUBSYSTEM_USB,
352                                                   352                                                 KCOV_USB_BUS_NUM);
353         if (ioctl(fd, KCOV_REMOTE_ENABLE, arg)    353         if (ioctl(fd, KCOV_REMOTE_ENABLE, arg))
354                 perror("ioctl"), free(arg), ex    354                 perror("ioctl"), free(arg), exit(1);
355         free(arg);                                355         free(arg);
356                                                   356 
357         /*                                        357         /*
358          * Here the user needs to trigger exec    358          * Here the user needs to trigger execution of a kernel code section
359          * that is either annotated with the c    359          * that is either annotated with the common handle, or to trigger some
360          * activity on USB bus #1.                360          * activity on USB bus #1.
361          */                                       361          */
362         sleep(2);                                 362         sleep(2);
363                                                   363 
364         n = __atomic_load_n(&cover[0], __ATOMI    364         n = __atomic_load_n(&cover[0], __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
365         for (i = 0; i < n; i++)                   365         for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
366                 printf("0x%lx\n", cover[i + 1]    366                 printf("0x%lx\n", cover[i + 1]);
367         if (ioctl(fd, KCOV_DISABLE, 0))           367         if (ioctl(fd, KCOV_DISABLE, 0))
368                 perror("ioctl"), exit(1);         368                 perror("ioctl"), exit(1);
369         if (munmap(cover, COVER_SIZE * sizeof(    369         if (munmap(cover, COVER_SIZE * sizeof(unsigned long)))
370                 perror("munmap"), exit(1);        370                 perror("munmap"), exit(1);
371         if (close(fd))                            371         if (close(fd))
372                 perror("close"), exit(1);         372                 perror("close"), exit(1);
373         return 0;                                 373         return 0;
374     }                                             374     }
                                                      

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