miri/shims/native_lib/trace/

child.rs

use std::cell::RefCell;
use std::ptr::NonNull;
use std::rc::Rc;

use ipc_channel::ipc;
use nix::sys::{mman, ptrace, signal};
use nix::unistd;
use rustc_const_eval::interpret::InterpResult;

use super::CALLBACK_STACK_SIZE;
use super::messages::{Confirmation, StartFfiInfo, TraceRequest};
use super::parent::{ChildListener, sv_loop};
use crate::alloc::isolated_alloc::IsolatedAlloc;
use crate::shims::native_lib::MemEvents;

/// A handle to the single, shared supervisor process across all `MiriMachine`s.
/// Since it would be very difficult to trace multiple FFI calls in parallel, we
/// need to ensure that either (a) only one `MiriMachine` is performing an FFI call
/// at any given time, or (b) there are distinct supervisor and child processes for
/// each machine. The former was chosen here.
///
/// This should only contain a `None` if the supervisor has not (yet) been initialised;
/// otherwise, if `init_sv` was called and did not error, this will always be nonempty.
static SUPERVISOR: std::sync::Mutex<Option<Supervisor>> = std::sync::Mutex::new(None);

/// The main means of communication between the child and parent process,
/// allowing the former to send requests and get info from the latter.
pub struct Supervisor {
    /// Sender for FFI-mode-related requests.
    message_tx: ipc::IpcSender<TraceRequest>,
    /// Used for synchronisation, allowing us to receive confirmation that the
    /// parent process has handled the request from `message_tx`.
    confirm_rx: ipc::IpcReceiver<Confirmation>,
    /// Receiver for memory acceses that ocurred during the FFI call.
    event_rx: ipc::IpcReceiver<MemEvents>,
}

/// Marker representing that an error occurred during creation of the supervisor.
#[derive(Debug)]
pub struct SvInitError;

impl Supervisor {
    /// Returns `true` if the supervisor process exists, and `false` otherwise.
    pub fn is_enabled() -> bool {
        SUPERVISOR.lock().unwrap().is_some()
    }

    unsafe fn protect_pages(
        pages: impl Iterator<Item = (NonNull<u8>, usize)>,
        prot: mman::ProtFlags,
    ) -> Result<(), nix::errno::Errno> {
        for (pg, sz) in pages {
            unsafe { mman::mprotect(pg.cast(), sz, prot)? };
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Performs an arbitrary FFI call, enabling tracing from the supervisor.
    /// As this locks the supervisor via a mutex, no other threads may enter FFI
    /// until this function returns.
    pub fn do_ffi<'tcx>(
        alloc: &Rc<RefCell<IsolatedAlloc>>,
        f: impl FnOnce() -> InterpResult<'tcx, crate::ImmTy<'tcx>>,
    ) -> InterpResult<'tcx, (crate::ImmTy<'tcx>, Option<MemEvents>)> {
        let mut sv_guard = SUPERVISOR.lock().unwrap();
        // If the supervisor is not initialised for whatever reason, fast-return.
        // As a side-effect, even on platforms where ptracing
        // is not implemented, we enforce that only one FFI call
        // happens at a time.
        let Some(sv) = sv_guard.as_mut() else { return f().map(|v| (v, None)) };

        // Get pointers to all the pages the supervisor must allow accesses in
        // and prepare the callback stack.
        let alloc = alloc.borrow();
        let page_size = alloc.page_size();
        let page_ptrs = alloc
            .pages()
            .flat_map(|(pg, sz)| {
                // Convert (page, size) pair into list of pages.
                let start = pg.expose_provenance().get();
                (0..sz.strict_div(alloc.page_size()))
                    .map(move |i| start.strict_add(i.strict_mul(page_size)))
            })
            .collect();
        let raw_stack_ptr: *mut [u8; CALLBACK_STACK_SIZE] =
            Box::leak(Box::new([0u8; CALLBACK_STACK_SIZE])).as_mut_ptr().cast();
        let stack_ptr = raw_stack_ptr.expose_provenance();
        let start_info = StartFfiInfo { page_ptrs, stack_ptr };

        // Unwinding might be messed up due to partly protected memory, so let's abort if something
        // breaks inside here.
        let res = std::panic::abort_unwind(|| {
            // Send over the info.
            // NB: if we do not wait to receive a blank confirmation response, it is
            // possible that the supervisor is alerted of the SIGSTOP *before* it has
            // actually received the start_info, thus deadlocking! This way, we can
            // enforce an ordering for these events.
            sv.message_tx.send(TraceRequest::StartFfi(start_info)).unwrap();
            sv.confirm_rx.recv().unwrap();
            // We need to be stopped for the supervisor to be able to make certain
            // modifications to our memory - simply waiting on the recv() doesn't
            // count.
            signal::raise(signal::SIGSTOP).unwrap();

            // SAFETY: We have coordinated with the supervisor to ensure that this memory will keep
            // working as normal, just with extra tracing. So even if the compiler moves memory
            // accesses down to after the `mprotect`, they won't actually segfault.
            unsafe {
                Self::protect_pages(alloc.pages(), mman::ProtFlags::PROT_NONE).unwrap();
            }

            let res = f();

            // SAFETY: We set memory back to normal, so this is safe.
            unsafe {
                Self::protect_pages(
                    alloc.pages(),
                    mman::ProtFlags::PROT_READ | mman::ProtFlags::PROT_WRITE,
                )
                .unwrap();
            }

            // Signal the supervisor that we are done. Will block until the supervisor continues us.
            // This will also shut down the segfault handler, so it's important that all memory is
            // reset back to normal above. There must not be a window in time where accessing the
            // pages we protected above actually causes the program to abort.
            signal::raise(signal::SIGUSR1).unwrap();

            res
        });

        // SAFETY: Caller upholds that this pointer was allocated as a box with
        // this type.
        unsafe {
            drop(Box::from_raw(raw_stack_ptr));
        }
        // On the off-chance something really weird happens, don't block forever.
        let events = sv
            .event_rx
            .try_recv_timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(5))
            .map_err(|e| {
                match e {
                    ipc::TryRecvError::IpcError(_) => (),
                    ipc::TryRecvError::Empty =>
                        panic!("Waiting for accesses from supervisor timed out!"),
                }
            })
            .ok();

        res.map(|v| (v, events))
    }
}

/// Initialises the supervisor process. If this function errors, then the
/// supervisor process could not be created successfully; else, the caller
/// is now the child process and can communicate via `do_ffi`, receiving back
/// events at the end.
///
/// # Safety
/// The invariants for `fork()` must be upheld by the caller, namely either:
/// - Other threads do not exist, or;
/// - If they do exist, either those threads or the resulting child process
///   only ever act in [async-signal-safe](https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/signal-safety.7.html) ways.
pub unsafe fn init_sv() -> Result<(), SvInitError> {
    // FIXME: Much of this could be reimplemented via the mitosis crate if we upstream the
    // relevant missing bits.

    // On Linux, this will check whether ptrace is fully disabled by the Yama module.
    // If Yama isn't running or we're not on Linux, we'll still error later, but
    // this saves a very expensive fork call.
    let ptrace_status = std::fs::read_to_string("/proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope");
    if let Ok(stat) = ptrace_status {
        if let Some(stat) = stat.chars().next() {
            // Fast-error if ptrace is fully disabled on the system.
            if stat == '3' {
                return Err(SvInitError);
            }
        }
    }

    // Initialise the supervisor if it isn't already, placing it into SUPERVISOR.
    let mut lock = SUPERVISOR.lock().unwrap();
    if lock.is_some() {
        return Ok(());
    }

    // Prepare the IPC channels we need.
    let (message_tx, message_rx) = ipc::channel().unwrap();
    let (confirm_tx, confirm_rx) = ipc::channel().unwrap();
    let (event_tx, event_rx) = ipc::channel().unwrap();
    // SAFETY: Calling sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE) is always safe and cannot error.
    let page_size = unsafe { libc::sysconf(libc::_SC_PAGESIZE) }.try_into().unwrap();
    super::parent::PAGE_SIZE.store(page_size, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);

    unsafe {
        // TODO: Maybe use clone3() instead for better signalling of when the child exits?
        // SAFETY: Caller upholds that only one thread exists.
        match unistd::fork().unwrap() {
            unistd::ForkResult::Parent { child } => {
                // If somehow another thread does exist, prevent it from accessing the lock
                // and thus breaking our safety invariants.
                std::mem::forget(lock);
                // The child process is free to unwind, so we won't to avoid doubly freeing
                // system resources.
                let init = std::panic::catch_unwind(|| {
                    let listener = ChildListener::new(message_rx, confirm_tx.clone());
                    // Trace as many things as possible, to be able to handle them as needed.
                    let options = ptrace::Options::PTRACE_O_TRACESYSGOOD
                        | ptrace::Options::PTRACE_O_TRACECLONE
                        | ptrace::Options::PTRACE_O_TRACEFORK;
                    // Attach to the child process without stopping it.
                    match ptrace::seize(child, options) {
                        // Ptrace works :D
                        Ok(_) => {
                            let code = sv_loop(listener, child, event_tx, confirm_tx).unwrap_err();
                            // If a return code of 0 is not explicitly given, assume something went
                            // wrong and return 1.
                            std::process::exit(code.0.unwrap_or(1))
                        }
                        // Ptrace does not work and we failed to catch that.
                        Err(_) => {
                            // If we can't ptrace, Miri continues being the parent.
                            signal::kill(child, signal::SIGKILL).unwrap();
                            SvInitError
                        }
                    }
                });
                match init {
                    // The "Ok" case means that we couldn't ptrace.
                    Ok(e) => return Err(e),
                    Err(p) => {
                        eprintln!(
                            "Supervisor process panicked!\n{p:?}\n\nTry running again without using the native-lib tracer."
                        );
                        std::process::exit(1);
                    }
                }
            }
            unistd::ForkResult::Child => {
                // Make sure we never get orphaned and stuck in SIGSTOP or similar
                // SAFETY: prctl PR_SET_PDEATHSIG is always safe to call.
                let ret = libc::prctl(libc::PR_SET_PDEATHSIG, libc::SIGTERM);
                assert_eq!(ret, 0);
                // First make sure the parent succeeded with ptracing us!
                signal::raise(signal::SIGSTOP).unwrap();
                // If we're the child process, save the supervisor info.
                *lock = Some(Supervisor { message_tx, confirm_rx, event_rx });
            }
        }
    }
    Ok(())
}

/// Instruct the supervisor process to return a particular code. Useful if for
/// whatever reason this code fails to be intercepted normally.
pub fn register_retcode_sv(code: i32) {
    let mut sv_guard = SUPERVISOR.lock().unwrap();
    if let Some(sv) = sv_guard.as_mut() {
        sv.message_tx.send(TraceRequest::OverrideRetcode(code)).unwrap();
        sv.confirm_rx.recv().unwrap();
    }
}