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== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
| − | There are two moments | + | There are two moments in time where criu runs in a somewhat strange environment |
| − | * Parasite code execution | + | * [[Parasite code]] execution |
| − | * Restore of page dumped contents and yield rt-sigreturn to continue execution of the original program | + | * [[Restorer context|Restore]] of page dumped contents and yield rt-sigreturn to continue execution of the original program |
| − | == Building PIE code blobs for | + | == Building PIE code blobs for criu == |
| − | Parasite code executes in dumpee process context thus it needs to be [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Position-independent_code PIE] | + | Parasite code executes in the dumpee process context thus it needs to be [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Position-independent_code PIE] |
compiled and to have own stack. The same applies to restorer code, which takes place at the very end of restore procedure. | compiled and to have own stack. The same applies to restorer code, which takes place at the very end of restore procedure. | ||
| − | Thus we need to reserve stack place statically somewhere in | + | Thus we need to reserve stack, place it statically somewhere in criu and use it at dump/checkpoint stages. To achieve |
| − | this (and still have some human way to edit source code) we | + | this (and still have some human way to edit source code) we use the following tricks |
| − | * Parasite code has own bootstrap code laid in pure assembler file (parasite_head.S) | + | * Parasite code has own bootstrap code laid in a pure assembler file (parasite_head.S) |
| − | * Restorer bootstrap code is done a | + | * Restorer bootstrap code is done in a simpler way in restorer.c. |
| − | For both cases we generate | + | For both cases we generate header files which consist of |
* Functions offsets for export | * Functions offsets for export | ||
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}; | }; | ||
| − | These headers we include in | + | These headers we include in the criu compiled file and then use them for checkpoint/restore. |
| − | Generation of | + | Generation of these files is done in several steps |
* All object files needed by are linked into 'built-in.o' | * All object files needed by are linked into 'built-in.o' | ||
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GEN pie/restorer.built-in.bin | GEN pie/restorer.built-in.bin | ||
GEN pie/restorer-blob.h | GEN pie/restorer-blob.h | ||
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| + | [[Category:Under the hood]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Editor help needed]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:48, 28 December 2018
Summary[edit]
There are two moments in time where criu runs in a somewhat strange environment
- Parasite code execution
- Restore of page dumped contents and yield rt-sigreturn to continue execution of the original program
Building PIE code blobs for criu[edit]
Parasite code executes in the dumpee process context thus it needs to be PIE compiled and to have own stack. The same applies to restorer code, which takes place at the very end of restore procedure.
Thus we need to reserve stack, place it statically somewhere in criu and use it at dump/checkpoint stages. To achieve this (and still have some human way to edit source code) we use the following tricks
- Parasite code has own bootstrap code laid in a pure assembler file (parasite_head.S)
- Restorer bootstrap code is done in a simpler way in restorer.c.
For both cases we generate header files which consist of
- Functions offsets for export
- C array of binary data, for example
#define parasite_blob_offset____export_parasite_args 0x000000000000002c
#define parasite_blob_offset____export_parasite_cmd 0x0000000000000028
#define parasite_blob_offset____export_parasite_head_start 0x0000000000000000
#define parasite_blob_offset____export_parasite_stack 0x0000000000006034
static char parasite_blob[] = {
0x48, 0x8d, 0x25, 0x2d, 0x60, 0x00, 0x00, 0x48,
0x83, 0xec, 0x10, 0x48, 0x83, 0xe4, 0xf0, 0x6a,
0x00, 0x48, 0x89, 0xe5, 0x8b, 0x3d, 0x0e, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x48, 0x8d, 0x35, 0x0b, 0x00, 0x00,
...
};
These headers we include in the criu compiled file and then use them for checkpoint/restore.
Generation of these files is done in several steps
- All object files needed by are linked into 'built-in.o'
- With help of ld script we move code and data to special layout, i.e. to sections with predefined names and addresses
- With help of objcopy we move the section(s) we need to one binary file
- With help of hexdump we generate C-styled array of data and put it into -blob.h header
Example of building procedure[edit]
LINK pie/parasite.built-in.o GEN pie/parasite.built-in.bin.o GEN pie/parasite.built-in.bin GEN pie/parasite-blob.h LINK pie/restorer.built-in.o GEN pie/restorer.built-in.bin.o GEN pie/restorer.built-in.bin GEN pie/restorer-blob.h