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Get a function's return value in a kretprobe handler

I want to know if it is possible to hook a kretprobe on a kernel function and capture it's return value in the return handler of kretprobe.

Solution

  • It's little bit old question, but for those who is still looking for an answer..

    How to register kretprobe you can see in the documentation for kprobes (https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/kprobes.txt)

    An architecture independent function that captures ret value from syscalls:

    #include <linux/ptrace.h>

...

int hook_retcode(struct kretprobe_instance *ri, struct pt_regs *regs)
{
    unsigned long retval = 0;

    retval = regs_return_value(regs);

    if (is_syscall_success(regs))
    {
        printk("%pf exited with a code %#lx\n", ri->rp->kp.addr, retval);
    }
    else
    {
        printk("%pf failed with a code %#lx\n", ri->rp->kp.addr, retval);
    }
}