RFC: kprobes support for ppc32

Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli ananth at in.ibm.com
Tue Jan 30 17:24:47 EST 2007


On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 12:13:32AM -0600, Kumar Gala wrote:
> Here's a first cut on ppc32 support for kprobes.  I haven't tested this, 
> but I think I got all the places that needed fixing up.
> 
> - k

Kumar,

This looks fine (very similar to a patch I had done, but couldn't test
it for lack of hardware).

Acked-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth at in.ibm.com>

> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> index d6abe49..db1e118 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> @@ -1182,7 +1182,7 @@ source "arch/powerpc/oprofile/Kconfig"
> 
>  config KPROBES
>  	bool "Kprobes (EXPERIMENTAL)"
> -	depends on PPC64 && KALLSYMS && EXPERIMENTAL && MODULES
> +	depends on !BOOKE && KALLSYMS && EXPERIMENTAL && MODULES
>  	help
>  	  Kprobes allows you to trap at almost any kernel address and
>  	  execute a callback function.  register_kprobe() establishes
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
> index 4657563..dd2886f 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
> @@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ int __kprobes arch_prepare_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
>  	if ((unsigned long)p->addr & 0x03) {
>  		printk("Attempt to register kprobe at an unaligned 
>  		address\n");
>  		ret = -EINVAL;
> -	} else if (IS_MTMSRD(insn) || IS_RFID(insn)) {
> -		printk("Cannot register a kprobe on rfid or mtmsrd\n");
> +	} else if (IS_MTMSRD(insn) || IS_RFID(insn) || IS_RFI(insn)) {
> +		printk("Cannot register a kprobe on rfi/rfid or mtmsr[d]\n");
>  		ret = -EINVAL;
>  	}
> 
> @@ -483,8 +483,12 @@ int __kprobes setjmp_pre_handler(struct kprobe *p, 
> struct pt_regs *regs)
>  	memcpy(&kcb->jprobe_saved_regs, regs, sizeof(struct pt_regs));
> 
>  	/* setup return addr to the jprobe handler routine */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
>  	regs->nip = (unsigned long)(((func_descr_t *)jp->entry)->entry);
>  	regs->gpr[2] = (unsigned long)(((func_descr_t *)jp->entry)->toc);
> +#else
> +	regs->nip = (unsigned long)jp->entry;
> +#endif
> 
>  	return 1;
>  }
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
> index a0360ae..116432f 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
> @@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PPC64)	+= checksum_64.o 
> copypage_64.o copyuser_64.o \
>  			   strcase.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_QUICC_ENGINE) += rheap.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_XMON)	+= sstep.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_KPROBES) += sstep.o
> 
>  ifeq ($(CONFIG_PPC64),y)
>  obj-$(CONFIG_SMP)	+= locks.o
> -obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL) += sstep.o
>  endif
> 
>  # Temporary hack until we have migrated to asm-powerpc
> diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/kprobes.h b/include/asm-powerpc/kprobes.h
> index 2dafa37..4658a95 100644
> --- a/include/asm-powerpc/kprobes.h
> +++ b/include/asm-powerpc/kprobes.h
> @@ -66,7 +66,11 @@ typedef unsigned int kprobe_opcode_t;
>  	}								\
>  }
> 
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
>  #define JPROBE_ENTRY(pentry)	(kprobe_opcode_t *)((func_descr_t *)pentry)
> +#else
> +#define JPROBE_ENTRY(pentry)	(kprobe_opcode_t *)(pentry)
> +#endif
> 
>  #define is_trap(instr)	(IS_TW(instr) || IS_TD(instr) || \
>  			IS_TWI(instr) || IS_TDI(instr))
> diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/sstep.h b/include/asm-powerpc/sstep.h
> index 630a988..f593b0f 100644
> --- a/include/asm-powerpc/sstep.h
> +++ b/include/asm-powerpc/sstep.h
> @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ struct pt_regs;
>   */
>  #define IS_MTMSRD(instr)	(((instr) & 0xfc0007be) == 0x7c000124)
>  #define IS_RFID(instr)		(((instr) & 0xfc0007fe) == 
>  0x4c000024)
> +#define IS_RFI(instr)		(((instr) & 0xfc0007fe) == 0x4c000064)
> 
>  /* Emulate instructions that cause a transfer of control. */
>  extern int emulate_step(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int instr);



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