[PATCH 1/2] powerpc/kprobes: Some minor fixes

Kumar Gala galak at kernel.crashing.org
Thu Jun 26 17:04:16 EST 2008


* Mark __flush_icache_range as a function that can't be probed since its
  used by the kprobe code.

* Fix an issue with single stepping and async exceptions.  We need to
  ensure that we dont get an async exception (external, decrementer, etc)
  while we are attempting to single step the probe point.

  Added a check to ensure we only handle a single step if its really
  intended for the instruction in question.

Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak at kernel.crashing.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c |    9 +++++++++
 arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
index 23545a2..74693d9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ void __kprobes arch_remove_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)

 static void __kprobes prepare_singlestep(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
+	/* We turn off async exceptions to ensure that the single step will
+	 * be for the instruction we have the kprobe on, if we dont its
+	 * possible we'd get the single step reported for an exception handler
+	 * like Decrementer or External Interrupt */
+	regs->msr &= ~MSR_EE;
 	regs->msr |= MSR_SE;

 	/*
@@ -376,6 +381,10 @@ static int __kprobes post_kprobe_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (!cur)
 		return 0;

+	/* make sure we got here for instruction we have a kprobe on */
+	if (((unsigned long)cur->ainsn.insn + 4) != regs->nip)
+		return 0;
+
 	if ((kcb->kprobe_status != KPROBE_REENTER) && cur->post_handler) {
 		kcb->kprobe_status = KPROBE_HIT_SSDONE;
 		cur->post_handler(cur, regs, 0);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S
index 89aaaa6..6321ae3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_UNIFIED_ID_CACHE)
  *
  * flush_icache_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long stop)
  */
-_GLOBAL(__flush_icache_range)
+_KPROBE(__flush_icache_range)
 BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
 	blr				/* for 601, do nothing */
 END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_COHERENT_ICACHE)
-- 
1.5.5.1




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