[PATCH 0/4] powerpc: build out kprobes blacklist

[Masami Hiramatsu]

Hello Naveen,

On Tue, 25 Apr 2017 22:04:05 +0530
"Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao at linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> This is the second in the series of patches to build out an appropriate
> kprobes blacklist. This series blacklists system_call() and functions
> involved when handling the trap itself. Not everything is covered, but
> this is the first set of functions that I have tested with. More
> patches to follow once I expand my tests.

OK, btw, have you tested to put kprobes on these functions and
saw kernel panic happened?

> I have converted many labels into private -- these are labels that I
> felt are not necessary to read stack traces. If any of those are
> important to have, please let me know.

At least from the viewpoint of kprobe-blacklist macros, it seems
good to me :)

Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat at kernel.org>

for this series.

Thank you,

> 
> - Naveen
> 
> Naveen N. Rao (4):
>   powerpc/kprobes: cleanup system_call_common and blacklist it from
>     kprobes
>   powerpc/kprobes: un-blacklist system_call() from kprobes
>   powerpc/kprobes: blacklist functions invoked on a trap
>   powerpc/kprobes: blacklist functions involved when returning from
>     exception
> 
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S       | 94 +++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S |  1 +
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c           |  3 ++
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c          |  3 ++
>  arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dtl.c |  2 +
>  5 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.12.1
> 


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat at kernel.org>