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[PATCH -tip v9 09/26] x86: Call exception_enter after kprobes handled
- From: Masami Hiramatsu <masami dot hiramatsu dot pt at hitachi dot com>
- To: linux-kernel at vger dot kernel dot org, Ingo Molnar <mingo at kernel dot org>
- Cc: Andi Kleen <andi at firstfloor dot org>, Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth at in dot ibm dot com>, Sandeepa Prabhu <sandeepa dot prabhu at linaro dot org>, Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec at gmail dot com>, x86 at kernel dot org, Steven Rostedt <rostedt at goodmis dot org>, fche at redhat dot com, mingo at redhat dot com, systemtap at sourceware dot org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor dot com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix dot de>
- Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 17:17:40 +0900
- Subject: [PATCH -tip v9 09/26] x86: Call exception_enter after kprobes handled
- Authentication-results: sourceware.org; auth=none
- References: <20140417081636 dot 26341 dot 87858 dot stgit at ltc230 dot yrl dot intra dot hitachi dot co dot jp>
Move exception_enter() call after kprobes handler
is done. Since the exception_enter() involves
many other functions (like printk), it can cause
recursive int3/break loop when kprobes probe such
functions.
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
---
arch/x86/kernel/traps.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
index e5d4a70..ba9abe9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
@@ -327,7 +327,6 @@ dotraplinkage void __kprobes notrace do_int3(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_co
if (poke_int3_handler(regs))
return;
- prev_state = exception_enter();
#ifdef CONFIG_KGDB_LOW_LEVEL_TRAP
if (kgdb_ll_trap(DIE_INT3, "int3", regs, error_code, X86_TRAP_BP,
SIGTRAP) == NOTIFY_STOP)
@@ -338,6 +337,7 @@ dotraplinkage void __kprobes notrace do_int3(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_co
if (kprobe_int3_handler(regs))
return;
#endif
+ prev_state = exception_enter();
if (notify_die(DIE_INT3, "int3", regs, error_code, X86_TRAP_BP,
SIGTRAP) == NOTIFY_STOP)
@@ -415,8 +415,6 @@ dotraplinkage void __kprobes do_debug(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
unsigned long dr6;
int si_code;
- prev_state = exception_enter();
-
get_debugreg(dr6, 6);
/* Filter out all the reserved bits which are preset to 1 */
@@ -449,6 +447,7 @@ dotraplinkage void __kprobes do_debug(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
if (kprobe_debug_handler(regs))
goto exit;
#endif
+ prev_state = exception_enter();
if (notify_die(DIE_DEBUG, "debug", regs, (long)&dr6, error_code,
SIGTRAP) == NOTIFY_STOP)