linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 3.1.0-rc4-tip 13/26] x86: define a x86 specific exception notifier.

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Date:	Fri, 7 Oct 2011 20:31:02 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...k.frob.com>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3.1.0-rc4-tip 13/26]   x86: define a x86 specific
	exception notifier.

On 09/20, Srikar Dronamraju wrote:
>
> +int uprobe_exception_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
> +				       unsigned long val, void *data)
> +{
> +	struct die_args *args = data;
> +	struct pt_regs *regs = args->regs;
> +	int ret = NOTIFY_DONE;
> +
> +	/* We are only interested in userspace traps */
> +	if (regs && !user_mode_vm(regs))
> +		return NOTIFY_DONE;
> +
> +	switch (val) {
> +	case DIE_INT3:
> +		/* Run your handler here */
> +		if (uprobe_bkpt_notifier(regs))
> +			ret = NOTIFY_STOP;
> +		break;

OK, but I simply can't understand do_int3(). It uses DIE_INT3 or
DIE_TRAP depending on CONFIG_KPROBES.

Oleg.

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