linux-kernel - [PATCH v6 3.2-rc1 6/28] Uprobes: define fixups.

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Date:	Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:08:41 +0530
From:	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...k.frob.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>,
	Anton Arapov <anton@...hat.com>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Stephen Wilson <wilsons@...rt.ca>
Subject: [PATCH v6 3.2-rc1 6/28]   Uprobes: define fixups.


During the first insertion of a probepoint, instruction is analyzed for
fixups and cached in the per-uprobe struct. On a probehit, the cached
fixup is used. Fixup analysis and caching is done in arch-specific
code.

Signed-off-by: Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 include/linux/uprobes.h |   12 ++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/uprobes.h b/include/linux/uprobes.h
index fa2b663..dd308fa 100644
--- a/include/linux/uprobes.h
+++ b/include/linux/uprobes.h
@@ -33,6 +33,17 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
 #define MAX_UINSN_BYTES 4
 #endif
 
+#define uprobe_opcode_sz sizeof(uprobe_opcode_t)
+
+/* Post-execution fixups.  Some architectures may define others. */
+
+/* No fixup needed */
+#define UPROBES_FIX_NONE	0x0
+/* Adjust IP back to vicinity of actual insn */
+#define UPROBES_FIX_IP	0x1
+/* Adjust the return address of a call insn */
+#define UPROBES_FIX_CALL	0x2
+
 struct uprobe_consumer {
 	int (*handler)(struct uprobe_consumer *self, struct pt_regs *regs);
 	/*
@@ -53,6 +64,7 @@ struct uprobe {
 	struct inode		*inode;		/* Also hold a ref to inode */
 	loff_t			offset;
 	int			copy;
+	u16			fixups;
 	u8			insn[MAX_UINSN_BYTES];
 };
 

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