linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] uprobes/x86: Add is_64bit_mm(), kill validate_insn

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Date:	Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:35:02 +0530
From:	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Anton Arapov <aarapov@...hat.com>,
	David Long <dave.long@...aro.org>,
	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
	"Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@...hat.com>,
	Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ibm.com>,
	Jonathan Lebon <jlebon@...hat.com>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] uprobes/x86: Add is_64bit_mm(), kill
 validate_insn_bits()

* Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> [2014-04-19 19:01:51]:

> 1. Extract the ->ia32_compat check from 64bit validate_insn_bits()
>    into the new helper, is_64bit_mm(), it will have more users.
> 
>    TODO: this checks is actually wrong if mm owner is X32 task,
>    we need another fix which changes set_personality_ia32().
> 
>    TODO: even worse, the whole 64-or-32-bit logic is very broken
>    and the fix is not simple, we need the nontrivial changes in
>    the core uprobes code.
> 
> 2. Kill validate_insn_bits() and change its single caller to use
>    uprobe_init_insn(is_64bit_mm(mm).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>

Acked-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

-- 
Thanks and Regards
Srikar Dronamraju

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