linux-kernel - [PATCH 2.6.21 review II] [8/10] VMI: Kprobe rpl fix

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Message-Id: <20070210115236.7DC3F13E01@wotan.suse.de>
Date:	Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:52:36 +0100 (CET)
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>,
	Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>, patches@...-64.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2.6.21 review II] [8/10] VMI: Kprobe rpl fix


From: Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>
Kprobes bugfix for paravirt compatibility - RPL on the CS when inserting
BPs must match running kernel.

Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>
CC: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>

diff -r fad1c2108c13 arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c	Fri Feb 02 16:22:37 2007 -0800
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c	Fri Feb 02 16:28:48 2007 -0800
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ fastcall void *__kprobes trampoline_hand
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&kretprobe_lock, flags);
 	head = kretprobe_inst_table_head(current);
 	/* fixup registers */
-	regs->xcs = __KERNEL_CS;
+	regs->xcs = __KERNEL_CS | get_kernel_rpl();
 	regs->eip = trampoline_address;
 	regs->orig_eax = 0xffffffff;
 

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