linux-kernel - [patch 00/18] x86, bts, ptrace, hw-branch-tracer: fixes and cleanups

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Message-Id: <20090402145455.597376000@intel.com>
Date:	Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:54:55 +0200
From:	markus.t.metzger@...el.com
To:	mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com
Cc:	markus.t.metzger@...il.com, roland@...hat.com,
	eranian@...glemail.com, oleg@...hat.com, juan.villacis@...el.com,
	ak@...ux.jf.intel.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch 00/18] x86, bts, ptrace, hw-branch-tracer: fixes and cleanups

-- 
Patches 1-5 fix races with context swithcing code when the branch traced task
is currently running.

In the worst case, this might cause context switch code to access freed
memory or the tracing hardware to continue tracing into a freed buffer.
Both might crash the kernel.

The first 4 patches apply to .29 using the below preparation patch.


The remaining patches fix bugs in the context of per-cpu tracing (i.e.
hw-branch-tracer) and pebs, add more selftest code, and do some cleanups.


Signed-off-by: Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@...el.com>
---

Index: linux-2.6.29/arch/x86/kernel/ds.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.29.orig/arch/x86/kernel/ds.c	2009-04-01 17:39:55.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.29/arch/x86/kernel/ds.c	2009-04-01 17:40:42.000000000 +0200
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ struct bts_tracer {
 	struct ds_tracer ds;
 	/* the trace including the DS configuration */
 	struct bts_trace trace;
-	/* buffer overflow notification function */
-	bts_ovfl_callback_t ovfl;
+	/* Buffer overflow notification function: */
+	bts_ovfl_callback_t	ovfl;
 };
 
 struct pebs_tracer {
Index: linux-2.6.29/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.29.orig/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c	2009-04-01 17:39:55.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.29/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c	2009-04-01 17:40:42.000000000 +0200
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/audit.h>
 #include <linux/seccomp.h>
 #include <linux/signal.h>
+#include <linux/ftrace.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
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