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Message-ID: <20100114153908.GA3487@Krystal>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:39:09 -0500
From: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
mingo@...e.hu, hpa@...or.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
andi@...stfloor.org, roland@...hat.com, rth@...hat.com,
mhiramat@...hat.com, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/8] jump label v4 - x86: Introduce generic jump
patching without stop_machine
* Steven Rostedt (rostedt@...dmis.org) wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-01-12 at 11:26 -0500, Jason Baron wrote:
>
> > +/**
> > + * text_poke_fixup() -- cross-modifying kernel text with fixup address.
> > + * @addr: Modifying address.
> > + * @opcode: New instruction.
> > + * @len: length of modifying bytes.
> > + * @fixup: Fixup address.
> > + *
> > + * Note: You must backup replaced instructions before calling this,
> > + * if you need to recover it.
> > + * Note: Must be called under text_mutex.
> > + */
> > +void *__kprobes text_poke_fixup(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len,
> > + void *fixup)
> > +{
> > + static const unsigned char int3_insn = BREAKPOINT_INSTRUCTION;
> > + static const int int3_size = sizeof(int3_insn);
> > +
> > + /* Replacing 1 byte can be done atomically. */
> > + if (unlikely(len <= 1))
> > + return text_poke(addr, opcode, len);
>
> This part bothers me. The text_poke just writes over the text directly
> (using a separate mapping). But if that memory is in the pipeline of
> another CPU, I think this could cause a GPF.
It looks like we are thinking along the same lines.
I'm under the impression that I pointed out this exact same issue in the
previous round of review a few weeks ago. Does this submission reflect
the up-to-date state of this patch ?
Thanks,
Mathieu
>
> -- Steve
>
> > +
> > + /* Preparing */
> > + patch_fixup_addr = fixup;
> > + wmb();
> > + patch_fixup_from = (u8 *)addr + int3_size; /* IP address after int3 */
> > +
> > + /* Cap by an int3 */
> > + text_poke(addr, &int3_insn, int3_size);
> > + sync_core_all();
> > +
> > + /* Replace tail bytes */
> > + text_poke((char *)addr + int3_size, (const char *)opcode + int3_size,
> > + len - int3_size);
> > + sync_core_all();
> > +
> > + /* Replace int3 with head byte */
> > + text_poke(addr, opcode, int3_size);
> > + sync_core_all();
> > +
> > + /* Cleanup */
> > + patch_fixup_from = NULL;
> > + wmb();
> > + return addr;
> > +}
> > +
>
--
Mathieu Desnoyers
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