linux-kernel - [PATCH -tip ] [BUGFIX] x86/kprobes: Prevent kprobes to probe on save

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Message-ID: <20101118101655.2779.2816.stgit@ltc236.sdl.hitachi.co.jp>
Date:	Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:16:55 +0900
From:	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 2nddept-manager@....hitachi.co.jp,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH -tip ] [BUGFIX] x86/kprobes: Prevent kprobes to probe on
	save_args

Prevent kprobes to probe on save_args() since this function
will be called from breakpoint exception handler. That will
cause infinit loop on breakpoint handling.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: x86@...nel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
---

 arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
index fe2690d..e3ba417 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ ENDPROC(native_usergs_sysret64)
 	.endm
 
 /* save partial stack frame */
+	.pushsection .kprobes.text, "ax"
 ENTRY(save_args)
 	XCPT_FRAME
 	cld
@@ -334,6 +335,7 @@ ENTRY(save_args)
 	ret
 	CFI_ENDPROC
 END(save_args)
+	.popsection
 
 ENTRY(save_rest)
 	PARTIAL_FRAME 1 REST_SKIP+8

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