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Message-ID: <20110705044450.GA17949@in.ibm.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 10:14:50 +0530
From: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>
To: Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@...il.com>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SAMPLES: kprobe_example: make it more easy to use
On Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 10:00:29AM +0800, Yong Zhang wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli
> <ananth@...ibm.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 04, 2011 at 03:27:39PM +0800, Yong Zhang wrote:
> >> From: Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@...il.com>
> >> Subject: [PATCH] SAMPLES: kprobe_example: make it more easy to use
...
> From: Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@...il.com>
> Subject: [PATCH V2] SAMPLES: kprobe_example: make it more easy to use
>
> Add parameter 'func' and 'offset' to it, thus make it more easy
> to kprobe certain offset/function.
>
> Also print the next PC in post_handler(), thus we can ealily
> tell if there is something is wrong when kprobe fails. This
> is inspirited by a bug which explores an issue on POWERPC-32
> when intruction is emulated: https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/6/24/53
>
> Signed-off-by: Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@...il.com>
Acked-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>
> ---
> Changes from V1:
> Using wrapper function instruction_pointer() to get next PC.
>
> samples/kprobes/kprobe_example.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
> 1 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/samples/kprobes/kprobe_example.c b/samples/kprobes/kprobe_example.c
> index ebf5e0c..8394e98 100644
> --- a/samples/kprobes/kprobe_example.c
> +++ b/samples/kprobes/kprobe_example.c
> @@ -13,11 +13,18 @@
> #include <linux/kernel.h>
> #include <linux/module.h>
> #include <linux/kprobes.h>
> +#include <linux/limits.h>
> +
> +static char func_name[NAME_MAX] = "do_fork";
> +module_param_string(func, func_name, NAME_MAX, S_IRUGO);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(func, "Function to kprobe");
> +
> +static unsigned int offset;
> +module_param(offset, uint, S_IRUGO);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(offset, "Function offset to kprobe");
>
> /* For each probe you need to allocate a kprobe structure */
> -static struct kprobe kp = {
> - .symbol_name = "do_fork",
> -};
> +static struct kprobe kp;
>
> /* kprobe pre_handler: called just before the probed instruction is executed */
> static int handler_pre(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs)
> @@ -25,17 +32,17 @@ static int handler_pre(struct kprobe *p, struct
> pt_regs *regs)
> #ifdef CONFIG_X86
> printk(KERN_INFO "pre_handler: p->addr = 0x%p, ip = %lx,"
> " flags = 0x%lx\n",
> - p->addr, regs->ip, regs->flags);
> + p->addr, instruction_pointer(regs), regs->flags);
> #endif
> #ifdef CONFIG_PPC
> printk(KERN_INFO "pre_handler: p->addr = 0x%p, nip = 0x%lx,"
> " msr = 0x%lx\n",
> - p->addr, regs->nip, regs->msr);
> + p->addr, instruction_pointer(regs), regs->msr);
> #endif
> #ifdef CONFIG_MIPS
> printk(KERN_INFO "pre_handler: p->addr = 0x%p, epc = 0x%lx,"
> " status = 0x%lx\n",
> - p->addr, regs->cp0_epc, regs->cp0_status);
> + p->addr, instruction_pointer(regs), regs->cp0_status);
> #endif
>
> /* A dump_stack() here will give a stack backtrace */
> @@ -47,16 +54,20 @@ static void handler_post(struct kprobe *p, struct
> pt_regs *regs,
> unsigned long flags)
> {
> #ifdef CONFIG_X86
> - printk(KERN_INFO "post_handler: p->addr = 0x%p, flags = 0x%lx\n",
> - p->addr, regs->flags);
> + printk(KERN_INFO "post_handler: p->addr = 0x%p, ip = %lx,"
> + " flags = 0x%lx\n",
> + p->addr, instruction_pointer(regs), regs->flags);
> #endif
> #ifdef CONFIG_PPC
> - printk(KERN_INFO "post_handler: p->addr = 0x%p, msr = 0x%lx\n",
> - p->addr, regs->msr);
> + printk(KERN_INFO "post_handler: p->addr = 0x%p, nip = 0x%lx,"
> + " msr = 0x%lx\n",
> + p->addr, instruction_pointer(regs), regs->msr);
> + dump_stack();
> #endif
> #ifdef CONFIG_MIPS
> - printk(KERN_INFO "post_handler: p->addr = 0x%p, status = 0x%lx\n",
> - p->addr, regs->cp0_status);
> + printk(KERN_INFO "post_handler: p->addr = 0x%p, epc = 0x%lx,"
> + " status = 0x%lx\n",
> + p->addr, instruction_pointer(regs), regs->cp0_status);
> #endif
> }
>
> @@ -76,6 +87,8 @@ static int handler_fault(struct kprobe *p, struct
> pt_regs *regs, int trapnr)
> static int __init kprobe_init(void)
> {
> int ret;
> + kp.symbol_name = func_name;
> + kp.offset = offset;
> kp.pre_handler = handler_pre;
> kp.post_handler = handler_post;
> kp.fault_handler = handler_fault;
> --
> 1.7.4.1
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