linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -tip v2 1/2] [BUGFIX] kprobes: make hash

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Date:	Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:10:00 +0530
From:	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>
To:	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Timo Juhani Lindfors <timo.lindfors@....fi>,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Nadia Yvette Chambers <nyc@...omorphy.com>,
	yrl.pp-manager.tt@...achi.com,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip v2 1/2] [BUGFIX] kprobes: make hash_64() as always
	inlined

On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 08:52:30PM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> Because hash_64() is called from the get_kprobe() inside
> int3 handler, kernel causes int3 recursion and crashes if
> kprobes user puts a probe on it.
> 
> Usually hash_64() is inlined into caller function, but in
> some cases, it has instances by gcc's interprocedural
> constant propagation.
> 
> This patch uses __always_inline instead of inline to
> prevent gcc from doing such things.
> 
> Changes in v2:
>  - Use __always_inline instead of using __kprobes
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
> Reported-by: Timo Juhani Lindfors <timo.lindfors@....fi>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
> Cc: Nadia Yvette Chambers <nyc@...omorphy.com>
> Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>
> Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
> Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>

Acked-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>

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