linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] ptrace/x86: dont delay perf_event_disable() till second pass in ptrace_write

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Date:	Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:17 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@...hat.com>,
	Maneesh Soni <maneesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Prasad <prasad@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ptrace/x86: dont delay perf_event_disable() till
 second pass in ptrace_write_dr7()

2013/4/16 Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>:
> On 04/16, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
>> >             rc = ptrace_modify_breakpoint(bp, len, type, tsk, disabled);
>> >             if (rc)
>> >                     break;
>>
>> It would be nice to warn here:
>>
>>    WARN_ON_ONCE(rc && second_pass);
>
> Well, I disagree.
>
> To clarify, I agree with WARN_ON_ONCE(), but afaics it has nothing to
> do with "second_pass",
>
>> And these are indeed supposed
>> to.
>
> Indeed, but this is because ptrace_modify_breakpoint() should not fail.
>
> So, what do you think if I change the main loop above
>
>                 rc = ptrace_modify_breakpoint(...)
>         -       if (rc)
>         +       if (WARN_ON_ONCE(rc))
>                         break;

It can fail in the first pass if dr7 is incorrect. For example passing
a length of 8 in x86-32 is rejected. The type can be wrong too.
But the second pass shouldn't fail. If it was validated once, then it
should be valid a second time.
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