linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] [PATCH 1/2 v2] x86: introduce int3-based instruction patching

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1307112116360.29788@pobox.suse.cz>
Date:	Thu, 11 Jul 2013 21:21:14 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Jason Baron <jbaron@...mai.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bpetkov@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH 1/2 v2] x86: introduce int3-based instruction
 patching

On Thu, 11 Jul 2013, Steven Rostedt wrote:

> > The current code assumes that one of the two code sequences is a NOP,
> > and therefore that jumping over the region is legal.  This does not
> > allow for transitioning one active code sequence to another.
> 
> Correct, and I think we should keep the two changes separate, as the NOP
> case is trivial. No need to complicate the trivial and common updates
> (jump_labels and ftrace). But for things like kprobes, we could do a bit
> more complex code, but it should probably be separate.
> 
> Perhaps call this text_poke_nop_bp()?

Hmm ... I don't think this is exactly precise, at least as long as the 
implementation in the patchset I have submitted is concerned.

Yes, most use cases (jump labels, perhaps ftrace) will simply be skipping 
over the patched region, pretending that NOP has been there; but the 
handler provided to text_poke_bp() is completely free to do any other kind 
of trickery.

The one that jump label provides in PATCH 2/2 really just skips over the 
region, yes. But the interface potentially allows for more.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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