linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add a text

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Date:	Fri, 29 Nov 2013 19:35:58 +0100
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	x86@...nel.org, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add a text_poke syscall v2

On 11/25, Andi Kleen wrote:
>
> +	err = get_user_pages_fast((unsigned long)addr, npages, 1, pages);
> +	if (err < 0)
> +		return err;
> +	if (err != npages) {
> +		err = -EFAULT;
> +		goto out;
> +	}
> +	err = 0;
> +	mutex_lock(&text_mutex);
> +	bp_target_mm = current->mm;
> +	bp_int3_addr = (u8 *)addr + 1;
> +	__text_poke_bp(pages,
> +		       (unsigned long)addr & ~PAGE_MASK,
> +		       insn, len, handler);

We are going to change this user page, it seems that we need
set_page_dirty() ?

Andi, et al. I am going to discuss the things I do not really
understand, probably this can't make any sense, but...

I am wondering if sys_text_poke() can do something like

	down_write(mmap_sem);

	get_user_pages(write, page, vma);

	ptep = page_check_address(...);

	pte = ptep_clear_flush(ptep);

	copy-opcode-to-page;

	pte = pte_mkdirty(pte);
	set_pte_at(ptep, pte);

	pte_unmap_unlock(...);
	up_write(mmap_sem);

?

Oleg.

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