linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -tip v6 06/22] [BUGFIX] x86: Prohibit probing on memcpy/memset

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Message-ID: <52B9AF0A.3030806@hitachi.com>
Date:	Wed, 25 Dec 2013 00:58:02 +0900
From:	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
To:	Jovi Zhangwei <jovi.zhangwei@...il.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Sandeepa Prabhu <sandeepa.prabhu@...aro.org>, x86@...nel.org,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, systemtap@...rceware.org,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip v6 06/22] [BUGFIX] x86: Prohibit probing on memcpy/memset

(2013/12/24 18:53), Jovi Zhangwei wrote:
>>> Still no crash, use your kernel config.
>>> memcpy and __memcpy have same address in /proc/kallsyms.
>>>
>>> Looks like a interesting problem.
>>
>> Agreed. In my case, those have same address, but only probing
>> __memcpy caused a kernel crash. I'm not sure why, but it is
>> safe to disable probing on it.
>>
> Shall we need dig further to address the root cause? IMO, the kprobe
> should act same behavior when given same probe address, but it's look
> so weird in your box. :)

Hmm, right now, I tried it again and found the bug disappeared...

I'm using the latest tip kernel for the test;
3ab838d7723e9fbfd49b2d395752bd68e1ef4b71

Should I remove this patch until it happens again?

Thank you,


-- 
Masami HIRAMATSU
IT Management Research Dept. Linux Technology Center
Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory
E-mail: masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com


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