linux-kernel - [PATCH -tip v7 09/26] x86: Call exception

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Message-ID: <20140227073338.20992.22774.stgit@ltc230.yrl.intra.hitachi.co.jp>
Date:	Thu, 27 Feb 2014 16:33:38 +0900
From:	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Sandeepa Prabhu <sandeepa.prabhu@...aro.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, fche@...hat.com,
	mingo@...hat.com, systemtap@...rceware.org,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH -tip v7 09/26] x86: Call exception_enter after kprobes
 handled

Move exception_enter() call after kprobes handler
is done. Since the exception_enter() involves
many other functions (like printk), it can cause
recursive int3/break loop when kprobes probe such
functions.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/traps.c |    5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
index e5d4a70..ba9abe9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
@@ -327,7 +327,6 @@ dotraplinkage void __kprobes notrace do_int3(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_co
 	if (poke_int3_handler(regs))
 		return;
 
-	prev_state = exception_enter();
 #ifdef CONFIG_KGDB_LOW_LEVEL_TRAP
 	if (kgdb_ll_trap(DIE_INT3, "int3", regs, error_code, X86_TRAP_BP,
 				SIGTRAP) == NOTIFY_STOP)
@@ -338,6 +337,7 @@ dotraplinkage void __kprobes notrace do_int3(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_co
 	if (kprobe_int3_handler(regs))
 		return;
 #endif
+	prev_state = exception_enter();
 
 	if (notify_die(DIE_INT3, "int3", regs, error_code, X86_TRAP_BP,
 			SIGTRAP) == NOTIFY_STOP)
@@ -415,8 +415,6 @@ dotraplinkage void __kprobes do_debug(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
 	unsigned long dr6;
 	int si_code;
 
-	prev_state = exception_enter();
-
 	get_debugreg(dr6, 6);
 
 	/* Filter out all the reserved bits which are preset to 1 */
@@ -449,6 +447,7 @@ dotraplinkage void __kprobes do_debug(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
 	if (kprobe_debug_handler(regs))
 		goto exit;
 #endif
+	prev_state = exception_enter();
 
 	if (notify_die(DIE_DEBUG, "debug", regs, (long)&dr6, error_code,
 							SIGTRAP) == NOTIFY_STOP)


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