linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/4] uprobes/x86: Introduce push_ret

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Date:	Fri, 25 Apr 2014 19:47:24 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Anton Arapov <aarapov@...hat.com>,
	David Long <dave.long@...aro.org>,
	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
	"Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@...hat.com>,
	Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ibm.com>,
	Jonathan Lebon <jlebon@...hat.com>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] uprobes/x86: Introduce push_ret_address()

Extract the "push return address" code from branch_emulate_op() into
the new simple helper, push_ret_address(). It will have more users.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c |   15 ++++++++++++---
 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c b/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c
index 37e73b6..48d2623 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c
@@ -407,6 +407,17 @@ static int default_pre_xol_op(struct arch_uprobe *auprobe, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int push_ret_address(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long ip)
+{
+	unsigned long new_sp = regs->sp - sizeof_long();
+
+	if (copy_to_user((void __user *)new_sp, &ip, sizeof_long()))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	regs->sp = new_sp;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Adjust the return address pushed by a call insn executed out of line.
  */
@@ -517,7 +528,6 @@ static bool branch_emulate_op(struct arch_uprobe *auprobe, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	unsigned long offs = (long)auprobe->branch.offs;
 
 	if (branch_is_call(auprobe)) {
-		unsigned long new_sp = regs->sp - sizeof_long();
 		/*
 		 * If it fails we execute this (mangled, see the comment in
 		 * branch_clear_offset) insn out-of-line. In the likely case
@@ -527,9 +537,8 @@ static bool branch_emulate_op(struct arch_uprobe *auprobe, struct pt_regs *regs)
 		 *
 		 * But there is corner case, see the comment in ->post_xol().
 		 */
-		if (copy_to_user((void __user *)new_sp, &new_ip, sizeof_long()))
+		if (push_ret_address(regs, new_ip))
 			return false;
-		regs->sp = new_sp;
 	} else if (!check_jmp_cond(auprobe, regs)) {
 		offs = 0;
 	}
-- 
1.5.5.1

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