linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] uprobes, x86: Fix _TIF_UPROBE vs _TIF_NOTIFY

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Date:	Sat, 22 Nov 2014 17:55:01 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc:	x86@...nel.org, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] uprobes, x86: Fix _TIF_UPROBE vs
 _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 01:26:07PM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> x86 call do_notify_resume on paranoid returns if TIF_UPROBE is set
> but not on non-paranoid returns.  I suspect that this is a mistake
> and that the code only works because int3 is paranoid.
> 
> Setting _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME in the uprobe code was probably a
> workaround for the x86 bug.  With that bug fixed, we can remove
> _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME from the uprobes code.
> 
> Acked-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Reported-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>

Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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