linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/2] x86: Allow breakpoints to emulate call functions

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Message-ID: <20190503163255.GG2606@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Fri, 3 May 2019 18:32:55 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Nicolai Stange <nstange@...e.de>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
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        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/2] x86: Allow breakpoints to emulate call functions

On Fri, May 03, 2019 at 09:20:55AM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> > On May 3, 2019, at 6:22 AM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> > 
> > On Fri, 3 May 2019 11:29:59 +0200
> > Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >> OMG, WTF, ARGH... That code is fsck'ing horrible. I'd almost argue to
> >> always do the INT3 thing, just to avoid games like that.

> So here’s a somewhat nutty suggestion: how about we tweak the 32-bit
> entry code to emulate the sane 64-bit frame, not just for int3 but
> always? 

Basically what I wrote above, right? I'd be fine with that... Linus?