linux-kernel - Re: [patch V4 part 4 15/24] x86/db: Split out dr6/7 handling

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Message-ID: <16c57a7e-8d39-d77e-915d-41b7f5e042fd@oracle.com>
Date:   Thu, 7 May 2020 19:18:45 +0200
From:   Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@...cle.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [patch V4 part 4 15/24] x86/db: Split out dr6/7 handling


On 5/5/20 3:49 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> 
> DR6/7 should be handled before nmi_enter() is invoked and restore after
> nmi_exit() to minimize the exposure.
> 
> Split it out into helper inlines and bring it into the correct order.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> ---
>   arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c |    6 ---
>   arch/x86/kernel/traps.c         |   62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>   2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
> 
...
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
> @@ -691,6 +691,44 @@ static bool is_sysenter_singlestep(struc
>   #endif
>   }
>   
> +static __always_inline void debug_enter(unsigned long *dr6, unsigned long *dr7)
> +{
> +	/*
> +	 * Disable breakpoints during exception handling; recursive exceptions
> +	 * are exceedingly 'fun'.
> +	 *
> +	 * Since this function is NOKPROBE, and that also applies to
> +	 * HW_BREAKPOINT_X, we can't hit a breakpoint before this (XXX except a
> +	 * HW_BREAKPOINT_W on our stack)
> +	 *
> +	 * Entry text is excluded for HW_BP_X and cpu_entry_area, which
> +	 * includes the entry stack is excluded for everything.
> +	 */
> +	get_debugreg(*dr7, 6);

Do you mean  get_debugreg(*dr7, 7); ?

alex.