[patch 8/9] Text Edit Lock - kprobes i386

From: Mathieu Desnoyers
Date: Sun Aug 12 2007 - 11:10:59 EST


Kprobes can use the text edit lock to insure mutual exclusion when editing the
code.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: prasanna@xxxxxxxxxx
CC: ananth@xxxxxxxxxx
CC: anil.s.keshavamurthy@xxxxxxxxx
CC: davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6-lttng/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-lttng.orig/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c 2007-08-10 13:47:25.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6-lttng/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c 2007-08-10 13:49:21.000000000 -0400
@@ -170,12 +170,16 @@ int __kprobes arch_prepare_kprobe(struct

void __kprobes arch_arm_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
{
- text_poke(p->addr, ((unsigned char []){BREAKPOINT_INSTRUCTION}), 1);
+ kernel_text_mark_rw((unsigned long) p->addr, sizeof(kprobe_opcode_t));
+ *p->addr = BREAKPOINT_INSTRUCTION;
+ kernel_text_unmark((unsigned long) p->addr, sizeof(kprobe_opcode_t));
}

void __kprobes arch_disarm_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
{
- text_poke(p->addr, &p->opcode, 1);
+ kernel_text_mark_rw((unsigned long) p->addr, sizeof(kprobe_opcode_t));
+ *p->addr = p->opcode;
+ kernel_text_unmark((unsigned long) p->addr, sizeof(kprobe_opcode_t));
}

void __kprobes arch_remove_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)

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Mathieu Desnoyers
Computer Engineering Ph.D. Student, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
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