[PATCH] Revert "kprobes: Warn if optprobe handler tries to change execution path"

From: Naveen N. Rao
Date: Tue Oct 17 2017 - 04:19:04 EST


This reverts commit e863d539614641 ("kprobes: Warn if optprobe handler
tries to change execution path").

On powerpc, we place a probe at kretprobe_trampoline to catch function
returns and with CONFIG_OPTPROBES, this probe gets optimized. This
works for us due to the way we handle the optprobe as described in
commit 762df10bad6954 ("powerpc/kprobes: Optimize kprobe
in kretprobe_trampoline()"). With the above commit, we end up with a
warning. As such, revert this change.

Reported-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Discussion here:
https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg1510995.html

kernel/kprobes.c | 5 +----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index 2d28377a0e32..15fba7fe57c8 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -387,10 +387,7 @@ void opt_pre_handler(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs)
list_for_each_entry_rcu(kp, &p->list, list) {
if (kp->pre_handler && likely(!kprobe_disabled(kp))) {
set_kprobe_instance(kp);
- if (kp->pre_handler(kp, regs)) {
- if (WARN_ON_ONCE(1))
- pr_err("Optprobe ignores instruction pointer changing.(%pF)\n", p->addr);
- }
+ kp->pre_handler(kp, regs);
}
reset_kprobe_instance();
}
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2.14.2