Re: [PATCH 1/7] uprobes: Introducearch_uprobe_enable/disable_step()

[Srikar Dronamraju]

* Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> [2012-09-03 17:25:59]:

> From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> As Oleg pointed out in [0] uprobe should not use the ptrace interface
> for enabling/disabling single stepping.
> 
> [0] http://lkml.kernel.org/20120730141638.GA5306@xxxxxxxxxx

I think the link should be 
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120730141638.GA5306@xxxxxxxxxx


> 
> Add the new "__weak arch" helpers which simply call user_*_single_step()
> as a preparation. This is only needed to not break the powerpc port, we
> will fold this logic into arch_uprobe_pre/post_xol() hooks later.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  include/linux/uprobes.h |    2 ++
>  kernel/events/uprobes.c |   14 ++++++++++++--
>  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/uprobes.h b/include/linux/uprobes.h
> index 6d4fe79..e6f0331 100644
> --- a/include/linux/uprobes.h
> +++ b/include/linux/uprobes.h
> @@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ extern void uprobe_dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *oldmm, struct mm_struct *newmm);
>  extern void uprobe_free_utask(struct task_struct *t);
>  extern void uprobe_copy_process(struct task_struct *t);
>  extern unsigned long __weak uprobe_get_swbp_addr(struct pt_regs *regs);
> +extern void __weak arch_uprobe_enable_step(struct arch_uprobe *arch);
> +extern void __weak arch_uprobe_disable_step(struct arch_uprobe *arch);
>  extern int uprobe_post_sstep_notifier(struct pt_regs *regs);
>  extern int uprobe_pre_sstep_notifier(struct pt_regs *regs);
>  extern void uprobe_notify_resume(struct pt_regs *regs);
> diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> index 82a1043..125d1b7 100644
> --- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> +++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> @@ -1444,6 +1444,16 @@ static struct uprobe *find_active_uprobe(unsigned long bp_vaddr, int *is_swbp)
>  	return uprobe;
>  }
> 
> +void __weak arch_uprobe_enable_step(struct arch_uprobe *arch)
> +{
> +	user_enable_single_step(current);
> +}
> +
> +void __weak arch_uprobe_disable_step(struct arch_uprobe *arch)
> +{
> +	user_disable_single_step(current);
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * Run handler and ask thread to singlestep.
>   * Ensure all non-fatal signals cannot interrupt thread while it singlesteps.
> @@ -1490,7 +1500,7 @@ static void handle_swbp(struct pt_regs *regs)
> 
>  	utask->state = UTASK_SSTEP;
>  	if (!pre_ssout(uprobe, regs, bp_vaddr)) {
> -		user_enable_single_step(current);
> +		arch_uprobe_enable_step(&uprobe->arch);
>  		return;
>  	}
> 
> @@ -1529,7 +1539,7 @@ static void handle_singlestep(struct uprobe_task *utask, struct pt_regs *regs)
>  	put_uprobe(uprobe);
>  	utask->active_uprobe = NULL;
>  	utask->state = UTASK_RUNNING;
> -	user_disable_single_step(current);
> +	arch_uprobe_disable_step(&uprobe->arch);
>  	xol_free_insn_slot(current);
> 
>  	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
> -- 
> 1.5.5.1
> 

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