[PATCH] uprobes: allow for a cache flush after ixol breakpoint creation

From: Marcin Nowakowski
Date: Tue Dec 13 2016 - 05:41:10 EST


Commit 72e6ae285a1d ('ARM: 8043/1: uprobes need icache flush after xol
write' has introduced an arch-specific method to ensure all caches are
flushed appropriately after an instruction is written to an XOL page.

However, when the XOL area is created and the out-of-line breakpoint
instruction is copied, caches are not flushed at all and stale data may
be found in icache.

Replace a simple copy_to_page() with arch_uprobe_copy_ixol() to allow
the arch to ensure all caches are updated accordingly.

This change fixes uprobes on MIPS InterAptiv (tested on Creator Ci40).

Signed-off-by: Marcin Nowakowski <marcin.nowakowski@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Victor Kamensky <victor.kamensky@xxxxxxxxxx>

---
kernel/events/uprobes.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index f9ec9ad..b5916b4 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ static struct xol_area *__create_xol_area(unsigned long vaddr)
/* Reserve the 1st slot for get_trampoline_vaddr() */
set_bit(0, area->bitmap);
atomic_set(&area->slot_count, 1);
- copy_to_page(area->pages[0], 0, &insn, UPROBE_SWBP_INSN_SIZE);
+ arch_uprobe_copy_ixol(area->pages[0], 0, &insn, UPROBE_SWBP_INSN_SIZE);

if (!xol_add_vma(mm, area))
return area;
--
2.7.4