[PATCH 2/3] x86/hw_breakpoints: Add arch_modify_local_hw_breakpoint_addr() API
From: Jinchao Wang
Date: Sun Jul 26 2026 - 08:24:55 EST
Wprobe needs to move an active per-CPU watchpoint without releasing and
reserving its hardware slot.
Add arch_modify_local_hw_breakpoint_addr() to find the installed local
slot and update only its address shadow and hardware debug address
register. Publish the shadow first so hw_breakpoint_restore() observes
the new address if an NMI interrupts the update.
The caller must provide an installed local event and a valid address.
Slot ownership, breakpoint type, length, mask and DR7 remain unchanged.
Signed-off-by: Jinchao Wang <wangjinchao600@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h | 2 ++
arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h
index 0bc931cd0698..a1ecce536074 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ extern int hw_breakpoint_exceptions_notify(struct notifier_block *unused,
int arch_install_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event *bp);
+void arch_modify_local_hw_breakpoint_addr(struct perf_event *bp,
+ unsigned long addr);
void arch_uninstall_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event *bp);
void hw_breakpoint_pmu_read(struct perf_event *bp);
void hw_breakpoint_pmu_unthrottle(struct perf_event *bp);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c b/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
index 9ef24b55737f..ff1b9b78f78c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -128,6 +128,26 @@ int arch_install_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event *bp)
return 0;
}
+void arch_modify_local_hw_breakpoint_addr(struct perf_event *bp,
+ unsigned long addr)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
+
+ for (i = 0; i < HBP_NUM; i++) {
+ if (this_cpu_read(bp_per_reg[i]) == bp)
+ break;
+ }
+
+ if (WARN_ONCE(i == HBP_NUM, "Can't find any breakpoint slot"))
+ return;
+
+ this_cpu_write(cpu_debugreg[i], addr);
+ barrier();
+ set_debugreg(addr, i);
+}
+
/*
* Uninstall the breakpoint contained in the given counter.
*
--
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