Re: [RFC] [PATCH x86 2/2] Cleanup do_int3

[Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>]

(2011/10/25 23:21), Srikar Dronamraju wrote:
> Since there is a possibility of !KPROBES int3 listeners and since
> DIE_TRAP is currently not being used by anybody, notify all listeners
> with DIE_INT3.

I'm not sure why this CONFIG_KPROBES dependency had been introduced,
but it's the time to fix it. do_int3 should send DIE_INT3 always.

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>

Thank you!

> 
> Signed-off-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/traps.c |    7 +------
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
> index 6913369..c9a4be5 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
> @@ -461,15 +461,10 @@ dotraplinkage void __kprobes do_int3(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
>  			== NOTIFY_STOP)
>  		return;
>  #endif /* CONFIG_KGDB_LOW_LEVEL_TRAP */
> -#ifdef CONFIG_KPROBES
> +
>  	if (notify_die(DIE_INT3, "int3", regs, error_code, 3, SIGTRAP)
>  			== NOTIFY_STOP)
>  		return;
> -#else
> -	if (notify_die(DIE_TRAP, "int3", regs, error_code, 3, SIGTRAP)
> -			== NOTIFY_STOP)
> -		return;
> -#endif
>  
>  	preempt_conditional_sti(regs);
>  	do_trap(3, SIGTRAP, "int3", regs, error_code, NULL);
> 
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Masami HIRAMATSU
Software Platform Research Dept. Linux Technology Center
Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory
E-mail: masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com