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From: peterz at infradead.org (Peter Zijlstra)
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] x86/kprobes: Fix frame pointer annotations
Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 14:17:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190510121720.GT2589@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190510122103.5a7bc5416b7af96b27d4fab4@kernel.org>

On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 12:21:03PM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> Yes, optprobe also has to save and restore the flags.
> Above trampline is for kretprobe, which is placed at the function return, so
> we don't have to care about flags.

Sure, optprobe is actually special here, because it branches out at
'random' places and does indeed need to preserve flags.

But both ftrace and retprobes are at C function call boundaries.
Preserving flags doesn't make sense.

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From: peterz@infradead.org (Peter Zijlstra)
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] x86/kprobes: Fix frame pointer annotations
Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 14:17:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190510121720.GT2589@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
Message-ID: <20190510121720.nFIDVinvmkMgiN-NHgOV4xUIG6CVjKR6k1Z_E863FYQ@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190510122103.5a7bc5416b7af96b27d4fab4@kernel.org>

On Fri, May 10, 2019@12:21:03PM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> Yes, optprobe also has to save and restore the flags.
> Above trampline is for kretprobe, which is placed at the function return, so
> we don't have to care about flags.

Sure, optprobe is actually special here, because it branches out at
'random' places and does indeed need to preserve flags.

But both ftrace and retprobes are at C function call boundaries.
Preserving flags doesn't make sense.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-05-10 12:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-05-08  7:49 [PATCH 0/4] x86: int3 fallout peterz
2019-05-08  7:49 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-08  7:49 ` [PATCH 1/4] x86/entry/32: Clean up return from interrupt preemption path peterz
2019-05-08  7:49   ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-08  7:49 ` [PATCH 2/4] x86/kprobes: Fix frame pointer annotations peterz
2019-05-08  7:49   ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-08 11:54   ` jpoimboe
2019-05-08 11:54     ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-05-08 12:04     ` peterz
2019-05-08 12:04       ` Peter Zijlstra
     [not found]       ` <20190508124248.u5ukpbhnh4wpiccq@treble>
     [not found]         ` <20190508153907.GM2589@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
2019-05-08 18:48           ` jpoimboe
2019-05-08 18:48             ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-05-09  1:20             ` mhiramat
2019-05-09  1:20               ` Masami Hiramatsu
2019-05-09  8:14               ` peterz
2019-05-09  8:14                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-09  9:27                 ` peterz
2019-05-09  9:27                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-09 14:00                 ` jpoimboe
2019-05-09 14:00                   ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-05-09 14:01                 ` mhiramat
2019-05-09 14:01                   ` Masami Hiramatsu
2019-05-09 17:14                   ` peterz
2019-05-09 17:14                     ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-10  4:58                     ` mhiramat
2019-05-10  4:58                       ` Masami Hiramatsu
2019-05-10 12:31                       ` peterz
2019-05-10 12:31                         ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-11  0:52                         ` mhiramat
2019-05-11  0:52                           ` Masami Hiramatsu
2019-05-10 12:40                       ` peterz
2019-05-10 12:40                         ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-11  0:56                         ` mhiramat
2019-05-11  0:56                           ` Masami Hiramatsu
2019-05-13  8:15                           ` peterz
2019-05-13  8:15                             ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-09 16:20                 ` luto
2019-05-09 16:20                   ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-05-09 17:18                   ` peterz
2019-05-09 17:18                     ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-09 17:43                   ` rostedt
2019-05-09 17:43                     ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-10  3:21                     ` mhiramat
2019-05-10  3:21                       ` Masami Hiramatsu
2019-05-10 12:14                       ` peterz
2019-05-10 12:14                         ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-10 12:17                       ` peterz [this message]
2019-05-10 12:17                         ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-10 14:54                         ` rostedt
2019-05-10 14:54                           ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-09 17:37                 ` rostedt
2019-05-09 17:37                   ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-09 18:26                   ` peterz
2019-05-09 18:26                     ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-09 18:36                     ` rostedt
2019-05-09 18:36                       ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-08  7:49 ` [PATCH 3/4] x86/ftrace: Add pt_regs frame annotations peterz
2019-05-08  7:49   ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-08  7:49 ` [RFC][PATCH 4/4] x86_32: Provide consistent pt_regs peterz
2019-05-08  7:49   ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-08 11:57   ` jpoimboe
2019-05-08 11:57     ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-05-08 20:58   ` torvalds
2019-05-08 20:58     ` Linus Torvalds

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