[PATCH v4 3.0-rc2-tip 15/22] 15: uprobes: register a notifier for uprobes.

Srikar Dronamraju
2011-06-07T13:08:01Z

Uprobe needs to be intimated on int3 and singlestep exceptions.
Hence uprobes registers a die notifier so that its notified of the events.

Signed-off-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
kernel/uprobes.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/uprobes.c b/kernel/uprobes.c
index 1e88d64..95c16dd 100644
--- a/kernel/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/uprobes.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
#include <linux/mman.h> /* needed for PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE */
#include <linux/file.h> /* needed for fput() */
#include <linux/init_task.h> /* init_cred */
+#include <linux/kdebug.h> /* for notifier mechanism */

#define UINSNS_PER_PAGE (PAGE_SIZE/UPROBES_XOL_SLOT_BYTES)
#define MAX_UPROBES_XOL_SLOTS UINSNS_PER_PAGE
@@ -1456,3 +1457,20 @@ int uprobe_post_notifier(struct pt_regs *regs)
set_thread_flag(TIF_UPROBE);
return 1;
}
+
+struct notifier_block uprobe_exception_nb = {
+ .notifier_call = uprobe_exception_notify,
+ .priority = INT_MAX - 1, /* notified after kprobes, kgdb */
+};
+
+static int __init init_uprobes(void)
+{
+ return register_die_notifier(&uprobe_exception_nb);
+}
+
+static void __exit exit_uprobes(void)
+{
+}
+
+module_init(init_uprobes);
+module_exit(exit_uprobes);