From: Jinchao Wang <wangjinchao600@gmail.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
x86@kernel.org, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
Jinchao Wang <wangjinchao600@gmail.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 03/13] x86/hw_breakpoint: Add arch_reinstall_hw_breakpoint
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 02:22:33 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260714182243.10687-4-wangjinchao600@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260714182243.10687-1-wangjinchao600@gmail.com>
The new arch_reinstall_hw_breakpoint() function can be used in an
atomic context, unlike the more expensive free and re-allocation path.
This allows callers to efficiently re-establish an existing breakpoint,
and x86 advertises the capability via HAVE_REINSTALL_HW_BREAKPOINT.
Since a REINSTALL may change bp_len, setup_hwbp() must clear the
slot's stale len/type and enable bits in DR7 before re-encoding:
OR-merging the new encoding over the old one would keep the CPU
watching with the stale width (verified in QEMU by reading DR7 after
re-arming watch_len=1 over a len8 breakpoint: 0x999906aa merged
without the clearing, 0x199906aa with it).
Signed-off-by: Jinchao Wang <wangjinchao600@gmail.com>
---
arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/x86/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h | 2 ++
arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index bdad90f210e4..5be698db0241 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ config X86
select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
select HAVE_GCC_PLUGINS
select HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
+ select HAVE_REINSTALL_HW_BREAKPOINT
select HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT
select HAVE_IRQ_EXIT_ON_IRQ_STACK if X86_64
select HAVE_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h
index aa6adac6c3a2..c22cc4e87fc5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ struct arch_hw_breakpoint {
enum bp_slot_action {
BP_SLOT_ACTION_INSTALL,
+ BP_SLOT_ACTION_REINSTALL,
BP_SLOT_ACTION_UNINSTALL,
};
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ extern int hw_breakpoint_exceptions_notify(struct notifier_block *unused,
int arch_install_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event *bp);
+int arch_reinstall_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event *bp);
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 877509539300..4221dbb899f9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ static int manage_bp_slot(struct perf_event *bp, enum bp_slot_action action)
old_bp = NULL;
new_bp = bp;
break;
+ case BP_SLOT_ACTION_REINSTALL:
+ old_bp = bp;
+ new_bp = bp;
+ break;
case BP_SLOT_ACTION_UNINSTALL:
old_bp = bp;
new_bp = NULL;
@@ -134,10 +138,13 @@ static void setup_hwbp(struct arch_hw_breakpoint *info, int slot, bool enable)
__this_cpu_write(cpu_debugreg[slot], info->address);
dr7 = this_cpu_read(cpu_dr7);
+ /*
+ * Clear the slot's stale len/type and enable bits first: a REINSTALL
+ * with a different bp_len would otherwise OR-merge both encodings.
+ */
+ dr7 &= ~__encode_dr7(slot, 0xf, 0);
if (enable)
dr7 |= encode_dr7(slot, info->len, info->type);
- else
- dr7 &= ~__encode_dr7(slot, info->len, info->type);
/*
* Enabling:
@@ -188,6 +195,11 @@ int arch_install_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event *bp)
return arch_manage_bp(bp, BP_SLOT_ACTION_INSTALL);
}
+int arch_reinstall_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event *bp)
+{
+ return arch_manage_bp(bp, BP_SLOT_ACTION_REINSTALL);
+}
+
void arch_uninstall_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event *bp)
{
arch_manage_bp(bp, BP_SLOT_ACTION_UNINSTALL);
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-14 18:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-14 18:22 [RFC PATCH 00/13] mm/kwatch: dynamic hardware watchpoints for hunting memory corruption Jinchao Wang
2026-07-14 18:22 ` [RFC PATCH 01/13] arch: add HAVE_REINSTALL_HW_BREAKPOINT Jinchao Wang
2026-07-14 18:22 ` [RFC PATCH 02/13] x86/hw_breakpoint: Unify breakpoint install/uninstall Jinchao Wang
2026-07-14 18:47 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-14 18:22 ` Jinchao Wang [this message]
2026-07-14 19:22 ` [RFC PATCH 03/13] x86/hw_breakpoint: Add arch_reinstall_hw_breakpoint sashiko-bot
2026-07-14 18:30 ` [RFC PATCH 04/13] HWBP: Add modify_wide_hw_breakpoint_local() API Jinchao Wang
2026-07-14 19:41 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-14 18:31 ` [RFC PATCH 05/13] mm/kwatch: add watch expression parser and dereference engine Jinchao Wang
2026-07-14 18:45 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-14 18:31 ` [RFC PATCH 06/13] mm/kwatch: add lockless per-task context pool Jinchao Wang
2026-07-14 18:44 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-14 18:31 ` [RFC PATCH 07/13] stacktrace: export stack_trace_save_regs() Jinchao Wang
2026-07-14 18:42 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-14 18:32 ` [RFC PATCH 08/13] mm/kwatch: add hardware breakpoint backend Jinchao Wang
2026-07-14 18:50 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-14 18:32 ` [RFC PATCH 09/13] mm/kwatch: add probe lifecycle runtime Jinchao Wang
2026-07-14 19:53 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-14 18:32 ` [RFC PATCH 10/13] mm/kwatch: add anchor thread for global watchpoints Jinchao Wang
2026-07-14 18:48 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-14 18:33 ` [RFC PATCH 11/13] mm/kwatch: add debugfs control plane Jinchao Wang
2026-07-14 18:58 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-14 18:33 ` [RFC PATCH 12/13] mm/kwatch: add KUnit tests for the watch expression parser Jinchao Wang
2026-07-14 18:50 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-14 18:33 ` [RFC PATCH 13/13] Documentation/dev-tools: document KWatch Jinchao Wang
2026-07-14 18:48 ` sashiko-bot
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