From: Stian Halseth <stian@itx.no>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Andreas Larsson <andreas@gaisler.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Naveen N Rao <naveen@kernel.org>,
Danish Khateeb <danishkhateeb03@gmail.com>,
sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Stian Halseth <stian@itx.no>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/4] sparc64: kprobes: Single-step from an executable instruction slot
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 15:40:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261113144057.1697874-2-stian@itx.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261113144057.1697874-1-stian@itx.no>
kprobes single-steps the probed instruction from kprobe->ainsn.insn[].
The array is embedded in struct kprobe, in the linear mapping. The
sun4v linear mapping is not executable. Every probe hit oopses:
sun4v_insn_access_exception: ADDR[fff800005b0cd66c] CTX[0000] TYPE[0006], going.
Allocate the copy with get_insn_slot(), as other architectures do. The
slot comes from executable memory in the module area.
flush_insn_slot() flushed the embedded copy after init_aggr_kprobe()
had copied it into the aggregator. The aggregator now shares the slot
by pointer. arch_prepare_kprobe() flushes the slot when it writes it.
Make the macro a no-op, like x86 and arm64.
Fixes: c4bce90ea2069 ("[SPARC64]: Deal with PTE layout differences in SUN4V.")
Closes: https://github.com/sparclinux/issues/issues/110
Signed-off-by: Stian Halseth <stian@itx.no>
---
arch/sparc/include/asm/kprobes.h | 12 ++++++------
arch/sparc/kernel/kprobes.c | 12 ++++++++++++
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/kprobes.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/kprobes.h
index aec742cd898f2..d14206c063e25 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/kprobes.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/kprobes.h
@@ -11,25 +11,25 @@
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/percpu.h>
+#define __ARCH_WANT_KPROBES_INSN_SLOT
+
typedef u32 kprobe_opcode_t;
#define MAX_INSN_SIZE 2
#define kretprobe_blacklist_size 0
-#define arch_remove_kprobe(p) do {} while (0)
+struct kprobe;
+void arch_remove_kprobe(struct kprobe *p);
-#define flush_insn_slot(p) \
-do { flushi(&(p)->ainsn.insn[0]); \
- flushi(&(p)->ainsn.insn[1]); \
-} while (0)
+#define flush_insn_slot(p) do { } while (0)
void __kretprobe_trampoline(void);
/* Architecture specific copy of original instruction*/
struct arch_specific_insn {
/* copy of the original instruction */
- kprobe_opcode_t insn[MAX_INSN_SIZE];
+ kprobe_opcode_t *insn;
};
struct prev_kprobe {
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/kprobes.c
index 191bbaca99212..608efda8cb948 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ int __kprobes arch_prepare_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
if ((unsigned long) p->addr & 0x3UL)
return -EILSEQ;
+ p->ainsn.insn = get_insn_slot();
+ if (!p->ainsn.insn)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
p->ainsn.insn[0] = *p->addr;
flushi(&p->ainsn.insn[0]);
@@ -62,6 +66,14 @@ int __kprobes arch_prepare_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
return 0;
}
+void __kprobes arch_remove_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
+{
+ if (p->ainsn.insn) {
+ free_insn_slot(p->ainsn.insn, 0);
+ p->ainsn.insn = NULL;
+ }
+}
+
void __kprobes arch_arm_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
{
*p->addr = BREAKPOINT_INSTRUCTION;
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-13 14:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-13 14:40 [PATCH v2 0/4] sparc64: kprobes: Make kprobes work on sun4v Stian Halseth
2026-11-13 14:40 ` Stian Halseth [this message]
2026-11-13 14:40 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] sparc64: kprobes: Fix up register and FP branches after single-step Stian Halseth
2026-11-13 14:40 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] sparc64: kprobes: Resume after a delay slot at the saved next PC Stian Halseth
2026-11-13 14:47 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-13 14:40 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] sparc64: kprobes: Handle annulled branches Stian Halseth
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