Re: [PATCH] (re-xmit): kprobes for i386

Vamsi Krishna S .
2002-08-21T12:19:25Z

Hi Rusty,

On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 08:48:44PM +1000, Rusty Russell wrote:
> In message <20020821140155.A987@in.ibm.com> you write:
> > No. Don't do this. When a trap occurs in kernel space, the
>
> Sorry Vamsi: I'll have more faith in your code next time, I promise.
>
Thanks :-). But, I think you forgot to apply my incremental patch.
Here it is:

Thanks again,
Vamsi.
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diff -u 31-dp/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S 31-dp/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S
--- 31-dp/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S 2002-08-21 11:20:18.000000000 +0530
+++ 31-dp/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S 2002-08-21 12:10:30.000000000 +0530
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@
jmp ret_from_exception

ENTRY(debug)
- pushl %eax
+ pushl $-1 # mark this as an int
SAVE_ALL
movl %esp,%edx
pushl $0
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@
RESTORE_ALL

ENTRY(int3)
- pushl %eax
+ pushl $-1 # mark this as an int
SAVE_ALL
movl %esp,%edx
pushl $0
diff -u 31-dp/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c 31-dp/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c
--- 31-dp/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c 2002-08-21 11:20:18.000000000 +0530
+++ 31-dp/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c 2002-08-21 12:09:50.000000000 +0530
@@ -117,11 +117,12 @@
/*
* We singlestepped with interrupts disabled. So, the result on
* the stack would be incorrect for "pushfl" instruction.
+ * Note that regs->esp is actually the top of the stack when the
+ * trap occurs in kernel space.
*/
if (current_kprobe->opcode == 0x9c) { /* pushfl */
- unsigned long *stacktop = (unsigned long *)regs->esp;
- *stacktop &= ~(TF_MASK | IF_MASK);
- *stacktop |= kprobe_old_eflags;
+ regs->esp &= ~(TF_MASK | IF_MASK);
+ regs->esp |= kprobe_old_eflags;
}

rearm_kprobe(current_kprobe, regs);
diff -u 31-dp/include/linux/kprobes.h 31-dp/include/linux/kprobes.h
--- 31-dp/include/linux/kprobes.h 2002-08-21 11:20:18.000000000 +0530
+++ 31-dp/include/linux/kprobes.h 2002-08-21 12:30:24.000000000 +0530
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
#define _LINUX_KPROBES_H
#include <linux/config.h>
#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/notifier.h>
+#include <linux/smp.h>
#include <asm/kprobes.h>

struct kprobe;