From: "K.Prasad" <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@au1.ibm.com>,
Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>,
Maneesh Soni <maneesh@in.ibm.com>,
Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
"K.Prasad" <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [Patch 06/11] Use the new wrapper routines to access debug registers in process/thread code
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:19:19 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090319234919.GG10517@in.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20090319234044.410725944@K.Prasad
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From: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
This patch enables the use of abstract debug registers in
process-handling routines.
[K.Prasad: Split-out from the bigger patch and minor changes following
re-basing]
Signed-off-by: K.Prasad <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
---
arch/x86/kernel/process.c | 23 ++++++-----------------
arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
Index: linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt.orig/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
#include <asm/idle.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/i387.h>
+#include <asm/debugreg.h>
+#include <asm/hw_breakpoint.h>
unsigned long idle_halt;
EXPORT_SYMBOL(idle_halt);
@@ -83,6 +85,8 @@ void exit_thread(void)
put_cpu();
kfree(bp);
}
+ if (unlikely(t->dr7))
+ flush_thread_hw_breakpoint(me);
ds_exit_thread(current);
}
@@ -103,14 +107,9 @@ void flush_thread(void)
}
#endif
- clear_tsk_thread_flag(tsk, TIF_DEBUG);
+ if (unlikely(tsk->thread.dr7))
+ flush_thread_hw_breakpoint(tsk);
- tsk->thread.debugreg0 = 0;
- tsk->thread.debugreg1 = 0;
- tsk->thread.debugreg2 = 0;
- tsk->thread.debugreg3 = 0;
- tsk->thread.debugreg6 = 0;
- tsk->thread.debugreg7 = 0;
memset(tsk->thread.tls_array, 0, sizeof(tsk->thread.tls_array));
/*
* Forget coprocessor state..
@@ -192,16 +191,6 @@ void __switch_to_xtra(struct task_struct
else if (next->debugctlmsr != prev->debugctlmsr)
update_debugctlmsr(next->debugctlmsr);
- if (test_tsk_thread_flag(next_p, TIF_DEBUG)) {
- set_debugreg(next->debugreg0, 0);
- set_debugreg(next->debugreg1, 1);
- set_debugreg(next->debugreg2, 2);
- set_debugreg(next->debugreg3, 3);
- /* no 4 and 5 */
- set_debugreg(next->debugreg6, 6);
- set_debugreg(next->debugreg7, 7);
- }
-
if (test_tsk_thread_flag(prev_p, TIF_NOTSC) ^
test_tsk_thread_flag(next_p, TIF_NOTSC)) {
/* prev and next are different */
Index: linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt.orig/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
+++ linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@
#include <asm/idle.h>
#include <asm/syscalls.h>
#include <asm/ds.h>
+#include <asm/debugreg.h>
+#include <asm/hw_breakpoint.h>
asmlinkage void ret_from_fork(void) __asm__("ret_from_fork");
@@ -263,7 +265,14 @@ int copy_thread(int nr, unsigned long cl
task_user_gs(p) = get_user_gs(regs);
+ p->thread.io_bitmap_ptr = NULL;
+
tsk = current;
+ err = -ENOMEM;
+ if (unlikely(tsk->thread.dr7)) {
+ if (copy_thread_hw_breakpoint(tsk, p, clone_flags))
+ goto out;
+ }
if (unlikely(test_tsk_thread_flag(tsk, TIF_IO_BITMAP))) {
p->thread.io_bitmap_ptr = kmemdup(tsk->thread.io_bitmap_ptr,
IO_BITMAP_BYTES, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -283,10 +292,13 @@ int copy_thread(int nr, unsigned long cl
err = do_set_thread_area(p, -1,
(struct user_desc __user *)childregs->si, 0);
+out:
if (err && p->thread.io_bitmap_ptr) {
kfree(p->thread.io_bitmap_ptr);
p->thread.io_bitmap_max = 0;
}
+ if (err)
+ flush_thread_hw_breakpoint(p);
ds_copy_thread(p, current);
@@ -424,6 +436,25 @@ __switch_to(struct task_struct *prev_p,
lazy_load_gs(next->gs);
percpu_write(current_task, next_p);
+ /*
+ * There's a problem with moving the switch_to_thread_hw_breakpoint()
+ * call before current is updated. Suppose a kernel breakpoint is
+ * triggered in between the two. The hw-breakpoint handler will see
+ * that current is different from the task pointer stored in the chbi
+ * area, so it will think the task pointer is leftover from an old task
+ * (lazy switching) and will erase it. Then until the next context
+ * switch, no user-breakpoints will be installed.
+ *
+ * The real problem is that it's impossible to update both current and
+ * chbi->bp_task at the same instant, so there will always be a window
+ * in which they disagree and a breakpoint might get triggered. Since
+ * we use lazy switching, we are forced to assume that a disagreement
+ * means that current is correct and chbi->bp_task is old. But if you
+ * move the code above then you'll create a window in which current is
+ * old and chbi->bp_task is correct.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(test_tsk_thread_flag(next_p, TIF_DEBUG)))
+ switch_to_thread_hw_breakpoint(next_p);
return prev_p;
}
Index: linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt.orig/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@
#include <asm/idle.h>
#include <asm/syscalls.h>
#include <asm/ds.h>
+#include <asm/debugreg.h>
+#include <asm/hw_breakpoint.h>
asmlinkage extern void ret_from_fork(void);
@@ -248,6 +250,8 @@ void release_thread(struct task_struct *
BUG();
}
}
+ if (unlikely(dead_task->thread.tdr7))
+ flush_thread_hw_breakpoint(dead_task);
}
static inline void set_32bit_tls(struct task_struct *t, int tls, u32 addr)
@@ -303,12 +307,18 @@ int copy_thread(int nr, unsigned long cl
p->thread.fs = me->thread.fs;
p->thread.gs = me->thread.gs;
+ p->thread.io_bitmap_ptr = NULL;
savesegment(gs, p->thread.gsindex);
savesegment(fs, p->thread.fsindex);
savesegment(es, p->thread.es);
savesegment(ds, p->thread.ds);
+ err = -ENOMEM;
+ if (unlikely(me->thread.tdr7)) {
+ if (copy_thread_hw_breakpoint(me, p, clone_flags))
+ goto out;
+ }
if (unlikely(test_tsk_thread_flag(me, TIF_IO_BITMAP))) {
p->thread.io_bitmap_ptr = kmalloc(IO_BITMAP_BYTES, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!p->thread.io_bitmap_ptr) {
@@ -346,6 +356,9 @@ out:
kfree(p->thread.io_bitmap_ptr);
p->thread.io_bitmap_max = 0;
}
+ if (err)
+ flush_thread_hw_breakpoint(p);
+
return err;
}
@@ -491,6 +504,26 @@ __switch_to(struct task_struct *prev_p,
*/
if (tsk_used_math(next_p) && next_p->fpu_counter > 5)
math_state_restore();
+ /*
+ * There's a problem with moving the switch_to_thread_hw_breakpoint()
+ * call before current is updated. Suppose a kernel breakpoint is
+ * triggered in between the two. The hw-breakpoint handler will see
+ * that current is different from the task pointer stored in the chbi
+ * area, so it will think the task pointer is leftover from an old task
+ * (lazy switching) and will erase it. Then until the next context
+ * switch, no user-breakpoints will be installed.
+ *
+ * The real problem is that it's impossible to update both current and
+ * chbi->bp_task at the same instant, so there will always be a window
+ * in which they disagree and a breakpoint might get triggered. Since
+ * we use lazy switching, we are forced to assume that a disagreement
+ * means that current is correct and chbi->bp_task is old. But if you
+ * move the code above then you'll create a window in which current is
+ * old and chbi->bp_task is correct.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(test_tsk_thread_flag(next_p, TIF_DEBUG)))
+ switch_to_thread_hw_breakpoint(next_p);
+
return prev_p;
}
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-03-19 23:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20090319234044.410725944@K.Prasad>
2009-03-19 23:48 ` [Patch 01/11] Introducing generic hardware breakpoint handler interfaces K.Prasad
2009-03-20 14:33 ` Alan Stern
2009-03-20 18:30 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-03-21 17:32 ` K.Prasad
2009-03-20 18:32 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-03-21 17:26 ` K.Prasad
2009-03-21 21:39 ` Alan Stern
2009-03-23 19:03 ` K.Prasad
2009-03-23 19:21 ` Alan Stern
2009-03-23 20:42 ` K.Prasad
2009-03-23 21:20 ` Alan Stern
2009-03-19 23:48 ` [Patch 02/11] x86 architecture implementation of Hardware Breakpoint interfaces K.Prasad
2009-03-19 23:48 ` [Patch 03/11] Modifying generic debug exception to use thread-specific debug registers K.Prasad
2009-03-19 23:49 ` [Patch 04/11] Introduce user-space " K.Prasad
2009-03-19 23:49 ` [Patch 05/11] Use wrapper routines around debug registers in processor related functions K.Prasad
2009-03-19 23:49 ` K.Prasad [this message]
2009-03-19 23:49 ` [Patch 07/11] Modify signal handling code to refrain from re-enabling HW Breakpoints K.Prasad
2009-03-19 23:49 ` [Patch 08/11] Modify Ptrace routines to access breakpoint registers K.Prasad
2009-03-19 23:49 ` [Patch 09/11] Cleanup HW Breakpoint registers before kexec K.Prasad
2009-03-19 23:50 ` [Patch 10/11] Sample HW breakpoint over kernel data address K.Prasad
2009-03-19 23:50 ` [Patch 11/11] ftrace plugin for kernel symbol tracing using HW Breakpoint interfaces - v2 K.Prasad
2009-03-20 9:04 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2009-03-21 16:24 ` K.Prasad
2009-03-21 16:39 ` Steven Rostedt
2009-03-23 19:08 ` K.Prasad
[not found] <20090324152028.754123712@K.Prasad>
2009-03-24 15:26 ` [Patch 06/11] Use the new wrapper routines to access debug registers in process/thread code K.Prasad
[not found] <20090407063058.301701787@prasadkr_t60p.in.ibm.com>
2009-04-07 6:36 ` K.Prasad
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