[PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 16/20] 16: uprobes: register a notifier for uprobes.

Srikar Dronamraju
2011-03-14T13:42:55Z

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 | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/uprobes.c b/kernel/uprobes.c
index d8d4574..bbedcef 100644
--- a/kernel/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/uprobes.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
#include <linux/rmap.h> /* needed for anon_vma_prepare */
#include <linux/mman.h> /* needed for PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE */
#include <linux/file.h> /* needed for fput() */
+#include <linux/kdebug.h> /* needed for notifier mechanism */

#define UINSNS_PER_PAGE (PAGE_SIZE/UPROBES_XOL_SLOT_BYTES)
#define MAX_UPROBES_XOL_SLOTS UINSNS_PER_PAGE
@@ -1242,3 +1243,21 @@ int uprobe_post_notifier(struct pt_regs *regs)
}
return 0;
}
+
+struct notifier_block uprobes_exception_nb = {
+ .notifier_call = uprobes_exception_notify,
+ .priority = 0x7ffffff0,
+};
+
+static int __init init_uprobes(void)
+{
+ register_die_notifier(&uprobes_exception_nb);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit exit_uprobes(void)
+{
+}
+
+module_init(init_uprobes);
+module_exit(exit_uprobes);