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From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>,
	Anton Arapov <anton@redhat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com>,
	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>,
	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] ptrace: fix set_task_blockstep()->update_debugctlmsr() logic
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 18:29:54 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120803162954.GA19806@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120803162912.GA19767@redhat.com>

Afaics the usage of update_debugctlmsr() in step.c was always
very wrong.

1. update_debugctlmsr() was simply unneeded. The child sleeps
   TASK_TRACED, __switch_to_xtra(next_p => child) should notice
   TIF_BLOCKSTEP and set/clear DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF after resume if
   needed.

2. It is wrong. The state of DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF bit in CPU register
   should always match the state of current's TIF_BLOCKSTEP bit.

3. Even get_debugctlmsr() + update_debugctlmsr() itself does not
   look right. Irq can change other bits in MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR
   register or the caller can be preempted in between.

However, now that uprobes uses user_enable_single_step(current)
we can't simply remove update_debugctlmsr(). So this patch adds
the additional "task == current" check and disables irqs to avoid
the race with interrupts/preemption.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/step.c |    6 ++++++
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/step.c b/arch/x86/kernel/step.c
index afa60db..636402e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/step.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/step.c
@@ -166,12 +166,18 @@ static void set_task_blockstep(struct task_struct *task, bool on)
 	else
 		clear_tsk_thread_flag(task, TIF_BLOCKSTEP);
 
+	if (task != current)
+		return;
+
+	/* ensure irq/preemption can't change debugctl in between */
+	local_irq_disable();
 	debugctl = get_debugctlmsr();
 	if (on)
 		debugctl |= DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF;
 	else
 		debugctl &= ~DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF;
 	update_debugctlmsr(debugctl);
+	local_irq_enable();
 }
 
 /*
-- 
1.5.5.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-08-03 16:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-08-03 16:29 [PATCH 0/2] ptrace: DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF fixes Oleg Nesterov
2012-08-03 16:29 ` [PATCH 1/2] ptrace: introduce set_task_blockstep() helper Oleg Nesterov
2012-08-03 16:29 ` Oleg Nesterov [this message]
2012-08-03 16:43   ` [PATCH 2/2] ptrace: fix set_task_blockstep()->update_debugctlmsr() logic Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2012-08-03 17:38     ` Oleg Nesterov
2012-08-03 18:28       ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2012-08-07 15:13         ` Oleg Nesterov
2012-08-07  9:41   ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2012-08-07 10:52     ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2012-08-07 15:15     ` Oleg Nesterov
2012-08-07 15:29       ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2012-08-07 15:31         ` Oleg Nesterov
2012-08-07 15:12   ` Oleg Nesterov
2012-08-06 16:14 ` [PATCH 0/2] ptrace: DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF fixes Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2012-08-07 15:15   ` Oleg Nesterov
2012-08-07 15:38     ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2012-08-07 15:46       ` Oleg Nesterov

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