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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-03-05 10:50:22 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-03-05 10:50:22 -0800
commit660f6a360be399f4ebdd6572a3d24afe54e9bb1c (patch)
tree9c16463c495a656e34577d59c97b58997b61d242 /arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
parentMerge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 (diff)
parentx86: Issue at least one memory barrier in stop_machine_text_poke() (diff)
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Merge branch 'perf-probes-for-linus-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'perf-probes-for-linus-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86: Issue at least one memory barrier in stop_machine_text_poke() perf probe: Correct probe syntax on command line help perf probe: Add lazy line matching support perf probe: Show more lines after last line perf probe: Check function address range strictly in line finder perf probe: Use libdw callback routines perf probe: Use elfutils-libdw for analyzing debuginfo perf probe: Rename probe finder functions perf probe: Fix bugs in line range finder perf probe: Update perf probe document perf probe: Do not show --line option without dwarf support kprobes: Add documents of jump optimization kprobes/x86: Support kprobes jump optimization on x86 x86: Add text_poke_smp for SMP cross modifying code kprobes/x86: Cleanup save/restore registers kprobes/x86: Boost probes when reentering kprobes: Jump optimization sysctl interface kprobes: Introduce kprobes jump optimization kprobes: Introduce generic insn_slot framework kprobes/x86: Cleanup RELATIVEJUMP_INSTRUCTION to RELATIVEJUMP_OPCODE
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c')
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diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index e6ea0342c8f8..3a4bf35c179b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
#include <linux/memory.h>
+#include <linux/stop_machine.h>
#include <asm/alternative.h>
#include <asm/sections.h>
#include <asm/pgtable.h>
@@ -572,3 +573,62 @@ void *__kprobes text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len)
local_irq_restore(flags);
return addr;
}
+
+/*
+ * Cross-modifying kernel text with stop_machine().
+ * This code originally comes from immediate value.
+ */
+static atomic_t stop_machine_first;
+static int wrote_text;
+
+struct text_poke_params {
+ void *addr;
+ const void *opcode;
+ size_t len;
+};
+
+static int __kprobes stop_machine_text_poke(void *data)
+{
+ struct text_poke_params *tpp = data;
+
+ if (atomic_dec_and_test(&stop_machine_first)) {
+ text_poke(tpp->addr, tpp->opcode, tpp->len);
+ smp_wmb(); /* Make sure other cpus see that this has run */
+ wrote_text = 1;
+ } else {
+ while (!wrote_text)
+ cpu_relax();
+ smp_mb(); /* Load wrote_text before following execution */
+ }
+
+ flush_icache_range((unsigned long)tpp->addr,
+ (unsigned long)tpp->addr + tpp->len);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * text_poke_smp - Update instructions on a live kernel on SMP
+ * @addr: address to modify
+ * @opcode: source of the copy
+ * @len: length to copy
+ *
+ * Modify multi-byte instruction by using stop_machine() on SMP. This allows
+ * user to poke/set multi-byte text on SMP. Only non-NMI/MCE code modifying
+ * should be allowed, since stop_machine() does _not_ protect code against
+ * NMI and MCE.
+ *
+ * Note: Must be called under get_online_cpus() and text_mutex.
+ */
+void *__kprobes text_poke_smp(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len)
+{
+ struct text_poke_params tpp;
+
+ tpp.addr = addr;
+ tpp.opcode = opcode;
+ tpp.len = len;
+ atomic_set(&stop_machine_first, 1);
+ wrote_text = 0;
+ stop_machine(stop_machine_text_poke, (void *)&tpp, NULL);
+ return addr;
+}
+