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diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index c15cf9a25e27..15e8563e5c24 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
#include <linux/memory.h>
#include <linux/stop_machine.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/kdebug.h>
#include <asm/alternative.h>
#include <asm/sections.h>
#include <asm/pgtable.h>
@@ -596,97 +597,93 @@ void *__kprobes text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len)
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;
+static void do_sync_core(void *info)
+{
+ sync_core();
+}
-struct text_poke_params {
- struct text_poke_param *params;
- int nparams;
-};
+static bool bp_patching_in_progress;
+static void *bp_int3_handler, *bp_int3_addr;
-static int __kprobes stop_machine_text_poke(void *data)
+int poke_int3_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
- struct text_poke_params *tpp = data;
- struct text_poke_param *p;
- int i;
+ /* bp_patching_in_progress */
+ smp_rmb();
- if (atomic_xchg(&stop_machine_first, 0)) {
- for (i = 0; i < tpp->nparams; i++) {
- p = &tpp->params[i];
- text_poke(p->addr, p->opcode, p->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 */
- }
+ if (likely(!bp_patching_in_progress))
+ return 0;
- for (i = 0; i < tpp->nparams; i++) {
- p = &tpp->params[i];
- flush_icache_range((unsigned long)p->addr,
- (unsigned long)p->addr + p->len);
- }
- /*
- * Intel Archiecture Software Developer's Manual section 7.1.3 specifies
- * that a core serializing instruction such as "cpuid" should be
- * executed on _each_ core before the new instruction is made visible.
- */
- sync_core();
- return 0;
-}
+ if (user_mode_vm(regs) || regs->ip != (unsigned long)bp_int3_addr)
+ return 0;
+
+ /* set up the specified breakpoint handler */
+ regs->ip = (unsigned long) bp_int3_handler;
+
+ return 1;
-/**
- * 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;
- struct text_poke_param p;
-
- p.addr = addr;
- p.opcode = opcode;
- p.len = len;
- tpp.params = &p;
- tpp.nparams = 1;
- atomic_set(&stop_machine_first, 1);
- wrote_text = 0;
- /* Use __stop_machine() because the caller already got online_cpus. */
- __stop_machine(stop_machine_text_poke, (void *)&tpp, cpu_online_mask);
- return addr;
}
/**
- * text_poke_smp_batch - Update instructions on a live kernel on SMP
- * @params: an array of text_poke parameters
- * @n: the number of elements in params.
+ * text_poke_bp() -- update instructions on live kernel on SMP
+ * @addr: address to patch
+ * @opcode: opcode of new instruction
+ * @len: length to copy
+ * @handler: address to jump to when the temporary breakpoint is hit
*
- * Modify multi-byte instruction by using stop_machine() on SMP. Since the
- * stop_machine() is heavy task, it is better to aggregate text_poke requests
- * and do it once if possible.
+ * Modify multi-byte instruction by using int3 breakpoint on SMP.
+ * We completely avoid stop_machine() here, and achieve the
+ * synchronization using int3 breakpoint.
*
- * Note: Must be called under get_online_cpus() and text_mutex.
+ * The way it is done:
+ * - add a int3 trap to the address that will be patched
+ * - sync cores
+ * - update all but the first byte of the patched range
+ * - sync cores
+ * - replace the first byte (int3) by the first byte of
+ * replacing opcode
+ * - sync cores
+ *
+ * Note: must be called under text_mutex.
*/
-void __kprobes text_poke_smp_batch(struct text_poke_param *params, int n)
+void *text_poke_bp(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len, void *handler)
{
- struct text_poke_params tpp = {.params = params, .nparams = n};
+ unsigned char int3 = 0xcc;
+
+ bp_int3_handler = handler;
+ bp_int3_addr = (u8 *)addr + sizeof(int3);
+ bp_patching_in_progress = true;
+ /*
+ * Corresponding read barrier in int3 notifier for
+ * making sure the in_progress flags is correctly ordered wrt.
+ * patching
+ */
+ smp_wmb();
+
+ text_poke(addr, &int3, sizeof(int3));
- atomic_set(&stop_machine_first, 1);
- wrote_text = 0;
- __stop_machine(stop_machine_text_poke, (void *)&tpp, cpu_online_mask);
+ on_each_cpu(do_sync_core, NULL, 1);
+
+ if (len - sizeof(int3) > 0) {
+ /* patch all but the first byte */
+ text_poke((char *)addr + sizeof(int3),
+ (const char *) opcode + sizeof(int3),
+ len - sizeof(int3));
+ /*
+ * According to Intel, this core syncing is very likely
+ * not necessary and we'd be safe even without it. But
+ * better safe than sorry (plus there's not only Intel).
+ */
+ on_each_cpu(do_sync_core, NULL, 1);
+ }
+
+ /* patch the first byte */
+ text_poke(addr, opcode, sizeof(int3));
+
+ on_each_cpu(do_sync_core, NULL, 1);
+
+ bp_patching_in_progress = false;
+ smp_wmb();
+
+ return addr;
}
+