linux/arch/x86
Masami Hiramatsu 9a556ab998 kprobes/x86: Check Interrupt Flag modifier when registering probe
Currently kprobes check whether the copied instruction modifies
IF (interrupt flag) on each probe hit. This results not only in
introducing overhead but also involving
inat_get_opcode_attribute into the kprobes hot path, and it can
cause an infinite recursive call (and kernel panic in the end).

Actually, since the copied instruction itself can never be modified
on the buffer, it is needless to analyze the instruction on every
probe hit.

To fix this issue, we check it only once when registering probe
and store the result on ainsn->if_modifier.

Reported-by: Timo Juhani Lindfors <timo.lindfors@iki.fi>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Acked-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
Cc: yrl.pp-manager.tt@hitachi.com
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130314115242.19690.33573.stgit@mhiramat-M0-7522
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2013-03-18 10:21:23 +01:00
..
boot Merge branch 'x86-efi-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-02-27 16:17:42 -08:00
configs x86: Default to ARCH=x86 to avoid overriding CONFIG_64BIT 2012-12-20 14:37:18 -08:00
crypto Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2013-02-25 15:56:15 -08:00
ia32 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal 2013-03-02 08:34:06 -08:00
include kprobes/x86: Check Interrupt Flag modifier when registering probe 2013-03-18 10:21:23 +01:00
kernel kprobes/x86: Check Interrupt Flag modifier when registering probe 2013-03-18 10:21:23 +01:00
kvm hlist: drop the node parameter from iterators 2013-02-27 19:10:24 -08:00
lguest Merge branch 'x86-mm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-02-21 18:06:55 -08:00
lib x86: Be consistent with data size in getuser.S 2013-02-11 23:14:48 -08:00
math-emu
mm x86: Do not try to sync identity map for non-mapped pages 2013-03-07 13:23:28 -08:00
net x86: bpf_jit_comp: add pkt_type support 2013-01-30 22:38:34 -05:00
oprofile oprofile, x86: Fix wrapping bug in op_x86_get_ctrl() 2012-10-15 14:38:24 +02:00
pci Bug-fixes: 2013-03-03 14:22:53 -08:00
platform Merge branch 'x86-efi-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-02-27 16:17:42 -08:00
power Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/x86/mm' into x86/mm2 2013-02-01 02:28:36 -08:00
realmode Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/x86/mm' into x86/mm2 2013-02-01 02:28:36 -08:00
syscalls fix compat truncate/ftruncate 2013-02-25 09:24:55 -05:00
tools Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-02-05 07:57:09 +11:00
um Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal 2013-02-23 18:50:11 -08:00
vdso timers/x86/hpet: Use HPET_COUNTER to specify the hpet counter in vread_hpet() 2013-02-15 12:13:18 +01:00
video
xen xen/pat: Disable PAT using pat_enabled value. 2013-02-28 09:03:00 -05:00
.gitignore
Kbuild
Kconfig Select VIRT_TO_BUS directly where needed 2013-03-12 11:16:40 -07:00
Kconfig.cpu x86, 386 removal: Document Nx586 as a 386 and thus unsupported 2012-11-29 13:28:39 -08:00
Kconfig.debug
Makefile Merge branch 'x86-build-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-02-19 19:12:03 -08:00
Makefile_32.cpu x86, 386 removal: Remove CONFIG_M386 from Kconfig 2012-11-29 13:23:01 -08:00
Makefile.um