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[ Upstream commit 6256e668b7af9d81472e03c6a171630c08f8858a ] Use int3 instead of debug trap exception for single-stepping the probed instructions. Some instructions which change the ip registers or modify IF flags are emulated because those are not able to be single-stepped by int3 or may allow the interrupt while single-stepping. This actually changes the kprobes behavior. - kprobes can not probe following instructions; int3, iret, far jmp/call which get absolute address as immediate, indirect far jmp/call, indirect near jmp/call with addressing by memory (register-based indirect jmp/call are OK), and vmcall/vmlaunch/vmresume/vmxoff. - If the kprobe post_handler doesn't set before registering, it may not be called in some case even if you set it afterwards. (IOW, kprobe booster is enabled at registration, user can not change it) But both are rare issue, unsupported instructions will not be used in the kernel (or rarely used), and post_handlers are rarely used (I don't see it except for the test code). Suggested-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/161469874601.49483.11985325887166921076.stgit@devnote2 [Huafei: Fix trivial conflict in arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c due to the previously backported commit 6dd3b8c9f5881] Signed-off-by: Li Huafei <lihuafei1@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.