[PATCH 3/9] uprobes: allow ignoring of probe hits

From: Rabin Vincent
Date: Sun Oct 14 2012 - 15:23:42 EST


Allow arches to decided to ignore a probe hit. ARM will use this to
only call handlers if the conditions to execute a conditionally executed
instruction are satisfied.

Signed-off-by: Rabin Vincent <rabin@xxxxxx>
---
include/linux/uprobes.h | 1 +
kernel/events/uprobes.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/uprobes.h b/include/linux/uprobes.h
index ac90704..da21b66 100644
--- a/include/linux/uprobes.h
+++ b/include/linux/uprobes.h
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ extern int arch_uprobe_post_xol(struct arch_uprobe *aup, struct pt_regs *regs);
extern bool arch_uprobe_xol_was_trapped(struct task_struct *tsk);
extern int arch_uprobe_exception_notify(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long val, void *data);
extern void arch_uprobe_abort_xol(struct arch_uprobe *aup, struct pt_regs *regs);
+extern bool __weak arch_uprobe_ignore(struct arch_uprobe *aup, struct pt_regs *regs);
#else /* !CONFIG_UPROBES */
struct uprobes_state {
};
diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index db4e3ab..a0e1a38 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -1419,6 +1419,11 @@ static void mmf_recalc_uprobes(struct mm_struct *mm)
clear_bit(MMF_HAS_UPROBES, &mm->flags);
}

+bool __weak arch_uprobe_ignore(struct arch_uprobe *aup, struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+ return false;
+}
+
static struct uprobe *find_active_uprobe(unsigned long bp_vaddr, int *is_swbp)
{
struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
@@ -1469,6 +1474,7 @@ static void handle_swbp(struct pt_regs *regs)
struct uprobe *uprobe;
unsigned long bp_vaddr;
int uninitialized_var(is_swbp);
+ bool ignored = false;

bp_vaddr = uprobe_get_swbp_addr(regs);
uprobe = find_active_uprobe(bp_vaddr, &is_swbp);
@@ -1499,6 +1505,12 @@ static void handle_swbp(struct pt_regs *regs)
goto cleanup_ret;
}
utask->active_uprobe = uprobe;
+
+ if (arch_uprobe_ignore(&uprobe->arch, regs)) {
+ ignored = true;
+ goto cleanup_ret;
+ }
+
handler_chain(uprobe, regs);
if (uprobe->flags & UPROBE_SKIP_SSTEP && can_skip_sstep(uprobe, regs))
goto cleanup_ret;
@@ -1514,7 +1526,7 @@ cleanup_ret:
utask->active_uprobe = NULL;
utask->state = UTASK_RUNNING;
}
- if (!(uprobe->flags & UPROBE_SKIP_SSTEP))
+ if (!ignored && !(uprobe->flags & UPROBE_SKIP_SSTEP))

/*
* cannot singlestep; cannot skip instruction;
--
1.7.9.5

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