Re: [PATCH for review] [145/145] i386: Disallow kprobes on NMI handlers

From: Chuck Ebbert
Date: Fri Aug 11 2006 - 19:16:04 EST


In-Reply-To: <200608110853.19740.ak@xxxxxxx>

On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 08:53:19 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:

> > > --- linux.orig/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S
> > > +++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S
> > > @@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ debug_stack_correct:
> > > * check whether we got an NMI on the debug path where the debug
> > > * fault happened on the sysenter path.
> > > */
> > > -ENTRY(nmi)
> > > +KPROBE_ENTRY(nmi)
> > > RING0_INT_FRAME
> > > pushl %eax
> > > CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET 4
> >
> > Needs .popsection at the end of the NMI code.
>
> This is fixed up in a later patch I think.
> i386: KPROBE_ENTRY ends up putting code into .fixup

That patch was earlier, not later. I applied the 060811 patchset from
firstfloor and you still need this:

--- 2.6.18-rc4-ff.orig/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S
+++ 2.6.18-rc4-ff/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S
@@ -801,6 +801,7 @@ nmi_16bit_stack:
.align 4
.long 1b,iret_exc
.previous
+.popsection

KPROBE_ENTRY(int3)
RING0_INT_FRAME
--
Chuck
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