On 12/31, Pratyush Anand wrote:
>
> Re-factor flush_ptrace_access to reuse vma independent part.

But for what? The changelog should explain this.

> Signed-off-by: Pratyush Anand <[email protected]>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/mm/flush.c | 24 +++++++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/flush.c b/arch/arm64/mm/flush.c
> index b6f14e8d2121..9a4dd6f39cfb 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/flush.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/flush.c
> @@ -34,19 +34,25 @@ void flush_cache_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, 
> unsigned long start,
>               __flush_icache_all();
>  }
>
> +static void __flush_ptrace_access(struct page *page, unsigned long uaddr,
> +             void *kaddr, unsigned long len)
> +{
> +     unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)kaddr;
> +
> +     if (icache_is_aliasing()) {
> +             __flush_dcache_area(kaddr, len);
> +             __flush_icache_all();
> +     } else {
> +             flush_icache_range(addr, addr + len);
> +     }
> +}
> +
>  static void flush_ptrace_access(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page 
> *page,
>                               unsigned long uaddr, void *kaddr,
>                               unsigned long len)
>  {
> -     if (vma->vm_flags & VM_EXEC) {
> -             unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)kaddr;
> -             if (icache_is_aliasing()) {
> -                     __flush_dcache_area(kaddr, len);
> -                     __flush_icache_all();
> -             } else {
> -                     flush_icache_range(addr, addr + len);
> -             }
> -     }
> +     if (vma->vm_flags & VM_EXEC)
> +             __flush_ptrace_access(page, uaddr, kaddr, len);
>  }

So why uprobes can't use flush_ptrace_access() ? flush_uprobe_xol_access() is
called by arch_uprobe_copy_ixol(), and xol vma has VM_EXEC bit set.

Oleg.

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