The patch titled
i386 Text Edit Lock: kprobes
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
i386-text-edit-lock-kprobes.patch
This patch was dropped because it had testing failures
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Subject: i386 Text Edit Lock: kprobes
From: Mathieu Desnoyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Kprobes can use the text edit lock to insure mutual exclusion when edition the
code and make sure the pages are writable.
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c | 30 ++++--------------------------
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c~i386-text-edit-lock-kprobes
arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c~i386-text-edit-lock-kprobes
+++ a/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -169,42 +169,20 @@ int __kprobes arch_prepare_kprobe(struct
void __kprobes arch_arm_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
{
- unsigned long addr = (unsigned long) p->addr;
- int page_readonly = 0;
-
- if (kernel_readonly_text(addr)) {
- page_readonly = 1;
- change_page_attr(virt_to_page(addr), 1, PAGE_KERNEL_RWX);
- global_flush_tlb();
- }
-
+ kernel_text_lock((unsigned long)p->addr, sizeof(kprobe_opcode_t));
*p->addr = BREAKPOINT_INSTRUCTION;
+ kernel_text_unlock((unsigned long)p->addr, sizeof(kprobe_opcode_t));
flush_icache_range((unsigned long) p->addr,
(unsigned long) p->addr + sizeof(kprobe_opcode_t));
-
- if (page_readonly) {
- change_page_attr(virt_to_page(addr), 1, PAGE_KERNEL_RX);
- global_flush_tlb();
- }
}
void __kprobes arch_disarm_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
{
- unsigned long addr = (unsigned long) p->addr;
- int page_readonly = 0;
-
- if (kernel_readonly_text(addr)) {
- page_readonly = 1;
- change_page_attr(virt_to_page(addr), 1, PAGE_KERNEL_RWX);
- global_flush_tlb();
- }
+ kernel_text_lock((unsigned long)p->addr, sizeof(kprobe_opcode_t));
*p->addr = p->opcode;
+ kernel_text_unlock((unsigned long)p->addr, sizeof(kprobe_opcode_t));
flush_icache_range((unsigned long) p->addr,
(unsigned long) p->addr + sizeof(kprobe_opcode_t));
- if (page_readonly) {
- change_page_attr(virt_to_page(addr), 1, PAGE_KERNEL_RX);
- global_flush_tlb();
- }
}
void __kprobes arch_remove_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from [EMAIL PROTECTED] are
powerpc-promc-remove-undef-printk.patch
i386-text-edit-lock-kprobes.patch
immediate-values-global-modules-list-and-module-mutex.patch
immediate-value-architecture-independent-code.patch
immediate-values-non-optimized-architectures.patch
immediate-value-add-kconfig-menus.patch
immediate-values-kprobe-header-fix.patch
immediate-value-i386-optimization.patch
immediate-value-powerpc-optimization.patch
immediate-value-documentation.patch
f00f-bug-fixup-for-i386-use-immediate-values.patch
scheduler-profiling-use-immediate-values.patch
scheduler-profiling-use-immediate-values-fix.patch
cxgb3-vs-immediate-stuff.patch
use-data_data-in-cris.patch
add-missing-data_data-in-powerpc.patch
use-data_data-in-xtensa.patch
linux-kernel-markers-architecture-independent-code.patch
linux-kernel-markers-add-kconfig-menus-for-the-marker-code.patch
linux-kernel-markers-documentation.patch
port-of-blktrace-to-the-linux-kernel-markers.patch
port-of-blktrace-to-the-linux-kernel-markers-fix.patch
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