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authorSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>2012-07-13 15:44:14 -0400
committerSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>2012-11-19 05:31:37 -0500
commit6c8d8b3c69cef1330e0c5cbc2a8b9268024927a0 (patch)
tree4e081e4ed48d426aee8ff665d5bc42d62ce41b58 /arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
parent28696f434fef0efa97534b59986ad33b9c4df7f8 (diff)
x86_32: Return actual stack when requesting sp from regs
As x86_32 traps do not save sp when taken in kernel mode, we need to accommodate the sp when requesting to get the register. This affects kprobes. Before: # echo 'p:ftrace sys_read+4 s=%sp' > /debug/tracing/kprobe_events # echo 1 > /debug/tracing/events/kprobes/enable # cat trace sshd-1345 [000] d... 489.117168: ftrace: (sys_read+0x4/0x70) s=b7e96768 sshd-1345 [000] d... 489.117191: ftrace: (sys_read+0x4/0x70) s=b7e96768 cat-1447 [000] d... 489.117392: ftrace: (sys_read+0x4/0x70) s=5a7 cat-1447 [001] d... 489.118023: ftrace: (sys_read+0x4/0x70) s=b77ad05f less-1448 [000] d... 489.118079: ftrace: (sys_read+0x4/0x70) s=b7762e06 less-1448 [000] d... 489.118117: ftrace: (sys_read+0x4/0x70) s=b7764970 After: sshd-1352 [000] d... 362.348016: ftrace: (sys_read+0x4/0x70) s=f3febfa8 sshd-1352 [000] d... 362.348048: ftrace: (sys_read+0x4/0x70) s=f3febfa8 bash-1355 [001] d... 362.348081: ftrace: (sys_read+0x4/0x70) s=f5075fa8 sshd-1352 [000] d... 362.348082: ftrace: (sys_read+0x4/0x70) s=f3febfa8 sshd-1352 [000] d... 362.690950: ftrace: (sys_read+0x4/0x70) s=f3febfa8 bash-1355 [001] d... 362.691033: ftrace: (sys_read+0x4/0x70) s=f5075fa8 Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1342208654.30075.22.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
index dcfde52979c3..2233713d0297 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -246,6 +246,15 @@ static inline unsigned long regs_get_register(struct pt_regs *regs,
{
if (unlikely(offset > MAX_REG_OFFSET))
return 0;
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
+ /*
+ * Traps from the kernel do not save sp and ss.
+ * Use the helper function to retrieve sp.
+ */
+ if (offset == offsetof(struct pt_regs, sp) &&
+ regs->cs == __KERNEL_CS)
+ return kernel_stack_pointer(regs);
+#endif
return *(unsigned long *)((unsigned long)regs + offset);
}