* Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli ([email protected]) wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 04:01:29PM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> > Index: linux-2.6-lttng/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- linux-2.6-lttng.orig/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c 2007-09-06 14:32:11.000000000 -0400
> > +++ linux-2.6-lttng/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c 2007-09-06 14:59:19.000000000 -0400
> > @@ -16,6 +16,99 @@
> > #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
> > static int smp_alt_once;
> >
> > +/*
> > + * Warning:
> > + * When you use this code to patch more than one byte of an instruction
> > + * you need to make sure that other CPUs cannot execute this code in parallel.
> > + * Also no thread must be currently preempted in the middle of these
> > + * instructions. And on the local CPU you need to be protected again NMI or MCE
> > + * handlers seeing an inconsistent instruction while you patch.
> > + * Warning: read_cr0 is modified by paravirt, this is why we have _early
> > + * versions. They are not in the __init section because they can be used at
> > + * module load time.
> > + */
> > +static inline void text_sync(void *addr, size_t len)
> > +{
> > + void *faddr;
> > +
> > + sync_core();
> > + /* Not strictly needed, but can speed CPU recovery up. */
> > + if (cpu_has_clflush)
> > + for (faddr = addr; faddr < addr + len;
> > + faddr += boot_cpu_data.x86_clflush_size)
> > + asm("clflush (%0) " :: "r" (faddr) : "memory");
> > +}
> > +
> > +void * text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode,
> > + size_t len)
> > +{
> > + memcpy(addr, opcode, len);
> > + text_sync(addr, len);
> > + return addr;
> > +}
> > +
> > +void * text_set_early(void *addr, int c, size_t len)
> > +{
> > + memset(addr, c, len);
> > + text_sync(addr, len);
> > + return addr;
> > +}
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * Only atomic text poke/set should be allowed when not doing early patching.
> > + * It means the size must be writable atomically and the address must be aligned
> > + * in a way that permits an atomic write.
> > + */
> > +void * __kprobes text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len)
> > +{
> > + unsigned long cr0;
> > + int unaligned;
> > +
> > + if (len > sizeof(long)) {
> > + printk(KERN_ERR "text_poke of len %zu too big (max %lu)\n",
> > + len, sizeof(long));
> > + BUG_ON(1);
> > + }
> > + unaligned = (((long)addr + len - 1) & ~(sizeof(long) - 1))
> > + - ((long)addr & ~(sizeof(long) - 1));
> > + if (unlikely(unaligned)) {
> > + printk(KERN_ERR "text_poke of at addr %p of len %zu is "
> > + "unaligned (%d)\n",
> > + addr, len, unaligned);
> > + BUG_ON(1);
> > + }
> > + kernel_wp_save(cr0);
> > + memcpy(addr, opcode, len);
> > + kernel_wp_restore(cr0);
> > + text_sync(addr, len);
> > + return addr;
> > +}
> > +
> > +void * __kprobes text_set(void *addr, int c, size_t len)
> > +{
> > + unsigned long cr0;
> > + int unaligned;
> > +
> > + if (len > sizeof(long)) {
> > + printk(KERN_ERR "text_set of len %zu too big (max %lu)\n",
> > + len, sizeof(long));
> > + BUG_ON(1);
> > + }
> > + unaligned = (((long)addr + len - 1) & ~(sizeof(long) - 1))
> > + - ((long)addr & ~(sizeof(long) - 1));
> > + if (unlikely(unaligned)) {
> > + printk(KERN_ERR "text_set of at addr %p of len %zu is "
> > + "unaligned (%d)\n",
> > + addr, len, unaligned);
> > + BUG_ON(1);
> > + }
> > + kernel_wp_save(cr0);
> > + memset(addr, c, len);
> > + kernel_wp_restore(cr0);
> > + text_sync(addr, len);
> > + return addr;
> > +}
> > +
>
> The above chunk is within ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU. This breaks a CONFIG_SMP=n
> build:
>
> CHK include/linux/compile.h
> UPD include/linux/compile.h
> arch/i386/kernel/built-in.o: In function `apply_alternatives':
> /home/ananth/kprobes/marker/linux-2.6.23-rc4/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c:293:
> undefined reference to `text_poke_early'
> arch/i386/kernel/built-in.o: In function `arch_disarm_kprobe':
> /home/ananth/kprobes/marker/linux-2.6.23-rc4/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c:185:
> undefined reference to `text_set'
> arch/i386/kernel/built-in.o: In function `arch_arm_kprobe':
> /home/ananth/kprobes/marker/linux-2.6.23-rc4/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c:180:
> undefined reference to `text_set'
> make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1
>
> Ananth
Thanks, fixing for next release.
--
Mathieu Desnoyers
Computer Engineering Ph.D. Student, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
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