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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c | 31 |
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c index 5a1a1de292ec..f7b276d4b3fb 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c @@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ #include <asm/idle.h> #include <asm/syscalls.h> #include <asm/ds.h> +#include <asm/debugreg.h> +#include <asm/hw_breakpoint.h> asmlinkage extern void ret_from_fork(void); @@ -248,6 +250,8 @@ void release_thread(struct task_struct *dead_task) BUG(); } } + if (unlikely(dead_task->thread.debugreg7)) + flush_thread_hw_breakpoint(dead_task); } static inline void set_32bit_tls(struct task_struct *t, int tls, u32 addr) @@ -303,12 +307,18 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long sp, p->thread.fs = me->thread.fs; p->thread.gs = me->thread.gs; + p->thread.io_bitmap_ptr = NULL; savesegment(gs, p->thread.gsindex); savesegment(fs, p->thread.fsindex); savesegment(es, p->thread.es); savesegment(ds, p->thread.ds); + err = -ENOMEM; + if (unlikely(test_tsk_thread_flag(me, TIF_DEBUG))) + if (copy_thread_hw_breakpoint(me, p, clone_flags)) + goto out; + if (unlikely(test_tsk_thread_flag(me, TIF_IO_BITMAP))) { p->thread.io_bitmap_ptr = kmalloc(IO_BITMAP_BYTES, GFP_KERNEL); if (!p->thread.io_bitmap_ptr) { @@ -347,6 +357,9 @@ out: kfree(p->thread.io_bitmap_ptr); p->thread.io_bitmap_max = 0; } + if (err) + flush_thread_hw_breakpoint(p); + return err; } @@ -492,6 +505,24 @@ __switch_to(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct *next_p) */ if (tsk_used_math(next_p) && next_p->fpu_counter > 5) math_state_restore(); + /* + * There's a problem with moving the arch_install_thread_hw_breakpoint() + * call before current is updated. Suppose a kernel breakpoint is + * triggered in between the two, the hw-breakpoint handler will see that + * the 'current' task does not have TIF_DEBUG flag set and will think it + * is leftover from an old task (lazy switching) and will erase it. Then + * until the next context switch, no user-breakpoints will be installed. + * + * The real problem is that it's impossible to update both current and + * physical debug registers at the same instant, so there will always be + * a window in which they disagree and a breakpoint might get triggered. + * Since we use lazy switching, we are forced to assume that a + * disagreement means that current is correct and the exception is due + * to lazy debug register switching. + */ + if (unlikely(test_tsk_thread_flag(next_p, TIF_DEBUG))) + arch_install_thread_hw_breakpoint(next_p); + return prev_p; } |
