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[PATCH] kprobes/ia64: refuse kprobe on ivt code 

Not safe to insert kprobes on IVT code.

This patch checks to see if the address on which Kprobes is being inserted is
in ivt code and if it is in ivt code then refuse to register kprobe.

Signed-off-by: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com>
Acked-by: David Mosberger <davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
This commit is contained in:
Keshavamurthy Anil S 2005-06-27 15:17:16 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent a528e21c23
commit c7b645f934
3 changed files with 23 additions and 3 deletions
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18
arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c
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@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
#include <asm/pgtable.h>
#include <asm/kdebug.h>
#include <asm/sections.h>
extern void jprobe_inst_return(void);
@ -263,14 +264,27 @@ static inline void get_kprobe_inst(bundle_t *bundle, uint slot,
}
}
/* Returns non-zero if the addr is in the Interrupt Vector Table */
static inline int in_ivt_functions(unsigned long addr)
{
return (addr >= (unsigned long)__start_ivt_text
&& addr < (unsigned long)__end_ivt_text);
}
static int valid_kprobe_addr(int template, int slot, unsigned long addr)
{
if ((slot > 2) || ((bundle_encoding[template][1] == L) && slot > 1)) {
printk(KERN_WARNING "Attempting to insert unaligned kprobe at 0x%lx\n",
addr);
printk(KERN_WARNING "Attempting to insert unaligned kprobe "
"at 0x%lx\n", addr);
return -EINVAL;
}
if (in_ivt_functions(addr)) {
printk(KERN_WARNING "Kprobes can't be inserted inside "
"IVT functions at 0x%lx\n", addr);
return -EINVAL;
}
if (slot == 1 && bundle_encoding[template][1] != L) {
printk(KERN_WARNING "Inserting kprobes on slot #1 "
"is not supported\n");

7
arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
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@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
#define LOAD_OFFSET (KERNEL_START - KERNEL_TR_PAGE_SIZE)
#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
#define IVT_TEXT \
VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start_ivt_text) = .; \
*(.text.ivt) \
VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__end_ivt_text) = .;
OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf64-ia64-little")
OUTPUT_ARCH(ia64)
ENTRY(phys_start)
@ -39,7 +44,7 @@ SECTIONS
.text : AT(ADDR(.text) - LOAD_OFFSET)
{
*(.text.ivt)
IVT_TEXT
*(.text)
SCHED_TEXT
LOCK_TEXT

1
include/asm-ia64/sections.h
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@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ extern char __start_gate_vtop_patchlist[], __end_gate_vtop_patchlist[];
extern char __start_gate_fsyscall_patchlist[], __end_gate_fsyscall_patchlist[];
extern char __start_gate_brl_fsys_bubble_down_patchlist[], __end_gate_brl_fsys_bubble_down_patchlist[];
extern char __start_unwind[], __end_unwind[];
extern char __start_ivt_text[], __end_ivt_text[];
#endif /* _ASM_IA64_SECTIONS_H */