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[PATCH] kprobes/ia64: refuse kprobe on ivt code
authorKeshavamurthy Anil S <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com>
Mon, 27 Jun 2005 22:17:16 +0000 (15:17 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org>
Mon, 27 Jun 2005 22:23:54 +0000 (15:23 -0700)
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>
arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c
arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
include/asm-ia64/sections.h

index ec2ceade12b071d6e08e9318f7107466f83fde27..3aa3167edbec218241d4b167593728ad99542efd 100644 (file)
@@ -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");
index b9f0db4c1b042682354d57492bcf620cffc5263f..a676e79e0681bb183986e3036e6484f8878c4e70 100644 (file)
@@ -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
index 8e3dbde1b429c167fe2a96af9966c7fb1fcb3ffb..e9eb7f62d32bb259f0ed8a52b836d8fa677e6b02 100644 (file)
@@ -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 */