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author | Abhishek Sagar <sagar.abhishek@gmail.com> | 2007-06-11 22:20:10 +0000 |
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committer | Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> | 2008-01-26 15:25:16 +0000 |
commit | 24ba613c9d6cad315f484e658288db152f1dc447 (patch) | |
tree | 0a94ff96c77ccf7e0415bd2bc76ab400468c5e6e /arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c | |
parent | 35aa1df4328340f38edc46f00837f08d33d49f63 (diff) |
ARM kprobes: core code
This is a full implementation of Kprobes including Jprobes and
Kretprobes support.
This ARM implementation does not follow the usual kprobes double-
exception model. The traditional model is where the initial kprobes
breakpoint calls kprobe_handler(), which returns from exception to
execute the instruction in its original context, then immediately
re-enters after a second breakpoint (or single-stepping exception)
into post_kprobe_handler(), each time the probe is hit.. The ARM
implementation only executes one kprobes exception per hit, so no
post_kprobe_handler() phase. All side-effects from the kprobe'd
instruction are resolved before returning from the initial exception.
As a result, all instructions are _always_ effectively boosted
regardless of the type of instruction, and even regardless of whether
or not there is a post-handler for the probe.
Signed-off-by: Abhishek Sagar <sagar.abhishek@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Quentin Barnes <qbarnes@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@marvell.com>
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