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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/process.c22
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c28
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c31
3 files changed, 65 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 291527cb438..19a686c401b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/i387.h>
#include <asm/ds.h>
+#include <asm/debugreg.h>
+#include <asm/hw_breakpoint.h>
unsigned long idle_halt;
EXPORT_SYMBOL(idle_halt);
@@ -46,6 +48,8 @@ void free_thread_xstate(struct task_struct *tsk)
kmem_cache_free(task_xstate_cachep, tsk->thread.xstate);
tsk->thread.xstate = NULL;
}
+ if (unlikely(test_tsk_thread_flag(tsk, TIF_DEBUG)))
+ flush_thread_hw_breakpoint(tsk);
WARN(tsk->thread.ds_ctx, "leaking DS context\n");
}
@@ -106,12 +110,8 @@ void flush_thread(void)
clear_tsk_thread_flag(tsk, TIF_DEBUG);
- tsk->thread.debugreg[0] = 0;
- tsk->thread.debugreg[1] = 0;
- tsk->thread.debugreg[2] = 0;
- tsk->thread.debugreg[3] = 0;
- tsk->thread.debugreg6 = 0;
- tsk->thread.debugreg7 = 0;
+ if (unlikely(test_tsk_thread_flag(tsk, TIF_DEBUG)))
+ flush_thread_hw_breakpoint(tsk);
memset(tsk->thread.tls_array, 0, sizeof(tsk->thread.tls_array));
/*
* Forget coprocessor state..
@@ -193,16 +193,6 @@ void __switch_to_xtra(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct *next_p,
else if (next->debugctlmsr != prev->debugctlmsr)
update_debugctlmsr(next->debugctlmsr);
- if (test_tsk_thread_flag(next_p, TIF_DEBUG)) {
- set_debugreg(next->debugreg[0], 0);
- set_debugreg(next->debugreg[1], 1);
- set_debugreg(next->debugreg[2], 2);
- set_debugreg(next->debugreg[3], 3);
- /* no 4 and 5 */
- set_debugreg(next->debugreg6, 6);
- set_debugreg(next->debugreg7, 7);
- }
-
if (test_tsk_thread_flag(prev_p, TIF_NOTSC) ^
test_tsk_thread_flag(next_p, TIF_NOTSC)) {
/* prev and next are different */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
index b5e4bfef447..297ffff2ffc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@
#include <asm/idle.h>
#include <asm/syscalls.h>
#include <asm/ds.h>
+#include <asm/debugreg.h>
+#include <asm/hw_breakpoint.h>
asmlinkage void ret_from_fork(void) __asm__("ret_from_fork");
@@ -265,7 +267,13 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long sp,
task_user_gs(p) = get_user_gs(regs);
+ p->thread.io_bitmap_ptr = NULL;
tsk = current;
+ err = -ENOMEM;
+ if (unlikely(test_tsk_thread_flag(tsk, TIF_DEBUG)))
+ if (copy_thread_hw_breakpoint(tsk, p, clone_flags))
+ goto out;
+
if (unlikely(test_tsk_thread_flag(tsk, TIF_IO_BITMAP))) {
p->thread.io_bitmap_ptr = kmemdup(tsk->thread.io_bitmap_ptr,
IO_BITMAP_BYTES, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -285,10 +293,13 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long sp,
err = do_set_thread_area(p, -1,
(struct user_desc __user *)childregs->si, 0);
+out:
if (err && p->thread.io_bitmap_ptr) {
kfree(p->thread.io_bitmap_ptr);
p->thread.io_bitmap_max = 0;
}
+ if (err)
+ flush_thread_hw_breakpoint(p);
clear_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_DS_AREA_MSR);
p->thread.ds_ctx = NULL;
@@ -427,6 +438,23 @@ __switch_to(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct *next_p)
lazy_load_gs(next->gs);
percpu_write(current_task, next_p);
+ /*
+ * 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;
}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index 5a1a1de292e..f7b276d4b3f 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;
}