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x86/kprobes: Use int3 instead of debug trap for single-step
Use int3 instead of debug trap exception for single-stepping the probed instructions. Some instructions which change the ip registers or modify IF flags are emulated because those are not able to be single-stepped by int3 or may allow the interrupt while single-stepping. This actually changes the kprobes behavior. - kprobes can not probe following instructions; int3, iret, far jmp/call which get absolute address as immediate, indirect far jmp/call, indirect near jmp/call with addressing by memory (register-based indirect jmp/call are OK), and vmcall/vmlaunch/vmresume/vmxoff. - If the kprobe post_handler doesn't set before registering, it may not be called in some case even if you set it afterwards. (IOW, kprobe booster is enabled at registration, user can not change it) But both are rare issue, unsupported instructions will not be used in the kernel (or rarely used), and post_handlers are rarely used (I don't see it except for the test code). Suggested-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/161469874601.49483.11985325887166921076.stgit@devnote2
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