[PATCH 1/24] i386: remove kprobes' restore_interrupts in favour of conditional_sti

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Cc: Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@...>
Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - 3:55 pm

From: Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@fastmail.fm>

x86_64 uses a helper function conditional_sti in traps_64.c which
is equal to restore_interrupts in kprobes.h. The only user of
restore_interrupts is in traps_32.c. Introduce conditional_sti
for i386 and remove restore_interrupts.

Signed-off-by: Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@fastmail.fm>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/traps_32.c |    8 +++++++-
 include/asm-x86/kprobes.h  |    9 ---------
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps_32.c
index 03df8e4..c8096f7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps_32.c
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ static unsigned int code_bytes = 64;
 static int ignore_nmis;
 static int die_counter;
 
+static inline void conditional_sti(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	if (regs->flags & X86_EFLAGS_IF)
+		local_irq_enable();
+}
+
 void printk_address(unsigned long address, int reliable)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS
@@ -859,7 +865,7 @@ void __kprobes do_int3(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
 	 * This is an interrupt gate, because kprobes wants interrupts
 	 * disabled. Normal trap handlers don't.
 	 */
-	restore_interrupts(regs);
+	conditional_sti(regs);
 
 	do_trap(3, SIGTRAP, "int3", 1, regs, error_code, NULL);
 }
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/kprobes.h b/include/asm-x86/kprobes.h
index 54980b0..93a7f49 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/kprobes.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/kprobes.h
@@ -82,15 +82,6 @@ struct kprobe_ctlblk {
 	struct prev_kprobe prev_kprobe;
 };
 
-/* trap3/1 are intr gates for kprobes.  So, restore the status of IF,
- * if necessary, before executing the original int3/1 (trap) handler.
- */
-static inline void restore_interrupts(struct pt_regs *regs)
-{
-	if (regs->flags & X86_EFLAGS_IF)
-		local_irq_enable();
-}
-
 extern int kprobe_fault_handler(struct pt_regs *regs, int trapnr);
 extern int kprobe_exceptions_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
 				    unsigned long val, void *data);
-- 
1.5.4.3

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Re: [RFC/PATCH] i386: handle all exceptions with interrupts ..., Alexander van Heukelum, (Wed Sep 10, 5:36 am)
[PATCH 1/24] i386: remove kprobes' restore_interrupts in fav..., , (Tue Sep 9, 3:55 pm)