From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Kyle Huey <me@kylehuey.com>,
Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@oracle.com>,
Robert O'Callahan <rocallahan@gmail.com>,
"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>,
Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org>,
Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>,
Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>, Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/13] x86/debug: Allow a single level of #DB recursion
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2020 11:12:45 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200903161245.dp56m3p3oimgppcf@treble> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200902133200.726584153@infradead.org>
On Wed, Sep 02, 2020 at 03:25:51PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> @@ -863,6 +849,18 @@ static void handle_debug(struct pt_regs
> static __always_inline void exc_debug_kernel(struct pt_regs *regs,
> unsigned long dr6)
> {
> + /*
> + * Disable breakpoints during exception handling; recursive exceptions
> + * are exceedingly 'fun'.
> + *
> + * Since this function is NOKPROBE, and that also applies to
> + * HW_BREAKPOINT_X, we can't hit a breakpoint before this (XXX except a
> + * HW_BREAKPOINT_W on our stack)
> + *
> + * Entry text is excluded for HW_BP_X and cpu_entry_area, which
> + * includes the entry stack is excluded for everything.
> + */
I know this comment was copy/pasted, but I had to stare at the last
paragraph like one of those 3D paintings they used to have at the mall.
Recommended rewording:
* HW_BREAKPOINT_X is disallowed for entry text; all breakpoints
* are disallowed for cpu_entry_area (which includes the entry
* stack).
--
Josh
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-09-03 16:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-09-02 13:25 [PATCH 00/13] x86/debug: Untangle handle_debug() Peter Zijlstra
2020-09-02 13:25 ` [PATCH 01/13] x86/entry: Fix AC assertion Peter Zijlstra
2020-09-02 15:58 ` Brian Gerst
2020-09-02 16:24 ` Jürgen Groß
2020-09-02 16:31 ` peterz
2020-09-02 17:02 ` Brian Gerst
2020-09-02 16:26 ` Andrew Cooper
2020-09-04 13:16 ` [tip: x86/urgent] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2020-09-02 13:25 ` [PATCH 02/13] x86/debug: Allow a single level of #DB recursion Peter Zijlstra
2020-09-02 23:59 ` Sasha Levin
2020-09-03 16:12 ` Josh Poimboeuf [this message]
2020-09-02 13:25 ` [PATCH 03/13] x86/debug: Sync BTF earlier Peter Zijlstra
2020-09-04 13:16 ` [tip: x86/entry] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2020-09-02 13:25 ` [PATCH 04/13] x86/debug: Move kprobe_debug_handler() into exc_debug_kernel() Peter Zijlstra
2020-09-04 13:16 ` [tip: x86/entry] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2020-09-02 13:25 ` [PATCH 05/13] x86/debug: Remove handle_debug(.user) argument Peter Zijlstra
2020-09-04 13:16 ` [tip: x86/entry] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2020-09-02 13:25 ` [PATCH 06/13] x86/debug: Simplify #DB signal code Peter Zijlstra
2020-09-04 13:16 ` [tip: x86/entry] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2020-09-02 13:25 ` [PATCH 07/13] x86/debug: Move historical SYSENTER junk into exc_debug_kernel() Peter Zijlstra
2020-09-04 13:16 ` [tip: x86/entry] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2020-09-02 13:25 ` [PATCH 08/13] x86/debug: Move cond_local_irq_enable() block into exc_debug_user() Peter Zijlstra
2020-09-04 13:16 ` [tip: x86/entry] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2020-09-02 13:25 ` [PATCH 09/13] x86/debug: Remove the historical junk Peter Zijlstra
2020-09-04 13:16 ` [tip: x86/entry] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2020-09-02 13:25 ` [PATCH 10/13] x86/debug: Remove aout_dump_debugregs() Peter Zijlstra
2020-09-04 13:16 ` [tip: x86/entry] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2020-09-02 13:26 ` [PATCH 11/13] x86/debug: Simplify hw_breakpoint_handler() Peter Zijlstra
2020-09-04 13:16 ` [tip: x86/entry] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2020-09-02 13:26 ` [RFC][PATCH 12/13] x86/debug: Support negative polarity DR6 bits Peter Zijlstra
2020-09-04 13:16 ` [tip: x86/entry] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2020-09-02 13:26 ` [RFC][PATCH 13/13] x86/debug: Change thread.debugreg6 to thread.virtual_dr6 Peter Zijlstra
2020-09-04 13:16 ` [tip: x86/entry] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2020-09-03 15:21 ` [PATCH 00/13] x86/debug: Untangle handle_debug() Daniel Thompson
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