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Date:   Fri, 7 Jun 2019 10:38:46 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To:     Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/15] x86/static_call: Add out-of-line static call
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On Fri, Jun 07, 2019 at 06:13:58AM +0000, Nadav Amit wrote:
> > On Jun 5, 2019, at 6:08 AM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:

> > +void arch_static_call_transform(void *site, void *tramp, void *func)
> > +{
> > +	unsigned char opcodes[CALL_INSN_SIZE];
> > +	unsigned char insn_opcode;
> > +	unsigned long insn;
> > +	s32 dest_relative;
> > +
> > +	mutex_lock(&text_mutex);
> > +
> > +	insn = (unsigned long)tramp;
> > +
> > +	insn_opcode = *(unsigned char *)insn;
> > +	if (insn_opcode != 0xE9) {
> > +		WARN_ONCE(1, "unexpected static call insn opcode 0x%x at %pS",
> > +			  insn_opcode, (void *)insn);
> > +		goto unlock;
> 
> This might happen if a kprobe is installed on the call, no?
> 
> I don’t know if you want to be more gentle handling of this case (or perhaps
> modify can_probe() to prevent such a case).
> 

yuck.. yes, that's something that needs consideration.