Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761338AbZDBO5V (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Apr 2009 10:57:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755555AbZDBO5I (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Apr 2009 10:57:08 -0400 Received: from mga01.intel.com ([192.55.52.88]:49002 "EHLO mga01.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756209AbZDBO5H (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Apr 2009 10:57:07 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.39,314,1235980800"; d="scan'208";a="444385884" Message-Id: <20090402145455.597376000@intel.com> User-Agent: quilt/0.46-1 Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:54:55 +0200 From: markus.t.metzger@intel.com To: mingo@elte.hu, tglx@linutronix.de, hpa@zytor.com Cc: markus.t.metzger@gmail.com, roland@redhat.com, eranian@googlemail.com, oleg@redhat.com, juan.villacis@intel.com, ak@linux.jf.intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [patch 00/18] x86, bts, ptrace, hw-branch-tracer: fixes and cleanups Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2477 Lines: 65 -- Patches 1-5 fix races with context swithcing code when the branch traced task is currently running. In the worst case, this might cause context switch code to access freed memory or the tracing hardware to continue tracing into a freed buffer. Both might crash the kernel. The first 4 patches apply to .29 using the below preparation patch. The remaining patches fix bugs in the context of per-cpu tracing (i.e. hw-branch-tracer) and pebs, add more selftest code, and do some cleanups. Signed-off-by: Markus Metzger --- Index: linux-2.6.29/arch/x86/kernel/ds.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.29.orig/arch/x86/kernel/ds.c 2009-04-01 17:39:55.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.29/arch/x86/kernel/ds.c 2009-04-01 17:40:42.000000000 +0200 @@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ struct bts_tracer { struct ds_tracer ds; /* the trace including the DS configuration */ struct bts_trace trace; - /* buffer overflow notification function */ - bts_ovfl_callback_t ovfl; + /* Buffer overflow notification function: */ + bts_ovfl_callback_t ovfl; }; struct pebs_tracer { Index: linux-2.6.29/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.29.orig/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c 2009-04-01 17:39:55.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.29/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c 2009-04-01 17:40:42.000000000 +0200 @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include #include --------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel GmbH Dornacher Strasse 1 85622 Feldkirchen/Muenchen Germany Sitz der Gesellschaft: Feldkirchen bei Muenchen Geschaeftsfuehrer: Douglas Lusk, Peter Gleissner, Hannes Schwaderer Registergericht: Muenchen HRB 47456 Ust.-IdNr. VAT Registration No.: DE129385895 Citibank Frankfurt (BLZ 502 109 00) 600119052 This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/