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authorPaul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>2008-09-08 11:15:55 +0200
committerPaul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>2008-09-08 11:15:55 +0200
commit734db3770de03fbe9ae4e78519a7d1678189788c (patch)
tree592de33e308a1e318281d2af0eec1ce686c5557f /arch/sh/kernel/kprobes.c
parentsh: kprobes: Fix up a preemption imbalance on jprobe return. (diff)
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sh: kprobes: Fix up race against probe point removal.
Handle a corner case where another CPU or debugger removes the probe point from underneath us. Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/sh/kernel/kprobes.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/sh/kernel/kprobes.c11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/sh/kernel/kprobes.c
index f0e1c78d0bff..a478ba78e752 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -252,6 +252,17 @@ static int __kprobes kprobe_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
p = get_kprobe(addr);
if (!p) {
/* Not one of ours: let kernel handle it */
+ if (*(kprobe_opcode_t *)addr != BREAKPOINT_INSTRUCTION) {
+ /*
+ * The breakpoint instruction was removed right
+ * after we hit it. Another cpu has removed
+ * either a probepoint or a debugger breakpoint
+ * at this address. In either case, no further
+ * handling of this interrupt is appropriate.
+ */
+ ret = 1;
+ }
+
goto no_kprobe;
}