2 * HW_breakpoint: a unified kernel/user-space hardware breakpoint facility,
3 * using the CPU's debug registers. Derived from
4 * "arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c"
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20 * Copyright 2010 IBM Corporation
21 * Author: K.Prasad <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
25 #include <linux/hw_breakpoint.h>
26 #include <linux/notifier.h>
27 #include <linux/kprobes.h>
28 #include <linux/percpu.h>
29 #include <linux/kernel.h>
30 #include <linux/sched.h>
31 #include <linux/init.h>
32 #include <linux/smp.h>
34 #include <asm/hw_breakpoint.h>
35 #include <asm/processor.h>
36 #include <asm/sstep.h>
37 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
40 * Stores the breakpoints currently in use on each breakpoint address
41 * register for every cpu
43 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct perf_event
*, bp_per_reg
);
46 * Returns total number of data or instruction breakpoints available.
48 int hw_breakpoint_slots(int type
)
50 if (type
== TYPE_DATA
)
52 return 0; /* no instruction breakpoints available */
56 * Install a perf counter breakpoint.
58 * We seek a free debug address register and use it for this
61 * Atomic: we hold the counter->ctx->lock and we only handle variables
62 * and registers local to this cpu.
64 int arch_install_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event
*bp
)
66 struct arch_hw_breakpoint
*info
= counter_arch_bp(bp
);
67 struct perf_event
**slot
= &__get_cpu_var(bp_per_reg
);
72 * Do not install DABR values if the instruction must be single-stepped.
73 * If so, DABR will be populated in single_step_dabr_instruction().
75 if (current
->thread
.last_hit_ubp
!= bp
)
76 set_dabr(info
->address
| info
->type
| DABR_TRANSLATION
);
82 * Uninstall the breakpoint contained in the given counter.
84 * First we search the debug address register it uses and then we disable
87 * Atomic: we hold the counter->ctx->lock and we only handle variables
88 * and registers local to this cpu.
90 void arch_uninstall_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event
*bp
)
92 struct perf_event
**slot
= &__get_cpu_var(bp_per_reg
);
95 WARN_ONCE(1, "Can't find the breakpoint");
104 * Perform cleanup of arch-specific counters during unregistration
107 void arch_unregister_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event
*bp
)
110 * If the breakpoint is unregistered between a hw_breakpoint_handler()
111 * and the single_step_dabr_instruction(), then cleanup the breakpoint
112 * restoration variables to prevent dangling pointers.
114 if (bp
->ctx
&& bp
->ctx
->task
)
115 bp
->ctx
->task
->thread
.last_hit_ubp
= NULL
;
119 * Check for virtual address in kernel space.
121 int arch_check_bp_in_kernelspace(struct perf_event
*bp
)
123 struct arch_hw_breakpoint
*info
= counter_arch_bp(bp
);
125 return is_kernel_addr(info
->address
);
128 int arch_bp_generic_fields(int type
, int *gen_bp_type
)
132 *gen_bp_type
= HW_BREAKPOINT_R
;
134 case DABR_DATA_WRITE
:
135 *gen_bp_type
= HW_BREAKPOINT_W
;
137 case (DABR_DATA_WRITE
| DABR_DATA_READ
):
138 *gen_bp_type
= (HW_BREAKPOINT_W
| HW_BREAKPOINT_R
);
147 * Validate the arch-specific HW Breakpoint register settings
149 int arch_validate_hwbkpt_settings(struct perf_event
*bp
)
152 struct arch_hw_breakpoint
*info
= counter_arch_bp(bp
);
157 switch (bp
->attr
.bp_type
) {
158 case HW_BREAKPOINT_R
:
159 info
->type
= DABR_DATA_READ
;
161 case HW_BREAKPOINT_W
:
162 info
->type
= DABR_DATA_WRITE
;
164 case HW_BREAKPOINT_R
| HW_BREAKPOINT_W
:
165 info
->type
= (DABR_DATA_READ
| DABR_DATA_WRITE
);
171 info
->address
= bp
->attr
.bp_addr
;
172 info
->len
= bp
->attr
.bp_len
;
175 * Since breakpoint length can be a maximum of HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN(8)
176 * and breakpoint addresses are aligned to nearest double-word
177 * HW_BREAKPOINT_ALIGN by rounding off to the lower address, the
178 * 'symbolsize' should satisfy the check below.
181 (HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN
- (info
->address
& HW_BREAKPOINT_ALIGN
)))
187 * Restores the breakpoint on the debug registers.
188 * Invoke this function if it is known that the execution context is
189 * about to change to cause loss of MSR_SE settings.
191 void thread_change_pc(struct task_struct
*tsk
, struct pt_regs
*regs
)
193 struct arch_hw_breakpoint
*info
;
195 if (likely(!tsk
->thread
.last_hit_ubp
))
198 info
= counter_arch_bp(tsk
->thread
.last_hit_ubp
);
199 regs
->msr
&= ~MSR_SE
;
200 set_dabr(info
->address
| info
->type
| DABR_TRANSLATION
);
201 tsk
->thread
.last_hit_ubp
= NULL
;
205 * Handle debug exception notifications.
207 int __kprobes
hw_breakpoint_handler(struct die_args
*args
)
209 int rc
= NOTIFY_STOP
;
210 struct perf_event
*bp
;
211 struct pt_regs
*regs
= args
->regs
;
213 struct arch_hw_breakpoint
*info
;
215 unsigned long dar
= regs
->dar
;
217 /* Disable breakpoints during exception handling */
221 * The counter may be concurrently released but that can only
222 * occur from a call_rcu() path. We can then safely fetch
223 * the breakpoint, use its callback, touch its counter
224 * while we are in an rcu_read_lock() path.
228 bp
= __get_cpu_var(bp_per_reg
);
231 info
= counter_arch_bp(bp
);
234 * Return early after invoking user-callback function without restoring
235 * DABR if the breakpoint is from ptrace which always operates in
236 * one-shot mode. The ptrace-ed process will receive the SIGTRAP signal
237 * generated in do_dabr().
239 if (bp
->overflow_handler
== ptrace_triggered
) {
240 perf_bp_event(bp
, regs
);
246 * Verify if dar lies within the address range occupied by the symbol
247 * being watched to filter extraneous exceptions. If it doesn't,
248 * we still need to single-step the instruction, but we don't
251 info
->extraneous_interrupt
= !((bp
->attr
.bp_addr
<= dar
) &&
252 (dar
- bp
->attr
.bp_addr
< bp
->attr
.bp_len
));
254 /* Do not emulate user-space instructions, instead single-step them */
255 if (user_mode(regs
)) {
256 current
->thread
.last_hit_ubp
= bp
;
263 if (!__get_user_inatomic(instr
, (unsigned int *) regs
->nip
))
264 stepped
= emulate_step(regs
, instr
);
267 * emulate_step() could not execute it. We've failed in reliably
268 * handling the hw-breakpoint. Unregister it and throw a warning
269 * message to let the user know about it.
272 WARN(1, "Unable to handle hardware breakpoint. Breakpoint at "
273 "0x%lx will be disabled.", info
->address
);
274 perf_event_disable(bp
);
278 * As a policy, the callback is invoked in a 'trigger-after-execute'
281 if (!info
->extraneous_interrupt
)
282 perf_bp_event(bp
, regs
);
284 set_dabr(info
->address
| info
->type
| DABR_TRANSLATION
);
291 * Handle single-step exceptions following a DABR hit.
293 int __kprobes
single_step_dabr_instruction(struct die_args
*args
)
295 struct pt_regs
*regs
= args
->regs
;
296 struct perf_event
*bp
= NULL
;
297 struct arch_hw_breakpoint
*bp_info
;
299 bp
= current
->thread
.last_hit_ubp
;
301 * Check if we are single-stepping as a result of a
302 * previous HW Breakpoint exception
307 bp_info
= counter_arch_bp(bp
);
310 * We shall invoke the user-defined callback function in the single
311 * stepping handler to confirm to 'trigger-after-execute' semantics
313 if (!bp_info
->extraneous_interrupt
)
314 perf_bp_event(bp
, regs
);
316 set_dabr(bp_info
->address
| bp_info
->type
| DABR_TRANSLATION
);
317 current
->thread
.last_hit_ubp
= NULL
;
320 * If the process was being single-stepped by ptrace, let the
321 * other single-step actions occur (e.g. generate SIGTRAP).
323 if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP
))
330 * Handle debug exception notifications.
332 int __kprobes
hw_breakpoint_exceptions_notify(
333 struct notifier_block
*unused
, unsigned long val
, void *data
)
335 int ret
= NOTIFY_DONE
;
339 ret
= hw_breakpoint_handler(data
);
342 ret
= single_step_dabr_instruction(data
);
350 * Release the user breakpoints used by ptrace
352 void flush_ptrace_hw_breakpoint(struct task_struct
*tsk
)
354 struct thread_struct
*t
= &tsk
->thread
;
356 unregister_hw_breakpoint(t
->ptrace_bps
[0]);
357 t
->ptrace_bps
[0] = NULL
;
360 void hw_breakpoint_pmu_read(struct perf_event
*bp
)