uprobes/x86: Reimplement arch_uretprobe_is_alive()
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1 /* Rewritten by Rusty Russell, on the backs of many others...
2 Copyright (C) 2001 Rusty Russell, 2002 Rusty Russell IBM.
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18 #include <linux/ftrace.h>
19 #include <linux/memory.h>
20 #include <linux/module.h>
21 #include <linux/ftrace.h>
22 #include <linux/mutex.h>
23 #include <linux/init.h>
25 #include <asm/sections.h>
26 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
29 * mutex protecting text section modification (dynamic code patching).
30 * some users need to sleep (allocating memory...) while they hold this lock.
32 * NOT exported to modules - patching kernel text is a really delicate matter.
34 DEFINE_MUTEX(text_mutex);
36 extern struct exception_table_entry __start___ex_table[];
37 extern struct exception_table_entry __stop___ex_table[];
39 /* Cleared by build time tools if the table is already sorted. */
40 u32 __initdata __visible main_extable_sort_needed = 1;
42 /* Sort the kernel's built-in exception table */
43 void __init sort_main_extable(void)
45 if (main_extable_sort_needed && __stop___ex_table > __start___ex_table) {
46 pr_notice("Sorting __ex_table...\n");
47 sort_extable(__start___ex_table, __stop___ex_table);
51 /* Given an address, look for it in the exception tables. */
52 const struct exception_table_entry *search_exception_tables(unsigned long addr)
54 const struct exception_table_entry *e;
56 e = search_extable(__start___ex_table, __stop___ex_table-1, addr);
57 if (!e)
58 e = search_module_extables(addr);
59 return e;
62 static inline int init_kernel_text(unsigned long addr)
64 if (addr >= (unsigned long)_sinittext &&
65 addr < (unsigned long)_einittext)
66 return 1;
67 return 0;
70 int core_kernel_text(unsigned long addr)
72 if (addr >= (unsigned long)_stext &&
73 addr < (unsigned long)_etext)
74 return 1;
76 if (system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING &&
77 init_kernel_text(addr))
78 return 1;
79 return 0;
82 /**
83 * core_kernel_data - tell if addr points to kernel data
84 * @addr: address to test
86 * Returns true if @addr passed in is from the core kernel data
87 * section.
89 * Note: On some archs it may return true for core RODATA, and false
90 * for others. But will always be true for core RW data.
92 int core_kernel_data(unsigned long addr)
94 if (addr >= (unsigned long)_sdata &&
95 addr < (unsigned long)_edata)
96 return 1;
97 return 0;
100 int __kernel_text_address(unsigned long addr)
102 if (core_kernel_text(addr))
103 return 1;
104 if (is_module_text_address(addr))
105 return 1;
106 if (is_ftrace_trampoline(addr))
107 return 1;
109 * There might be init symbols in saved stacktraces.
110 * Give those symbols a chance to be printed in
111 * backtraces (such as lockdep traces).
113 * Since we are after the module-symbols check, there's
114 * no danger of address overlap:
116 if (init_kernel_text(addr))
117 return 1;
118 return 0;
121 int kernel_text_address(unsigned long addr)
123 if (core_kernel_text(addr))
124 return 1;
125 if (is_module_text_address(addr))
126 return 1;
127 return is_ftrace_trampoline(addr);
131 * On some architectures (PPC64, IA64) function pointers
132 * are actually only tokens to some data that then holds the
133 * real function address. As a result, to find if a function
134 * pointer is part of the kernel text, we need to do some
135 * special dereferencing first.
137 int func_ptr_is_kernel_text(void *ptr)
139 unsigned long addr;
140 addr = (unsigned long) dereference_function_descriptor(ptr);
141 if (core_kernel_text(addr))
142 return 1;
143 return is_module_text_address(addr);