Re: [PATCH v3 2.6.39-rc1-tip 14/26] 14: x86: x86 specific probe handling

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On Fri, 2011-04-01 at 20:05 +0530, Srikar Dronamraju wrote:
> +void arch_uprobe_enable_sstep(struct pt_regs *regs)
> +{
> +       /*
> +        * Enable single-stepping by
> +        * - Set TF on stack
> +        * - Set TIF_SINGLESTEP: Guarantees that TF is set when
> +        *      returning to user mode.
> +        *  - Indicate that TF is set by us.
> +        */
> +       regs->flags |= X86_EFLAGS_TF;
> +       set_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP);
> +       set_thread_flag(TIF_FORCED_TF);
> +}
> +
> +void arch_uprobe_disable_sstep(struct pt_regs *regs)
> +{
> +       /* Disable single-stepping by clearing what we set */
> +       clear_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP);
> +       clear_thread_flag(TIF_FORCED_TF);
> +       regs->flags &= ~X86_EFLAGS_TF;
> +} 

Don't you loose the single step flag if userspace was already
single-stepping when it hit your breakpoint? Also, you don't seem to
touch the blockstep settings.

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