[tip:perf/urgent] x86/kprobes: Prevent kprobes to probe on save_args()

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Commit-ID:  de31ec8a31046111befd16a7083e3bdda2ff42cf
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/de31ec8a31046111befd16a7083e3bdda2ff42cf
Author:     Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:16:55 +0900
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:40:19 +0100

x86/kprobes: Prevent kprobes to probe on save_args()

Prevent kprobes to probe on save_args() since this function
will be called from breakpoint exception handler. That will
cause infinit loop on breakpoint handling.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: 2nddept-manager@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@xxxxxxxxxx>
LKML-Reference: <20101118101655.2779.2816.stgit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
index fe2690d..e3ba417 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ ENDPROC(native_usergs_sysret64)
 	.endm
 
 /* save partial stack frame */
+	.pushsection .kprobes.text, "ax"
 ENTRY(save_args)
 	XCPT_FRAME
 	cld
@@ -334,6 +335,7 @@ ENTRY(save_args)
 	ret
 	CFI_ENDPROC
 END(save_args)
+	.popsection
 
 ENTRY(save_rest)
 	PARTIAL_FRAME 1 REST_SKIP+8
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