[tip:perf/uprobes] uprobes/x86: Don't use arch_uprobe_abort_xol() in arch_uprobe_post_xol()

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Commit-ID:  6ded5f3848bfd3227ee208aa38f8bf8d7209d4e3
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/6ded5f3848bfd3227ee208aa38f8bf8d7209d4e3
Author:     Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 18:28:02 +0200
Committer:  Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 19:10:37 +0200

uprobes/x86: Don't use arch_uprobe_abort_xol() in arch_uprobe_post_xol()

014940bad8e4 "uprobes/x86: Send SIGILL if arch_uprobe_post_xol() fails"
changed arch_uprobe_post_xol() to use arch_uprobe_abort_xol() if ->post_xol
fails. This was correct and helped to avoid the additional complications,
we need to clear X86_EFLAGS_TF in this case.

However, now that we have uprobe_xol_ops->abort() hook it would be better
to avoid arch_uprobe_abort_xol() here. ->post_xol() should likely do what
->abort() does anyway, we should not do the same work twice. Currently only
handle_riprel_post_xol() can be called twice, this is unnecessary but safe.
Still this is not clean and can lead to the problems in future.

Change arch_uprobe_post_xol() to clear X86_EFLAGS_TF and restore ->ip by
hand and avoid arch_uprobe_abort_xol(). This temporary uglifies the usage
of autask.saved_tf, we will cleanup this later.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jim Keniston <jkenisto@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c | 17 +++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c b/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c
index b3c2a92..2efb93f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c
@@ -759,22 +759,24 @@ int arch_uprobe_post_xol(struct arch_uprobe *auprobe, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	struct uprobe_task *utask = current->utask;
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(current->thread.trap_nr != UPROBE_TRAP_NR);
+	current->thread.trap_nr = utask->autask.saved_trap_nr;
 
 	if (auprobe->ops->post_xol) {
 		int err = auprobe->ops->post_xol(auprobe, regs);
 		if (err) {
-			arch_uprobe_abort_xol(auprobe, regs);
+			if (!utask->autask.saved_tf)
+				regs->flags &= ~X86_EFLAGS_TF;
 			/*
-			 * Restart the probed insn. ->post_xol() must ensure
-			 * this is really possible if it returns -ERESTART.
+			 * Restore ->ip for restart or post mortem analysis.
+			 * ->post_xol() must not return -ERESTART unless this
+			 * is really possible.
 			 */
+			regs->ip = utask->vaddr;
 			if (err == -ERESTART)
 				return 0;
 			return err;
 		}
 	}
-
-	current->thread.trap_nr = utask->autask.saved_trap_nr;
 	/*
 	 * arch_uprobe_pre_xol() doesn't save the state of TIF_BLOCKSTEP
 	 * so we can get an extra SIGTRAP if we do not clear TF. We need
@@ -819,9 +821,8 @@ int arch_uprobe_exception_notify(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long val,
 
 /*
  * This function gets called when XOL instruction either gets trapped or
- * the thread has a fatal signal, or if arch_uprobe_post_xol() failed.
- * Reset the instruction pointer to its probed address for the potential
- * restart or for post mortem analysis.
+ * the thread has a fatal signal. Reset the instruction pointer to its
+ * probed address for the potential restart or for post mortem analysis.
  */
 void arch_uprobe_abort_xol(struct arch_uprobe *auprobe, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
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