Linus Torvalds
d26d45253b
Kprobes now uses the function tracer if it can. That is, if a probe
...
is placed on a function mcount/nop location, and the arch supports it,
instead of adding a breakpoint, kprobes will register a function callback
as that is much more efficient.
The function tracer requires to update modules before they run, and
uses the module notifier to do so. But if something else in the module
notifiers registers a kprobe at one of these locations, before ftrace
can get to it, then the system could fail.
The function tracer must be initialized early, otherwise module notifiers
that probe will only work by chance.
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Merge tag 'trace-3.8-rc4-fix' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace
Pull ftrace fix from Steven Rostedt:
"Kprobes now uses the function tracer if it can. That is, if a probe
is placed on a function mcount/nop location, and the arch supports it,
instead of adding a breakpoint, kprobes will register a function
callback as that is much more efficient.
The function tracer requires to update modules before they run, and
uses the module notifier to do so. But if something else in the
module notifiers registers a kprobe at one of these locations, before
ftrace can get to it, then the system could fail.
The function tracer must be initialized early, otherwise module
notifiers that probe will only work by chance."
* tag 'trace-3.8-rc4-fix' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace:
ftrace: Be first to run code modification on modules
2013-01-22 10:30:49 -08:00
..
debug
module: add new state MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED.
2013-01-12 13:27:05 +10:30
events
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace
2012-12-17 15:44:47 -08:00
gcov
irq
irq: tsk->comm is an array
2012-12-18 15:02:11 -08:00
power
Merge branch 'for-3.8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup
2012-12-12 08:18:24 -08:00
sched
wake_up_process() should be never used to wakeup a TASK_STOPPED/TRACED task
2013-01-22 10:08:17 -08:00
time
Merge tag 'kvm-3.8-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm
2012-12-13 15:31:08 -08:00
trace
ftrace: Be first to run code modification on modules
2013-01-21 13:21:50 -05:00
.gitignore
acct.c
vfs: make path_openat take a struct filename pointer
2012-10-12 20:15:09 -04:00
async.c
module, async: async_synchronize_full() on module init iff async is used
2013-01-16 09:05:33 -08:00
audit.c
kernel/audit.c: avoid negative sleep durations
2013-01-11 14:54:56 -08:00
audit.h
audit: optimize audit_compare_dname_path
2012-10-12 00:32:02 -04:00
audit_tree.c
audit: catch possible NULL audit buffers
2013-01-11 14:54:55 -08:00
audit_watch.c
audit: catch possible NULL audit buffers
2013-01-11 14:54:55 -08:00
auditfilter.c
audit: fix auditfilter.c kernel-doc warnings
2013-01-10 14:35:23 -08:00
auditsc.c
audit: catch possible NULL audit buffers
2013-01-11 14:54:55 -08:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c
userns: Teach inode_capable to understand inodes whose uids map to other namespaces.
2012-05-15 14:59:24 -07:00
cgroup.c
Merge branch 'akpm' (Andrew's patch-bomb)
2012-12-17 20:58:12 -08:00
cgroup_freezer.c
cgroup: rename ->create/post_create/pre_destroy/destroy() to ->css_alloc/online/offline/free()
2012-11-19 08:13:38 -08:00
compat.c
x32: fix sigtimedwait
2012-12-26 01:15:03 -05:00
configs.c
context_tracking.c
context_tracking: New context tracking susbsystem
2012-11-30 11:40:07 -08:00
cpu.c
Merge branch 'x86-bsp-hotplug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
2012-12-11 19:56:33 -08:00
cpu_pm.c
kernel/cpu_pm.c: fix various typos
2012-05-31 17:49:27 -07:00
cpuset.c
cpuset: use N_MEMORY instead N_HIGH_MEMORY
2012-12-12 17:38:32 -08:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace
2012-12-18 10:55:28 -08:00
delayacct.c
dma.c
Remove all #inclusions of asm/system.h
2012-03-28 18:30:03 +01:00
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace
2012-12-17 15:44:47 -08:00
extable.c
extable: Skip sorting if sorted at build time.
2012-04-19 15:06:55 -07:00
fork.c
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal
2013-01-20 13:58:48 -08:00
freezer.c
freezer: change ptrace_stop/do_signal_stop to use freezable_schedule()
2012-10-26 14:27:49 -07:00
futex.c
futex: avoid wake_futex() for a PI futex_q
2012-11-26 17:41:24 -08:00
futex_compat.c
futex: Mark get_robust_list as deprecated
2012-03-29 11:37:17 +02:00
groups.c
userns: Convert in_group_p and in_egroup_p to use kgid_t
2012-05-03 03:29:33 -07:00
hrtimer.c
hrtimer: Update hrtimer base offsets each hrtimer_interrupt
2012-07-11 23:34:39 +02:00
hung_task.c
hung task debugging: Inject NMI when hung and going to panic
2012-04-25 12:39:25 +02:00
irq_work.c
irq_work: fix compile failure on tile from missing include
2012-04-13 13:15:16 -04:00
itimer.c
itimer: Use printk_once instead of WARN_ONCE
2012-04-10 11:00:30 +02:00
jump_label.c
jump_label: Export jump_label_rate_limit()
2012-08-06 19:00:35 +03:00
kallsyms.c
vsprintf: fix %ps on non symbols when using kallsyms
2012-05-29 16:22:32 -07:00
kcmp.c
kcmp: include linux/ptrace.h
2012-12-20 17:40:19 -08:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
locking: Adjust spin lock inlining Kconfig options
2012-09-13 17:56:13 +02:00
Kconfig.preempt
locking/kconfig: Simplify INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK usage
2012-03-23 13:18:57 +01:00
kexec.c
kdump: remove unneeded include
2012-10-06 03:05:19 +09:00
kfifo.c
[media] kernel:kfifo: export __kfifo_max_r symbol
2012-04-11 18:24:37 -03:00
kmod.c
Bury the conditionals from kernel_thread/kernel_execve series
2012-12-19 18:07:38 -05:00
kprobes.c
kprobes/x86: Fix to support jprobes on ftrace-based kprobe
2012-09-13 22:52:11 -04:00
ksysfs.c
Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
2012-12-11 18:10:49 -08:00
kthread.c
kthread: use N_MEMORY instead N_HIGH_MEMORY
2012-12-12 17:38:33 -08:00
latencytop.c
lglock.c
brlocks/lglocks: turn into functions
2012-05-29 23:28:41 -04:00
lockdep.c
lockdep: Check if nested lock is actually held
2012-09-13 17:00:44 +02:00
lockdep_internals.h
lockdep_proc.c
lockdep: Use KSYM_NAME_LEN'ed buffer for __get_key_name()
2012-10-24 12:39:09 +02:00
lockdep_states.h
Makefile
Nothing all that exciting; a new module-from-fd syscall for those who want
2012-12-19 07:55:08 -08:00
modsign_certificate.S
MODSIGN: Avoid using .incbin in C source
2012-12-14 13:06:44 +10:30
modsign_pubkey.c
keys: use keyring_alloc() to create module signing keyring
2012-12-20 17:40:21 -08:00
module-internal.h
MODSIGN: Move the magic string to the end of a module and eliminate the search
2012-10-19 17:30:40 -07:00
module.c
module: fix missing module_mutex unlock
2013-01-20 20:22:58 -08:00
module_signing.c
MODSIGN: Don't use enum-type bitfields in module signature info block
2012-12-05 11:27:24 +10:30
mutex-debug.c
mutex-debug.h
mutex.c
mutex.h
notifier.c
nsproxy.c
userns: Implement unshare of the user namespace
2012-11-20 04:18:14 -08:00
padata.c
padata: use __this_cpu_read per-cpu helper
2012-12-06 17:16:23 +08:00
panic.c
panic: fix a possible deadlock in panic()
2012-07-30 17:25:13 -07:00
params.c
params: replace printk(KERN_<LVL>...) with pr_<lvl>(...)
2012-05-04 17:28:18 -07:00
pid.c
pidns: Stop pid allocation when init dies
2012-12-25 16:10:05 -08:00
pid_namespace.c
pidns: Stop pid allocation when init dies
2012-12-25 16:10:05 -08:00
posix-cpu-timers.c
A few /dev/random improvements for the v3.8 merge window.
2012-12-19 20:23:37 -08:00
posix-timers.c
printk.c
printk: fix incorrect length from print_time() when seconds > 99999
2013-01-04 16:11:48 -08:00
profile.c
propagate name change to comments in kernel source
2012-12-06 10:39:54 +01:00
ptrace.c
ptrace: ensure arch_ptrace/ptrace_request can never race with SIGKILL
2013-01-22 10:08:00 -08:00
range.c
rcu.h
rcu: Add a module parameter to force use of expedited RCU primitives
2012-10-23 14:54:08 -07:00
rcupdate.c
rcu: Add a module parameter to force use of expedited RCU primitives
2012-10-23 14:54:08 -07:00
rcutiny.c
rcu: Fix TINY_RCU rcu_is_cpu_rrupt_from_idle check
2012-11-13 14:08:34 -08:00
rcutiny_plugin.h
rcu: Add a module parameter to force use of expedited RCU primitives
2012-10-23 14:54:08 -07:00
rcutorture.c
Merge branches 'urgent.2012.10.27a', 'doc.2012.11.16a', 'fixes.2012.11.13a', 'srcu.2012.10.27a', 'stall.2012.11.13a', 'tracing.2012.11.08a' and 'idle.2012.10.24a' into HEAD
2012-11-16 09:59:58 -08:00
rcutree.c
context_tracking: New context tracking susbsystem
2012-11-30 11:40:07 -08:00
rcutree.h
rcu: Separate accounting of callbacks from callback-free CPUs
2012-11-16 10:05:57 -08:00
rcutree_plugin.h
rcu: Separate accounting of callbacks from callback-free CPUs
2012-11-16 10:05:57 -08:00
rcutree_trace.c
rcu: Separate accounting of callbacks from callback-free CPUs
2012-11-16 10:05:57 -08:00
relay.c
splice: fix racy pipe->buffers uses
2012-06-13 21:16:42 +02:00
res_counter.c
res_counter: return amount of charges after res_counter_uncharge()
2012-12-18 15:02:12 -08:00
resource.c
kernel/resource.c: fix stack overflow in __reserve_region_with_split()
2012-10-06 03:05:31 +09:00
rtmutex-debug.c
rtmutex-debug.h
rtmutex-tester.c
rtmutex.c
rtmutex.h
rtmutex_common.h
rwsem.c
lockdep, rwsem: provide down_write_nest_lock()
2013-01-11 14:54:55 -08:00
seccomp.c
seccomp: Make syscall skipping and nr changes more consistent
2012-10-02 21:14:29 +10:00
semaphore.c
semaphore: fix improper comment reference to mutex
2012-04-05 17:15:55 -07:00
signal.c
ptrace: ensure arch_ptrace/ptrace_request can never race with SIGKILL
2013-01-22 10:08:00 -08:00
smp.c
smp: Remove ipi_call_lock[_irq]()/ipi_call_unlock[_irq]()
2012-06-05 17:27:14 +02:00
smpboot.c
hotplug: Fix UP bug in smpboot hotplug code
2012-08-13 17:01:07 +02:00
smpboot.h
smpboot: Provide infrastructure for percpu hotplug threads
2012-08-13 17:01:07 +02:00
softirq.c
cputime: Specialize irq vtime hooks
2012-10-29 21:31:32 +01:00
spinlock.c
locking/kconfig: Simplify INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK usage
2012-03-23 13:18:57 +01:00
srcu.c
Merge branches 'urgent.2012.10.27a', 'doc.2012.11.16a', 'fixes.2012.11.13a', 'srcu.2012.10.27a', 'stall.2012.11.13a', 'tracing.2012.11.08a' and 'idle.2012.10.24a' into HEAD
2012-11-16 09:59:58 -08:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c
sys.c
cputime: Rename thread_group_times to thread_group_cputime_adjusted
2012-11-28 17:07:57 +01:00
sys_ni.c
module: add syscall to load module from fd
2012-12-14 13:05:22 +10:30
sysctl.c
Automatic NUMA Balancing V11
2012-12-16 15:18:08 -08:00
sysctl_binary.c
pidns: Use task_active_pid_ns where appropriate
2012-11-19 05:59:09 -08:00
task_work.c
task_work: task_work_add() should not succeed after exit_task_work()
2012-09-13 16:47:34 +02:00
taskstats.c
taskstats: cgroupstats_user_cmd() may leak on error
2012-10-06 03:05:31 +09:00
test_kprobes.c
time.c
time: Move update_vsyscall definitions to timekeeper_internal.h
2012-09-24 12:38:06 -04:00
timeconst.pl
timer.c
timers: Fix endless looping between cascade() and internal_add_timer()
2012-10-09 21:27:14 +02:00
tracepoint.c
tsacct.c
userns: Convert taskstats to handle the user and pid namespaces.
2012-09-18 01:01:32 -07:00
uid16.c
userns: Convert setting and getting uid and gid system calls to use kuid and kgid
2012-05-03 03:28:41 -07:00
up.c
user-return-notifier.c
user.c
proc: Usable inode numbers for the namespace file descriptors.
2012-11-20 04:19:49 -08:00
user_namespace.c
userns: Fix typo in description of the limitation of userns_install
2012-12-14 18:36:36 -08:00
utsname.c
userns: Require CAP_SYS_ADMIN for most uses of setns.
2012-12-14 16:12:03 -08:00
utsname_sysctl.c
wait.c
propagate name change to comments in kernel source
2012-12-06 10:39:54 +01:00
watchdog.c
watchdog: Fix disable/enable regression
2012-12-19 12:10:33 -08:00
workqueue.c
Merge branch 'for-3.8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq
2012-12-12 08:15:13 -08:00
workqueue_sched.h