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[-tip,v5,09/12] kprobes: Setup instruction pointer in __kretprobe_trampoline_handler

Message ID 161676181007.330141.17120389939099483040.stgit@devnote2 (mailing list archive)
State Not Applicable
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Series kprobes: Fix stacktrace with kretprobes on x86 | expand

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Masami Hiramatsu (Google) March 26, 2021, 12:30 p.m. UTC
To simplify the stacktrace with pt_regs from kretprobe handler,
set the correct return address to the instruction pointer in
the pt_regs before calling kretprobe handlers.

Suggested-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
---
 Changes in v3:
  - Cast the correct_ret_addr to unsigned long.
---
 kernel/kprobes.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index cf19edc038e4..4ce3e6f5d28d 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -1914,6 +1914,9 @@  unsigned long __kretprobe_trampoline_handler(struct pt_regs *regs,
 		BUG_ON(1);
 	}
 
+	/* Set the instruction pointer to the correct address */
+	instruction_pointer_set(regs, (unsigned long)correct_ret_addr);
+
 	/* Run them. */
 	first = current->kretprobe_instances.first;
 	while (first) {