ftrace/x86-64: Allow to change RIP in handlers
authorSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Wed, 5 Sep 2012 14:31:18 +0000 (23:31 +0900)
committerSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Fri, 14 Sep 2012 02:52:10 +0000 (22:52 -0400)
Allow ftrace handlers to change RIP register (regs->ip)
in handlers. This will allow handlers to call another
function instead of original function.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120905143118.10329.5078.stgit@localhost.localdomain
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S

index ed767b747fe5e731c38e92fd872cd71a137adc55..e9cc2b32bdf42785522432a9ab21e6d0467e9e6e 100644 (file)
@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ GLOBAL(ftrace_regs_call)
        movq EFLAGS(%rsp), %rax
        movq %rax, SS(%rsp)
 
+       /* Handlers can change the RIP */
+       movq RIP(%rsp), %rax
+       movq %rax, SS+8(%rsp)
+
        /* restore the rest of pt_regs */
        movq R15(%rsp), %r15
        movq R14(%rsp), %r14