From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rick Edgecombe Subject: [PATCH v3 07/20] x86/kgdb: Avoid redundant comparison of patched code Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:44:38 -0800 Message-Id: <20190221234451.17632-8-rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com> In-Reply-To: <20190221234451.17632-1-rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com> References: <20190221234451.17632-1-rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com> To: Andy Lutomirski , Ingo Molnar Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, Thomas Gleixner , Borislav Petkov , Nadav Amit , Dave Hansen , Peter Zijlstra , linux_dti@icloud.com, linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com, linux-mm@kvack.org, will.deacon@arm.com, ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org, kristen@linux.intel.com, deneen.t.dock@intel.com, Nadav Amit , Rick Edgecombe List-ID: From: Nadav Amit text_poke() already ensures that the written value is the correct one and fails if that is not the case. There is no need for an additional comparison. Remove it. Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe --- arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c | 14 +------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c index 1461544cba8b..057af9187a04 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c @@ -746,7 +746,6 @@ void kgdb_arch_set_pc(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long ip) int kgdb_arch_set_breakpoint(struct kgdb_bkpt *bpt) { int err; - char opc[BREAK_INSTR_SIZE]; bpt->type = BP_BREAKPOINT; err = probe_kernel_read(bpt->saved_instr, (char *)bpt->bpt_addr, @@ -765,11 +764,6 @@ int kgdb_arch_set_breakpoint(struct kgdb_bkpt *bpt) return -EBUSY; text_poke_kgdb((void *)bpt->bpt_addr, arch_kgdb_ops.gdb_bpt_instr, BREAK_INSTR_SIZE); - err = probe_kernel_read(opc, (char *)bpt->bpt_addr, BREAK_INSTR_SIZE); - if (err) - return err; - if (memcmp(opc, arch_kgdb_ops.gdb_bpt_instr, BREAK_INSTR_SIZE)) - return -EINVAL; bpt->type = BP_POKE_BREAKPOINT; return err; @@ -777,9 +771,6 @@ int kgdb_arch_set_breakpoint(struct kgdb_bkpt *bpt) int kgdb_arch_remove_breakpoint(struct kgdb_bkpt *bpt) { - int err; - char opc[BREAK_INSTR_SIZE]; - if (bpt->type != BP_POKE_BREAKPOINT) goto knl_write; /* @@ -790,10 +781,7 @@ int kgdb_arch_remove_breakpoint(struct kgdb_bkpt *bpt) goto knl_write; text_poke_kgdb((void *)bpt->bpt_addr, bpt->saved_instr, BREAK_INSTR_SIZE); - err = probe_kernel_read(opc, (char *)bpt->bpt_addr, BREAK_INSTR_SIZE); - if (err || memcmp(opc, bpt->saved_instr, BREAK_INSTR_SIZE)) - goto knl_write; - return err; + return 0; knl_write: return probe_kernel_write((char *)bpt->bpt_addr, -- 2.17.1