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From: torvalds@linux-foundation.org (Linus Torvalds)
Subject: [RFC][PATCH 1/2] x86: Allow breakpoints to emulate call functions
Date: Tue, 7 May 2019 08:31:14 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHk-=wjYdj+vvV8uUA8eaUSxOhu=xuQxdo-dtM927j0-3hSkEw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
Message-ID: <20190507153114.FqHCXNV3GnAVp0gUo4yDDV6PWQV_LZ7zQ-ZpKppqIiA@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190507111227.1d4268d7@gandalf.local.home>

On Tue, May 7, 2019@8:12 AM Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:
>>
> Yes, band-aids are usually simpler than a proper fix.

What? No/.

My fix is the *proper* fix.

PeterZ's is the bandaid.

>             We have 28 years
> of hacks built on hacks. There's a lot of hacks in the C code to handle
> the differences between the crappy way x86_32 does pt_regs and the
> proper way x86_64 does them.

You're confusing "reality": with "your dream world". They are different.

The reality is that the i386 kernel stack is just how things work. End of story.

The reality is that changing something fundamental like the kernel
stack at this point for an architecture that will not change in the
future is silly.

The reality is that Peter's patch is much bigger than mine, because it
needed a lot of other changes *because* it did that change.

> To implement your way, we need to change how the int3 handler works.
> It will be the only exception handler having to return regs, otherwise
> it will crash.

What? That's what the patch *does*. It's trivial.  It is done.

                  Linus

  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-05-07 15:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 204+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20190501202830.347656894@goodmis.org>
2019-05-01 20:28 ` [RFC][PATCH 1/2] x86: Allow breakpoints to emulate call functions rostedt
2019-05-01 20:28   ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-02  3:24   ` rostedt
2019-05-02  3:24     ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-02 16:21     ` peterz
2019-05-02 16:21       ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-02 16:29       ` peterz
2019-05-02 16:29         ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-02 18:02       ` torvalds
2019-05-02 18:02         ` Linus Torvalds
2019-05-02 18:18         ` peterz
2019-05-02 18:18           ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-02 18:30           ` peterz
2019-05-02 18:30             ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-02 18:43           ` torvalds
2019-05-02 18:43             ` Linus Torvalds
2019-05-02 19:28             ` jikos
2019-05-02 19:28               ` Jiri Kosina
2019-05-02 20:25               ` luto
2019-05-02 20:25                 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-05-02 20:21             ` peterz
2019-05-02 20:21               ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-02 20:49               ` torvalds
2019-05-02 20:49                 ` Linus Torvalds
2019-05-02 21:32                 ` peterz
2019-05-02 21:32                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-03 19:24                 ` rostedt
2019-05-03 19:24                   ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-03 21:46                   ` torvalds
2019-05-03 21:46                     ` Linus Torvalds
2019-05-03 22:49                     ` rostedt
2019-05-03 22:49                       ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-03 23:07                       ` torvalds
2019-05-03 23:07                         ` Linus Torvalds
2019-05-04  4:17                         ` rostedt
2019-05-04  4:17                           ` Steven Rostedt
     [not found]                           ` <CAHk-=wiuSFbv_rELND-BLWcP0GSZ0yF=xOAEcf61GE3bU9d=yg@mail.gmail.com>
2019-05-04 18:59                             ` torvalds
2019-05-04 18:59                               ` Linus Torvalds
2019-05-04 20:12                               ` luto
2019-05-04 20:12                                 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-05-04 20:28                                 ` torvalds
2019-05-04 20:28                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2019-05-04 20:36                                 ` torvalds
2019-05-04 20:36                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2019-05-03 22:55                     ` luto
2019-05-03 22:55                       ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-05-03 23:16                       ` torvalds
2019-05-03 23:16                         ` Linus Torvalds
2019-05-03 23:32                         ` luto
2019-05-03 23:32                           ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-05-02 22:52               ` rostedt
2019-05-02 22:52                 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-02 23:31                 ` rostedt
2019-05-02 23:31                   ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-02 23:50                   ` rostedt
2019-05-02 23:50                     ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-03  1:51                     ` [RFC][PATCH 1/2 v2] " rostedt
2019-05-03  1:51                       ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-03  9:29                     ` [RFC][PATCH 1/2] " peterz
2019-05-03  9:29                       ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-03 13:22                       ` rostedt
2019-05-03 13:22                         ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-03 16:20                         ` luto
2019-05-03 16:20                           ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-05-03 16:31                           ` rostedt
2019-05-03 16:31                             ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-03 16:35                             ` peterz
2019-05-03 16:35                               ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-03 16:44                               ` luto
2019-05-03 16:44                                 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-05-03 16:49                                 ` rostedt
2019-05-03 16:49                                   ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-03 16:32                           ` peterz
2019-05-03 16:32                             ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-03 18:57                           ` torvalds
2019-05-03 18:57                             ` Linus Torvalds
2019-05-06  8:19                             ` peterz
2019-05-06  8:19                               ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-06 13:56                               ` rostedt
2019-05-06 13:56                                 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-06 16:17                                 ` torvalds
2019-05-06 16:17                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2019-05-06 16:19                                   ` torvalds
2019-05-06 16:19                                     ` Linus Torvalds
2019-05-06 17:06                                   ` rostedt
2019-05-06 17:06                                     ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-06 18:06                                     ` torvalds
2019-05-06 18:06                                       ` Linus Torvalds
2019-05-06 18:57                                       ` rostedt
2019-05-06 18:57                                         ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-06 19:46                                         ` torvalds
2019-05-06 19:46                                           ` Linus Torvalds
2019-05-06 20:29                                           ` rostedt
2019-05-06 20:29                                             ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-06 20:42                                             ` torvalds
2019-05-06 20:42                                               ` Linus Torvalds
2019-05-06 20:44                                               ` torvalds
2019-05-06 20:44                                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2019-05-06 21:45                                               ` rostedt
2019-05-06 21:45                                                 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-06 22:06                                                 ` torvalds
2019-05-06 22:06                                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2019-05-06 22:31                                                   ` torvalds
2019-05-06 22:31                                                     ` Linus Torvalds
2019-05-07  0:10                                                     ` rostedt
2019-05-07  0:10                                                       ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-07  1:06                                                       ` torvalds
2019-05-07  1:06                                                         ` Linus Torvalds
2019-05-07  1:04                                                   ` rostedt
2019-05-07  1:04                                                     ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-07  1:34                                                     ` rostedt
2019-05-07  1:34                                                       ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-07  1:34                                                     ` torvalds
2019-05-07  1:34                                                       ` Linus Torvalds
2019-05-07  1:53                                                       ` rostedt
2019-05-07  1:53                                                         ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-07  2:22                                                         ` torvalds
2019-05-07  2:22                                                           ` Linus Torvalds
2019-05-07  2:58                                                           ` rostedt
2019-05-07  2:58                                                             ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-07  3:05                                                             ` torvalds
2019-05-07  3:05                                                               ` Linus Torvalds
2019-05-07  3:21                                                               ` rostedt
2019-05-07  3:21                                                                 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-07  3:28                                                                 ` torvalds
2019-05-07  3:28                                                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2019-05-07 14:54                                                                   ` torvalds
2019-05-07 14:54                                                                     ` Linus Torvalds
2019-05-07 15:12                                                                     ` rostedt
2019-05-07 15:12                                                                       ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-07 15:25                                                                       ` rostedt
2019-05-07 15:25                                                                         ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-07 16:25                                                                         ` rostedt
2019-05-07 16:25                                                                           ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-07 15:31                                                                       ` torvalds [this message]
2019-05-07 15:31                                                                         ` Linus Torvalds
2019-05-07 15:45                                                                         ` rostedt
2019-05-07 15:45                                                                           ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-07 16:34                                                                         ` peterz
2019-05-07 16:34                                                                           ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-07 17:08                                                                           ` torvalds
2019-05-07 17:08                                                                             ` Linus Torvalds
2019-05-07 17:21                                                                             ` jpoimboe
2019-05-07 17:21                                                                               ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-05-07 21:24                                                                               ` rostedt
2019-05-07 21:24                                                                                 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-08  4:50                                                                                 ` torvalds
2019-05-08  4:50                                                                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2019-05-08 16:37                                                                                   ` rostedt
2019-05-08 16:37                                                                                     ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-07 17:38                                                                             ` peterz
2019-05-07 17:38                                                                               ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-07  9:51                                                           ` peterz
2019-05-07  9:51                                                             ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-07 14:48                                                           ` luto
2019-05-07 14:48                                                             ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-05-07 14:57                                                             ` torvalds
2019-05-07 14:57                                                               ` Linus Torvalds
2019-05-07 14:13                                                 ` mhiramat
2019-05-07 14:13                                                   ` Masami Hiramatsu
2019-05-07 17:15                                                   ` mhiramat
2019-05-07 17:15                                                     ` Masami Hiramatsu
2019-05-06 14:22                               ` peterz
2019-05-06 14:22                                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-07  8:57                               ` peterz
2019-05-07  8:57                                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-07  9:18                                 ` David.Laight
2019-05-07  9:18                                   ` David Laight
2019-05-07 11:30                                   ` peterz
2019-05-07 11:30                                     ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-07 12:57                                     ` David.Laight
2019-05-07 12:57                                       ` David Laight
2019-05-07 13:14                                       ` rostedt
2019-05-07 13:14                                         ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-07 14:50                                         ` David.Laight
2019-05-07 14:50                                           ` David Laight
2019-05-07 14:57                                           ` rostedt
2019-05-07 14:57                                             ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-07 15:46                                             ` David.Laight
2019-05-07 15:46                                               ` David Laight
2019-05-07 13:32                                       ` peterz
2019-05-07 13:32                                         ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-07  9:27                                 ` peterz
2019-05-07  9:27                                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-07 12:27                                   ` rostedt
2019-05-07 12:27                                     ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-07 12:41                                     ` peterz
2019-05-07 12:41                                       ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-07 12:54                                       ` rostedt
2019-05-07 12:54                                         ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-07 17:22                                         ` masami.hiramatsu
2019-05-07 17:22                                           ` Masami Hiramatsu
2019-05-07 14:28                                 ` peterz
2019-05-07 14:28                                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-02 20:48         ` rostedt
2019-05-02 20:48           ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-06 15:14         ` jpoimboe
2019-05-06 15:14           ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-05-01 20:28 ` [RFC][PATCH 2/2] ftrace/x86: Emulate call function while updating in breakpoint handler rostedt
2019-05-01 20:28   ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-03 10:22 ` [RFC][PATCH 1.5/2] x86: Add int3_emulate_call() selftest peterz
2019-05-03 10:22   ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-03 18:46   ` rostedt
2019-05-03 18:46     ` Steven Rostedt

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