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| author | Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> | 2012-09-05 18:31:18 +0400 |
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| committer | Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> | 2012-09-14 06:52:10 +0400 |
| commit | 47d5a5f88b9d25d6464c9b60c28f391e84e3ed65 (patch) | |
| tree | 06c348105d6210d7e66a539cea78797f4212e6f1 /arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S | |
| parent | 4b036d54bf849a75d0103b33d92a53f89ecb9315 (diff) | |
| download | linux-47d5a5f88b9d25d6464c9b60c28f391e84e3ed65.tar.xz | |
ftrace/x86-64: Allow to change RIP in handlers
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S index ed767b747fe5..e9cc2b32bdf4 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S @@ -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 |