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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/traps.c | 23 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c index 682af24ff0de..1e890010a062 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c @@ -843,18 +843,19 @@ static __always_inline void exc_debug_kernel(struct pt_regs *regs, if (notify_debug(regs, &dr6)) goto out; - if (WARN_ON_ONCE(dr6 & DR_STEP)) { - /* - * Historical junk that used to handle SYSENTER single-stepping. - * This should be unreachable now. If we survive for a while - * without anyone hitting this warning, we'll turn this into - * an oops. - */ - dr6 &= ~DR_STEP; - set_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP); + /* + * The kernel doesn't use TF single-step outside of: + * + * - Kprobes, consumed through kprobe_debug_handler() + * - KGDB, consumed through notify_debug() + * + * So if we get here with DR_STEP set, something is wonky. + * + * A known way to trigger this is through QEMU's GDB stub, + * which leaks #DB into the guest and causes IST recursion. + */ + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(current->thread.debugreg6 & DR_STEP)) regs->flags &= ~X86_EFLAGS_TF; - } - out: instrumentation_end(); idtentry_exit_nmi(regs, irq_state); |