From: Steven Rostedt <rost...@goodmis.org>
Allow ftrace handlers to change RIP register (regs->ip)
in handlers. This will allow handlers to call another
function instead of original function.
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rost...@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu...@hitachi.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <t...@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mi...@redhat.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <h...@zytor.com>
---
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 ed767b7..e9cc2b3 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
--
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