2 * Jprobe specific operations
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20 * 2005-May Rusty Lynch <rusty.lynch@intel.com> and Anil S Keshavamurthy
21 * <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com> initial implementation
23 * Jprobes (a.k.a. "jump probes" which is built on-top of kprobes) allow a
24 * probe to be inserted into the beginning of a function call. The fundamental
25 * difference between a jprobe and a kprobe is the jprobe handler is executed
26 * in the same context as the target function, while the kprobe handlers
27 * are executed in interrupt context.
29 * For jprobes we initially gain control by placing a break point in the
30 * first instruction of the targeted function. When we catch that specific
32 * * set the return address to our jprobe_inst_return() function
33 * * jump to the jprobe handler function
35 * Since we fixed up the return address, the jprobe handler will return to our
36 * jprobe_inst_return() function, giving us control again. At this point we
37 * are back in the parents frame marker, so we do yet another call to our
38 * jprobe_break() function to fix up the frame marker as it would normally
39 * exist in the target function.
41 * Our jprobe_return function then transfers control back to kprobes.c by
42 * executing a break instruction using one of our reserved numbers. When we
43 * catch that break in kprobes.c, we continue like we do for a normal kprobe
44 * by single stepping the emulated instruction, and then returning execution
45 * to the correct location.
47 #include <asm/asmmacro.h>
50 * void jprobe_break(void)
52 .section .kprobes.text, "ax"
58 * void jprobe_inst_return(void)
60 GLOBAL_ENTRY(jprobe_inst_return)
61 br.call.sptk.many b0=jprobe_break
62 END(jprobe_inst_return)