[PATCH] kprobe cleanup for VM_MASK judgement
authormao, bibo <bibo.mao@intel.com>
Fri, 28 Apr 2006 01:39:44 +0000 (18:39 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Fri, 28 Apr 2006 15:33:47 +0000 (08:33 -0700)
When trap happens in user space, kprobe_exceptions_notify() funtion will
skip it.  This patch deletes some unnecessary code for VM_MASK judgement in
eflags.

Signed-off-by: bibo, mao <bibo.mao@intel.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <hiramatu@sdl.hitachi.co.jp>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
Acked-by: "Keshavamurthy, Anil S" <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com>
Acked-by: Prasanna S Panchamukhi <prasanna@in.ibm.com>
Cc: Jim Keniston <jkenisto@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Yumiko Sugita <sugita@sdl.hitachi.co.jp>
Cc: Satoshi Oshima <soshima@redhat.com>
Cc: Hideo Aoki <haoki@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c

index 043f5292e70a203eda9ed4051331227adc6bffa5..6c93ddf09512f1f1df1d6b26115b097adf05bb32 100644 (file)
@@ -242,10 +242,6 @@ static int __kprobes kprobe_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
                        kcb->kprobe_status = KPROBE_REENTER;
                        return 1;
                } else {
-                       if (regs->eflags & VM_MASK) {
-                       /* We are in virtual-8086 mode. Return 0 */
-                               goto no_kprobe;
-                       }
                        if (*addr != BREAKPOINT_INSTRUCTION) {
                        /* The breakpoint instruction was removed by
                         * another cpu right after we hit, no further
@@ -265,11 +261,6 @@ static int __kprobes kprobe_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
        p = get_kprobe(addr);
        if (!p) {
-               if (regs->eflags & VM_MASK) {
-                       /* We are in virtual-8086 mode. Return 0 */
-                       goto no_kprobe;
-               }
-
                if (*addr != BREAKPOINT_INSTRUCTION) {
                        /*
                         * The breakpoint instruction was removed right