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1 files changed, 29 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/step.c b/arch/x86/kernel/step.c
index 92c20fe..e8b9863 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/step.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/step.c
@@ -105,6 +105,20 @@ static int is_setting_trap_flag(struct task_struct *child, struct pt_regs *regs)
static int enable_single_step(struct task_struct *child)
{
struct pt_regs *regs = task_pt_regs(child);
+ unsigned long oflags;
+
+ /*
+ * If we stepped into a sysenter/syscall insn, it trapped in
+ * kernel mode; do_debug() cleared TF and set TIF_SINGLESTEP.
+ * If user-mode had set TF itself, then it's still clear from
+ * do_debug() and we need to set it again to restore the user
+ * state so we don't wrongly set TIF_FORCED_TF below.
+ * If enable_single_step() was used last and that is what
+ * set TIF_SINGLESTEP, then both TF and TIF_FORCED_TF are
+ * already set and our bookkeeping is fine.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(test_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_SINGLESTEP)))
+ regs->flags |= X86_EFLAGS_TF;
/*
* Always set TIF_SINGLESTEP - this guarantees that
@@ -113,11 +127,7 @@ static int enable_single_step(struct task_struct *child)
*/
set_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_SINGLESTEP);
- /*
- * If TF was already set, don't do anything else
- */
- if (regs->flags & X86_EFLAGS_TF)
- return 0;
+ oflags = regs->flags;
/* Set TF on the kernel stack.. */
regs->flags |= X86_EFLAGS_TF;
@@ -126,9 +136,22 @@ static int enable_single_step(struct task_struct *child)
* ..but if TF is changed by the instruction we will trace,
* don't mark it as being "us" that set it, so that we
* won't clear it by hand later.
+ *
+ * Note that if we don't actually execute the popf because
+ * of a signal arriving right now or suchlike, we will lose
+ * track of the fact that it really was "us" that set it.
*/
- if (is_setting_trap_flag(child, regs))
+ if (is_setting_trap_flag(child, regs)) {
+ clear_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_FORCED_TF);
return 0;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * If TF was already set, check whether it was us who set it.
+ * If not, we should never attempt a block step.
+ */
+ if (oflags & X86_EFLAGS_TF)
+ return test_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_FORCED_TF);
set_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_FORCED_TF);
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