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+/*
+ * data_breakpoint.c - Sample HW Breakpoint file to watch kernel data address
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ *
+ * usage: insmod data_breakpoint.ko ksym=<ksym_name>
+ *
+ * This file is a kernel module that places a breakpoint over ksym_name kernel
+ * variable using Hardware Breakpoint register. The corresponding handler which
+ * prints a backtrace is invoked everytime a write operation is performed on
+ * that variable.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2009
+ *
+ * Author: K.Prasad <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+ */
+#include <linux/module.h>	/* Needed by all modules */
+#include <linux/kernel.h>	/* Needed for KERN_INFO */
+#include <linux/init.h>		/* Needed for the macros */
+#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
+
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
+#include <linux/hw_breakpoint.h>
+
+struct perf_event **sample_hbp;
+
+static char ksym_name[KSYM_NAME_LEN] = "pid_max";
+module_param_string(ksym, ksym_name, KSYM_NAME_LEN, S_IRUGO);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(ksym, "Kernel symbol to monitor; this module will report any"
+			" write operations on the kernel symbol");
+
+static void sample_hbp_handler(struct perf_event *temp, void *data)
+{
+	printk(KERN_INFO "%s value is changed\n", ksym_name);
+	dump_stack();
+	printk(KERN_INFO "Dump stack from sample_hbp_handler\n");
+}
+
+static int __init hw_break_module_init(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+	DEFINE_BREAKPOINT_ATTR(attr);
+
+	attr.bp_addr = kallsyms_lookup_name(ksym_name);
+	attr.bp_len = HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_4;
+	attr.bp_type = HW_BREAKPOINT_W | HW_BREAKPOINT_R;
+
+	sample_hbp = register_wide_hw_breakpoint(&attr, sample_hbp_handler);
+	if (IS_ERR(sample_hbp)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(sample_hbp);
+		goto fail;
+	}
+
+	printk(KERN_INFO "HW Breakpoint for %s write installed\n", ksym_name);
+
+	return 0;
+
+fail:
+	printk(KERN_INFO "Breakpoint registration failed\n");
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void __exit hw_break_module_exit(void)
+{
+	unregister_wide_hw_breakpoint(sample_hbp);
+	printk(KERN_INFO "HW Breakpoint for %s write uninstalled\n", ksym_name);
+}
+
+module_init(hw_break_module_init);
+module_exit(hw_break_module_exit);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("K.Prasad");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ksym breakpoint");