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Re: [PATCH v15 00/10] arm64: Add kernel probes (kprobes) support

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On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 05:22:08PM +0100, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 08, 2016 at 12:35:44PM -0400, David Long wrote:
> > David A. Long (3):
> >   arm64: Add HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API feature
> >   arm64: Add more test functions to insn.c
> >   arm64: add conditional instruction simulation support
> > 
> > Pratyush Anand (2):
> >   arm64: Blacklist non-kprobe-able symbol
> >   arm64: Treat all entry code as non-kprobe-able
> > 
> > Sandeepa Prabhu (4):
> >   arm64: Kprobes with single stepping support
> >   arm64: kprobes instruction simulation support
> >   arm64: Add kernel return probes support (kretprobes)
> >   kprobes: Add arm64 case in kprobe example module
> > 
> > William Cohen (1):
> >   arm64: Add trampoline code for kretprobes
> 
> I applied these patches on top of the arm64 for-next/core branch an
> tried to run the resulting kernel in a guest (on a Juno platform using
> both kvmtool and qemu) with KPROBES_SANITY_TEST enabled. Unfortunately,
> the kernel fails to boot with lots of "Unexpected kernel single-step
> exception at EL1".

FYI, we managed to track down the issue to two bugs in the arm64 kernel
boot part, occasionally leaving the PSTATE.D bit set for kernel threads.
While not KVM specific, the pre-conditions were more likely when running
as a guest (receiving interrupts early on during boot, possibly because
of a slow-down in the booting process due to stage 2 page faulting
mechanism).

Will is going to post the fixes soon.

-- 
Catalin

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Re: [PATCH v15 00/10] arm64: Add kernel probes (kprobes) support Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> - 2016-07-14 18:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v15 00/10] arm64: Add kernel probes (kprobes) support William Cohen <wcohen@redhat.com> - 2016-07-14 19:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v15 00/10] arm64: Add kernel probes (kprobes) support Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> - 2016-07-15 10:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v15 00/10] arm64: Add kernel probes (kprobes) support Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com> - 2016-07-15 10:10 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v15 00/10] arm64: Add kernel probes (kprobes) support Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org> - 2016-07-15 11:00 +0200
          Re: [PATCH v15 00/10] arm64: Add kernel probes (kprobes) support Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com> - 2016-07-15 11:10 +0200
          Re: [PATCH v15 00/10] arm64: Add kernel probes (kprobes) support Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com> - 2016-07-15 12:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v15 00/10] arm64: Add kernel probes (kprobes) support David Long <dave.long@linaro.org> - 2016-07-14 20:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v15 00/10] arm64: Add kernel probes (kprobes) support Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> - 2016-07-19 16:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v15 00/10] arm64: Add kernel probes (kprobes) support David Long <dave.long@linaro.org> - 2016-07-19 16:10 +0200

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