tree 5a940616d2b1b55f182d4022a39c4d37a9cda1e7
parent d8d4e3ae0b5c179c0bfd3f0af5b352d13bea9cfa
author Maneesh Soni <manesoni@cisco.com> 1320752306 +0530
committer Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> 1323295443 +0000

MIPS Kprobes: Support branch instructions probing

This patch provides support for kprobes on branch instructions. The branch
instruction at the probed address is actually emulated and not executed
out-of-line like other normal instructions. Instead the delay-slot instruction
is copied and single stepped out of line.

At the time of probe hit, the original branch instruction is evaluated
and the target cp0_epc is computed similar to compute_retrun_epc(). It
is also checked if the delay slot instruction can be skipped, which is
true if there is a NOP in delay slot or branch is taken in case of
branch likely instructions. Once the delay slot instruction is single
stepped the normal execution resume with the cp0_epc updated the earlier
computed cp0_epc as per the branch instructions.

Signed-off-by: Maneesh Soni <manesoni@cisco.com>
Signed-off-by: Victor Kamensky <kamensky@cisco.com>
Cc: David Daney <david.daney@cavium.com>
Cc: ananth@in.ibm.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/2914/
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>