[RFC PATCH v5 2/2] arm64: Create a list of SYM_CODE functions, check return PC against list

Madhavan T. Venkataraman madvenka at linux.microsoft.com
Fri Jun 4 13:40:45 PDT 2021



On 6/4/21 11:59 AM, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 04:49:17PM -0500, madvenka at linux.microsoft.com wrote:
> 
>> + *	- return_to_handler() is handled by the unwinder by attempting to
>> + *	  retrieve the original return address from the per-task return
>> + *	  address stack.
>> + *
>> + *	- kretprobe_trampoline() can be handled in a similar fashion by
>> + *	  attempting to retrieve the original return address from the per-task
>> + *	  kretprobe instance list.
>> + *
>> + *	- I reckon optprobes can be handled in a similar fashion in the future?
> 
> Note that there's a patch for optprobes on the list now:
> 
>    https://lore.kernel.org/r/1622803839-27354-1-git-send-email-liuqi115@huawei.com

Yes. I saw that.

Madhavan



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