[PATCH v7 1/7] arm64: probes: Break ret out from bl/blr
From: Jeremy Linton <hidden>
Date: 2025-08-25 03:34:36
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Subsystem:
arm64 port (aarch64 architecture), the rest · Maintainers:
Catalin Marinas, Will Deacon, Linus Torvalds
Prepare for GCS by breaking RET out into its own function, where it makes more sense to encapsulate the new behavior independent from the branch instructions. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Linton <redacted> Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> --- arch/arm64/kernel/probes/decode-insn.c | 7 ++++--- arch/arm64/kernel/probes/simulate-insn.c | 10 +++++++++- arch/arm64/kernel/probes/simulate-insn.h | 3 ++- 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/decode-insn.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/decode-insn.c
index 6438bf62e753..4137cc5ef031 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/decode-insn.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/decode-insn.c@@ -108,9 +108,10 @@ arm_probe_decode_insn(u32 insn, struct arch_probe_insn *api) aarch64_insn_is_bl(insn)) { api->handler = simulate_b_bl; } else if (aarch64_insn_is_br(insn) || - aarch64_insn_is_blr(insn) || - aarch64_insn_is_ret(insn)) { - api->handler = simulate_br_blr_ret; + aarch64_insn_is_blr(insn)) { + api->handler = simulate_br_blr; + } else if (aarch64_insn_is_ret(insn)) { + api->handler = simulate_ret; } else { /* * Instruction cannot be stepped out-of-line and we don't
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/simulate-insn.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/simulate-insn.c
index 4c6d2d712fbd..09a0b36122d0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/simulate-insn.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/simulate-insn.c@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ simulate_b_cond(u32 opcode, long addr, struct pt_regs *regs) } void __kprobes -simulate_br_blr_ret(u32 opcode, long addr, struct pt_regs *regs) +simulate_br_blr(u32 opcode, long addr, struct pt_regs *regs) { int xn = (opcode >> 5) & 0x1f;
@@ -138,6 +138,14 @@ simulate_br_blr_ret(u32 opcode, long addr, struct pt_regs *regs) set_x_reg(regs, 30, addr + 4); } +void __kprobes +simulate_ret(u32 opcode, long addr, struct pt_regs *regs) +{ + int xn = (opcode >> 5) & 0x1f; + + instruction_pointer_set(regs, get_x_reg(regs, xn)); +} + void __kprobes simulate_cbz_cbnz(u32 opcode, long addr, struct pt_regs *regs) {
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/simulate-insn.h b/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/simulate-insn.h
index efb2803ec943..9e772a292d56 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/simulate-insn.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/simulate-insn.h@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ void simulate_adr_adrp(u32 opcode, long addr, struct pt_regs *regs); void simulate_b_bl(u32 opcode, long addr, struct pt_regs *regs); void simulate_b_cond(u32 opcode, long addr, struct pt_regs *regs); -void simulate_br_blr_ret(u32 opcode, long addr, struct pt_regs *regs); +void simulate_br_blr(u32 opcode, long addr, struct pt_regs *regs); +void simulate_ret(u32 opcode, long addr, struct pt_regs *regs); void simulate_cbz_cbnz(u32 opcode, long addr, struct pt_regs *regs); void simulate_tbz_tbnz(u32 opcode, long addr, struct pt_regs *regs); void simulate_ldr_literal(u32 opcode, long addr, struct pt_regs *regs);
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