arch/arm/probes/decode-arm.c
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File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
arch/arm/probes/decode-arm.c- Extension
.c- Size
- 28575 bytes
- Lines
- 729
- Domain
- Architecture Layer
- Bucket
- arch/arm
- Inferred role
- Architecture Layer: exported/initcall integration point
- Status
- integration implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
CPU and platform-specific kernel glue: boot entry, traps, syscall entry, interrupts, page tables, context switch, and low-level barriers.
- CPU and platform-specific kernel glue: boot entry, traps, syscall entry, interrupts, page tables, context switch, and low-level barriers.
- Exports symbols or registers init work; inspect boot/module ordering and who consumes the exported contract.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/kernel.hlinux/module.hlinux/stddef.hlinux/ptrace.hdecode.hdecode-arm.h
Detected Declarations
function Copyrightfunction simulate_blx1function simulate_blx2bxfunction simulate_mrsfunction simulate_mov_ipspfunction arm_singlestepfunction arm_probes_decode_insnexport probes_decode_arm_table
Annotated Snippet
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/*
*
* arch/arm/probes/decode-arm.c
*
* Some code moved here from arch/arm/kernel/kprobes-arm.c
*
* Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Motorola Inc.
*/
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/stddef.h>
#include <linux/ptrace.h>
#include "decode.h"
#include "decode-arm.h"
#define sign_extend(x, signbit) ((x) | (0 - ((x) & (1 << (signbit)))))
#define branch_displacement(insn) sign_extend(((insn) & 0xffffff) << 2, 25)
/*
* To avoid the complications of mimicing single-stepping on a
* processor without a Next-PC or a single-step mode, and to
* avoid having to deal with the side-effects of boosting, we
* simulate or emulate (almost) all ARM instructions.
*
* "Simulation" is where the instruction's behavior is duplicated in
* C code. "Emulation" is where the original instruction is rewritten
* and executed, often by altering its registers.
*
* By having all behavior of the kprobe'd instruction completed before
* returning from the kprobe_handler(), all locks (scheduler and
* interrupt) can safely be released. There is no need for secondary
* breakpoints, no race with MP or preemptable kernels, nor having to
* clean up resources counts at a later time impacting overall system
* performance. By rewriting the instruction, only the minimum registers
* need to be loaded and saved back optimizing performance.
*
* Calling the insnslot_*_rwflags version of a function doesn't hurt
* anything even when the CPSR flags aren't updated by the
* instruction. It's just a little slower in return for saving
* a little space by not having a duplicate function that doesn't
* update the flags. (The same optimization can be said for
* instructions that do or don't perform register writeback)
* Also, instructions can either read the flags, only write the
* flags, or read and write the flags. To save combinations
* rather than for sheer performance, flag functions just assume
* read and write of flags.
*/
void __kprobes simulate_bbl(probes_opcode_t insn,
struct arch_probes_insn *asi, struct pt_regs *regs)
{
long iaddr = (long) regs->ARM_pc - 4;
int disp = branch_displacement(insn);
if (insn & (1 << 24))
regs->ARM_lr = iaddr + 4;
regs->ARM_pc = iaddr + 8 + disp;
}
void __kprobes simulate_blx1(probes_opcode_t insn,
struct arch_probes_insn *asi, struct pt_regs *regs)
{
long iaddr = (long) regs->ARM_pc - 4;
int disp = branch_displacement(insn);
regs->ARM_lr = iaddr + 4;
regs->ARM_pc = iaddr + 8 + disp + ((insn >> 23) & 0x2);
regs->ARM_cpsr |= PSR_T_BIT;
}
void __kprobes simulate_blx2bx(probes_opcode_t insn,
struct arch_probes_insn *asi, struct pt_regs *regs)
{
int rm = insn & 0xf;
long rmv = regs->uregs[rm];
if (insn & (1 << 5))
regs->ARM_lr = (long) regs->ARM_pc;
regs->ARM_pc = rmv & ~0x1;
regs->ARM_cpsr &= ~PSR_T_BIT;
if (rmv & 0x1)
regs->ARM_cpsr |= PSR_T_BIT;
}
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/kernel.h`, `linux/module.h`, `linux/stddef.h`, `linux/ptrace.h`, `decode.h`, `decode-arm.h`.
- Detected declarations: `function Copyright`, `function simulate_blx1`, `function simulate_blx2bx`, `function simulate_mrs`, `function simulate_mov_ipsp`, `function arm_singlestep`, `function arm_probes_decode_insn`, `export probes_decode_arm_table`.
- Atlas domain: Architecture Layer / arch/arm.
- Implementation status: integration implementation candidate.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.