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[linux-2.6-microblaze.git] / samples / hw_breakpoint / data_breakpoint.c
1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
2 /*
3  * data_breakpoint.c - Sample HW Breakpoint file to watch kernel data address
4  *
5  * usage: insmod data_breakpoint.ko ksym=<ksym_name>
6  *
7  * This file is a kernel module that places a breakpoint over ksym_name kernel
8  * variable using Hardware Breakpoint register. The corresponding handler which
9  * prints a backtrace is invoked every time a write operation is performed on
10  * that variable.
11  *
12  * Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2009
13  *
14  * Author: K.Prasad <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
15  */
16 #include <linux/module.h>       /* Needed by all modules */
17 #include <linux/kernel.h>       /* Needed for KERN_INFO */
18 #include <linux/init.h>         /* Needed for the macros */
19 #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
20
21 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
22 #include <linux/hw_breakpoint.h>
23
24 struct perf_event * __percpu *sample_hbp;
25
26 static char ksym_name[KSYM_NAME_LEN] = "pid_max";
27 module_param_string(ksym, ksym_name, KSYM_NAME_LEN, S_IRUGO);
28 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ksym, "Kernel symbol to monitor; this module will report any"
29                         " write operations on the kernel symbol");
30
31 static void sample_hbp_handler(struct perf_event *bp,
32                                struct perf_sample_data *data,
33                                struct pt_regs *regs)
34 {
35         printk(KERN_INFO "%s value is changed\n", ksym_name);
36         dump_stack();
37         printk(KERN_INFO "Dump stack from sample_hbp_handler\n");
38 }
39
40 static int __init hw_break_module_init(void)
41 {
42         int ret;
43         struct perf_event_attr attr;
44
45         hw_breakpoint_init(&attr);
46         attr.bp_addr = kallsyms_lookup_name(ksym_name);
47         attr.bp_len = HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_4;
48         attr.bp_type = HW_BREAKPOINT_W | HW_BREAKPOINT_R;
49
50         sample_hbp = register_wide_hw_breakpoint(&attr, sample_hbp_handler, NULL);
51         if (IS_ERR((void __force *)sample_hbp)) {
52                 ret = PTR_ERR((void __force *)sample_hbp);
53                 goto fail;
54         }
55
56         printk(KERN_INFO "HW Breakpoint for %s write installed\n", ksym_name);
57
58         return 0;
59
60 fail:
61         printk(KERN_INFO "Breakpoint registration failed\n");
62
63         return ret;
64 }
65
66 static void __exit hw_break_module_exit(void)
67 {
68         unregister_wide_hw_breakpoint(sample_hbp);
69         printk(KERN_INFO "HW Breakpoint for %s write uninstalled\n", ksym_name);
70 }
71
72 module_init(hw_break_module_init);
73 module_exit(hw_break_module_exit);
74
75 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
76 MODULE_AUTHOR("K.Prasad");
77 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ksym breakpoint");