Merge branch 'perf/core' into perf/urgent

Merge reason: Switch from pre-merge topical split to the post-merge urgent track

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c b/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
index 1e8ceadc0d6a..d6cc065f519f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -344,13 +344,6 @@ int arch_validate_hwbkpt_settings(struct perf_event *bp,
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * For kernel-addresses, either the address or symbol name can be
-	 * specified.
-	 */
-	if (info->name)
-		info->address = (unsigned long)
-				kallsyms_lookup_name(info->name);
-	/*
 	 * Check that the low-order bits of the address are appropriate
 	 * for the alignment implied by len.
 	 */
@@ -486,8 +479,6 @@ static int __kprobes hw_breakpoint_handler(struct die_args *args)
 		rcu_read_lock();
 
 		bp = per_cpu(bp_per_reg[i], cpu);
-		if (bp)
-			rc = NOTIFY_DONE;
 		/*
 		 * Reset the 'i'th TRAP bit in dr6 to denote completion of
 		 * exception handling
@@ -506,7 +497,13 @@ static int __kprobes hw_breakpoint_handler(struct die_args *args)
 
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
-	if (dr6 & (~DR_TRAP_BITS))
+	/*
+	 * Further processing in do_debug() is needed for a) user-space
+	 * breakpoints (to generate signals) and b) when the system has
+	 * taken exception due to multiple causes
+	 */
+	if ((current->thread.debugreg6 & DR_TRAP_BITS) ||
+	    (dr6 & (~DR_TRAP_BITS)))
 		rc = NOTIFY_DONE;
 
 	set_debugreg(dr7, 7);