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Josh Poimboeuf authored
To allow an int3 handler to emulate a call instruction, it must be able to
push a return address onto the stack. Add a gap to the stack to allow the
int3 handler to push the return address and change the return from int3 to
jump straight to the emulated called function target.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181130183917.hxmti5josgq4clti@treble
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190502162133.GX2623@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net



[
  Note, this is needed to allow Live Kernel Patching to not miss calling a
  patched function when tracing is enabled. -- Steven Rostedt
]

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: b700e7f0 ("livepatch: kernel: add support for live patching")
Tested-by: default avatarNicolai Stange <nstange@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: default avatarNicolai Stange <nstange@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: default avatarMasami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJosh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.