ARM架构kprobe应用及实现分析(11 原理)

 

1 拷贝探测的code , 插入特殊指令（ARM是插入未定义指令）

2 CPU运行到未定义指令，会产生trap, 进入ISR,并保存当前寄出去的状态

  通过LINUX的通知机制，会执行“pre_handler”（前提是你已经注册过了）

3 进入单步模式，运行你备份出来的代码

 （此代码运行的是拷贝出来的，防止别的CPU也恰巧运行到此位置）

4 单步模式后，运行“post_handler”，恢复正常模式，接着运行下面的指令。

参考： kprobes.txt

How Does a Kprobe Work?

When a kprobe is registered, Kprobes makes a copy of the probed

instruction and replaces the first byte(s) of the probed instruction

with a breakpoint instruction (e.g., int3 on i386 and x86_64).

When a CPU hits the breakpoint instruction, a trap occurs, the CPU's

registers are saved, and control passes to Kprobes via the

notifier_call_chain mechanism.  Kprobes executes the "pre_handler"

associated with the kprobe, passing the handler the addresses of the

kprobe struct and the saved registers.

Next, Kprobes single-steps its copy of the probed instruction.

(It would be simpler to single-step the actual instruction in place,

but then Kprobes would have to temporarily remove the breakpoint

instruction.  This would open a small time window when another CPU

could sail right past the probepoint.)

After the instruction is single-stepped, Kprobes executes the

"post_handler," if any, that is associated with the kprobe.

Execution then continues with the instruction following the probepoint.