[PATCH 3/4] sparc64: kprobes: Resume after a delay slot at the saved next PC

From: Stian Halseth

Date: Fri Oct 09 2026 - 14:06:45 EST


After single-stepping an instruction that does not branch, execution
resumes at the saved next PC, followed by the probed address plus 8.
For an instruction in the delay slot of a taken branch the saved next
PC is the branch target, so after the target execution goes back to
the probed address plus 8 instead of continuing at the target plus 4.

Use the saved next PC plus 4, which equals the probed address plus 8
for any other instruction.

Link: https://github.com/sparclinux/issues/issues/110
Signed-off-by: Stian Halseth <stian@xxxxxx>
---
arch/sparc/kernel/kprobes.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/kprobes.c
index 38e6d9b51a207..327d83188a978 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -211,13 +211,14 @@ static int __kprobes kprobe_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
*
*/
static unsigned long __kprobes relbranch_fixup(u32 insn, struct kprobe *p,
- struct pt_regs *regs)
+ struct pt_regs *regs,
+ struct kprobe_ctlblk *kcb)
{
unsigned long real_pc = (unsigned long) p->addr;

/* Branch not taken, no mods necessary. */
if (regs->tnpc == regs->tpc + 0x4UL)
- return real_pc + 0x8UL;
+ return kcb->kprobe_orig_tnpc + 0x4UL;

/* The cases are call and the branches BPcc, Bicc, BPr, FBPfcc
* and FBfcc.
@@ -294,7 +295,7 @@ static void __kprobes resume_execution(struct kprobe *p,
{
u32 insn = p->ainsn.insn[0];

- regs->tnpc = relbranch_fixup(insn, p, regs);
+ regs->tnpc = relbranch_fixup(insn, p, regs, kcb);

/* This assignment must occur after relbranch_fixup() */
regs->tpc = kcb->kprobe_orig_tnpc;
--
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