x86: use kernel_stack_pointer() in kprobes.c
authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:14:10 +0000 (14:14 -0700)
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:19:35 +0000 (14:19 -0700)
commit98272ed0d2e6509fe7dc571e77956c99bf653bb6
treedb4cd56e10c0b9ce103d8aa3b4746ec805164cd0
parent5ca6c0ca5dbf105d7b0ffdae2289519982189730
x86: use kernel_stack_pointer() in kprobes.c

The way to obtain a kernel-mode stack pointer from a struct pt_regs in
32-bit mode is "subtle": the stack doesn't actually contain the stack
pointer, but rather the location where it would have been marks the
actual previous stack frame.  For clarity, use kernel_stack_pointer()
instead of coding this weirdness explicitly.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
Cc: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>
arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c