From: Steven Rostedt Impact: use cleaner probe_kernel API over assembly Using probe_kernel_read/write interface is a much cleaner approach than the current assembly version. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c | 53 ++++++++++++++++------------------------- 1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c index 24c023a..1adfbb2 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ #include #include +#include #include #include #include @@ -72,45 +73,33 @@ static int ftrace_modify_code(unsigned long ip, unsigned char *old_code, unsigned char *new_code) { - unsigned replaced; - unsigned old = *(unsigned *)old_code; - unsigned new = *(unsigned *)new_code; - int faulted = 0; + unsigned char replaced[MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE]; /* * Note: Due to modules and __init, code can * disappear and change, we need to protect against faulting - * as well as code changing. + * as well as code changing. We do this by using the + * probe_kernel_* functions. * * No real locking needed, this code is run through - * kstop_machine. + * kstop_machine, or before SMP starts. */ - asm volatile ( - "1: lwz %1, 0(%2)\n" - " cmpw %1, %5\n" - " bne 2f\n" - " stwu %3, 0(%2)\n" - "2:\n" - ".section .fixup, \"ax\"\n" - "3: li %0, 1\n" - " b 2b\n" - ".previous\n" - ".section __ex_table,\"a\"\n" - _ASM_ALIGN "\n" - _ASM_PTR "1b, 3b\n" - ".previous" - : "=r"(faulted), "=r"(replaced) - : "r"(ip), "r"(new), - "0"(faulted), "r"(old) - : "memory"); - - if (replaced != old && replaced != new) - faulted = 2; - - if (!faulted) - flush_icache_range(ip, ip + 8); - - return faulted; + + /* read the text we want to modify */ + if (probe_kernel_read(replaced, (void *)ip, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE)) + return -EFAULT; + + /* Make sure it is what we expect it to be */ + if (memcmp(replaced, old_code, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE) != 0) + return -EINVAL; + + /* replace the text with the new text */ + if (probe_kernel_write((void *)ip, new_code, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE)) + return -EPERM; + + flush_icache_range(ip, ip + 8); + + return 0; } static int test_24bit_addr(unsigned long ip, unsigned long addr) -- 1.5.6.5 -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/