linux-kernel - [PATCH 11/12] powerpc/ftrace: Rework __ftrace_make

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Date:	Thu, 25 Feb 2016 01:28:34 +1100
From:	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:	<linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>
Cc:	bsingharora@...il.com, duwe@....de, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	rostedt@...dmis.org, kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, pmladek@...e.com,
	jeyu@...hat.com, jkosina@...e.cz, live-patching@...r.kernel.org,
	mbenes@...e.cz
Subject: [PATCH 11/12] powerpc/ftrace: Rework __ftrace_make_nop()

__ftrace_make_nop() needs to detect either the two instruction or
the three instruction versions of the _mcount() sequence.

But if we're running a kernel with the two instruction sequence, we need
to be careful not to read from ip - 8, or we'll fault and (possibly)
incorrectly declare the sequence doesn't match.

To keep the code simpler just look at ip - 4, and if it is either of the
expected instructions declare it good. We've already passed a lot of
other checks.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c | 23 +++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

Squash.

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c
index f190528e3781..fe7486f9849e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -174,28 +174,19 @@ __ftrace_make_nop(struct module *mod,
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
-	if (op != PPC_INST_LD_TOC)
-	{
-		unsigned int op0, op1;
+	if (op != PPC_INST_LD_TOC) {
+		unsigned int inst;
 
-		if (probe_kernel_read(&op0, (void *)(ip-8), MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE)) {
-			pr_err("Fetching op0 failed.\n");
+		if (probe_kernel_read(&inst, (void *)(ip - 4), 4)) {
+			pr_err("Fetching instruction at %lx failed.\n", ip - 4);
 			return -EFAULT;
 		}
 
-		if (probe_kernel_read(&op1, (void *)(ip-4), MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE)) {
-			pr_err("Fetching op1 failed.\n");
-			return -EFAULT;
-		}
-
-		/* mflr r0 ; [ std r0,LRSAVE(r1) ]? */
-		if ( (op0 != PPC_INST_MFLR ||
-		      op1 != PPC_INST_STD_LR)
-		     && op1 != PPC_INST_MFLR )
-		{
+		/* We expect either a mlfr r0, or a std r0, LRSAVE(r1) */
+		if (inst != PPC_INST_MFLR && inst != PPC_INST_STD_LR) {
 			pr_err("Unexpected instructions around bl _mcount\n"
 			       "when enabling dynamic ftrace!\t"
-			       "(%08x,%08x,bl,%08x)\n", op0, op1, op);
+			       "(%08x,bl,%08x)\n", inst, op);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 
-- 
2.5.0