linux-kernel - [PATCH -v5mkII 13/17] arm/ftrace: Use __patch

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Date:   Wed, 13 Nov 2019 10:26:36 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        mhiramat@...nel.org, bristot@...hat.com, jbaron@...mai.com,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        mingo@...nel.org, namit@...are.com, hpa@...or.com, luto@...nel.org,
        ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org, jpoimboe@...hat.com, jeyu@...nel.org,
        alexei.starovoitov@...il.com, rabin@....in,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, james.morse@....com
Subject: [PATCH -v5mkII 13/17] arm/ftrace: Use __patch_text()

On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 11:29:51AM +0000, Will Deacon wrote:
> This fails to compile. I bodged it as below, but maybe this stuff should
> actually live in insn.c. Not fussed either way. I ran the ftrace tests,
> loaded a module and toggled ftrace on/off with this applied and it looks
> like it works to me:
> 
> Tested-by: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>

Thanks, I've folded that and will leave any further cleanup to some ARM
person that is capable of testing :-)

---
Subject: arm/ftrace: Use __patch_text()
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Date: Tue Oct 15 21:07:35 CEST 2019

Instead of flipping text protection, use the patch_text infrastructure
that uses a fixmap alias where required.

This removes the last user of set_all_modules_text_*().

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Tested-by: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Cc: rabin@....in
Cc: ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org
Cc: james.morse@....com
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
---
 arch/arm/kernel/Makefile |    4 ++--
 arch/arm/kernel/ftrace.c |   10 ++--------
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_ARM_SCU)	+= smp_scu.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_ARM_TWD)	+= smp_twd.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_ARCH_TIMER)	+= arch_timer.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER)	+= entry-ftrace.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE)	+= ftrace.o insn.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER)	+= ftrace.o insn.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE)	+= ftrace.o insn.o patch.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER)	+= ftrace.o insn.o patch.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL)	+= jump_label.o insn.o patch.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC)		+= machine_kexec.o relocate_kernel.o
 # Main staffs in KPROBES are in arch/arm/probes/ .
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <asm/ftrace.h>
 #include <asm/insn.h>
 #include <asm/set_memory.h>
+#include <asm/patch.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL
 #define	NOP		0xf85deb04	/* pop.w {lr} */
@@ -35,9 +36,7 @@ static int __ftrace_modify_code(void *da
 {
 	int *command = data;
 
-	set_kernel_text_rw();
 	ftrace_modify_all_code(*command);
-	set_kernel_text_ro();
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -59,13 +58,11 @@ static unsigned long adjust_address(stru
 
 int ftrace_arch_code_modify_prepare(void)
 {
-	set_all_modules_text_rw();
 	return 0;
 }
 
 int ftrace_arch_code_modify_post_process(void)
 {
-	set_all_modules_text_ro();
 	/* Make sure any TLB misses during machine stop are cleared. */
 	flush_tlb_all();
 	return 0;
@@ -97,10 +94,7 @@ static int ftrace_modify_code(unsigned l
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (probe_kernel_write((void *)pc, &new, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE))
-		return -EPERM;
-
-	flush_icache_range(pc, pc + MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE);
+	__patch_text((void *)pc, new);
 
 	return 0;
 }