linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc/code-patching: Return error on patch

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Message-Id: <1632312365.br7s4l3kzi.naveen@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Wed, 22 Sep 2021 17:36:44 +0530
From:   "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/code-patching: Return error on patch_branch()
 out-of-range failure

Christophe Leroy wrote:
> Do not silentely ignore a failure of create_branch() in
> patch_branch(). Return -ERANGE.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Reviewed-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>


> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
> index f9a3019e37b4..0bc9cc0416b8 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
> @@ -202,7 +202,9 @@ int patch_branch(u32 *addr, unsigned long target, int flags)
>  {
>  	struct ppc_inst instr;
>  
> -	create_branch(&instr, addr, target, flags);
> +	if (create_branch(&instr, addr, target, flags))
> +		return -ERANGE;
> +
>  	return patch_instruction(addr, instr);
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 2.25.0
> 
>