linux-kernel - [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.2 08/16] powerpc: Remove __kernel_text_address() in show

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Date:   Sun,  5 Mar 2023 08:51:59 -0500
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>, npiggin@...il.com,
        keescook@...omium.org, ulf.hansson@...aro.org, Jason@...c4.com,
        ebiederm@...ssion.com, jniethe5@...il.com,
        wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.2 08/16] powerpc: Remove __kernel_text_address() in show_instructions()

From: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>

[ Upstream commit d9ab6da64fd15608c9feb20d769d8df1a32fe212 ]

That test was introducted in 2006 by
commit 00ae36de49cc ("[POWERPC] Better check in show_instructions").
At that time, there was no BPF progs.

As seen in message of commit 89d21e259a94 ("powerpc/bpf/32: Fix Oops
on tail call tests"), when a page fault occurs in test_bpf.ko for
instance, the code is dumped as XXXXXXXXs. Allthough
__kernel_text_address() checks is_bpf_text_address(), it seems it is
not enough.

Today, show_instructions() uses get_kernel_nofault() to read the code,
so there is no real need for additional verifications.

ARM64 and x86 don't do any additional check before dumping
instructions. Do the same and remove __kernel_text_address()
in show_instructions().

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/4fd69ef7945518c3e27f96b95046a5c1468d35bf.1675245773.git.christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index c22cc234672f9..effe9697905dc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -1405,8 +1405,7 @@ static void show_instructions(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	for (i = 0; i < NR_INSN_TO_PRINT; i++) {
 		int instr;
 
-		if (!__kernel_text_address(pc) ||
-		    get_kernel_nofault(instr, (const void *)pc)) {
+		if (get_kernel_nofault(instr, (const void *)pc)) {
 			pr_cont("XXXXXXXX ");
 		} else {
 			if (nip == pc)
-- 
2.39.2