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powerpc: ftrace, use probe_kernel API to modify code

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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 <srostedt@redhat.com>
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Steven Rostedt 2008-11-14 16:21:20 -08:00
parent 8fd6e5a8c8
commit e4486fe316
1 changed files with 18 additions and 29 deletions
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arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c
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@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
#include <linux/spinlock.h>
#include <linux/hardirq.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include <linux/ftrace.h>
#include <linux/percpu.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
@ -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;
/* read the text we want to modify */
if (probe_kernel_read(replaced, (void *)ip, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE))
return -EFAULT;
if (!faulted)
flush_icache_range(ip, ip + 8);
/* Make sure it is what we expect it to be */
if (memcmp(replaced, old_code, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE) != 0)
return -EINVAL;
return faulted;
/* 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)