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powerpc/kprobes: Dereference function pointers only if the address does not belong to kernel text 

This makes the changes introduced in commit 83e840c770
("powerpc64/elfv1: Only dereference function descriptor for non-text
symbols") to be specific to the kprobe subsystem.

We previously changed ppc_function_entry() to always check the provided
address to confirm if it needed to be dereferenced. This is actually
only an issue for kprobe blacklisted asm labels (through use of
_ASM_NOKPROBE_SYMBOL) and can cause other issues with ftrace. Also, the
additional checks are not really necessary for our other uses.

As such, move this check to the kprobes subsystem.

Fixes: 83e840c770 ("powerpc64/elfv1: Only dereference function descriptor for non-text symbols")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.13+
Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
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Naveen N. Rao 2017-10-30 20:42:09 +05:30 committed by Michael Ellerman
parent 63be1a81e4
commit e6c4dcb308
1 changed files with 6 additions and 1 deletions
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@ -600,7 +600,12 @@ NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(kprobe_fault_handler);
unsigned long arch_deref_entry_point(void *entry)
{
return ppc_global_function_entry(entry);
#ifdef PPC64_ELF_ABI_v1
if (!kernel_text_address((unsigned long)entry))
return ppc_global_function_entry(entry);
else
#endif
return (unsigned long)entry;
}
NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(arch_deref_entry_point);