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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm64/include/asm/ftrace.h')
-rw-r--r-- | arch/arm64/include/asm/ftrace.h | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/ftrace.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/ftrace.h index 347b0cc68f07..1494cfa8639b 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/ftrace.h +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/ftrace.h @@ -12,6 +12,17 @@ #define HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST +/* + * HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_RET_ADDR_PTR means that the architecture can provide a + * "return address pointer" which can be used to uniquely identify a return + * address which has been overwritten. + * + * On arm64 we use the address of the caller's frame record, which remains the + * same for the lifetime of the instrumented function, unlike the return + * address in the LR. + */ +#define HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_RET_ADDR_PTR + #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS #define ARCH_SUPPORTS_FTRACE_OPS 1 #else |