summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorNaveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2018-04-19 12:34:00 +0530
committerMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>2018-05-03 22:32:25 +1000
commitea678ac627e01daf5b4f1da24bf1d0c500e10898 (patch)
tree3fc26b7a742114a8c6b79bc2a6490c40c86afaa5 /arch/powerpc/kernel/trace
parent6da6c0db5316275015e8cc2959f12a17584aeb64 (diff)
downloadlinux-ea678ac627e01daf5b4f1da24bf1d0c500e10898.tar.gz
linux-ea678ac627e01daf5b4f1da24bf1d0c500e10898.tar.bz2
linux-ea678ac627e01daf5b4f1da24bf1d0c500e10898.zip
powerpc64/ftrace: Add a field in paca to disable ftrace in unsafe code paths
We have some C code that we call into from real mode where we cannot take any exceptions. Though the C functions themselves are mostly safe, if these functions are traced, there is a possibility that we may take an exception. For instance, in certain conditions, the ftrace code uses WARN(), which uses a 'trap' to do its job. For such scenarios, introduce a new field in paca 'ftrace_enabled', which is checked on ftrace entry before continuing. This field can then be set to zero to disable/pause ftrace, and set to a non-zero value to resume ftrace. Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc/kernel/trace')
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_mprofile.S14
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_pg.S4
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_mprofile.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_mprofile.S
index 3f3e81852422..ae1cbe783ab6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_mprofile.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_mprofile.S
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ _GLOBAL(ftrace_caller)
/* Save all gprs to pt_regs */
SAVE_GPR(0, r1)
SAVE_10GPRS(2, r1)
+
+ /* Ok to continue? */
+ lbz r3, PACA_FTRACE_ENABLED(r13)
+ cmpdi r3, 0
+ beq ftrace_no_trace
+
SAVE_10GPRS(12, r1)
SAVE_10GPRS(22, r1)
@@ -168,6 +174,14 @@ _GLOBAL(ftrace_graph_stub)
_GLOBAL(ftrace_stub)
blr
+ftrace_no_trace:
+ mflr r3
+ mtctr r3
+ REST_GPR(3, r1)
+ addi r1, r1, SWITCH_FRAME_SIZE
+ mtlr r0
+ bctr
+
#ifdef CONFIG_LIVEPATCH
/*
* This function runs in the mcount context, between two functions. As
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_pg.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_pg.S
index f095358da96e..b7ba51a0f3b6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_pg.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_pg.S
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
_GLOBAL_TOC(ftrace_caller)
+ lbz r3, PACA_FTRACE_ENABLED(r13)
+ cmpdi r3, 0
+ beqlr
+
/* Taken from output of objdump from lib64/glibc */
mflr r3
ld r11, 0(r1)