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authorMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>2016-04-18 20:45:32 +1000
committerMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>2016-04-18 20:45:32 +1000
commit8404410b296095c78ed63f163ac5d417ff0647dd (patch)
tree542fcea7d106a8fd608c47da1a8c88255f3e2c5f /kernel
parent1050e689a63baffdadcd33498c15d859922504c0 (diff)
parent85baa095497f3e590df9f6c8932121f123efca5c (diff)
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Merge branch 'topic/livepatch' into next
Merge the support for live patching on ppc64le using mprofile-kernel. This branch has also been merged into the livepatching tree for v4.7.
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/livepatch/core.c34
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/ftrace.c14
2 files changed, 44 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/core.c b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
index d68fbf63b083..b0476bb30f92 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/core.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
@@ -298,6 +298,19 @@ unlock:
rcu_read_unlock();
}
+/*
+ * Convert a function address into the appropriate ftrace location.
+ *
+ * Usually this is just the address of the function, but on some architectures
+ * it's more complicated so allow them to provide a custom behaviour.
+ */
+#ifndef klp_get_ftrace_location
+static unsigned long klp_get_ftrace_location(unsigned long faddr)
+{
+ return faddr;
+}
+#endif
+
static void klp_disable_func(struct klp_func *func)
{
struct klp_ops *ops;
@@ -312,8 +325,14 @@ static void klp_disable_func(struct klp_func *func)
return;
if (list_is_singular(&ops->func_stack)) {
+ unsigned long ftrace_loc;
+
+ ftrace_loc = klp_get_ftrace_location(func->old_addr);
+ if (WARN_ON(!ftrace_loc))
+ return;
+
WARN_ON(unregister_ftrace_function(&ops->fops));
- WARN_ON(ftrace_set_filter_ip(&ops->fops, func->old_addr, 1, 0));
+ WARN_ON(ftrace_set_filter_ip(&ops->fops, ftrace_loc, 1, 0));
list_del_rcu(&func->stack_node);
list_del(&ops->node);
@@ -338,6 +357,15 @@ static int klp_enable_func(struct klp_func *func)
ops = klp_find_ops(func->old_addr);
if (!ops) {
+ unsigned long ftrace_loc;
+
+ ftrace_loc = klp_get_ftrace_location(func->old_addr);
+ if (!ftrace_loc) {
+ pr_err("failed to find location for function '%s'\n",
+ func->old_name);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
ops = kzalloc(sizeof(*ops), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!ops)
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -352,7 +380,7 @@ static int klp_enable_func(struct klp_func *func)
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ops->func_stack);
list_add_rcu(&func->stack_node, &ops->func_stack);
- ret = ftrace_set_filter_ip(&ops->fops, func->old_addr, 0, 0);
+ ret = ftrace_set_filter_ip(&ops->fops, ftrace_loc, 0, 0);
if (ret) {
pr_err("failed to set ftrace filter for function '%s' (%d)\n",
func->old_name, ret);
@@ -363,7 +391,7 @@ static int klp_enable_func(struct klp_func *func)
if (ret) {
pr_err("failed to register ftrace handler for function '%s' (%d)\n",
func->old_name, ret);
- ftrace_set_filter_ip(&ops->fops, func->old_addr, 1, 0);
+ ftrace_set_filter_ip(&ops->fops, ftrace_loc, 1, 0);
goto err;
}
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index b1870fbd2b67..7e8d792da963 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -1530,7 +1530,19 @@ static int ftrace_cmp_recs(const void *a, const void *b)
return 0;
}
-static unsigned long ftrace_location_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
+/**
+ * ftrace_location_range - return the first address of a traced location
+ * if it touches the given ip range
+ * @start: start of range to search.
+ * @end: end of range to search (inclusive). @end points to the last byte
+ * to check.
+ *
+ * Returns rec->ip if the related ftrace location is a least partly within
+ * the given address range. That is, the first address of the instruction
+ * that is either a NOP or call to the function tracer. It checks the ftrace
+ * internal tables to determine if the address belongs or not.
+ */
+unsigned long ftrace_location_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
{
struct ftrace_page *pg;
struct dyn_ftrace *rec;