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authorNaveen N Rao <naveen@kernel.org>2024-10-30 12:38:36 +0530
committerMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>2024-10-31 11:00:52 +1100
commit161d62c2b067c4071cb515efe16475171e1c051e (patch)
tree1ecfeac892d484f8227bcd54420800f32f2b5bec /arch/powerpc
parentbe87d713eaddf0421ccd61cc060c4c29bc36fc9b (diff)
powerpc64/ftrace: Nop out additional 'std' instruction emitted by gcc v5.x
Gcc v5.x emits a 3-instruction sequence for -mprofile-kernel: mflr r0 std r0, 16(r1) bl _mcount Gcc v6.x moved to a simpler 2-instruction sequence by removing the 'std' instruction. The store saved the return address in the LR save area in the caller stack frame for stack unwinding. However, with dynamic ftrace, we no longer have a call to _mcount on kernel boot when ftrace is not enabled. When ftrace is enabled, that store is performed within ftrace_caller(). As such, the additional 'std' instruction is redundant. Nop it out on kernel boot. With this change, we now use the same 2-instruction profiling sequence with both -mprofile-kernel, as well as -fpatchable-function-entry on 64-bit powerpc. Signed-off-by: Naveen N Rao <naveen@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241030070850.1361304-4-hbathini@linux.ibm.com
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc')
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index d8d6b4fd9a14..2ef504700e8d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -246,8 +246,12 @@ int ftrace_init_nop(struct module *mod, struct dyn_ftrace *rec)
/* Expected sequence: 'mflr r0', ['std r0,16(r1)'], 'bl _mcount' */
ret = ftrace_read_inst(ip - 4, &old);
if (!ret && !ppc_inst_equal(old, ppc_inst(PPC_RAW_MFLR(_R0)))) {
+ /* Gcc v5.x emit the additional 'std' instruction, gcc v6.x don't */
ret = ftrace_validate_inst(ip - 8, ppc_inst(PPC_RAW_MFLR(_R0)));
- ret |= ftrace_validate_inst(ip - 4, ppc_inst(PPC_RAW_STD(_R0, _R1, 16)));
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ ret = ftrace_modify_code(ip - 4, ppc_inst(PPC_RAW_STD(_R0, _R1, 16)),
+ ppc_inst(PPC_RAW_NOP()));
}
} else {
return -EINVAL;