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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 34 |
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c index b4470eabf151..b4e576600969 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c @@ -1102,6 +1102,40 @@ void *text_poke_kgdb(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len) return __text_poke(addr, opcode, len); } +/** + * text_poke_copy - Copy instructions into (an unused part of) RX memory + * @addr: address to modify + * @opcode: source of the copy + * @len: length to copy, could be more than 2x PAGE_SIZE + * + * Not safe against concurrent execution; useful for JITs to dump + * new code blocks into unused regions of RX memory. Can be used in + * conjunction with synchronize_rcu_tasks() to wait for existing + * execution to quiesce after having made sure no existing functions + * pointers are live. + */ +void *text_poke_copy(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len) +{ + unsigned long start = (unsigned long)addr; + size_t patched = 0; + + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(core_kernel_text(start))) + return NULL; + + mutex_lock(&text_mutex); + while (patched < len) { + unsigned long ptr = start + patched; + size_t s; + + s = min_t(size_t, PAGE_SIZE * 2 - offset_in_page(ptr), len - patched); + + __text_poke((void *)ptr, opcode + patched, s); + patched += s; + } + mutex_unlock(&text_mutex); + return addr; +} + static void do_sync_core(void *info) { sync_core(); |