[PATCH] ftrace/x86: Call text_ip_addr() instead of the duplicated code

[PATCH] ftrace/x86: Call text_ip_addr() instead of the duplicated code

[Petr Mladek]

I just went over this when looking at some Xen-related ftrace initialization
problems. They were related to Xen code that is not upstream but this clean up
would make sense here.

I think that this was already the intention when text_ip_addr() was introduced
in the commit 87fbb2ac6073a703930 (ftrace/x86: Use breakpoints for converting
function graph caller). Anyway, better do it now before it shots people into
their leg ;-)

Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.cz>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c | 11 +----------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
index 89de3eaf8772..cbc4a91b131e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -297,16 +297,7 @@ int ftrace_int3_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 static int ftrace_write(unsigned long ip, const char *val, int size)
 {
-	/*
-	 * On x86_64, kernel text mappings are mapped read-only with
-	 * CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA. So we use the kernel identity mapping instead
-	 * of the kernel text mapping to modify the kernel text.
-	 *
-	 * For 32bit kernels, these mappings are same and we can use
-	 * kernel identity mapping to modify code.
-	 */
-	if (within(ip, (unsigned long)_text, (unsigned long)_etext))
-		ip = (unsigned long)__va(__pa_symbol(ip));
+	ip = text_ip_addr(ip);
 
 	if (probe_kernel_write((void *)ip, val, size))
 		return -EPERM;
-- 
1.8.4

Re: [PATCH] ftrace/x86: Call text_ip_addr() instead of the duplicated code

[Steven Rostedt]

On Tue,  3 Jun 2014 18:23:21 +0200
Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.cz> wrote:

> I just went over this when looking at some Xen-related ftrace initialization
> problems. They were related to Xen code that is not upstream but this clean up
> would make sense here.
> 
> I think that this was already the intention when text_ip_addr() was introduced
> in the commit 87fbb2ac6073a703930 (ftrace/x86: Use breakpoints for converting
> function graph caller). Anyway, better do it now before it shots people into
> their leg ;-)

You know, I made this change. It somehow got lost :-/

I better analyze this a bit to make sure it was just lost and I didn't
find some odd ball reason not to apply it. But I doubt I'll find
anything. If not, I'll get it enqueued for 3.16.

Thanks!

-- Steve


> 
> Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.cz>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c | 11 +----------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
> index 89de3eaf8772..cbc4a91b131e 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
> @@ -297,16 +297,7 @@ int ftrace_int3_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  
>  static int ftrace_write(unsigned long ip, const char *val, int size)
>  {
> -	/*
> -	 * On x86_64, kernel text mappings are mapped read-only with
> -	 * CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA. So we use the kernel identity mapping instead
> -	 * of the kernel text mapping to modify the kernel text.
> -	 *
> -	 * For 32bit kernels, these mappings are same and we can use
> -	 * kernel identity mapping to modify code.
> -	 */
> -	if (within(ip, (unsigned long)_text, (unsigned long)_etext))
> -		ip = (unsigned long)__va(__pa_symbol(ip));
> +	ip = text_ip_addr(ip);
>  
>  	if (probe_kernel_write((void *)ip, val, size))
>  		return -EPERM;