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* [PATCH] x86/ftrace: use ftrace_write to simplify code
@ 2020-01-14  1:52 Cheng Jian
  2020-01-14  8:16 ` Peter Zijlstra
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Cheng Jian @ 2020-01-14  1:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: xiexiuqi, huawei.libin, rostedt, tglx, x86, linux-kernel
  Cc: cj.chengjian, bobo.shaobowang

ftrace_write() can be used in ftrace_modify_code_direct(),
that make the code more brief.

Signed-off-by: Cheng Jian <cj.chengjian@huawei.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c | 24 +++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
index 024c3053dbba..6b36ed2fd04d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -114,6 +114,16 @@ static const unsigned char *ftrace_nop_replace(void)
 	return ideal_nops[NOP_ATOMIC5];
 }
 
+static int ftrace_write(unsigned long ip, const char *val, int size)
+{
+	ip = text_ip_addr(ip);
+
+	if (probe_kernel_write((void *)ip, val, size))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int
 ftrace_modify_code_direct(unsigned long ip, unsigned const char *old_code,
 		   unsigned const char *new_code)
@@ -138,10 +148,8 @@ ftrace_modify_code_direct(unsigned long ip, unsigned const char *old_code,
 	if (memcmp(replaced, old_code, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE) != 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	ip = text_ip_addr(ip);
-
 	/* replace the text with the new text */
-	if (probe_kernel_write((void *)ip, new_code, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE))
+	if (ftrace_write(ip, new_code, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE))
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	sync_core();
@@ -326,16 +334,6 @@ int ftrace_int3_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
 }
 NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(ftrace_int3_handler);
 
-static int ftrace_write(unsigned long ip, const char *val, int size)
-{
-	ip = text_ip_addr(ip);
-
-	if (probe_kernel_write((void *)ip, val, size))
-		return -EPERM;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int add_break(unsigned long ip, const char *old)
 {
 	unsigned char replaced[MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE];
-- 
2.17.1


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* Re: [PATCH] x86/ftrace: use ftrace_write to simplify code
  2020-01-14  1:52 [PATCH] x86/ftrace: use ftrace_write to simplify code Cheng Jian
@ 2020-01-14  8:16 ` Peter Zijlstra
  2020-01-14  9:20   ` chengjian (D)
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Peter Zijlstra @ 2020-01-14  8:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Cheng Jian
  Cc: xiexiuqi, huawei.libin, rostedt, tglx, x86, linux-kernel,
	bobo.shaobowang

On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 01:52:17AM +0000, Cheng Jian wrote:
> ftrace_write() can be used in ftrace_modify_code_direct(),
> that make the code more brief.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cheng Jian <cj.chengjian@huawei.com>

None of the code you're patching still exists. Please see tip/master.

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* Re: [PATCH] x86/ftrace: use ftrace_write to simplify code
  2020-01-14  8:16 ` Peter Zijlstra
@ 2020-01-14  9:20   ` chengjian (D)
  2020-01-14 14:13     ` Steven Rostedt
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: chengjian (D) @ 2020-01-14  9:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Peter Zijlstra, rostedt
  Cc: xiexiuqi, huawei.libin, tglx, x86, linux-kernel, bobo.shaobowang


On 2020/1/14 16:16, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 01:52:17AM +0000, Cheng Jian wrote:
>> ftrace_write() can be used in ftrace_modify_code_direct(),
>> that make the code more brief.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Cheng Jian <cj.chengjian@huawei.com>
> None of the code you're patching still exists. Please see tip/master.
>
> .


I find these patches in TIP. My patch may not be necessary.

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=768ae4406a5cab7e8702550f2446dbeb377b798d

Thank you, Peter.


-- Cheng Jian



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* Re: [PATCH] x86/ftrace: use ftrace_write to simplify code
  2020-01-14  9:20   ` chengjian (D)
@ 2020-01-14 14:13     ` Steven Rostedt
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Steven Rostedt @ 2020-01-14 14:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: chengjian (D)
  Cc: Peter Zijlstra, xiexiuqi, huawei.libin, tglx, x86, linux-kernel,
	bobo.shaobowang

On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 17:20:13 +0800
"chengjian (D)" <cj.chengjian@huawei.com> wrote:

> On 2020/1/14 16:16, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 01:52:17AM +0000, Cheng Jian wrote:  
> >> ftrace_write() can be used in ftrace_modify_code_direct(),
> >> that make the code more brief.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Cheng Jian <cj.chengjian@huawei.com>  
> > None of the code you're patching still exists. Please see tip/master.
> >
> > .  
> 
> 
> I find these patches in TIP. My patch may not be necessary.
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=768ae4406a5cab7e8702550f2446dbeb377b798d
> 
> Thank you, Peter.
> 

I was thinking that Peter's changes made it to mainline already (and I
just rebased my next merge window work on 5.5-rc6).

I should have told you this :-/

-- Steve

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