From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
"the arch/x86 maintainers" <x86@kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
bristot@redhat.com, Jason Baron <jbaron@akamai.com>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
namit@vmware.com, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>,
Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>,
Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org>,
Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>,
Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>,
Rabin Vincent <rabin@rab.in>, Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v5mkII 13/17] arm/ftrace: Use __patch_text()
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 15:22:33 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK8P3a0ejxNueA7dDBV103yY2j7QiLfzG96pc163miD3hKE6qA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200108091628.7e548401@gandalf.local.home>
On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 3:16 PM Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 8 Jan 2020 13:22:52 +0100
> Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
>
> > The problem is that we don't have a BE32 definition of
> > __opcode_to_mem_thumb32, mostly because no hardware
> > supports that.
> >
> > One possible workaround is a big ugly:
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/patch.c b/arch/arm/kernel/patch.c
> > index d0a05a3bdb96..1067fd122897 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/kernel/patch.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/patch.c
> > @@ -90,9 +90,11 @@ void __kprobes __patch_text_real(void *addr,
> > unsigned int insn, bool remap)
> >
> > size = sizeof(u32);
> > } else {
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL
> > if (thumb2)
>
> If we change the above to:
>
> if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL) && thumb2)
>
> Would the compiler optmize out __opcode_to_mem_thumb32(). We would need
> to add a declaration for it, but wont need to define it. At least we
> wont have nasty #ifdef logic in the code.
If we add a declaration for it, I think no change to patch.c is needed,
as 'thumb2' already has compile-time constant value equal to
IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL).
I'll try it out.
Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-01-08 14:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 106+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-11-11 13:12 [PATCH -v5 00/17] Rewrite x86/ftrace to use text_poke (and more) Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:12 ` [PATCH -v5 01/17] x86/alternatives: Teach text_poke_bp() to emulate instructions Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-15 9:43 ` [tip: core/kprobes] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:12 ` [PATCH -v5 02/17] x86/alternatives: Update int3_emulate_push() comment Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-15 9:43 ` [tip: core/kprobes] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:12 ` [PATCH -v5 03/17] x86/alternatives,jump_label: Provide better text_poke() batching interface Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-15 9:43 ` [tip: core/kprobes] x86/alternatives, jump_label: " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:12 ` [PATCH -v5 04/17] x86/alternatives: Add and use text_gen_insn() helper Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-12 17:10 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-11-12 22:25 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-15 9:43 ` [tip: core/kprobes] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:12 ` [PATCH -v5 05/17] x86/ftrace: Use text_poke() Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-12 18:25 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-11-12 22:24 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-12 22:48 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-11-13 9:01 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-13 14:27 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-11-14 13:18 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-14 13:56 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-11-14 14:05 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-13 8:53 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-15 9:43 ` [tip: core/kprobes] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-16 20:46 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-11-18 17:35 ` [PATCH] x86/ftrace: Mark ftrace_modify_code_direct() __ref Borislav Petkov
2019-11-18 17:52 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-11-19 9:55 ` [tip: core/kprobes] " tip-bot2 for Borislav Petkov
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Borislav Petkov
2019-12-04 8:33 ` [tip: core/kprobes] x86/ftrace: Use text_poke() tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:12 ` [PATCH -v5 06/17] x86/mm: Remove set_kernel_text_r[ow]() Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-15 9:43 ` [tip: core/kprobes] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:12 ` [PATCH -v5 07/17] x86/alternative: Add text_opcode_size() Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-15 9:43 ` [tip: core/kprobes] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:13 ` [PATCH -v5 08/17] x86/ftrace: Use text_gen_insn() Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-15 9:43 ` [tip: core/kprobes] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:13 ` [PATCH -v5 09/17] x86/alternative: Remove text_poke_loc::len Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-15 9:43 ` [tip: core/kprobes] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:13 ` [PATCH -v5 10/17] x86/alternative: Shrink text_poke_loc Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-15 9:43 ` [tip: core/kprobes] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:13 ` [PATCH -v5 11/17] x86/kprobes: Convert to text-patching.h Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-19 16:56 ` [tip: core/kprobes] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:13 ` [PATCH -v5 12/17] x86/kprobes: Fix ordering Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-13 14:31 ` Paul E. McKenney
2019-11-13 15:42 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2019-11-14 13:53 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-14 15:06 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2019-11-14 15:13 ` Paul E. McKenney
2019-11-14 15:22 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2019-11-14 15:28 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-14 15:30 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2019-11-14 15:42 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-14 15:58 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-19 16:56 ` [tip: core/kprobes] x86/kprobes: Fix ordering while text-patching tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:13 ` [PATCH -v5 13/17] arm/ftrace: Use __patch_text_real() Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 16:47 ` Will Deacon
2019-11-11 17:19 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 17:25 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-12 11:29 ` Will Deacon
2019-11-13 9:26 ` [PATCH -v5mkII 13/17] arm/ftrace: Use __patch_text() Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-19 16:56 ` [tip: core/kprobes] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2020-01-22 21:26 ` Dmitry Osipenko
2020-02-07 10:17 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-02-07 10:26 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-02-07 11:27 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-02-07 16:47 ` Dmitry Osipenko
2020-01-08 12:22 ` [PATCH -v5mkII 13/17] " Arnd Bergmann
2020-01-08 14:16 ` Steven Rostedt
2020-01-08 14:22 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2019-11-11 13:13 ` [PATCH -v5 14/17] module: Remove set_all_modules_text_*() Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-19 16:56 ` [tip: core/kprobes] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:13 ` [PATCH -v5 15/17] ftrace: Rework event_create_dir() Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-14 14:07 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-11-19 16:56 ` [tip: core/kprobes] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:13 ` [PATCH -v5 16/17] x86/kprobe: Add comments to arch_{,un}optimize_kprobes() Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-19 16:56 ` [tip: core/kprobes] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 13:13 ` [PATCH -v5 17/17] x86/alternative: Use INT3_INSN_SIZE Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-19 16:56 ` [tip: core/kprobes] x86/alternatives: " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-12-04 8:33 ` tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 19:47 ` [PATCH -v5 00/17] Rewrite x86/ftrace to use text_poke (and more) Alexei Starovoitov
2019-11-11 20:39 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 20:42 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-11 20:56 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-11-12 18:26 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-11-25 3:55 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2019-11-25 6:47 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2019-11-25 17:32 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-11-26 0:11 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2019-11-26 8:58 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2019-11-26 9:58 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2019-11-26 23:48 ` Masami Hiramatsu
[not found] ` <CAADnVQK4twuXzFhD-qLHmCVK0n1h-GDENQLu+4PVV3Hp++R6kQ@mail.gmail.com>
2019-11-27 4:32 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-11-27 5:01 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-11-27 6:41 ` Masami Hiramatsu
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