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* [PATCH v3 0/2] ARM: Implement MODULE_PLT support in FTRACE
@ 2018-03-09  8:41 Alexander Sverdlin
  2018-03-09  8:41 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] ARM: PLT: Move struct plt_entries definition to header Alexander Sverdlin
  2018-03-09  8:41 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] ARM: ftrace: Add MODULE_PLTS support Alexander Sverdlin
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Alexander Sverdlin @ 2018-03-09  8:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-arm-kernel
  Cc: Alexander Sverdlin, linux-kernel, Russell King, Steven Rostedt,
	Ingo Molnar

FTRACE's function tracer currently doesn't always work on ARM with
MODULE_PLT option enabled. If the module is loaded too far, FTRACE's
code modifier cannot cope with introduced veneers and turns the
function tracer off globally.

ARM64 already has a solution for the problem, refer to the following
patches:

arm64: ftrace: emit ftrace-mod.o contents through code
arm64: module-plts: factor out PLT generation code for ftrace
arm64: ftrace: fix !CONFIG_ARM64_MODULE_PLTS kernels
arm64: ftrace: fix building without CONFIG_MODULES
arm64: ftrace: add support for far branches to dynamic ftrace
arm64: ftrace: don't validate branch via PLT in ftrace_make_nop()

But the presented ARM variant has just a half of the footprint in terms of
the changed LoCs. It also retains the code validation-before-modification
instead of switching it off.

Changelog:
v3:
* Only extend struct dyn_arch_ftrace when ARM_MODULE_PLTS is enabled
v2:
* As suggested by Steven Rostedt, refrain from tree-wide API modification,
  save module pointer in struct dyn_arch_ftrace instead (PowerPC way)

Alexander Sverdlin (2):
  ARM: PLT: Move struct plt_entries definition to header
  ARM: ftrace: Add MODULE_PLTS support

 arch/arm/include/asm/ftrace.h |  3 +++
 arch/arm/include/asm/module.h | 10 +++++++
 arch/arm/kernel/ftrace.c      | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 arch/arm/kernel/module-plts.c | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 4 files changed, 104 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

-- 
2.4.6

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