Gcc v5.x emits a 3-instruction sequence for -mprofile-kernel:
mflr r0
std r0, 16(r1)
bl _mcount
Gcc v6.x moved to a simpler 2-instruction sequence by removing the 'std'
instruction. The store saved the return address in the LR save area in
the caller stack frame for stack unwinding. However, with dynamic
ftrace, we no longer have a call to _mcount on kernel boot when ftrace
is not enabled. When ftrace is enabled, that store is performed within
ftrace_caller(). As such, the additional 'std' instruction is redundant.
Nop it out on kernel boot.
With this change, we now use the same 2-instruction profiling sequence
with both -mprofile-kernel, as well as -fpatchable-function-entry on
64-bit powerpc.
Signed-off-by: Naveen N Rao <nav...@kernel.org>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
b/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index d8d6b4fd9a14..2ef504700e8d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -246,8 +246,12 @@ int ftrace_init_nop(struct module *mod, struct dyn_ftrace
*rec)
/* Expected sequence: 'mflr r0', ['std r0,16(r1)'], 'bl
_mcount' */
ret = ftrace_read_inst(ip - 4, &old);
if (!ret && !ppc_inst_equal(old, ppc_inst(PPC_RAW_MFLR(_R0)))) {
+ /* Gcc v5.x emit the additional 'std' instruction, gcc
v6.x don't */
ret = ftrace_validate_inst(ip - 8,
ppc_inst(PPC_RAW_MFLR(_R0)));
- ret |= ftrace_validate_inst(ip - 4,
ppc_inst(PPC_RAW_STD(_R0, _R1, 16)));
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ ret = ftrace_modify_code(ip - 4,
ppc_inst(PPC_RAW_STD(_R0, _R1, 16)),
+ ppc_inst(PPC_RAW_NOP()));
}
} else {
return -EINVAL;
--
2.45.2
