[PATCH 2/4] tracing - adding size parameter to do_ftrace_mod_code

From: Jiri Olsa
Date: Thu Feb 03 2011 - 10:43:17 EST


adding size parameter to be able to restore the saved
instructions, which could be longer than relative call

wbr,
jirka
---
arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c | 10 ++++++----
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
index 382eb29..979ec14 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ static atomic_t nmi_running = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
static int mod_code_status; /* holds return value of text write */
static void *mod_code_ip; /* holds the IP to write to */
static void *mod_code_newcode; /* holds the text to write to the IP */
+static int mod_code_size; /* holds the size of the new code */

static unsigned nmi_wait_count;
static atomic_t nmi_update_count = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ static void ftrace_mod_code(void)
* to succeed, then they all should.
*/
mod_code_status = probe_kernel_write(mod_code_ip, mod_code_newcode,
- MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE);
+ mod_code_size);

/* if we fail, then kill any new writers */
if (mod_code_status)
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ within(unsigned long addr, unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
}

static int
-do_ftrace_mod_code(unsigned long ip, void *new_code)
+do_ftrace_mod_code(unsigned long ip, void *new_code, int size)
{
/*
* On x86_64, kernel text mappings are mapped read-only with
@@ -240,6 +241,7 @@ do_ftrace_mod_code(unsigned long ip, void *new_code)

mod_code_ip = (void *)ip;
mod_code_newcode = new_code;
+ mod_code_size = size;

/* The buffers need to be visible before we let NMIs write them */
smp_mb();
@@ -290,7 +292,7 @@ ftrace_modify_code(unsigned long ip, unsigned char *old_code,
return -EINVAL;

/* replace the text with the new text */
- if (do_ftrace_mod_code(ip, new_code))
+ if (do_ftrace_mod_code(ip, new_code, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE))
return -EPERM;

sync_core();
@@ -361,7 +363,7 @@ static int ftrace_mod_jmp(unsigned long ip,

*(int *)(&code[1]) = new_offset;

- if (do_ftrace_mod_code(ip, &code))
+ if (do_ftrace_mod_code(ip, &code, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE))
return -EPERM;

return 0;
--
1.7.1

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