[PATCH] livepatch: use FTRACE_OPS_FL_IPMODIFY

From: Josh Poimboeuf
Date: Thu Dec 18 2014 - 10:50:26 EST


On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 08:55:21PM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> (2014/12/17 2:58), Seth Jennings wrote:
> > changes in v7:
> > - TODO: set IPMODIFY (not a blocker to moving forward)
>
> Why don't you set this?
> IPMODIFY series are not completely applied yet, but you can already
> use the flag. All you need is just set it :)

Yeah, I don't see any reason why we can't start using this flag now.
How about we add this patch to the queue?

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Subject: livepatch: use FTRACE_OPS_FL_IPMODIFY

Use the FTRACE_OPS_FL_IPMODIFY flag to prevent conflicts with other
ftrace users who also modify regs->ip.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/livepatch/core.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/core.c b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
index 0004a71..bdd99975 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/core.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
@@ -640,7 +640,8 @@ static int klp_init_func(struct klp_object *obj, struct klp_func *func)

ops->private = func;
ops->func = klp_ftrace_handler;
- ops->flags = FTRACE_OPS_FL_SAVE_REGS | FTRACE_OPS_FL_DYNAMIC;
+ ops->flags = FTRACE_OPS_FL_SAVE_REGS | FTRACE_OPS_FL_DYNAMIC |
+ FTRACE_FL_IPMODIFY;
func->fops = ops;
func->state = KLP_DISABLED;

--
2.1.0

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