Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] arm64: kprobes: Remove unneeded RODATA check

From: Mark Rutland
Date: Tue Jan 15 2019 - 06:20:23 EST


On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 03:24:36PM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> Remove unneeded RODATA check from arch_prepare_kprobe().
>
> Since check_kprobe_address_safe() already ensured that
> the probe address is in kernel text, we don't need to
> check whether the address in RODATA or not. That must
> be always false.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>

Mark.

> ---
> arch/arm64/kernel/probes/kprobes.c | 6 ------
> 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/kprobes.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/kprobes.c
> index b2d4b7428ebc..1dae500d0a81 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/kprobes.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/kprobes.c
> @@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ static void __kprobes arch_simulate_insn(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs)
> int __kprobes arch_prepare_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
> {
> unsigned long probe_addr = (unsigned long)p->addr;
> - extern char __start_rodata[];
> - extern char __end_rodata[];
>
> if (probe_addr & 0x3)
> return -EINVAL;
> @@ -106,10 +104,6 @@ int __kprobes arch_prepare_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
> if (search_exception_tables(probe_addr))
> return -EINVAL;
>
> - if (probe_addr >= (unsigned long) __start_rodata &&
> - probe_addr <= (unsigned long) __end_rodata)
> - return -EINVAL;
> -
> /* decode instruction */
> switch (arm_kprobe_decode_insn(p->addr, &p->ainsn)) {
> case INSN_REJECTED: /* insn not supported */
>