From: Steven Rostedt Impact: fix to PowerPC code modification After modifying code it is essential to flush the icache. This patch adds the missing flush. Reported-by: Paul Mackerras Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c index ea454a0..a4640e4 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c @@ -271,6 +271,9 @@ __ftrace_make_nop(struct module *mod, if (probe_kernel_write((void *)ip, &op, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE)) return -EPERM; + + flush_icache_range(ip, ip + 8); + return 0; } @@ -342,6 +345,8 @@ __ftrace_make_nop(struct module *mod, if (probe_kernel_write((void *)ip, &op, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE)) return -EPERM; + flush_icache_range(ip, ip + 8); + return 0; } #endif /* PPC64 */ @@ -438,6 +443,8 @@ __ftrace_make_call(struct dyn_ftrace *rec, unsigned long addr) if (probe_kernel_write((void *)ip, op, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE * 2)) return -EPERM; + flush_icache_range(ip, ip + 8); + return 0; } #else @@ -481,6 +488,8 @@ __ftrace_make_call(struct dyn_ftrace *rec, unsigned long addr) if (probe_kernel_write((void *)ip, &op, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE)) return -EPERM; + flush_icache_range(ip, ip + 8); + return 0; } #endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */ -- 1.5.6.5 --