[RESEND][PATCH]Ftrace - fix function_graph tracer OOPS
Sachin Sant
sachinp at in.ibm.com
Fri Oct 9 23:13:08 EST 2009
This time sending the patch as inline and not as an attachment.
Enabling function graph causes oops due to usage of LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE().
As explained by Ben the usage of LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE generates relocs that are
not supported when CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is set.
Switch to LOAD_REG_ADDR().
Signed-off-by : Sachin Sant <sachinp at in.ibm.com>
---
diff -Naurp old/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S new/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
--- old/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S 2009-10-08 18:37:44.000000000 +0530
+++ new/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S 2009-10-08 18:34:33.000000000 +0530
@@ -1038,8 +1038,8 @@ _GLOBAL(mod_return_to_handler)
* We are in a module using the module's TOC.
* Switch to our TOC to run inside the core kernel.
*/
- LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE(r4,ftrace_return_to_handler)
- ld r2, 8(r4)
+ ld r2, PACATOC(r13)
+ LOAD_REG_ADDR(r4,ftrace_return_to_handler)
bl .ftrace_return_to_handler
nop
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