[PATCH] powerpc: ftrace: bugfix for test_24bit_addr
Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli
ananth at in.ibm.com
Wed Feb 26 15:35:53 EST 2014
On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 10:23:01AM +0800, Liu Ping Fan wrote:
> The branch target should be the func addr, not the addr of func_descr_t.
> So using ppc_function_entry() to generate the right target addr.
>
> Signed-off-by: Liu Ping Fan <pingfank at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
> This bug will make ftrace fail to work. It can be triggered when the kernel
> size grows up.
> ---
> arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c
> index 9b27b29..b0ded97 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c
> @@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ ftrace_modify_code(unsigned long ip, unsigned int old, unsigned int new)
> */
> static int test_24bit_addr(unsigned long ip, unsigned long addr)
> {
> + addr = ppc_function_entry((void *)addr);
Won't this break on LE?
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