[PATCH] powerpc: ftrace: bugfix for test_24bit_addr

[Michael Ellerman]

On Wed, 2014-02-26 at 10:05 +0530, Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli wrote:
> 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?

ppc_function_entry() just needs to be a nop on LE, as it already is on 32-bit.

cheers