[PATCH v5 1/2] kprobes/powerpc: Fix arch_deref_entry_point to support ABIv2
Masami Hiramatsu
masami.hiramatsu.pt at hitachi.com
Wed Jul 2 17:00:22 EST 2014
Since PowerPC64 ABIv2 doesn't have function descriptor
any more, arch_deref_entry_point(), which returns function
entry point from function descriptor, should be updated.
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt at hitachi.com>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus at samba.org>
Cc: Anoop Thomas Mathew <atm at profoundis.com>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina at suse.cz>
Cc: linuxppc-dev at lists.ozlabs.org
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
index 90fab64..72a1034 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -491,7 +491,12 @@ int __kprobes kprobe_exceptions_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
return ret;
}
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
+#if defined(CONFIG_PPC64) && (!defined(_CALL_ELF) || _CALL_ELF == 1)
+/*
+ * On PPC64 ABIv1 the function pointer actually points to the
+ * function's descriptor. The first entry in the descriptor is the
+ * address of the function text.
+ */
unsigned long arch_deref_entry_point(void *entry)
{
return ((func_descr_t *)entry)->entry;
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