[PATCH v4 2/2] arch/powerpc: Optimize kprobe in kretprobe_trampoline

[Anju T Sudhakar]

Kprobe placed on the  kretprobe_trampoline during boot time can be 
optimized, since the instruction at probe point is a 'nop'.

Signed-off-by: Anju T Sudhakar <anju at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat at kernel.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c   | 8 ++++++++
 arch/powerpc/kernel/optprobes.c | 7 +++----
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
index e785cc9..5b0fd07 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ asm(".global kretprobe_trampoline\n"
 	".type kretprobe_trampoline, @function\n"
 	"kretprobe_trampoline:\n"
 	"nop\n"
+	"blr\n"
 	".size kretprobe_trampoline, .-kretprobe_trampoline\n");
 
 /*
@@ -334,6 +335,13 @@ static int __kprobes trampoline_probe_handler(struct kprobe *p,
 
 	kretprobe_assert(ri, orig_ret_address, trampoline_address);
 	regs->nip = orig_ret_address;
+	/*
+	 * Make LR point to the orig_ret_address.
+	 * When the 'nop' inside the kretprobe_trampoline
+	 * is optimized, we can do a 'blr' after executing the
+	 * detour buffer code.
+	 */
+	regs->link = orig_ret_address;
 
 	reset_current_kprobe();
 	kretprobe_hash_unlock(current, &flags);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/optprobes.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/optprobes.c
index ecba221..5e4c254 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/optprobes.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/optprobes.c
@@ -72,12 +72,11 @@ static unsigned long can_optimize(struct kprobe *p)
 
 	/*
 	 * kprobe placed for kretprobe during boot time
-	 * is not optimizing now.
-	 *
-	 * TODO: Optimize kprobe in kretprobe_trampoline
+	 * has a 'nop' instruction, which can be emulated.
+	 * So further checks can be skipped.
 	 */
 	if (p->addr == (kprobe_opcode_t *)&kretprobe_trampoline)
-		return 0;
+		return (unsigned long)p->addr + sizeof(kprobe_opcode_t);
 
 	/*
 	 * We only support optimizing kernel addresses, but not
-- 
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