[PATCH v3 0/6] powerpc64/ftrace: Add support for ftrace_modify_call() and a few other fixes

[Naveen N. Rao]

This is v3 of the patches posted at:
https://www.mail-archive.com/linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org/msg130652.html

This series has been tested using mambo for p8 (hash) and p9 (radix).


The first two patches fix a kernel oops when function tracing is enabled 
while using KVM.

Patch 3 is new and changes how ftrace is disabled before kexec.

Patch 4 tightens how we detect _mcount() call sites for -mprofile-kernel 
during module loading.

The last two patches implement support for ftrace_caller() to 
conditionally save the register state. This speeds up the function 
tracer a bit. The existing ftrace_caller() is renamed to 
ftrace_regs_caller() since we save the entire pt_regs today. A new 
implementation of ftrace_caller() that saves the minimum register state 
is provided. We switch between the two variants through 
ftrace_modify_call(). The necessary support to call into the two 
different variants from modules is also added.


- Naveen


Naveen N. Rao (6):
  powerpc64/ftrace: Add a field in paca to disable ftrace in unsafe code
    paths
  powerpc64/ftrace: Disable ftrace during kvm guest entry/exit
  powerpc/kexec: Disable ftrace before switching to the new kernel
  powerpc64/module: Tighten detection of mcount call sites with
    -mprofile-kernel
  powerpc64/ftrace: Use the generic version of ftrace_replace_code()
  powerpc64/ftrace: Implement support for ftrace_regs_caller()

 arch/powerpc/include/asm/ftrace.h              |   2 -
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/module.h              |   3 +
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/paca.h                |   1 +
 arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c              |   1 +
 arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec.c            |   6 +-
 arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c                |  43 +++--
 arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c             | 210 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
 arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_mprofile.S |  85 +++++++++-
 arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_pg.S       |   4 +
 arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S        |   8 +
 10 files changed, 296 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-)

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