[PATCH v6 15/28] powerpc/kprobes: Use patch_instruction()
Jordan Niethe
jniethe5 at gmail.com
Tue Apr 28 11:58:01 AEST 2020
Instead of using memcpy() and flush_icache_range() use
patch_instruction() which not only accomplishes both of these steps but
will also make it easier to add support for prefixed instructions.
Signed-off-by: Jordan Niethe <jniethe5 at gmail.com>
---
v6: New to series.
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c | 5 +----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
index 17ad844e24f5..ff53e5ef7e40 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -125,11 +125,8 @@ int arch_prepare_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
}
if (!ret) {
- memcpy(p->ainsn.insn, p->addr,
- MAX_INSN_SIZE * sizeof(kprobe_opcode_t));
+ patch_instruction((struct ppc_inst *)p->ainsn.insn, insn);
p->opcode = ppc_inst_val(insn);
- flush_icache_range((unsigned long)p->ainsn.insn,
- (unsigned long)p->ainsn.insn + sizeof(kprobe_opcode_t));
}
p->ainsn.boostable = 0;
--
2.17.1
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