[PATCH v8 15/30] powerpc/kprobes: Use patch_instruction()

Jordan Niethe jniethe5 at gmail.com
Wed May 6 13:40:35 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.

Reviewed-by: Alistair Popple <alistair at popple.id.au>
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 f64312dca84f..a72c8e1a42ad 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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