[PATCH] powerpc/trace: Add support for HAVE_FUNCTION_ARG_ACCESS_API

Naveen N Rao naveen at kernel.org
Wed Jun 14 18:59:26 AEST 2023


When creating a kprobe on function entry through tracefs, enable
arguments to be recorded to be specified using $argN syntax.

Signed-off-by: Naveen N Rao <naveen at kernel.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/Kconfig              |  1 +
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/ptrace.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index bff5820b7cda14..bd76ae95146b42 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ config PPC
 	select HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
 	select HAVE_FAST_GUP
 	select HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
+	select HAVE_FUNCTION_ARG_ACCESS_API
 	select HAVE_FUNCTION_DESCRIPTORS	if PPC64_ELF_ABI_V1
 	select HAVE_FUNCTION_ERROR_INJECTION
 	select HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ptrace.h
index 0eb90a01334666..68ce2381b18ae1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -397,6 +397,23 @@ static inline unsigned long regs_get_kernel_stack_nth(struct pt_regs *regs,
 		return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * regs_get_kernel_argument() - get Nth function argument in kernel
+ * @regs:	pt_regs of that context
+ * @n:		function argument number (start from 0)
+ *
+ * We support up to 8 arguments and assume they are sent in through the GPRs.
+ * This will fail for fp/vector arguments, but those aren't usually found in
+ * kernel code. This is expected to be called from kprobes or ftrace with regs.
+ */
+static inline unsigned long regs_get_kernel_argument(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int n)
+{
+#define NR_REG_ARGUMENTS 8
+	if (n < NR_REG_ARGUMENTS)
+		return regs_get_register(regs, offsetof(struct pt_regs, gpr[3 + n]));
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #ifndef __powerpc64__

base-commit: bd517a8442b6c6646a136421cd4c1b95bf4ce32b
-- 
2.40.1



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