[PATCH v5 1/5] powerpc/code-patching: introduce patch_instructions()

Hari Bathini hbathini at linux.ibm.com
Fri Sep 29 05:48:14 AEST 2023


patch_instruction() entails setting up pte, patching the instruction,
clearing the pte and flushing the tlb. If multiple instructions need
to be patched, every instruction would have to go through the above
drill unnecessarily. Instead, introduce function patch_instructions()
that sets up the pte, clears the pte and flushes the tlb only once per
page range of instructions to be patched. This adds a slight overhead
to patch_instruction() call while improving the patching time for
scenarios where more than one instruction needs to be patched.

Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini at linux.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h |  1 +
 arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c         | 93 +++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 85 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h
index 3f881548fb61..43a4aedfa703 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ int create_cond_branch(ppc_inst_t *instr, const u32 *addr,
 int patch_branch(u32 *addr, unsigned long target, int flags);
 int patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr);
 int raw_patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr);
+int patch_instructions(void *addr, void *code, size_t len, bool repeat_instr);
 
 static inline unsigned long patch_site_addr(s32 *site)
 {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
index b00112d7ad46..4ff002bc41f6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
@@ -278,7 +278,36 @@ static void unmap_patch_area(unsigned long addr)
 	flush_tlb_kernel_range(addr, addr + PAGE_SIZE);
 }
 
-static int __do_patch_instruction_mm(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr)
+static int __patch_instructions(u32 *patch_addr, void *code, size_t len, bool repeat_instr)
+{
+	unsigned long start = (unsigned long)patch_addr;
+
+	/* Repeat instruction */
+	if (repeat_instr) {
+		ppc_inst_t instr = ppc_inst_read(code);
+
+		if (ppc_inst_prefixed(instr)) {
+			u64 val = ppc_inst_as_ulong(instr);
+
+			memset64((uint64_t *)patch_addr, val, len / 8);
+		} else {
+			u32 val = ppc_inst_val(instr);
+
+			memset32(patch_addr, val, len / 4);
+		}
+	} else
+		memcpy(patch_addr, code, len);
+
+	smp_wmb();	/* smp write barrier */
+	flush_icache_range(start, start + len);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * A page is mapped and instructions that fit the page are patched.
+ * Assumes 'len' to be (PAGE_SIZE - offset_in_page(addr)) or below.
+ */
+static int __do_patch_instructions_mm(u32 *addr, void *code, size_t len, bool repeat_instr)
 {
 	int err;
 	u32 *patch_addr;
@@ -307,11 +336,15 @@ static int __do_patch_instruction_mm(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr)
 
 	orig_mm = start_using_temp_mm(patching_mm);
 
-	err = __patch_instruction(addr, instr, patch_addr);
+	/* Single instruction case. */
+	if (len == 0) {
+		err = __patch_instruction(addr, *(ppc_inst_t *)code, patch_addr);
 
-	/* hwsync performed by __patch_instruction (sync) if successful */
-	if (err)
-		mb();  /* sync */
+		/* hwsync performed by __patch_instruction (sync) if successful */
+		if (err)
+			mb();  /* sync */
+	} else
+		err = __patch_instructions(patch_addr, code, len, repeat_instr);
 
 	/* context synchronisation performed by __patch_instruction (isync or exception) */
 	stop_using_temp_mm(patching_mm, orig_mm);
@@ -328,7 +361,11 @@ static int __do_patch_instruction_mm(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int __do_patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr)
+/*
+ * A page is mapped and instructions that fit the page are patched.
+ * Assumes 'len' to be (PAGE_SIZE - offset_in_page(addr)) or below.
+ */
+static int __do_patch_instructions(u32 *addr, void *code, size_t len, bool repeat_instr)
 {
 	int err;
 	u32 *patch_addr;
@@ -345,7 +382,11 @@ static int __do_patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr)
 	if (radix_enabled())
 		asm volatile("ptesync": : :"memory");
 
-	err = __patch_instruction(addr, instr, patch_addr);
+	/* Single instruction case. */
+	if (len == 0)
+		err = __patch_instruction(addr, *(ppc_inst_t *)code, patch_addr);
+	else
+		err = __patch_instructions(patch_addr, code, len, repeat_instr);
 
 	pte_clear(&init_mm, text_poke_addr, pte);
 	flush_tlb_kernel_range(text_poke_addr, text_poke_addr + PAGE_SIZE);
@@ -369,15 +410,49 @@ int patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr)
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	if (mm_patch_enabled())
-		err = __do_patch_instruction_mm(addr, instr);
+		err = __do_patch_instructions_mm(addr, &instr, 0, false);
 	else
-		err = __do_patch_instruction(addr, instr);
+		err = __do_patch_instructions(addr, &instr, 0, false);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 
 	return err;
 }
 NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(patch_instruction);
 
+/*
+ * Patch 'addr' with 'len' bytes of instructions from 'code'.
+ *
+ * If repeat_instr is true, the same instruction is filled for
+ * 'len' bytes.
+ */
+int patch_instructions(void *addr, void *code, size_t len, bool repeat_instr)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	size_t plen;
+	int err;
+
+	while (len > 0) {
+		plen = min_t(size_t, PAGE_SIZE - offset_in_page(addr), len);
+
+		local_irq_save(flags);
+		if (mm_patch_enabled())
+			err = __do_patch_instructions_mm(addr, code, plen, repeat_instr);
+		else
+			err = __do_patch_instructions(addr, code, plen, repeat_instr);
+		local_irq_restore(flags);
+		if (err)
+			break;
+
+		len -= plen;
+		addr = addr + plen;
+		if (!repeat_instr)
+			code = code + plen;
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(patch_instructions);
+
 int patch_branch(u32 *addr, unsigned long target, int flags)
 {
 	ppc_inst_t instr;
-- 
2.41.0



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