[PATCH 3/3] powerpc64/ftrace: workaround clang recording GEP in __patchable_function_entries

Hari Bathini hbathini at linux.ibm.com
Sun Nov 9 08:04:05 AEDT 2025


Support for -fpatchable-function-entry on ppc64le was added in Clang
with [1]. However, when no prefix NOPs are specified - as is the case
with CONFIG_PPC_FTRACE_OUT_OF_LINE - the first NOP is emitted at LEP,
but Clang records the Global Entry Point (GEP) unlike GCC which does
record the Local Entry Point (LEP). Issue [2] has been raised to align
Clang's behavior with GCC. As a temporary workaround to ensure ftrace
initialization works as expected with Clang, derive the LEP using
ppc_function_entry() for kernel symbols and by looking for the below
module GEP sequence for module addresses, until [2] is resolved:

	ld	r2, -8(r12)
	add	r2, r2, r12

[1] https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/151569
[2] https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/163706

Cc: Maryam Moghadas <maryammo at ca.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini at linux.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 841d077e2825..1b2f293e7dcb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -37,11 +37,29 @@ unsigned long ftrace_call_adjust(unsigned long addr)
 	if (addr >= (unsigned long)__exittext_begin && addr < (unsigned long)__exittext_end)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_USING_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY) &&
-	    !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC_FTRACE_OUT_OF_LINE)) {
-		addr += MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE;
-		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_CALL_OPS))
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_USING_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY)) {
+		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC_FTRACE_OUT_OF_LINE)) {
 			addr += MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE;
+			if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_CALL_OPS))
+				addr += MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE;
+		} else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG) && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC64)) {
+			/*
+			 * addr points to global entry point though the NOP was emitted at local
+			 * entry point due to https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/163706
+			 * Handle that here with ppc_function_entry() for kernel symbols while
+			 * adjusting module addresses in the else case, by looking for the below
+			 * module global entry point sequence:
+			 *	ld    r2, -8(r12)
+			 *	add   r2, r2, r12
+			 */
+			if (is_kernel_text(addr) || is_kernel_inittext(addr))
+				addr = ppc_function_entry((void *)addr);
+			else if ((ppc_inst_val(ppc_inst_read((u32 *)addr)) ==
+				  PPC_RAW_LD(_R2, _R12, -8)) &&
+				 (ppc_inst_val(ppc_inst_read((u32 *)(addr+4))) ==
+				  PPC_RAW_ADD(_R2, _R2, _R12)))
+				addr += 8;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return addr;
-- 
2.51.1



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