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| author | Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> | 2021-11-29 17:41:52 +1100 |
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| committer | Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> | 2021-11-29 17:41:52 +1100 |
| commit | af3fdce4ab0781ea183107c90de9cbf21d701c54 (patch) | |
| tree | 1807637ca2308d4edf08ea0a5750ab8f914b4303 /arch/powerpc/lib | |
| parent | 3d030e301856da366380b3865fce6c03037b08a6 (diff) | |
Revert "powerpc/code-patching: Improve verification of patchability"
This reverts commit 8b8a8f0ab3f5519e45c526f826a655817486c5bb.
As reported[1] by Sachin this causes problems with ftrace, and it also
causes the code patching selftests to fail as reported[2] by Stephen.
So revert it for now.
1: https://lore.kernel.org/linuxppc-dev/3668743C-09DF-4673-B15C-2FFE2A57F7D7@linux.vnet.ibm.com/
2: https://lore.kernel.org/linuxppc-dev/20211126161747.1f7795b0@canb.auug.org.au/
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc/lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c index 5e2fe133639e..c5ed98823835 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c @@ -190,9 +190,10 @@ static int do_patch_instruction(u32 *addr, struct ppc_inst instr) int patch_instruction(u32 *addr, struct ppc_inst instr) { /* Make sure we aren't patching a freed init section */ - if (!kernel_text_address((unsigned long)addr)) + if (init_mem_is_free && init_section_contains(addr, 4)) { + pr_debug("Skipping init section patching addr: 0x%px\n", addr); return 0; - + } return do_patch_instruction(addr, instr); } NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(patch_instruction); |