x86_64, ftrace: Make ftrace use kernel identity mapping to modify code
On x86_64, kernel text mappings are mapped read-only with
CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA. So use the kernel identity mapping instead
of the kernel text mapping to modify the kernel text.
Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Tested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
LKML-Reference: <20091029024821.080941108@sbs-t61.sc.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
index 9dbb527..944e982 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -187,9 +187,26 @@
nmi_wait_count++;
}
+static inline int
+within(unsigned long addr, unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
+{
+ return addr >= start && addr < end;
+}
+
static int
do_ftrace_mod_code(unsigned long ip, void *new_code)
{
+ /*
+ * On x86_64, kernel text mappings are mapped read-only with
+ * CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA. So we use the kernel identity mapping instead
+ * of the kernel text mapping to modify the kernel text.
+ *
+ * For 32bit kernels, these mappings are same and we can use
+ * kernel identity mapping to modify code.
+ */
+ if (within(ip, (unsigned long)_text, (unsigned long)_etext))
+ ip = (unsigned long)__va(__pa(ip));
+
mod_code_ip = (void *)ip;
mod_code_newcode = new_code;