Re: [PATCHv2 2/8] module/ftrace: handle patchable-function-entry

From: Helge Deller
Date: Mon Nov 04 2019 - 15:59:50 EST


Hi Mark,

On 04.11.19 16:51, Mark Rutland wrote:
> Hi Jessica, Helge,
>
> Are you ok with the module and parisc changes, repectively?

Sure, please add my:
Acked-by: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>

Helge

> The kbuild test robot is happy building this for multiple architectures,
> Sven has tested that this works correctly on parisc, and others have
> tested other architectures.
>
> I'd like to queue this in the arm64 tree soon if possible.
>
> Thanks,
> Mark.
>
> On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 04:58:26PM +0000, Mark Rutland wrote:
>> When using patchable-function-entry, the compiler will record the
>> callsites into a section named "__patchable_function_entries" rather
>> than "__mcount_loc". Let's abstract this difference behind a new
>> FTRACE_CALLSITE_SECTION, so that architectures don't have to handle this
>> explicitly (e.g. with custom module linker scripts).
>>
>> As parisc currently handles this explicitly, it is fixed up accordingly,
>> with its custom linker script removed. Since FTRACE_CALLSITE_SECTION is
>> only defined when DYNAMIC_FTRACE is selected, the parisc module loading
>> code is updated to only use the definition in that case. When
>> DYNAMIC_FTRACE is not selected, modules shouldn't have this section, so
>> this removes some redundant work in that case.
>>
>> I built parisc generic-{32,64}bit_defconfig with DYNAMIC_FTRACE enabled,
>> and verified that the section made it into the .ko files for modules.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
>> Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
>> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: James E.J. Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Jessica Yu <jeyu@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Sven Schnelle <svens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: linux-parisc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> ---
>> arch/parisc/Makefile | 1 -
>> arch/parisc/kernel/module.c | 10 +++++++---
>> arch/parisc/kernel/module.lds | 7 -------
>> include/linux/ftrace.h | 5 +++++
>> kernel/module.c | 2 +-
>> 5 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>> delete mode 100644 arch/parisc/kernel/module.lds
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/parisc/Makefile b/arch/parisc/Makefile
>> index 36b834f1c933..dca8f2de8cf5 100644
>> --- a/arch/parisc/Makefile
>> +++ b/arch/parisc/Makefile
>> @@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += -DCC_USING_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY=1 \
>> -DFTRACE_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_SIZE=$(NOP_COUNT)
>>
>> CC_FLAGS_FTRACE := -fpatchable-function-entry=$(NOP_COUNT),$(shell echo $$(($(NOP_COUNT)-1)))
>> -KBUILD_LDS_MODULE += $(srctree)/arch/parisc/kernel/module.lds
>> endif
>>
>> OBJCOPY_FLAGS =-O binary -R .note -R .comment -S
>> diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/module.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/module.c
>> index ac5f34993b53..1c50093e2ebe 100644
>> --- a/arch/parisc/kernel/module.c
>> +++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/module.c
>> @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
>> #include <linux/elf.h>
>> #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
>> #include <linux/fs.h>
>> +#include <linux/ftrace.h>
>> #include <linux/string.h>
>> #include <linux/kernel.h>
>> #include <linux/bug.h>
>> @@ -862,7 +863,7 @@ int module_finalize(const Elf_Ehdr *hdr,
>> const char *strtab = NULL;
>> const Elf_Shdr *s;
>> char *secstrings;
>> - int err, symindex = -1;
>> + int symindex = -1;
>> Elf_Sym *newptr, *oldptr;
>> Elf_Shdr *symhdr = NULL;
>> #ifdef DEBUG
>> @@ -946,11 +947,13 @@ int module_finalize(const Elf_Ehdr *hdr,
>> /* patch .altinstructions */
>> apply_alternatives(aseg, aseg + s->sh_size, me->name);
>>
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
>> /* For 32 bit kernels we're compiling modules with
>> * -ffunction-sections so we must relocate the addresses in the
>> - *__mcount_loc section.
>> + * ftrace callsite section.
>> */
>> - if (symindex != -1 && !strcmp(secname, "__mcount_loc")) {
>> + if (symindex != -1 && !strcmp(secname, FTRACE_CALLSITE_SECTION)) {
>> + int err;
>> if (s->sh_type == SHT_REL)
>> err = apply_relocate((Elf_Shdr *)sechdrs,
>> strtab, symindex,
>> @@ -962,6 +965,7 @@ int module_finalize(const Elf_Ehdr *hdr,
>> if (err)
>> return err;
>> }
>> +#endif
>> }
>> return 0;
>> }
>> diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/module.lds b/arch/parisc/kernel/module.lds
>> deleted file mode 100644
>> index 1a9a92aca5c8..000000000000
>> --- a/arch/parisc/kernel/module.lds
>> +++ /dev/null
>> @@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
>> -/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
>> -
>> -SECTIONS {
>> - __mcount_loc : {
>> - *(__patchable_function_entries)
>> - }
>> -}
>> diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace.h b/include/linux/ftrace.h
>> index 9867d90d635e..9141f2263286 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/ftrace.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/ftrace.h
>> @@ -738,6 +738,11 @@ static inline unsigned long get_lock_parent_ip(void)
>>
>> #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
>> extern void ftrace_init(void);
>> +#ifdef CC_USING_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY
>> +#define FTRACE_CALLSITE_SECTION "__patchable_function_entries"
>> +#else
>> +#define FTRACE_CALLSITE_SECTION "__mcount_loc"
>> +#endif
>> #else
>> static inline void ftrace_init(void) { }
>> #endif
>> diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
>> index ff2d7359a418..acf7962936c4 100644
>> --- a/kernel/module.c
>> +++ b/kernel/module.c
>> @@ -3222,7 +3222,7 @@ static int find_module_sections(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
>> #endif
>> #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
>> /* sechdrs[0].sh_size is always zero */
>> - mod->ftrace_callsites = section_objs(info, "__mcount_loc",
>> + mod->ftrace_callsites = section_objs(info, FTRACE_CALLSITE_SECTION,
>> sizeof(*mod->ftrace_callsites),
>> &mod->num_ftrace_callsites);
>> #endif
>> --
>> 2.11.0
>>