Re: [PATCH] kernel/trace: Remove function callback casts

[Steven Rostedt]

On Sun, 14 Jun 2020 09:01:54 +0200
Oscar Carter <oscar.carter@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> In an effort to enable -Wcast-function-type in the top-level Makefile to
> support Control Flow Integrity builds, remove all the function callback
> casts.
> 
> To do this, use the ftrace_ops_list_func function as a wrapper when the
> arch not supports ftrace ops instead of the use of a function cast.
> 

We need more tricker than this.

> Signed-off-by: Oscar Carter <oscar.carter@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 11 ++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> index c163c3531faf..ed1efc0e3a25 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> @@ -119,13 +119,12 @@ struct ftrace_ops __rcu *ftrace_ops_list __read_mostly = &ftrace_list_end;
>  ftrace_func_t ftrace_trace_function __read_mostly = ftrace_stub;
>  struct ftrace_ops global_ops;
> 
> -#if ARCH_SUPPORTS_FTRACE_OPS
>  static void ftrace_ops_list_func(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
>  				 struct ftrace_ops *op, struct pt_regs *regs);
> -#else
> +
> +#if !ARCH_SUPPORTS_FTRACE_OPS
>  /* See comment below, where ftrace_ops_list_func is defined */
>  static void ftrace_ops_no_ops(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip);
> -#define ftrace_ops_list_func ((ftrace_func_t)ftrace_ops_no_ops)

The reason for the typecast is because this gets called from asm with only two parameters.

>  #endif
> 
>  static inline void ftrace_ops_init(struct ftrace_ops *ops)
> @@ -6860,6 +6859,12 @@ static void ftrace_ops_list_func(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
>  }
>  NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(ftrace_ops_list_func);
>  #else
> +static void ftrace_ops_list_func(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
> +				 struct ftrace_ops *op, struct pt_regs *regs)
> +{
> +	ftrace_ops_no_ops(ip, parent_ip);
> +}
> +
>  static void ftrace_ops_no_ops(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip)
>  {
>  	__ftrace_ops_list_func(ip, parent_ip, NULL, NULL);
> --
> 2.20.1